I don't think Joe Biden belongs on the Judiciary Committee.

[Jane Austin]

He had, what, thirty minutes, today to ask Alito important questions, and he just frittered it away.

Nice baseball cap and anecdote, you camera hound.

I would give almost anything to have that thirty minutes back for a serious person to ask serious question and demand serious answers.

Biden makes a fool of himself with every hearing, and I think he's had enough face time during these hearings to last a lifetime.

Can we lobby Harry Reid to replace him with someone serious?

[AlCzervik]

1. you know he loves to grandstand and toot his own horn. MBNA likes

him that way.

[woodsprite]

12. Not MBNA anymore. Sold out to Bank of America. n/t

[Jane Austin]

19. OK.

Now, how do we get him off that committee?




(Edited for dumb typo.)

[still_one]

2. Like Mike Malloy says Joe Biden loves to look at himself in the mirror

and say what a great guy he is

[Southsideirish]

15. Isn't he sickened by his image, I know I am.

[Jane Austin]

20. I can see it in my mind's eye.

Any suggestions on how to lobby to get him off that committee?

[elfin]

3. Once more with feeling

Biden is a jerk. The only political issue my traditional (non - religious right) Repub husband ever agreed upon.

[guidod]

11. I'm sorry,

You have a repub spouse too. I feel your pain and I agree that Biden is a jerk.

[w13rd0]

4. Biden...

..bought himself a coffee mug that says "Best Presidential Candidate Ever". He's an asshat, and let's not forget he's the insufferable prick that chaired the "Iraqi Threat Assessment Senate Committee" that wouldn't listen to any more dissent than Bush himself. He invited Chalabi's group and debunked defectors, but didn't permit any of those that said an Iraq invasion was unwarranted. And in this manner, he aided Bush in misleading this nation to war. Biden should get his ass kicked.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

5. That whole committee should resign

A complete collection of jerks who think "hearing" means "I can make all the speeches I want and let the nominee skate."

I'm completely ashamed of my government now. Never, in more than 30 years in Washington, have I seen such an inept, unqualified, shameful bunch.

[AlCzervik]

6. i thought Feingold did fairly well, he's trying hard to get the list

of "coaches". I don't if he's trying to embarrass Lindsay Graham or just get it out into the open.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

8. Agreed

Feingold and Leahy. But, they're such a quaint minority in that bunch of sockpuppets, they really don't shine like they should.

[AlCzervik]

9. no they don't and this is the big one, they need to be pounding away

at him like their not running for anything.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

10. They can't

They're in the vast minority, and, besides, this train has already left the station.

Ladies and gentlement, I give you Mr. Justice Alito.

[Marlie]

13. Yes, Justice Alito

Now the Republicans will control everything, the supreme court, the Presidency,
Congress, the Senate, MSM, most newspapers, the whole cabal. There was some good reporting on Katrina but since then, the supposed journalists are in full whore mode doing their best to protect the Republican party and secure their
continued control of the country. It's so depressing. The mountain just keeps
getting higher. Truth is simply hidden from the American people.

I know we can't give up the good fight but the cards are sure stacked against
us.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

17. So it would seem......

But I have a sense that Mr. Abramoff is going to shuffle those cards very thoroughly in the not-too-distant-future.

I so hate the media.

[tn-guy]

25. Time for a reality check

It is long past time for Democrats to realize that Biden and Kennedy are the two best weapons Bush has for getting his nominees approved. I talk to a lot of people who are not very interested in politics and they pretty much view Biden and Kennedy as self-important jerks. I know that is heresy to Democratic stalwarts but the reality is that the vast majority of the public don't get serious about politics except a little before elections are held. The subliminal image they get of the Democratic party is not flattering because these two tend to dominate the news coverage of anything the judiciary committee does.

[OKthatsIT]

7. He is an ASS

[graywarrior]

14. Biden is bidin' his time til the prez elections

He's useless.

[Southsideirish]

16. I'd vote for a fire hydrant before I'd vote for Bidet. Ugh!!!

[Nutmegger]

18. What's the point of questioning the nominee

if they're going to go through endless weeks of "mock hearings" and told to basically dodge their personal beliefs so they won't spark a brouhaha??? Biden was on Hardball yesterday and said that he would favor an open debate on the floor. I think Biden is a jerk but I kind of have to agree with him there.

[bemildred]

21. Anybody that watched the Anita Hill hearings knows that.

He did everything he could to make sure Thomas got confirmed. Him and Specter were a real comedy team.

[Jane Austin]

22. Good Lord. I think I had blocked that out of my mind.

Isn't 15 years long enough for him to stink up that committee?

[bemildred]

23. I will never forget that as long as Slappy sits there on the USSC. nt

[FrenchieCat]

24. YUK! POOH!