Feingold throws tantrum, Specter insults self
Via AP/Yahoo:
WASHINGTON - A Senate committee approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Thursday, after a shouting match that ended when one Democrat strode out and the Republican chairman bid him "good riddance."
"I don't need to be lectured by you. You are no more a protector of the Constitution than am I," Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., shouted after Sen. Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record) declared his opposition to the amendment, his affinity for the Constitution and his intention to leave the meeting.
"If you want to leave, good riddance," Specter finished.
"I've enjoyed your lecture, too, Mr. Chairman," replied Feingold, D-Wis., who is considering a run for president in 2008. "See ya."
So what's his problem?
Among Feingold's objections was Specter's decision to hold the vote in the President's Room, where access by the general public is restricted, instead of in the panel's usual home in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
That's right - he was upset because he didn't have an audience for his theatrics. Never mind that the purpose of the meeting was to get some work done. Partisan politics and playing to the audience is much more important to the juvenile mind of primadonna Russ.
I do find Specter's choice of words interesting, though. He pays himself no compliment at all when he says "You are no more a protector of the Constitution than am I" to Feingold. After all, Feingold's outright contempt for the constitution has been well demonstrated by his attempts to abolish Article III.
A reminder - we're paying for this. If I wanted to see this kind of behavior, I could could have gone to a pro wrestling match. And saved a lot of buckage, too.
