Ted Olson, shown here in this photo, made easy work of Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, who weakly attempted to discredit Mr. Olson's position on Prop 8 in California.At first, I thought Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace was simply trying to be tough on Ted Olson, a distinguished and conservative attorney.
Ultimately, however, it was clear that Wallace (in that old Fox News tradition) was merely advocating an extreme conservative agenda and Olson was a man who was in the way of this runaway far-right freight train.
Wallace's freight train, however, was derailed by a far superior intellect.
Olson made national (maybe worldwide) headlines as he helped successfully argued for the federal ruling that overturned Prop 8, a highly controversial ban on same-sex marriage.
Olson, most famous for arguing victoriously for George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore at the U.S. Supreme Court 10 years ago (a ruling which essentially ended any chance of a recount and gave the election to Bush), was simply too tough for the overmatched Wallace (who must of inexplicably thought he had an easy Sarah Palin-like mark ... not that he would be tough on Palin).
Wallace became little more than an appetizer as, in futile fashion, he tried to trip up Olson. But, you don't send your local middle school team to play the NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers.
In this case, however, Fox News did just that with Wallace v. Olson.
