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...recent barbs against Obama are more direct, performative, and cruel than ever. Take the recent outburst from Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who rudely bellowed “You lie!” at the president during his speech to Congress on health care. This behavior might be acceptable during an episode of Jerry Springer, but it shouldn’t fly on Capitol Hill, especially toward the commander-in-chief. Although the congressman later apologized, there are indications that Wilson may have planned his statement; CNN reports that he hinted at it in advance via a Labor...
...most dramatic moment of the day came when the judge's wife, Martha-Ann Bomgardner, who had been sitting behind him, left the hearing room in tears. She left when Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was apologizing to Alito for his treatment by the opposition. Graham, who was present at a White House preparation session for Alito, mocked Democrats for their relentless questioning about the Princeton group by asking Alito rhetorically if he is "really a closet bigot." After Alito replied that he is "not any kind of a bigot," Graham continued: "Guilt by association is going to drive...
...This is a test of the Senate more than it is of Judge Roberts,” Sen. Lindsey O. Graham, R-S.C., said. “I hope the Democrats...give the same respect we gave to Justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg”—a nominee of former president Bill Clinton—“who was, in my opinion, a very hard vote for a Republican...
...Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asked Roberts whether, as chief justice, he would follow in the footsteps of William H. Rehnquist, the late chief justice for whom Roberts once clerked...
...moral values,” a.k.a. religious values, a.k.a. conservative Christian religious values. These voters are likely to side with such newly minted senators as Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who believes that “abortionists” should be punished with the death penalty, and Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who insists that single mothers should not be permitted to teach public school. Fanaticism reigns as in a twenty-first century Salem—but I’m pretty sure that even Roger Chillingsworth would have endorsed stem-cell research...