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  • Memogate Prequel The right way to handle a pseudo-scandal.

    01/25/2005 3:40:57 AM PST · by Elkiejg · 13 replies · 1,036+ views
    WSJ ^ | 1/25/05 | WSJ - Editorial
    Regular readers of these pages will recall our scoop a little over a year ago on what came to be known on Capitol Hill as Memogate. Our publication of Democratic strategy memos on how to defeat President Bush's judicial nominees created a stir in Washington, not least because they showed how Senators Ted Kennedy, Dick Durbin and others were taking orders from liberal interest groups, even to the point of delaying a vote on a candidate for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals until it had heard the University of Michigan affirmative action case. More than a year later, it's...