The Wall Street Journal, on Dirty Harry Reid’s threat to Bork Ted Olson:
Is Mr. Reid saying that a Republican President can’t nominate any Republican as Attorney General? Or does he mean that President Bush can only nominate a certain kind of Republican–namely one who agrees with the Senate Democratic agenda, or short of that one who can be easily rolled?
Is this a Bork too far, or will Dirty Harry succeed? I think the former. While Robert Bork was an outstanding jurist, he had that horrid goatee, the threatenng crouch and the personality of Oscar the Grouch. Further Senator Oldsmobile did not have to contront the Web.
Ted Olson has none of Bork’s off-putting personality traits. Senator Oldmobile tried to demonzed Bork, and for his part, Bork played the role of a demon Olson simply will not play that role for Dirty Harry. He simply be what he is, a nice guy who is one the top lawyers in the nation.
