In the aftermath of Samuel Alito’s confirmation, I’m going to lay off of the four democrats who voted in favor of Alito. Byrd (WV), Conrad (SD), Johnson (SD), and Nelsen (NE) have their reasons, and I can only assume they are good ones – like family members being held hostage at Gitmo under orders of Dick Cheney! At least these four acted consistently based on their own conscience, and they will have to live with their decision.On the other hand, the following list of democrats (along with republican Chafee (RI)) voted for cloture on one day, knowing that Alito would be confirmed, and then cast a meaningless vote against Alito on the very next day. Huh?
Akaka (HI)
Baucus (MT)
Bingaman (NM)
Cantwell (WA)
Carper (DE)
Dorgan (ND)
Inouye (HI)
Kohl (WI)
Landrieu (LA)
Lieberman (CT)
Lincoln (AR)
Nelson (FL)
Pryor (AR)
Rockefeller (WV)
Salazar (CO)
This is the equivalent of lecturing your kids on the importance of a good education on the day after you let them drop out of school! What a bunch of idiots.
By the way, with 72 votes for cloture, the democrats would have needed only 13 of the 15 above to extend debate beyond the SOTU, if not indefinitely! I just hope the senators on this list have lots of grandchildren to remind them of their decision.
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