Ted Kennedy's Hatemonger Retires Beaten

An interesting tidbit by Bob Novak about James Flug, the Kennedy minion that had been so successful in slandering and libeling conservative judicial candidates (Bork) several decades ago, but failed absolutely in doing the same this time around after Kennedy brought him back from private life in 2003 specifically to stop President Bush's nominees for the Supreme Court:

"James Flug, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's longtime political gunslinger, last week finished his latest hitch on the senator's staff, reputed by friends to be discouraged by his failure to block President Bush's Supreme Court nominations.

Flug returned to Kennedy's staff in 2003 after 30 years in private practice, at age 64 taking a job normally held by somebody much younger. He led the unsuccessful effort to undermine the reputations of nominees John Roberts and Samuel Alito.

Kennedy helped cushion Flug's landing with a position at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also will teach at the Harvard law school."