The hearings begin

The name Schumer is beginning to acquire its own meaning, like "Uriah Heap," "Fisk," or "Quisling." His very name is synonymous with "political toady." His smarmy remarks today to John Roberts, welcoming him and his lovely wife and "two beautiful children," as if he weren't there to do his worst to smear and torpedo him, are nauseating. His claims that Judge Roberts is "outside the mainstream" are specious and insulting to every person who shares Roberts' values, such as the majority of believing Catholics and other Christians. If he really believes such assertions, he's a fool. If he's trying to persuade others with such baloney, he's a con man.

He implies that high achievement and a "privileged life," are disqualifications from high office. What would he have said to Colin, Janice Rogers Brown, or Condoleeza Rice? If Roberts were another Stephen Breyer, would there be any objections to his background and achievement? Not likely. What a twit!