The New York Times breathlessly announced today that Harriet Meirs sent George W. Bush a birthday card in 1997 that said "You are the best governor ever-deserving of great respect." According to the Times this is an example of Bush appointing a crony. Wouldn't it be normal for a employee to praise her employer on his birthday? Since when has congratulating an employer become cronyism? Where was the NYT when Jimmy Carter was appointing people who had laundered money for his campaign to important positions?

"I would honor the man who would give his country a good newspaper." -Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th Pres. of the USA-