[randita]

They had to bring Fritz out of moth-balls to embarrass himself with that senile sounding "cash and carry" rant against the Bush admin. Nobody could seem to figure out what exactly he was trying to say...

Fritz Hollings would be perfectly cast in a role as a snake oil salesman. Oil just oozes from that man whenever he speaks. He's very hard to believe or to take seriously. The Democrats couldn't have picked a better front man (for the GOP, that is).

[apollo11]

His own compatriot at the press conference contradicted him! Asked if crimes had been committed, he responded yes, a number of them, and his buddy to the right had to jump in and interject "alleged" into the discussion, while Hollings stood by with his mouth hanging open.

So Hollings becomes the sacrificial lamb, trotted out to make a complete ass of himself on national television, seconded only by Barbara Boxer, whose chief complaint seems to be that the President wouldn't take a meeting with her on the California energy crisis (which has miraculously evaporated, by the way).