Did Lindsey Graham DRINK His Lunch Today?

[matcom]

:eyes:

he is all OVER the map and putting EVERY word in Alito's mouth :eyes:

will Lindsey SWALLOW?

film at 11

[liveoaktx]

1. But Alito doesn't seem to be catching up with what Graham means

[matcom]

2. i'm having trouble following him too!

the idiot is REALLY fucked up

[liveoaktx]

4. me too-I can't figure out if he's trying to trip up Alito or if he

wants someone that will cut out the crap.

[Old Vet]

5. Graham is walking him thru on national tv-Disgusting

[liveoaktx]

7. there it is-he wants the Pres to be able to do what he wants under

the force resolution.

[AlCzervik]

3. He is asking these questions to let us all know how much he knows

about military law, he's basically tooting his own horn and trying to make the highlight reel on the news tonight, but thats just mho.

[LSK]

6. i turned it off when Graham came up

Let me know when its safe again.

[NanceGreggs]

8. Being as Graham was Alito's 'coach' leading up to these ...

... hearings, you'd think he could keep focused.

Imagine what his Q and A would be like if he DIDN'T already know what questions would be asked, and what the answers would be?

[AlCzervik]

9. he was? I guess thats why Feingold asked him about what feedback he

got during his coaching.

[NanceGreggs]

10. Oh, yes, yet another little 'ethics' scandal ...

... as if the GOP didn't have enough on the go.

Apparently, Graham volunteered to 'coach' Alito during closed 'moot court' sessions - i.e. preliminary run-throughs of the confirmation hearings.

This is not unlike 'witness prep' in a court case. And Graham (from what I've read here and elsewhere) fell into the trap that many lawyers set for themselves when they 'over prepare' a witness for trial.

They already know what the answer to every question will be, so they tend to interupt the witness mid-answer, or forget to ask certain 'foundation questions' altogether -- assuming (wrongly) that the judge/jury has already heard the answers they've rehearsed a million times.

It's not unlike the movie biz -- as they always say, if you're going to write, don't try to also direct.