Posted on 07/16/2009 1:40:15 PM PDT by EveningStar
Judge Sonia Sotomayor ended four days of testimony this afternoon with prospects of rapid confirmation to the Supreme Court improved, as a conservative Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee edged toward endorsing her and the panel's ranking Republican said the GOP would not block a vote on her nomination.
Shortly before the committee concluded its questioning of Sotomayor, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the panel's senior GOP member, told Sotomayor he would "look forward to you getting that vote" by the time the Senate takes its annual summer break, slated to begin Aug. 7.
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Respectfully, comrade... most of us here did these things months ago. Please hurry.
She’s replacing Souter. Her abusive nature and brutish stupidity couldn’t be worse than him.
I would vote against her for one reason. The current president voted against clearly qualified candidates for ideological reasons. Why not do the same to his nominees? And I would announce it loudly.
Way to go republicans. Stand up for the nation and our liberties! PUSSES!!
Justice Ginsberg is very ill with cancer. Sotomayor II is coming very soon. Obama has the ability to destroy America through an activist court unlike anything we have seen in our history. This is why the GOP needed to fight. This is why the GOP are a bunch of socialist idiots (useful or actual).
It is time to seriously consider secession before we are all enslaved by this socialist nightmare.
Are you nuts? WOW, what kind of conservative wouldn't want to watch their own party piddle away our rights and freedoms by playing the bi-partisan/PC game? /sarc
Of course, a second answer to your question would be...
So they can continue to be the sniveling, graveling, spineless cowards they are.
>>The GOP can’t stop the nomination
One of the indicators of character is how hard you fight, even when you know that you’re going to lose. The GOP is as good as dead. Libs won’t vote for them, no matter how far to the left they go and Conservatives are sickened by their weakness.
They have nothing to lose by fighting and everything to gain, but they’d rather “get along” with the party that is destroying America.
I can’t wait for that next phone call from them!
Next time you might as well vote for a Democrat eh?
Dump the GOP and regroup. Hopefully, they can pick up a few conservative Dems and dump the liberal baggage.
Obama can replace all the Leftwingtards he wants on the court ~ provided the new ones are more ignorant, brutish and troubled than the ones they replace we don’t have a problem.
What, pray tell, is the difference? I'm tired of being lied to by GOP fundraisers who talk conservative and support these idiots. New conservative party and focus fundraising where it will make a difference. The GOP is a joke and its NOTY WORTH SUPPORTING FINANCIALLY
There is none. It doesn't matter who is the President, as long as we have a spineless bunch of cowards in the House and the Senate, then We, The People are royally screwed.
score some points, bloody her up a bit, and then spend time and effort opposing nationalization of healthcare, cap'n trade, and Porkulus 2.
:::sigh::: I guess these idiots can’t discern when someone is telling them what they want to hear rather than actually telling the truth.
Look at the ages of the justices! You need to rethink your position or, at least, learn about the power of the SCOTUS. Its not an even trade. Ginsberg is almost dead from cancer. We set a low benchmark for Sotomayor. The next nomination fight will happen within months. The Obama judges are YOUNG and will be on the court for decades. Conservative Judges are getting old and they won't be there as long. Read history...
I would expect that their responses would have been similar with a nominee brought forward by McCain. So, yes, if McCain would have gotten in, it likely would have made a difference in who was nominated to begin with.
One leftwingtard replacing another leftwingtard doesn't mean a thing. They're all the same.
If you are concerned with longevity, we get enough control of Congress we can IMPEACH and REMOVE any judge we wish, so that's what we have to do.
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