I think that Durbin tries SO HARD to be "cute" in his speeches...that he does end up saying STOOPID things...
Just like a few minutes ago...he talked about how many times that SDO'Connor was the "swing" vote...and how they want reassurance that HE will also be that swing vote!!!
What an idiot.
Oh...what a lowlife...not only the Gitmo stuff....now, he is bringing up a finding on a coal mine case...and throwing up the WVA coal mine tragedy!!!! DISGUSTING!
From NRO
Durbin Opening Statement
[Ed Whelan 01/09 03:02 PM]
Virtually every sentence in Durbin's statement contains what might charitably be called a serious misstatement. He doesn't understand the "unitary executive". He doesn't understand that the plaintiff in Griswold had to work hard to get himself fined. He doesn't understand that judicial expansion of "freedom" necessarily limits American citizens' ability to define what genuine freedoms are. Now he's linking Alito to the mine tragedy in West Virginia. It would take 25 pages to respond to all his distortions.
His insincere assertions of sincerity are stomach-churning.
The 'Rats are so out-of-their-minds angry at GWB for taking away the Senate, the White House, and the H of R from them that they have lost their political senses. It's like watching a particularly horrific car - gasoline truck wreck in slow motion.