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Some might think this is terrible:

But the criticism doesn’t stop with the Christian conservatives or the radical right. Moderates and liberals are still hammering Miers over her lack of qualifications for the job and accusing Bush of once again appointing friends to important jobs instead of people who actually know how to do the fucking job (Brownie, anyone?). In that vein, we present the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Arlen Specter (R-PA), who a lot of Republicans hate anyways for being too damn moderate (he supports abortion rights). Specter told the New York Times, on Sunday I believe but I’m not sure, that Miers “needs more than a murder board (question and answer session meant to simulate the hearings), she needs a crash course in constitutional law.” Coming from the guy leading the confirmation hearings, that is the worst statement anyone supporting Miers could want to hear at this stage in the game. Could it get any worse for Miers? Yes. It was revealed yesterday that the Political Action Committee of Miers’ law firm donated money to the campaign of Hillary Clinton. Just piss off the conservatives even more.