(cross posted to the People For Blog)
Mat Staver of the ironically named Liberty Counsel has a new video up where he takes credit for the shameful filibuster of Goodwin Liu. That clears up so much.
Was it Mat Staver who “exposed” the “extremism” of this extremely qualified nominee? Was it Mat Staver who convinced every Republican senator but one to ignore Liu’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, his detailed written submissions, and his many articles, all of which disproved the lies being told about him? Was it Mat Staver whose keen legal arguments completely discredited conservative legal figures like Ken Starr, Clint Bolick, Richard Painter, and John Yoo, all of whom were part of the vast network of support Liu received from the nation’s legal community across the ideological spectrum?
Yeah, right.
No, it was naked partisan politics at its worst and not Mat Staver that sank Goodwin Liu’s nomination.
But the video does raise an interesting question: If Staver knows so much about Goodwin Liu, why does he repeatedly call him “Godwin”? Don’t you think he would know the man’s name after all of his exhaustive research and outreach to senators?
