Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Senator Schumer In The Batter's Box

Senator Schumer: Clarence Thomas lied to us and if you're lying to us if you don't agree he's lying and that would in fact make you the bigger liar. Secondhand lying is as bad as secondhand smoke. I was a lawyer too, you know, and I clerked for the present justice of the peace in Manhattan who is also the part-time arbitrator for complex dog licensing procedures. And if you don't tell me right now if you agree or disagree with my agreement with his disagreeable lying, then can we all be in agreement that there's nothing to agree about if there is no forthcoming consensus of agreeability? Or, is there a substantive right to privacy or a general right to privacy, particularly under the liberty clause which is really really private, dependent upon who agrees?

Judge Roberts: I'm hesitant to respond to questions currently in line to be heard by the Supreme Court. (Translation: What in the name of simple fuck are you talking about? YOU were a lawyer? Where? Aruba?

In fairness, Messenger cannot continue to monitor the Supreme Court hearings, for ALL of the cable news networks are featuring reporters standing in the rain as they await the next hurricane, and C-Span and C-Span 2 cutting away to show us one democrat or another begin his or her speech with, "we weep..." as they conduct congressional business of the day.

PS: Norah O'Donnell, MSNBC's CHIEF Washington Correspondence: "Judge Roberts in wanting to prove he's not an...

It's not auto-maton, darlin'. It's autom-aton. Robot. Android. Any artificial construct resembling a human being. We understand that you are an undereducated, clumsy, stuttering, talking-head but good grief.

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