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I think this woman was treated unfairly from the beginning.

She may have been treated unfairly IN THE BEGINNING, but in recent days, the rhetoric around here against her has toned down as the emotions settled. Honestly, you cannot blame those of us who were upset in the beginning after pouring many hours and much money into getting W re-elected for one BIG reason, to get people we could trust on the Supreme Court. Emotions ran wild because:

1) Harriet Miers was not on ANYBODY'S list but Harry Reid's.

2) History has not proven well for our side with stealth candidates.

3) Many were prepared, in fact desired, W to nominate someone that we could rally around him with. She was not it.

"She may have been treated unfairly IN THE BEGINNING,..."

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No, I think Attorney Miers was mistreated even up until she bowed out. I wasn't referring merely to FR, but to all the bullchip in the media (mainstream AND Fox), on blogs, websites and just about everywhere else. I'm not saying EVERYONE treated her unfairly, but a lot more than I would have ordinarily expected. Legitimate concerns? Ok. But this was a smear campaign from beginning to end. And I don't think Attorney Miers deserved that. No one does.