Cynical Nation

David Frum:

In the White House that hero worshipped the president, Miers was distinguished by the intensity of her zeal: She once told me that the president was the most brilliant man she had ever met.

Uh, Mr. President? Might I have a word?

Listen, you didn't hear this from me, but I overhead Janice Rogers Brown talking about you? And she is totally into you, man! She says that you're not only some kind of super-genius, but that you look like some kind of Greek god or something! "Adonis," I believe she said.