LEGALLY BLONDE REALLY GOES TO WASHINGTON!!

I have been fighting my especially nasty brand of flu with the usual medications and a lot of idle time. Now I am reemerging back into the world and the newspapers seem alive – with Harriet Miers & Co., there’s never a dull moment. It is good to be back.

I had a dream – I did, really – I dreamt Miers was wearing a super pink suit and holding a thick, glittery pink pen, smiling a pink smile as well… Those of you who believe I've lost it this time, the New York Times today revealed that I am not that disturbed yet – apparently, this walking Texan version of Legally Blonde called El Presidente “the best governor ever”, “cool” and also said that the presidential couple is “great”…

Okay – maybe she likes pink. But this whole nomination is absolutely surreal. We have all been bombarded with so many articles, such as the ones letting us know that she is given to lunching with her girlfriends and that she loves hot bubble baths (inevitably prompting the question, who cares?). And now even El Presidente’s consort has taken to supporting her hubby’s choice – I mean, it took me five seconds to register that someone actually is married to El Presidente… And that she has an opinion! Can anyone tell me when was it that Mrs. Bush had an opinion about anything directly related to anything?

But back to Legally Blonde, I am always confused when I read things like “she has been an opponent of abortion for 25 years but would decide cases based on legal merits, not personal views.” Is that really possible? I say it is impossible to separate a person from his/her views. To assume that someone would be capable to make decisions and form judgments of any kind independently of personal viewpoints is naïve, to say the least. It is what accounts for our individuality, for our morality, for everything that makes us who we are.

So the argument then is that even though Legally Blonde has personally opposed abortion for so long (she is apparently a born-again evangelical Christian since the late 70s), this personal opposition would not influence her if and when presented with a revision of Roe v. Wade or a restriction on abortion rights… Right.

I know many say that Roe v. Wade is safe and so on, but I still worry over it. Recent developments under El Presidente have been consistent in showing that this administration (or a large portion of it) is on a Christian conservative crusade, and yes, I am aware that I may sound like your average neighborhood conspiracy theorist…

For once, I would like to see a nominee who is openly pro-choice and for individual rights; a nominee whose judgment is not thwarted by religious views; a nominee who is not chosen due to a mixture of cronyism and mutual devotion so blatantly displayed on silly sentimental birthday cards; a nominee who has a better word choice than “cool” and a better companion choice than Hecht; and heck - when a nominee spurs the creation of a blog such as Harriet Miers’s Blog, that can't be a good sign...

...Even though the blog is so incredibly funny!