“Judge Roberts, 162% of Americans Want To Ask You About …”
The Washington Post’s Names & Faces page reported Wednesday that seven female Democratic senators will launch a website to solicit questions for the John Roberts confirmation hearing:
Seven Democratic senators, including Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), have launched a Web site to involve Americans in the upcoming Senate confirmation hearings for the nominee. Mikulski spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz said the “nonpartisan” site is simply designed to “get information” from the public.
The senators plan to use the submitted questions at the hearings because “it’s important for Judge Roberts to answer questions before being confirmed to this lifetime appointment.” We doubt questions like “What’s your favorite color?” will make it to the floor, but it’s worth a shot.
Schwartz says the Web site is the first of its kind, but she is tight-lipped about its URL (it won’t be revealed until this afternoon). Don’t expect fancy artwork or interactive features: Its sole purpose is to get feedback from you.
… The other senators involved are Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)
We are especially amused to see the words “Barbara Boxer” and “nonpartisan” in the same story. It’s surprising that the Post’s editorial systems didn’t refuse to accept the copy.
But we are puzzled. Seven female Senators, all Democrats, and none of them a member of the Judiciary Committee, are throwing up a quickie website to get exactly what information from the public? Queries about Roberts’ reasoning on some UCC case ten years ago? Or is it possible they have an issue in mind? What could it be? Hmmmm ….
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As of early Thursday Pacific time, we couldn’t find the web site.
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July 28th, 2005 at 7:31 am
Justice Thomas was accused of wondering aloud whether or not the hair on his can of coke was a “pubic” hair. I’m sure the Senators want to know if Roberts ever dropped a “p” bomb in public (funny how “public” is almost a nasty word, kind of like “shirt”).