Sean Hannity Interviews Arlen Specter--and Judge Bork!
Today, Sean Hannity interviewed Arlen Specter, as he had planned--and then interviewed Judge Robert Bork, which he did not plan. Apparently Judge Bork's son was listening to Sean's radio program and immediately called in.
I have already heard about Arlen's defensive answers on CBS' Face the Nation. This afternoon's interview was more of the same. In that interview Sean questioned him about his treatment of Judge Bork back in 1987. Specter described Bork as "outside of the mainstream of American judicial thought," or words to that effect. He also spoke about several "conservatives trying to defeat me," cagily omitting any mention of the efforts that President Bush and his Senate Colleague, Rick Santorum, made on his behalf. (He also does not mention that Senator Santorum is probably counting on Arlen Specter to speak on his behalf when he next comes up for re-election.) Sean also questioned him repeatedly about his statements to various editorial boards, promising that no "extremist" would be confirmed as a Federal judge. Specter tried to pass it all off as "a fact of political life" which he, Specter, could not reasonably change. Sorry, Arlen, but changing such "facts of political life" is your job. Nor do I buy the judicial doctrine of stare decisis (literally, "to stand what has been decided"), which basically means that we're stuck with whatever bad decision any previous Supreme Court has made, just because the Supreme Court must protect its prestige.
Judge Bork wasted no time in refuting Specter's remarks about him, and revealed that he, Bork, had repeatedly tried to clarify certain of his judicial opinions with Specter, but that Specter was having none of it. Judge Bork further stated that Arlen Specter tends to vote very liberal, right up to the point where he faces re-election--including re-election to the Senate. "And now he faces another election of a sort, that being to the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee." Judge Bork ended by stating almost exactly what I have said: that Arlen Specter is not fit even to serve on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, much less as its Chairman, and even that Bush and Santorum would rue the day that they supported Arlen Specter in his bids to stay in the Senate.
Whether and how soon Sean Hannity will have a transcript of this interview on his site, Sean didn't say. But Sean did say that he hoped that these two interviews would make a big splash in the weeks to come. Consider this my part in that effort!
I have already heard about Arlen's defensive answers on CBS' Face the Nation. This afternoon's interview was more of the same. In that interview Sean questioned him about his treatment of Judge Bork back in 1987. Specter described Bork as "outside of the mainstream of American judicial thought," or words to that effect. He also spoke about several "conservatives trying to defeat me," cagily omitting any mention of the efforts that President Bush and his Senate Colleague, Rick Santorum, made on his behalf. (He also does not mention that Senator Santorum is probably counting on Arlen Specter to speak on his behalf when he next comes up for re-election.) Sean also questioned him repeatedly about his statements to various editorial boards, promising that no "extremist" would be confirmed as a Federal judge. Specter tried to pass it all off as "a fact of political life" which he, Specter, could not reasonably change. Sorry, Arlen, but changing such "facts of political life" is your job. Nor do I buy the judicial doctrine of stare decisis (literally, "to stand what has been decided"), which basically means that we're stuck with whatever bad decision any previous Supreme Court has made, just because the Supreme Court must protect its prestige.
Judge Bork wasted no time in refuting Specter's remarks about him, and revealed that he, Bork, had repeatedly tried to clarify certain of his judicial opinions with Specter, but that Specter was having none of it. Judge Bork further stated that Arlen Specter tends to vote very liberal, right up to the point where he faces re-election--including re-election to the Senate. "And now he faces another election of a sort, that being to the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee." Judge Bork ended by stating almost exactly what I have said: that Arlen Specter is not fit even to serve on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, much less as its Chairman, and even that Bush and Santorum would rue the day that they supported Arlen Specter in his bids to stay in the Senate.
Whether and how soon Sean Hannity will have a transcript of this interview on his site, Sean didn't say. But Sean did say that he hoped that these two interviews would make a big splash in the weeks to come. Consider this my part in that effort!
posted by Temlakos at 6:09 PM
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