January 19, 2005
Rice Confirmation Mini-Roundup
Like most of you, I have better things to do with my day than watch the Secretary of State confirmation hearings (such as my job, or alphabetizing my socks). Still, the news clips shown last night on the various cable news outlets all seemed to show what we expected going into the hearings, namely that Dr. Rice would be calm, professional and the epitome of the word "classy," while Senate Democrats would be anything but that.
At least one blogger has the real story, but don't expect to find much resembling insightful commentary from the left. The deep analysis from the reality-challenged community focuses on how Rice was "grilled like Mahi-Mahi in Miami" and how Barbara Boxer was a hero for stooping to petty personal attacks. Yet librals can't figure out why moderates grow more disgusted with them every day.
Mini-Roundup
- Instapunk reports on Kerry's near-meltdown during the hearings
- Sisu captures a couple of soundbites and draws an interesting visual comparison
- LGF reader Model4 catches Barbara Boxer lying through her teeth
- Blogs For Bush catches it as well
- Jimme at Blue State Conservatives dissects the day's events with specific focus on Dodd's obsession with the torture issue and how Rice may have missed a chance to knock it out of the park
- Polipundit suggests Dr. Rice's future job after her tenure as Secretary of State
- La Shawn Barber takes dead aim
- Patterico puts the homestate screws to Boxer's "reality-based" comments
- The Ebb & Flow Institute has excerpts from the transcripts
- Spoons at The Spoons Experience says Boxer, Biden and Dodd were gratuitously picking fights they know they can't win
Feel free to post additional relevant links in the comments.
Update:
- Kevin McCollough has the complete transcript of the Rice/Boxer exchange (Kevin was also nice enough to provide a link to this thread for his radio audience, which I appreciate)
- La Shawn Barber has a roundup at the bottom of her thread I must have missed the first time around, that includes blogger voices I'd missed.
- As a side note, Technorati.com seems to be having technical problems this morning, making the blogosphere a bit of a challenge to check for more updates.
- Roger L. Simon compliments Kerry on his impeccable Arabic.
- Mark at Weapons of Mass Discussion evicerates Kerry and Boxer for their grandstanding
- Acidman of Gut Rumbles adds Biden to the malarkey-slinging list
- The confirmation hearings spur Cobb's thinking of how Republicans can pick up minority voters
- Weapon of Choice goes beyond the confirmation to opine about the kind of SecState Rice might be.My advice for Iran? Duck.
- Just for kicks, The Kool Aid Report is caught Fisking the Crap out of Barbara Boxer.
- Slant Point brings up the disturbing possibility that compared to Boxer, other liberals might seem same by contrast.
