Now it's time for a break from UTR's copious SCOTUS speculation. A reader recently sent Article III Groupie a link to the AP photograph at right, along with this email:
a3g, while i'm sure you're busy dealing with real issues like the next supreme court nominee, i'm still trying to follow good ol' harriet (you know, i wouldn't want to upset specter & have him think i was denying harriet's due process). i stumbled across this image & thought you'd be the perfect detective to solve my quandry.
clearly, from the picture, harriet has bought a new book -- 20% off nonetheless (at least we know she's thrifty!) -- to help her cope with her supreme court withdrawal. while i want to think it's a self-help or motivational book, the cover looks a lot like dan brown's "da vinci code." so what's she reading?
Does anyone know the answer to this question? A3G does see a resemblance to the Da Vinci Code, and she wouldn't be surprised to learn that Harriet Miers has picked up that book, given HEM's weakness for books that are "guilty pleasures" (which A3G discussed back in this post).
But A3G doesn't think that the Da Vinci Code is Harriet's purchase -- if you click on the photo and take a closer look, you'll see that the title lettering on Miers's book starts too far down the page. If you think you might know the book that Harriet bought, please post a comment to this post. Thanks!
I believe it is "The Supreme Court for Dummies."
Posted by: Gomer Pyle | December 31, 2005 at 07:54 PM
Stuff like this makes me think that Laura Bush was spot on when she claimed there was a sexist element to the criticism of Harriet Miers. She's history; you've got what you've wanted. Leave her alone and get a life.
Posted by: Tancredo Watch | November 01, 2005 at 07:17 AM
Perhaps she is reading Richard Montauk's "How to Get Into the Top Law Schools?"
Posted by: Crony | October 31, 2005 at 01:13 AM
Could we be nice to this woman now? I think it's time to stop making fun of her.
Posted by: anon | October 31, 2005 at 12:20 AM
Dianetics. Gotta be - with the sticker covering the top line (L RON) of the author's name. I mean, it just fits, doesn't it?
Posted by: Chris | October 31, 2005 at 12:07 AM
Maybe she's reading a Constitutional Law outline?
Posted by: Raman | October 30, 2005 at 11:57 PM
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0307263134/ref=br_b_nr_1/002-2428162-9232065?v=glance&s=books&n=227461
Posted by: anon | October 30, 2005 at 11:23 PM
It is certainly not Dan's book. Aside from the lettering (the discount sticker could be covering the title), the paperback edition of DVCode is smaller and fatter.
Harriet's book is an oversized paperback. Oddly, it looks like an edition of Brillat-Savarin's "The Physiology of Taste" that I picked up a few years back. While I don't think that's Harriet's style, I do greatly recommend the book.
Offhand, I would suggest it is a cookbook or travel book, given the size. No phone call yet. They've been back from Camp David for hours. I'm going to sleep.
Posted by: Samuel Alito | October 30, 2005 at 11:22 PM