Politicians Are All the Same

Sonia Sotomayor (above, with Obama) would be most experienced appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court in 70 years, if confirmed, officials say. She graduated first in her class at Princeton, then went to Yale Law School, is considered a woman of talent and commitment.

Whereas, of Harriet Miers (top), George W. Bush's failed nominee, Senator Patrick Leahy noted: "She has a reputation for being loyal to this president." And not much else, except that she drove a red Mercedes convertible.

But the fact that comparing Sotomayor to Miers is like comparing Frank Sinatra to Beethoven has not stopped some critics. Jeffrey Rosen in The New Republic:

I would point you to the Harriet Miers nomination under the second President Bush. She was also many people felt and intellectual lightweight, picked because she was a woman, people felt.

Wait a minute — there are two President Bush's? Like, at the same time? Doppelgangers?

Wow... America, she is wonderful...