September 15, 2005

"Maybe the milk of human kindness will run through you and you will not be so technical.''

So said the Senator, claiming he was trying to "sensitize" the Supreme Court nominee who was perceived as lacking in human feeling. The Senator was Howard Metzenbaum and the nominee was Stephen Breyer.

2 comments:

Anna said...

Ah, yes, Metzenbaum. Well, now you know where Dennis Kucinich gets his ideas. (I have the distinct privilege of living in Ohio...home state for these idiots. And unfortunately, you can add our governor to that group despite his being a Republican.)

Unknown said...

It would have been nice if Breyer had said something like, "I will happily consume the milk of human kindness so long as I don't have to lap it off of your teat, Senator."

The look on Metzenbaum's face would have been priceless.