In today's hearing, Russ Feingold used Glenn's post from today on C&L and cross-posted on his site to discuss with John Dean the similarities to the Mitchell statements and today’s responses from the Administration.
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Christy has a round up from today's hearing and Jane thanks Biden for not showing up and bloviating.

Raw Story has transcripts up also...

Joe Biden, the man who hasn't found a talk show he doesn't like, (word is that he called Al Gore and asked if Current TV had a slot opening, but was saddend when he found out it's not a political station. <snark>) was on with Larry King after President Bush's speech Sunday, to lend a little democratic analysis to counter Lindsey Graham. My head did a Linda Blair impersonation when he said this:

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Biden: "There is a simmering civil war that we're dealing with and the only solution to that is written by a very conservative columnist named David Brooks today. He said you either partition that country which would be a disaster or you get a political solution."

Hey Joe, did you know that Wesley Clark has been trumpeting that belief as his major position on Iraq? Do you remember that he's actually a democrat? Of all the pundits in all the fish-wraps from all over the world and Joe quotes David Brooks as a voice of reason. Biden must have forgotten David's immortal take on immigration:

link: "I'm for pretty open immigration. But when the immigrants come, they come with a culture of criminality."

(My grandfather was one of the most evil, criminal shoemakers to ever cross our borders in 1915 from Italy. His leather soles were so comfortable that many a thief used them to easily escape from the police back in the day.)

Biden picks a wingnut columnist to point us towards his only viable solution in Iraq, which only magnifies what the GOP is hoping Americans will believe. Republicans are the only party that does have a solution to the chaos in the middle east and you better not trust democrats to lead you in the fight against terrorism. Way to go Joe. Next he'll be offering up Michael Ledeen's positions on Iran and Syria as the only viable solution to the rest of the world's problems:

"Change -- above all violent change -- is the essence of human history"

Jane responds...

PFAW: ...President Bush himself defended his advisors' use of her faith to build ultraconservative support for her candidacy. "People are interested to know why I picked Harriet Miers. They want to know Harriet Miers' background. They want to know as much as they possibly can before they form opinions. Part of Harriet Miers' life is her religion....

TMV says: Bush Does More Than Wink: Says He Picked Miers Partly For Her Religion...read on

The Senate will now have to delve into her religious views because Bush has said as much. I don't care what her beliefs are myself, but to make this a major factor in determining her qualifications to sit on the bench is ludicrous. The Senate committee will now make this a major focus of the questions they ask Harriet Miers and no Circus Clown can complain when they do.

Armando says: "While no one should be excluded from public office because of their religious views, no one should be chosen for public office, especially for the Supreme Court, BECAUSE of their religious views." ...read on

John Cole says: After this, they can have Justic Sunday every god damned Sunday for the rest of their lives, and they can’t say a damned thing if Democrats ask whether a person’s religious beliefs may unduly influence their judgement. When Joe Biden is up there talking at length about whether or not Harriet Miers can judge Roe fairly with her religious beliefs such an important part of her life, before James Dobson’s head explodes, he best remember who is to blame- Bush and the White House....read on

(Update): Pat Robertson offered a stern warning to those conservative senators who might be thinking of voting against her. Check out the video

On Face the Nation, Sen. Biden made no bones of his feelings for JRB.

Joe reminds Hatch that Abe Fortas was filibusted also.

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Inspired by Steve's piece in the Huffington Post, I posted the video from this exchange.

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Steve gets it right: "I wish you could have seen Bob Schieffer's face as he came back from commercial break to his next guest, Senator Joe Biden, who he then took up this issue with. Bob Schieffer said to Joe Biden (I'm paraphrasing here...I'll post the transcript when it's available) "You know, everyone in The White House has these BlackBerrys. And you have to wonder what sort of message Andrew Card emailed at 8pm to the other people in The White House...what sort of documents could have been shredded in those 12 hours."

The following letter was sent today from Sen. Biden to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...

Joe Biden on "This Week," said: Dean “doesn't speak for me with that kind of rhetoric and I don't think he speaks for the majority of Democrats,”

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It's nice to see unity in the party. I don't understand where he's coming from. Any idiot knows that Dean is not talking about Republican voters, just the party leaders.

John Aravosis says: love to eat their own.

John Edwards also jumps into the mix.

One. Take notes from Republicans. When Dick Cheney told Patrick Leahy to fuck himself, was there a parade of angry Republicans on TV the next day decrying Cheney's words and talking about how he didn't speak for the party and it made them feel all funny "down there" and really, it dishonored everybody, and what will the neighbors say? Hell no. The only thing you saw was Cheney saying he'd felt better afterwards, and laughing about it. And it made Democrats insane, because there's nothing you can do to shame people who aren't susceptible to shame.

Two. Every time a Republican goes on TV talking about how Howard Dean hurt their widdle feelings, Joe Biden should be talking about how if they can't stand up to Howard Dean, how can Republicans stand up to the terrorists? Man, what a bunch of useless wimps, right, Timmy Russert? Give old Tim a punch to the shoulder because it's all fun and games here on the Democratic side of the aisle, all beers and bratwursts and ballgames and slapping cocks on the table while the Republicans are over there knitting tea cozies and fluffing their petticoats.First Draft

One. Take notes from Republicans. When Dick Cheney told Patrick Leahy to fuck himself, was there a parade of angry Republicans on TV the next day decrying Cheney's words and talking about how he didn't speak for the party and it made them feel all funny "down there" and really, it dishonored everybody, and what will the neighbors say? Hell no. The only thing you saw was Cheney saying he'd felt better afterwards, and laughing about it. And it made Democrats insane, because there's nothing you can do to shame people who aren't susceptible to shame.

Two. Every time a Republican goes on TV talking about how Howard Dean hurt their widdle feelings, Joe Biden should be talking about how if they can't stand up to Howard Dean, how can Republicans stand up to the terrorists? Man, what a bunch of useless wimps, right, Timmy Russert? Give old Tim a punch to the shoulder because it's all fun and games here on the Democratic side of the aisle, all beers and bratwursts and ballgames and slapping cocks on the table while the Republicans are over there knitting tea cozies and fluffing their petticoats.

Every time some pretty twerp like John Edwards (man, carry your own state and then we'll talk about if you can carry Dean's luggage, okay?) gets a call from a breathless reporter asking for comment on Howard Dean's latest speech, his first question should be, "Well, did it piss off the Republicans? It did? Excellent." Johnnykins, I made up a chart for you. It says Republican = bad, Democrat = good, and you need to learn that before you ever run for national office again.

We all need to learn that. Behind the scenes we can bitch and moan all we want. Joe Biden can call Howard and tell him he thinks he should turn it down a notch. That's fine. But you do it in public and you make the party look like idiots. If you want to run as a Democrat, you have to make Democrat mean something. Right now it means you're too chickenshit to take a stand, too scared to attack the real enemies, and it's easier for you to beat up on the kid who's already had his lunch money stolen and his locker broken into than it is to go up to the vice principal who sat there smirking while the whole thing went on and say, "Install some order and discipline around here, or I'll stuff my foot so far up your ass you'll taste my Tevas, bitch."

Look at John A. up there. Republicans called him names. Did he apologize? Hell no. He laughed in their faces and told them to show him they were serious. Look at Amnesty, did they retract and rewind and weasel and complain? They told Cheney and Rumsfeld to prove them wrong. If you want to win an argument you have to do more than bitch about their points, you have to make your own. You can't cower and back away.

Put your medals in a box. Wear your scars instead. At least then you'll be able to say you were in a fight, instead of always running when the first punch is thrown.  

Every time some pretty twerp like John Edwards (man, carry your own state and then we'll talk about if you can carry Dean's luggage, okay?) gets a call from a breathless reporter asking for comment on Howard Dean's latest speech, his first question should be, "Well, did it piss off the Republicans? It did? Excellent." Johnnykins, I made up a chart for you. It says Republican = bad, Democrat = good, and you need to learn that before you ever run for national office again.

We all need to learn that. Behind the scenes we can bitch and moan all we want. Joe Biden can call Howard and tell him he thinks he should turn it down a notch. That's fine. But you do it in public and you make the party look like idiots. If you want to run as a Democrat, you have to make Democrat mean something. Right now it means you're too chickenshit to take a stand, too scared to attack the real enemies, and it's easier for you to beat up on the kid who's already had his lunch money stolen and his locker broken into than it is to go up to the vice principal who sat there smirking while the whole thing went on and say, "Install some order and discipline around here, or I'll stuff my foot so far up your ass you'll taste my Tevas, bitch."

Look at John A. up there. Republicans called him names. Did he apologize? Hell no. He laughed in their faces and told them to show him they were serious. Look at Amnesty, did they retract and rewind and weasel and complain? They told Cheney and Rumsfeld to prove them wrong. If you want to win an argument you have to do more than bitch about their points, you have to make your own. You can't cower and back away.

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via Al Franken Show: So much O'Reilly, so little time. This one is particularly egregious. The Spark Notes summary: O’Reilly took video from Senator Joe Biden’s Sunday appearance on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, edited it to misrepresent what Biden said, then advocated his now edited-out position (all the while criticizing him)...read on

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Here's Biden's email senator@biden.senate.gov He should ak for a retraction.

I called Biden's office and they are making him aware of this.

On Face the Nation, Sen. Biden clearly stated that he is running for President in 08"

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Talk Left has more on Joe.