Mark Steyn: Flawless Roberts holding Dems scoreless

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | September 18, 2005 | Mark Steyn

[alwaysconservative]

Thanks for the wonderful ping! Too many good lines in there to pick a single favorite. I am thankful every day that the Marvelous Mark Steyn is one of "ours". It really doesn't get much better than this!

[kellynla]

BTTT

[Guenevere]

Ah, that Steyn....mi amigo.

[Experiment 6-2-6]

my general line on the U.S. Senate has been to commend the example of New Zealand: They had a Senate, and they abolished it.

Probably one of the FEW things New Zealand has done correctly. Of course, New Zealanders have no sense of humor. Which, ironically, may be why we keep the Senate around...

[jiggyboy]

...why get Chuck Schumer to play Senator Oprah? He has the shifty air of a mob accountant...

I saw him doing his "what if we asked you about movies?" routine, OMG what a poser. Not only was he reading *that* from notes, his eyes were darting *all over* that page like it was a commodity trader's computer monitor.

The fact that his analogy was beyond strained and in fact just plain wrong goes without saying. They weren't asking him "what movies do you like?", they were asking him "if they remade (pick a movie) today, would it be as good as the original?".

[Hildy]

He is, by far, the best writer the Conservatives have. I can't remember one piece where I did not giggle out loud at lease once. Everything he does has humor and that's the best way to communicate a point. I admire him so much, and up until one minute ago, I had no idea he was a high school drop out!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Credit Burt Reynolds, on the Carson Show. He said that Joan Rivers said that that wasn't he own hair. He said that's a damn lie, you pay $3,000 for something you own it.

[Panzerlied]

"Does this mean that Schumer is the bastard child of Meyer Lansky?"

Nope. Just a B*****D!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Meanwhile, despite retinues larger than the average Gulf emir, few senators seemed engaged enough by anything other than their own emoting to order their minions to rustle up some questions on judicial philosophy. We're now told that most Dems will vote for Roberts in order to give themselves some bipartisan cred before they Bork the president's next nominee. That sounds like feeble spin to avoid getting flayed by the Moveon.org types.

I like the way he goes to the point – he doesn't dance lovey dovey nor does he fool around with words. Mark tells it like it is with a dose of sarcasm, humor, and a healthy dose of reality check.

[FormerACLUmember]

Every line... every word... brilliant, ferocious, dead-on accurate, and hysterical. Best description of these evil moron rat Senators I have ever read!

[finnigan2]

"I admire him so much, and up until one minute ago, I had no idea he was a high school drop out!"

- I actually heard him brag about it on an interview program (C-Span, I think). Early in his career, Steyn actually wrote script for BBC radio. He found it amusing that the secretary who typed up his copy required a college degree for her job, while he, who wrote the damn thing didn't. I seem to recall him also observing that most of those with degrees in journalism wasted much of their time in classrooms learning to think alike and not enough in the real world learning to perfect their skills.
The guy writes with a natural talent that can't really be taught.

[lawgirl]

An "I love Mark Steyn" bump. :)

[Ruth A.]

This Mark Steyn is the stuff my dreams are made of.

[Congressman Billybob]

There is entirely too much competition for the "Steyn line of the year." I defy any panel of judges not composed entirely of King Solomons to choose the winner in that category. Steyn is that good.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "A Bad Constitution -- Won't Get Ratified, Can't Work"

[Congressman Billybob]

With that line, Steyn stepped over into Dave Barry territory. One of his lines was about golf giving elderly men the right to wear "pants that can be seen from other galaxies." LOL.

John / Billybob

[Rummyfan]

Thanks Pokey! Steyn neatly encapsulates the absurdity that the Senate has become. I vote we follow the Kiwis example.

[hoboken109]

Chuck Schumer ... has the shifty air of a mob accountant,
This has to be th e"line of the year".
I going to have that put on a t shirt..Mark is the man !
Chuck is THE all time most transparent fraud in politics.

[hoboken109]

aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh ahahahhahahhh a soooooo funny

[hoboken109]

Steyn needs a TV spot on prime time to give Amsricans a clear view of the truth .

[zeugma]

I yield to no one in my disdain for Schumer, but at that moment my heart went out to him. If I'd been president, I'd have declared his mouth a federal disaster area and allocated $200 billion so FEMA could parachute in a reconstruction team to restore his tongue to its previous level of toxicity.

Steyn line of the year nomination.

Seconded! The only thing that kept me in my chair is that I knew there would be more.