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September 21, 2005

The Roberts Hearing: The Sound and the Fury 'of Democrats trying desperately to stay relevant'

Topics: Political News and commentaries

You won't want to miss Edward Morrissey's piece in the Weekly Standard about just "how Roberts came across like a law professor giving a lecture in Jurisprudence 101 to a group of inattentive freshmen. And, how in return, the Democrats acted like . . . inattentive freshmen."

(...) Thanks to C-SPAN and the passions stoked from the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court, the American voters had a chance to see a range of idiocy from the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, all of it coming from the sound and fury of Democrats trying desperately to stay relevant. One by one, they strutted and fretted their hour upon the stage--how we wish it had only been an hour--and wound up signifying less than nothing.

(...) Ted Kennedy sounded oddly distant. In a mumbling monotone he kept repeating irrelevancies about Hurricane Katrina and clichés about giving "a hand up, not a handout." Mostly staring down at his desk, he read questions aloud and appeared not to notice when Roberts answered. He never engaged Roberts's responses. Eventually Kennedy simply stopped giving Roberts any time to answer and the chairman had to admonish him to be quiet so that the nominee could speak.

(...) Chuck Schumer only fared better in that he appeared to understand the proceedings. After Democrats repeatedly made the point in the weeks leading up to the hearing that it would be John Roberts's "job interview," they proved that none of them had a clue how to conduct one. Where most potential employers want to hear job candidates talk, Schumer openly complained about the amount of time Roberts took to answer his questions.

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Posted by Richard at September 21, 2005 2:10 PM

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