What does it take for the press to get a story right?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060111/ap_on_go_su_co/alito_wife_1
6 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The wife of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito left his confirmation hearings in tears Wednesday.
Martha-Ann Bomgardner, who had sat behind her husband for hours of questioning over several days, left as her husband was being questioned by Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (news, bio, voting record) of South Carolina.
"Are you really a closet bigot?" Graham asked Alito. The nominee said no, and Graham said, "No sir, you're not."
Graham's questions came after withering questions from several Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats.
Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch (news, bio, voting record) of Utah suggested that she was upset with the questioning from Democrats. "She's sick and tired of the mistreatment of her husband," Hatch said. He also said that she was suffering from a migraine headache.
She returned to the hearing room after a committee break, smiling and holding her husband's hand.
Even the news we are listening to won't report that Mrs. Alito was brought to tears in a touching moment! They just won't clarify.
I posted this on the live Alito thread, but I'm sure Mrs.Alito got a nice big hug from her hubby. After all, he didn't see her reaction, did he?
oh for heavan's sake. It was a plumbing question.
The CC Orca wanted to know if the Judge could fix his closet spigot.
Just listened to WABC headline -- yep, that's the way they're playing it. Graham asking if he is a "closet bigot" caused her reaction. Nothing about Graham's comments about a former clerk's unsolicited letter.