It appears as though the characterization of Democrat senators on the Judiciary Committee acting as little more than agents for various liberal interest groups was chillingly accurate. April 17, 2002/To: SENATOR [Kennedy] "Elaine Jones of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund tried to call you today. . . . Elaine would like the Committee to hold […]
This is funny, comparing presidential hopeful Howard Dean to the record store clerks in "High Fidelity." The man setting the tone of the campaign so far is Howard Dean, who is reported to be quite popular with Generation X and Y voters. When asked "What is your favorite song?" at a Sept. 9 debate, he […]
So, to set this up. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) is bloviating, and he uses as an example of the unfairness of the GOP to former President Clinton's judicial nominee Elena Kagan (sp?). According to Reed, Kagan was nominated for a federal judgeship, but never got a hearing. She is now dean of the Harvard Law […]
I was going to begin watching the debate on judges on CSPAN-2, but Sen. Barbara Boxer was speaking. I'm sorry, but I can't afford her -- after about a minute of watching her spout off, I'd smash the TV with a baseball bat. I'll tune in later.
Tonight's the all-night talkathon in the Senate about the Democrats' illegal filibusters of Bush judicial nominees. I'll likely watch some of it when I get home from work, but the exercise is really meaningless. The show may get a little additional press coverage of the Democrats' illegal tactics, but it is not a serious effort […]
The Democrats' primary accusation against Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor's nomination to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has been that he would be unable to fairly apply the law because of his "deeply held (religious) beliefs." Pryor, a devout Catholic, has been assailed by liberal interest groups for his opposition to abortion, among many […]
Yes, with the economy continuing to soar, Democrats are resorting to ever-more desperate tactics to actually put a damper on the recovery and get those unemployment numbers up.
I wanted to point these out, but it slipped my mind earlier. Check out this column by Holman Jenkins on "Krugmanomics," and this one by Brian Anderson on the Democrats' illegal use of the filibuster.
I've got CNN's "Capitol Gang" on right now and Wall Street Journal columnist Al Hunt is running down some of the "lies" that we've allegedly been told about Iraq. Dick Cheney said, on the eve of war, said that Iraq has reconstituted nuclear weapons. That is untrue. Well, kinda. Al, why don't you go and […]
The best analysis I've seen thus far of the leaked memo that outlined Democrat plans to use the intelligence committee -- historically a nonpartisan zone -- comes from Steven Den Beste. Dewey decided that it was more important to defeat the Germans and Japanese than to defeat Roosevelt. He decided that it was more important […]