Reaction To Sotomayor Vote

I'm sure this post will come as no surprise to anyone.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination was forwarded today by the 12 votes provided by the Democrats and one Republican, Lindsey Graham. No other of the Republicans voted for her.

The white Republicans were to a man worried about whether she would let her race? ethnicity? gender? affect her votes on the high court. Do you think for a second that Jeff Sessions does not let his race and gender affect his vote? He always puts the interests of wealthy white men first.

Are these white upper middle class guys so self interested that they are willing to jeopardize the future of the Republican party? Apparently so. Non white people be damned, they will control this shrinking party they are members of until it can shrink no more. This group of Senators may be the impetus for a new real conservative party and this bunch may become the 21st century heirs to Millard Fillmore and his No Nothing Party of the mid 19th century.

Lindsey Graham made sense (he does sometimes) (more than many of his party) when he said elections have consequences and this nominee was qualified and deserved confirmation.

Did you know that since President Obama nominated Judge Sotomayor the Republican Senators have refused to allow any Obama nominee for other judgeship's, Justice department official or any federal prosecutor nominee be voted on. They are holding up the future of this country, they are withholding justice from this country, they are putting party before nation, they are putting campaign contributions before nation, they clearly care little about the sacredness of the oath they took before G-d and more importantly the people who elected them.

Shameful.