Chuckie Schmuckie Schumer and that turncoat sack of crap (thanks Hugh Hewitt and LL types)Arlen Specter are saying they were duped by Sam Alito and John Roberts. OK, so we can't question your patriotism for turning on our troops, can we at least question your competency for office in that you were supposedly "duped" not once but twice? What does this say about your ability to discern matters of grave importance to the country, in that you were duped twice, by nominees of the same President? WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito "duped" the U.S. Senate into confirming them, a top Democratic lawmaker charged on Friday, days after a key Republican questioned if they had lived up to their promises.
Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, a member of the Judiciary Committee that held hearings on the two, said they staked out moderate positions in congressional testimony but became part of a conservative bloc that issued restrictive rulings on issues from free speech to civil rights.
Schumer, in a speech to the American Constitution Society, talked about the confirmation of Roberts and Alito in 2005 and 2006, respectively.
"Were we duped?" he asked.
"Were we too easily impressed by the charm of nominee Roberts and the erudition of nominee Alito?" Schumer asked. "Did we mistakenly vote our hopes when our fears were more than justified by the ultraconservative records of these two men?"
"Yes," he said.
So, let me get this straight....the dumbest president ever, the worst president ever, the most misspoken president ever, has successfully outwitted democrats time and again? Doesn't say much for Chuckie and the rest of the Left, now does it?
But then, there is Arlen Specter...
His comments came days after Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a moderate Republican, said he intended to review the congressional testimony of Roberts and Alito.
The Politico, a Washington-based newspaper, quoted Specter as saying he wanted to see if Roberts and Alito had "lived up" to their promises to respect legal precedents.
And do what, exactly? Can we look up how many promises Kennedy made as a nominee and run him over the coals? Alito and Roberts said the same thing...they would look at the Constitution..and both have done that, admirably. So, Arlen "I should be out to pasture if not for Hugh Hewitt's Help" Specter, kindly shut the hell up and retire.
