Comparing Crap to Apples

Someone on Fox News this evening was trying to establish that the Sotomayor confirmation in terms of bipartisan support was in the middle between Roberts and Alito. It was nothing of the sort. It was clearly a rubber stamp confirmation in which a measly 9 ObamaRepubs voted for her - and not a single Obamacrat voted against her. In Roberts case 22 Democrats (not the Obama) and an Independent voted voted for him - 22 represents half of the 44 Democrat Senators. That was a bipartisan confirmation. Roberts intellectually beat the hell out of the Democrats and the smart ones had no choice but to vote for him - we'll say nothing of the 22 who did not. In the case of Alito it was 58 to 42, primarily along party lines. The Democrats (including the Obama) were intimidated by Alito's intellect and integrity and willingness to uphold the law and the Constitution. They did not want a true jurist on the bench. With Sotomayor the Obamocrats get their wish - they get a liberal yesman, and intellectually dishonest person who cares nothing of the law and the Constitution. After the confirmation the Obama gushed that the Senate's confirmation was affirmation of her intellect, independence of mind, blah, blah, blah. It was absolutely none of that because none of that is true. She lied her way through the hearings saying whatever would placate the public and the Repubs, and except for the nine ObamaRepubs, it appears that none were placated seeing through her BS. Now all we need is a way to keep the real judges on the Bench alive long enough to survive the Obama reign.