Justice Dept. Enters Court Nominee Fight

AP ^ | 5-14-05 | JESSE J. HOLLAND

[Abby4116]

http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200505130859.asp

There is some background information in this NRO article.

[NonValueAdded]

I am chagrinned ... no wait, that is ####-eating grinned. My mistake. Besides, I was referring to Senator Harry Reid ... who is this Honorable Gentleman from Nevada you're talking about? :)

[Iscool]

Unfortunately, Bob Barr is no longer with us...I believe he would have stepped up to the plate...

[oldbrowser]

My guess is that he will deny seeing the file and was only repeating what "someone, somewhere" had said. It would be better to claim to be a gossip than to admit to having seen the file, which would have broken the law.

Somebody had to break the law because if Reid himself didn't see the file (which would be illegal) then someone had to tell him about it's content (which would be illegal).

Unless he is just plain lying which would be unethical.

In any case I think we need a committee to investigate, a mans name has been irreparably damaged.

[sirchtruth]

Plenty of them do. I just wish a few folks around here would knock off the emotional rhetoric and stick with more factual comments.

I know many people want the repubs to ramrod, trash and burn, but somehow I think it is different now...There is a clear stratagy that has been working for almost TEN years to not only keep repubs in power, but gain more seats...The dems look so bad right now it is going to be a LONG time before AND if they ever recover.

Yes, the time will come when repubs HAVE to show some guts, (can you say nuclear option, or 69 fillibuster), but so far everything is working fine.

Guts does not always equate to ramroding legislation!

[sirchtruth]

(can you say nuclear option, or 69 fillibuster),

LOL!! Where's Laz when you need a hilarious, insightful comment?

I think I meant "86" the fillibuster or nix it!

[hershey]

Reid's stock in trade is to look like Casper Milquetoast, white-haired, bespectacled, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. He's Uriah Heep and worse.

[expatpat]

The Republicans are doing a terrible job of educating the public as to what is happening

They are at major disadvantage, because the whole MSM is working for the Demo'rats and against the GPO. It's very hard to get your own message out affectively in those circumstances.

[expatpat]

They are at major disadvantage, because the whole MSM is working for the Demo'rats and
against the GOP. It's very hard to get your own message out effectively in those
circumstances.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

"Well DemocRATS don't release FBI files, they smuggle them home in their pants"


OR HRC's PANTSUITS

[Libertina]

Ewhhhh!

[Inwoodian]

Half of the White House staff under Clinton were unable to be vetted by the Secret Service due to drug and other problems. Not one person's name was made public. Here we have a reputable judge nominated for the Appellate bench and he is scurrilously attacked by a hack politico who should not have had access to his records. And, since the allegations are based on confidential information, he cannot defend himself. Welcome to the politics of personal destruction, Democrat style. Or as Clinton once said," We reward our friends and we f**k our enemies".

[Cicero]

If a Republican senator had done this, there would have been huge headlines in the media demanding an investigation by the Justice Department. Maybe a Special Prosecutor.

Since a Democrat did it, this article typically begins as if the Administration is behaving like a bully, intruding where it doesn't belong.