Quotable Notables 9/27/05

Quotes of Note that reflect what conservatives think. Or are up against.

NY's Schumer So Easily Offended

Looking for all the world like a New York shark lawyer, Schumer asked John Roberts at his confirmation hearing, very seriously...

So my question is not the substance, but do you regret the tone of these memos, do you regret some of the inartful phrases you used in some of those memos, for instance, a reference to "illegal amigos" in one memo?

Who knew Schumer was so sensitive?
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More Classy Arab Sons of Camels

For all the suffering of the Gaza settlers as they pulled out from their homes, the so-called Palestinians and various other sons of camels speak their piece.

Except, like everything else the man speaks, it's wrong, it's a lie or it's plagiarized.

Biden below...at Roberts' hearing.

I'd like to explore that philosophy a little bit, because you got asked that question by Senator Hatch about what is your philosophy, and the baseball metaphor was used again. As you know, in Major League Baseball, they have a rule. Rule 2 defines the strike zone. It basically says from the shoulders to the knees. And the only question about judges is, do they have good eyesight or not. They don't get to change the strike zone.

EXCEPT, ahem, the strike zone in baseball is a bit more nuanced than Cheshire-cat Biden allows in his rather silly question. For, mine fine Senator, the strike zone DOES change depending on the batter.

From the official baseball rule book:

The STRIKE ZONEis that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the hollow beneath the knee cap. The Strike Zone shall be determined from the batter's stance as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball. (For diagram of STRIKE ZONE see page 23.)

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