Biden Embarrasses Himself

I'm glad to see the poise and professionalism of nominee John Roberts during his confirmation hearing over the past two days. His ability to remain calm and collected while Democratic senators make fools of themselves is quite impressive. The worst of them today, from the transcripts I read, show that Joe Biden showed the American people today how not to act, while Roberts showed us all the exact opposite. First we can see Biden harassing Roberts to answer why he wouldn't answer a question that Biden felt Justice Ginsburg had during her confirmation hearing. You can also see when the committee chairmen Specter chose to jump in when he felt Roberts was not given the chance to answer (this happened often):

ROBERTS: Well, I do know, Senator, that in numerous other cases -- because I read the transcript...

BIDEN: So did I.

ROBERTS: ... she took the position that she should not comment.
Justice O'Connor took the same position. She was asked about a particular case.

BIDEN: Oh, Judge...
(CROSSTALK)

ROBERTS: She said, It's not correct for me to comment.
Now, there's a reason for that.

BIDEN: But you're going from the...

SPECTER: Wait a minute, Senator Biden. He's not finished his answer.

BIDEN: He's filibustering, Senator. But OK, go ahead.
(LAUGHTER)

SPECTER: No, he's not. No, he's not.
(CROSSTALK)

ROBERTS: That's a bad word, Senator.

BIDEN: That's if we do it to you. Go ahead. Go ahead and continue not to answer.
(LAUGHTER)

This could be taken as a threat, a childish remark, or in my opinion an idiotic verbal attack that resembles a 5-year-old arguing with someone who stole his sucker.

BIDEN: I understand. My time's running out. I'd love to hear the explanation of the three tiers. But let's stick to this one for just a second.
Then, explain to me what you meant, 10 years after the decision laying out this level of scrutiny, when you wrote an '81 memo to your boss. You wrote that gender, quote, is not a criterion calling for heightened judicial review.
What'd you mean by that?

ROBERTS: Referring to what you called strict scrutiny.

BIDEN: He didn't know the difference between heightened and strict?

ROBERTS: Well, I was about to lay it out. You said you didn't want to hear about it.
(LAUGHTER)

This is just Roberts destroying Biden in a one-on-one verbal rumble. It shows that Biden could care less about what Roberts says; he was more interested in making him look bad in front of the committee.

ROBERTS: Senator, I was a staff lawyer. I didn't have a position.
The administration had a position, and the administration's position was the two-fold position that you set forth. First, Title IX applies. Second, it applies to the office, the admissions office...
BIDEN: Only to the office, right? It applies narrowly?

SPECTER: Now, wait a minute. Let him finish his answer, Senator Biden.

BIDEN: His answers are misleading, with all due respect.

SPECTER: Well...
(CROSSTALK)

SPECTER: Now, wait a minute, wait a minute.
They may be misleading, but they are his answers.

BIDEN: OK, fine.

SPECTER: You may finish, Judge Roberts.

BIDEN: Fire away. Fire away.
At least I'm misunderstanding your answer.

What a frickin' child! It seems that Biden would yell out "Roberts hates kittens!" if he thought it would make Roberts look bad. How did he become a Senator?

UPDATE: If you're looking for a video clip of the "filibuster" remark you won't find it. I've been searching for it at every news source and Google-way I can. Evidently it's not newsworthy.