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To: Fresh Wind; blogblogginaway

Found it in a piece by Byron York (referring to Bush nominating Roberts and introducing him as opposed to Clinton's announcement of Ginsberg):

"Everyone got a look at Roberts, and after a few words both he and the president quickly moved offstage. No questions asked.

In one skilful stroke, Bush got maximum exposure for his new nominee and, at the same time, managed to avoid the problems that beset Bill Clinton back in 1993 when he nominated Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

You may remember that Clinton introduced Ginsburg in a White House ceremony and that Ginsburg gave a speech that paid tribute to the women’s movement, the civil-rights movement and Hillary Rodham Clinton, among others.

At the end of it, President Clinton, who appeared to have been moved by Ginsburg’s remarks, opened things up for questions and Brit Hume, then with ABC News, asked about the chaotic process — Hume said it had “a certain zigzag quality” — that led to Ginsburg’s nomination.

Clinton’s face reddened with anger. “How you could ask a question like that after the statement she just made is beyond me,” Clinton said. He then stalked away.

That was perhaps the model of how not to unveil a Supreme Court nominee. Bush did better."


201 posted on 09/22/2006 5:55:10 PM PDT by Spyder
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To: Spyder

Thanks for the info!


210 posted on 09/22/2006 5:57:14 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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