Can you believe it?

On the PBS NewsHour, there was a segment devoted to the judicial nomination process and the politics surrounding it. After the setup piece, it went in-studio:

MARGARET WARNER: Joining us now to discuss what the elections will mean for all the presidents' judicial nominees are Ralph Neas, president of People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group, and Michael Schwartz, a vice president of Concerned Women for America, a conservative advocacy group of women and men. Welcome, gentlemen.

Who is Michael Schwartz and what kind of guy is he?

We went to the CWA website, and found this item about the recent bankruptcy bill:

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Concerned Women for America joined with pro-life allies today in claiming a huge victory as Congress voted down last night a bankruptcy protection bill that contained pro-abortion language. The language had been inserted by liberal Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in a conference committee compromise but was soundly rejected in the House of Representatives by a vote of 243-172.

“This is the result of prayer,” said Michael Schwartz, vice president for government relations at CWA.

CWA is a wildly religious-first organization (which is their prerogative) but you wouldn't know it from what their spokesman said that evening.

There you have it. PBS is reduced to bringing on a weirdo to debate serious issues like judicial nominations.

posted by Quiddity at 11/18/2002 08:20:00 PM