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[Miers] once told me that the president was the most brilliant man she had ever met.
It's old news now, but the Doonesbury sunday strip prepared for the pre-withdrawal Miers hearings actually uses this line: http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/miers.html
I was also going to write that. Reminds me of the old adage great mines think alike.
Damn, David. You beat me to it. My thought exactly.
She doesn't get out much.