[randita]

"We also said it appeared that Mr. Scalia's record of hostility toward worker protections would have made his confirmation unlikely," Mr. Daschle said.

Buzz. Puffy D. is again playing fast and loose with facts. If it is true that Scalia would not have been confirmed, Daschle would have brough it up for a vote in a second, to embarass Bush. In truth, Scalia would have been easily confirmed. Daschle was just seeking to appease the far leftists who hate SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia.

[thucydides]

Scalia was politically incorrect on the "repetitive motion stress" article of faith required by the democrats' union bosses. This was to be the vehicle for unionization of workers with computers, an area where unions have had no success organizing. Extensive studies have shown it to be nonsense, yet the unions had hoped to have the government lend some credence to the matter.