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...agency under William Casey, Gates ignored intelligence reports that did not conform to the political aims of the Reagan Administration. Also, some witnesses claimed that he may have misled Congress about his knowledge of the Iran-contra affair, a charge that Gates denied. Although some Senators shared Democrat Howard Metzenbaum's skepticism about the nominee's "uncanny ability to forget key events," those doubts were not enough to sink him. The full Senate, seeking to avoid another bruising fight over a presidential appointment, is expected to confirm Gates...
...spectacle of this elite liberal junta working at the behest of such senators as Edward M. Kennedy and Howard Metzenbaum was never more clearly revealed than in the unconscionable exploitation of Anita F. Hill. That these senators and their agents perceive Thomas to be a threat to the republic seems to justify for them their abusive and destructive tactics. Their high minded political passions notwithstanding, they illustrate the old dictum that a surplus of virtue is more dangerous than a surplus of vice, because a surplus of virtue is never subject to the constraints of conscience...
...other Democrats, Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, are expected to oppose Gates in the committee vote...
Hill admitted that a staffer to Sen. Howard Metzenbaum (D-Ohio) told her Thomas would "quietly" drop out if she let the Judiciary Committee and the FBI approach Thomas with the issue--without even using her name. Later, Sen. Joseph R. Biden (D-Del.) told Hill she would not have to go public. From her standpoint, she did not have everything to lose by coming forward. She could just hide behind the committee and avoid the "intensely traumatic" process...
...When Sandra Day O'Connor was before the committee in 1981, faced with strong opposition from antiabortion activists, Ohio's Howard Metzenbaum defended her candidacy by arguing that "there is something basically un- American" about denying a confirmation on the basis of someone's opinion on a single issue. But he made clear at the outset of last week's hearings that he intended to draw from Thomas his position on a woman's right to choose abortion and is now likely to oppose him for not affirming that right...