FIVE JOKES
Welcome to the “Late Show,” ladies and gentlemen. It’s like the Supreme Court -- anybody can get in here.
- David Letterman
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Yes, Bush’s normally solid right-wing base is complaining loudly about the appointment, saying [Harriet] Miers’ views are unknown on hot-button topics ranging from abortion to gay marriage to ... both of those.
- Jon Stewart
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Records show that she even gave money to Al Gore. She also called President Bush the most brilliant man she’s ever met. This is a woman we are hiring for her judgment?
- Jay Leno
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The senators are frustrated by her because she has never voiced any opinions, and I’m thinking to myself, where do you get a woman like that?
- Letterman
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Harriet Miers is a longtime friend of President Bush. It’s all part of the president’s policy: “No crony left behind.”
- Letterman
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