Easy there, Norm.

Norm Ornstein, in a recent appearance on Bill Moyers's TV show, was eloquent el·o·quent
adj.
1. Characterized by persuasive, powerful discourse: an eloquent speaker; an eloquent sermon.

2. in his denunciation DENUNCIATION, crim. law. This term is used by the civilians to signify the act by which au individual informs a public officer, whose duty it is to prosecute offenders, that a crime has been committed. It differs from a complaint. (q.v.) Vide 1 Bro. C. L. 447; 2 Id. 389; Ayl. Parer. of how corrupt and partisan Partisan may refer to: Political matters
In politics, partisan literally means organized into political parties. The expression "Partisan politics" usually refers to fervent, sometimes militant support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. the U.S. Congress has become. But then he got carried away: "If the Founding Fathers were alive today, they would be turning over in their graves."

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Title Annotation:	Tilting at windmills
Author:	Peters, Charles
Publication:	Washington Monthly
Date:	Dec 1, 2006
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