The White House, always on the search for rare species of human beings or close approximations, unearthed an impressive find last week: A female conservative. Defying usual stereotypes, the so-called “right-wing woman” is apparently not a career politician or from the deep rural South. In fact, she’s completed higher education and appears to be not at all an idiot of any sort—though field-testing leaves the possibility open. And, perhaps most startling of all, the administration found the rare species in the most unlikeliest of places—within its own ranks.
The alleged female Republican is Harriet Miers, White House attorney and personal lawyer to the Bush clan for years. Born and raised in Dallas, a small state in the country of Texas, Miers earned several accolades for her legal work and previous appointments by Texas governor George W. Bush, no relation to the current president. Though she lacks any bench experience, discounting bus stops, Miers is a respected lawyer, despite being personal attorney to the president and the White House counsel.
The president, sorely in need of just such an animal, nominated the conservative woman for the Supreme Court immediately. It’s a move that fits the Bush dynasty tradition, given President George Bush I nominating ultra-rare find conservative black man Clarence Thomas to the court in 1990. At the time, the senior Bush ignored several charges of sexual harassment and a bench history of seat-filling rather than leading, promoting the move as a huge victory for diversity.
“The Democrats want to cater to special interest groups and make nominations to curry votes,” said Bush. “My administration is truly interested in minorities—real minorities. Right-wing blacks, archconservative women, gay members of the NRA, born-again Christian Jews. If you’re one of a kind and can’t find a friend in the world, maybe I’ll put you on the Supreme Court!”
Little boy Bush was equally proud of his unique find.
“I’ll tell you, soon as I found Ms. Miers here, I wanted to mount her,” said the president, awkwardly laughing alone at his own joke during the press conference to announce the nomination. “You know… ‘mount her’ like… like a tiger I hunted and killed or something. Not like… you know. Kill her and stuff her kind of mount her. ‘Cause she’s rare and all. Special. Not that I wanted to kill ‘er or anything. Not really. I just… maybe like a butterfly. Shove a huge pin through her. I’m not really gonna do it or anything, but you know what I mean…”
Despite our knowing the intention, the president carried on for a few more minutes to explain the poor joke. Reporters eventually interrupted to ask questions about Miers’ qualifications, and the conservative response to the fact Miers has no history on the bench to judge her politics by.
“Gentlemen… and girl reporters, too: We can’t get side-tracked on politics at a time like this. We were lucky to find a lady Limbaugh fan, and I’m darn well going to make sure she gets rewarded for being one of a kind. We have the space on the Supreme Court now, we needed a woman, and I’m pretty sure she fits the bill. We’ll have doctors verify she’s what she claims to be, but assuming that all works out, I think you’re gazing at one heck of a Ultimate Justice. Whatever they’re called.”
Miers herself towed the official line, pledging her service to the Bush Round Table, but did let slip that years of settling the president’s dirty out-of-court business finally paid off.