Posted on 01/14/2006 10:41:28 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
Instead, they turned the sessions into a festival of long-winded bluster, from which President George W Bush's nominee emerged unscathed and almost certain to be confirmed to the Supreme Court bench.
A breakdown of the hearing transcripts provides indisputable evidence, if the American public ever needed it, that their Senators are much more interested in hearing their own voices than in listening to answers.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
The Democrats looked like fools overseas, too.
I admit it, I'm gloating.
So that would make Biden the "Wilmington Windbag" in '08?
Good one. Even the liberal grass roots are amazed at what a poor job their Senate minions did.
Speaking for myself, I never Alito's confirmation hearing to go so well.
The more they do this, the more they will continue down that path of insignificance.
Anyone with a pulse who watched the process would have wanted to just punch the daylights out of the Dims and the way they treated Alito, not to mention what his wife felt at the time
ChiaJoe BinBiden,bilious enema bag '08
kinda has a ring [dirty ring]
"They held sway so long they don't know what it means to be insignificant."
You have that so right.
Two hundred years ago they would have been challenged to duels for that kind of treatment.
Next place in the verbosity stakes went to Chuck Schumer, who uttered 3,471 words to the nominee's 1,166. Among a cluster of senators vying for third place was Ted Kennedy, who allowed the judge to speak 1,557 words to his own 3,282. I guess someone had to count them which reminds me of a song from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
I'd love to turn you on
Next place in the verbosity stakes went to Chuck Schumer, who uttered 3,471 words to the nominee's 1,166. Among a cluster of senators vying for third place was Ted Kennedy, who allowed the judge to speak 1,557 words to his own 3,282.
I guess someone had to count them which reminds me of a song from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
I'd love to turn you on
Open ridicule, worldwide!!! This is a moment to savor...
Senator Joe "Wilmington Windbag" Biden.
Priceless ;D!
Wow...the British Press turning on the Dem/Libs...this is HUGH!
This Sargent Pepper sounds like a great poet, has he done anything else?
Blackburn, Lancashire- huh. Thank you for ending thirty years of Me not knowing the lyrics.
It's not only hugh! It's SERIES!
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