| Thursday, September 15, 2005 |
| I Yield the Floor to the Distiguished Gentleman from Opinion Jounal |
Because I'm preparing my text for Free Prose Friday, today I yield to Opinion Journal. It is one of many sources that I use for news.
One Tuesday, James Taranto wrote:
"Yesterday's opening of the hearings for Chief Justice-designate John Roberts were pretty dull. But we did cringe when Sen. Tom Coburn choked back Voinovichian tears, and we cracked up at Sen. Chuck Schumer's absurd oration, in the course of which, according to the Washigton Post he 'made 49 first-person references in a 10-minute statement that was, ostensibly, not about himself.'
"The highlight of the day was when Schumer tried to explain to Roberts what he means by 'mainstream':
They need to know above all that if you take the stewardship of the high court, you will not steer it so far out of the mainstream that it founders in the shallow waters of extremist ideology. As far as your own views go, however, we only have scratched the surface. In a sense, we have seen maybe 10% of you--just the visible tip of the iceberg--not the 90% that is still submerged. And we all know that it is the ice beneath the surface that can sink the ship. "So first Roberts is a steward on a ship, but he's also the captain, since he's steering. Then all of a sudden Schumer goes off the deep end, and Roberts becomes an iceberg threatening to sink the ship, which is being steered by . . . well, who the heck knows?
"Also, apparently taking his lead from Alan Dershowitz, Schumer practically borked his own daughter:
You have the potential to wield more influence over the lives of the citizens of this country than any jurist in history. I cannot think of a more awesome responsibility--awesome not in the way my teenage daughter would use the word, but in the biblical sense of the angels trembling in the presence of God. "We actually have to agree with Schumer's daughter. Roberts is going to be chief justice, and that's, like, totally awesome, dude." |
posted by Joe Napalm @ 4:22 PM   |
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Great post Joe. Bring on the free prose Friday!
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Great post Joe. Bring on the free prose Friday!