Appearing before the House Commerce Committee with condescension in his voice and a flag pin in his lapel, he contradicted himself so much under questioning that one member, Bart Stupak of Michigan, told me he had "impeached his own testimony".
So the fact that he was questioning it made him that much more perfect for the part.
Common defences are used to protect the self against these adverse comparisons, such as questioning whether looks matter all that much or whether the TV presenter is happy – but they only partially work.
Much of the questioning that followed demonstrated the difficulties of putting this vision into effect.
And they saw firsthand what Mr. Olsgaard called "a tidal wave of chronic disease" — diabetes, hypertension, obesity, depression — that left many questioning how much any one physician could really accomplish.
"When yet another unarmed young black man is killed and it is 'lawful', it can be no surprise that black people are questioning how much value these same laws place on their lives".
In mentoring our graduate students, we tend to teach with a questioning style much like that of Socrates (Stumpf, 1983).
While Mr. Romney's campaign shrugged that off in public, questioning how much support Mr. DeWine would bring with him, a top Ohio Republican said that behind the scenes, top donors and supporters were trying to keep others from following suit to quell an "uprising".
Adair Turner, Britain's leading financial regulator, has given well-received speeches questioning whether much of finance is "socially useful" and arguing that it should be a smaller part of the economy.
On global warming, Mr. Bloomberg echoed criticism from Democrats and environmental advocates who say that the Republicans have been slow to act, questioning how much human activity contributes to it and debating regulations.
