VIDEO CLIP: See Senator George Allen Get Blasted by Russert on FILIBUSTER

[Nothing Without Hope]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/05/01.html#a2722

Video clip in Quicktime and Windows Media - "Meet the Press." Tim Russert is no favorite of mine or of most of you, but he really nails this lying fool and doesn't let him squirm loose. Very satisfying to watch.

Excerpt:

MR. RUSSERT: Let me turn to federal judges. Court of Appeals: Bill Clinton nominated 51 people to the Court of Appeals. Thirty-five were confirmed. Sixteen were blocked by the Republicans by not giving hearings or not allowed out of committee. George Bush nominated 52. Thirty-five were confirmed because the Democrats threatened filibuster. They don't run the committees, so they can't block it in committee. What's the difference?

SEN. ALLEN: I think you'll find on the Circuit Court judges that President Bush has the lowest percentage of Circuit Court judges...

MR. RUSSERT: I just gave you the numbers. Clinton nominated 51; 35 were confirmed. Bush nominated 52; 35 were confirmed. Those are the numbers.

SEN. ALLEN: Well, I have different numbers than that. The reality is that some of President Clinton's nominees were blocked in committee. They did not--and a lot of them were also brought up at the very end of his term.