Alito Moves Out of Committee

If all goes well Alito will be the next Supreme Court Justice. The straight line party vote in committee was expected. Now it's up to the Senate for an up or down vote to complete the process. If all of the Republicans vote for Alito, he will be confirmed, but that is not a sure thing.

There are some Republicans that can not be trusted, they are called RINO's. Republicans in name only. The Democrats don't have that problem. If they have some guy that thinks he should do the right thing and vote with the majority, they take care of problem in the bathroom or the coat room or where ever. They will get the message across on how to vote.

I don't trust these RINO's to do the right thing. The Republicans don't threaten their loose cannons, so it's easy for them to always have their finger in the air testing the Strength and direction of the political wind. They think it's a good thing to show some doubt about what to do because then the press will be all over them. Some Politicians love that.

One of the biggest media hogs is McCain, and when he starts wringing his hands you know he will have several other Republicans tagging alone to collect some of droppings from the big mans lime light table. These guys will probably be the seven from the gang of 14 that struck the non- filibuster deal.. heh heh - sure - right!

Where the problem now comes in, or so it seems, the Democrats are talking filibuster anyway because these are 'extraordinary' circumstances. That was part of the deal that the gang of 14 had decided on. Since when do seven nitwits have the power to decide what is going to happen for all of the other Senators? The Democrats took these guys for the chumps that they are.

Since liberal Democrats have no chance to get one of their guys on the court this time, and so lose the opportunity to project the liberal agenda, they have no choice but to be as obstructive as they can. Their base demands it. The puppet masters pull the strings and the Democrats do the dance. It's all part of the program. The play-book has to be followed.

Did anyone see or hear the performances that Kennedy, Khol and Feinstein put on today? There were others to, but these were some that I heard. If so, you will understand what is meant by the play-book - Khol never lifted his head - he read the whole thing. Khol originally said that he would vote for Alito but that was before they explained to him what would happen to his first born if he did. 'Just do like your told and read the damn thing Herb, don't try and think - every time you do it gets you into trouble.'

Now we wait for the vote. It will interesting to see how each views their duty to honor and country.