Irrationally Exuberant Quote of the Day
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), on Democrats who may vote against the John Roberts nomination:
"If being intelligent, brilliant, a superb lawyer, the greatest legal mind of your generation and well qualified is not enough, what is?"
Certainly, Judge Roberts is intelligent and a superb lawyer. Even brilliant, perhaps. But "the greatest legal mind of [his] generation"? Get real. That's just pure irrationally. He may possibly be one of the great legal minds of his generation. But there are others, and frankly we won't know who is "greatest" (a completely subjective standard anyway) until years from now.
It's that kind of exaggeration that is going to set up your opponents to fight you even harder, Sen. Graham. Of course, Lindsey Graham is no asset to the Senate, so I guess I'm not surprised to hear this from him.
"If being intelligent, brilliant, a superb lawyer, the greatest legal mind of your generation and well qualified is not enough, what is?"
Certainly, Judge Roberts is intelligent and a superb lawyer. Even brilliant, perhaps. But "the greatest legal mind of [his] generation"? Get real. That's just pure irrationally. He may possibly be one of the great legal minds of his generation. But there are others, and frankly we won't know who is "greatest" (a completely subjective standard anyway) until years from now.
It's that kind of exaggeration that is going to set up your opponents to fight you even harder, Sen. Graham. Of course, Lindsey Graham is no asset to the Senate, so I guess I'm not surprised to hear this from him.
posted by N at 1:50 AM
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