Outside the "Mainstream"

Manuel Miranda:

One of the little imperfections of our American political system is that the qualifications of an excellent lawyer like John Roberts are judged, and often subjected to vituperative questioning, by politicians who are manifestly unfit for the job. Two of the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin and Dianne Feinstein of California, are not even lawyers. You can tell by the questions they ask, how they ask them, and, in Ms. Feinstein's case, her look of incredulity after a nominee gives a straightforward answer any law student would give but that Feinstein deems "out of the mainstream."

Blunt, but spot on.

Read the whole thing. One way to appreciate George Bush's intelligence, is to compare him with the Senators who will lead the fight to torpedo John Roberts.

When you hear the phrase, "outside the mainstream," think "not of the body" and remember the followers of Landru.