Madam Justice Sotomayor
By a vote of 68-31, Sonia Sotomayor has been confirmed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, the third female and the first Hispanic justice.
That’s 59 Democrats (all but the absent Ted Kennedy) and 9 Republicans in favor, and the remaining 31 Republicans against. Or, if you’re keeping score comparatively, more votes in favor than Alito but fewer than Roberts.
Update: Via Sadly, No!, good thing Sotomayor was confirmed before Orly Taitz and company got their hands on this.
8/6/09 4:59 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Sonia Sotomayor
Teabaggers Have No Tolerance for Politicans Helping Their Constituents
- Hiding cash in the freezer did not go well for former Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA). (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
- A new poll shows that old people on Medicare don’t think anyone else should have publicly-funded health insurance. (CNN)
- Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) usually spends his recesses hanging out at grocery stores to help seniors and veterans navigate the federal bureaucracy, but not this summer because he doesn’t want to get beat up by teabaggers. (The Plum Line)
- Nobody could have predicted that a sign saying “The President is a nagger” could be changed to say something less appropriate. (WLWT)
- In a few hours, Sonia Sotomayor will be a Supreme Court justice. (Voice of America)
8/6/09 9:05 am | | Permalink | Tags: Brad Ellsworth, healthcare, Medicare, public option, racism, Sonia Sotomayor, teabaggers, William Jefferson
We Are All Kenyans
- Have you seen Orly Taitz’s Kenyan birth certificate yet? Incontrovertible evidence! (KenyanBirthCerficiateGenerator.com)
- The teabaggers have an exciting new way of expressing their opposition to healthcare reform: physically assaulting members of Congress! (Roll Call via Think Progress)
- Your DNC is interested in whether the RNC’s refrigerators are running, and vice versa. (Ben Smith)
- Retiring Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) will never have to run for office again in Missouri, so he will vote for Sonia Sotomayor. (CNN Political Ticker)
- What a shame! Your Washington Post has canceled Dana Milbank and Chris Cilizza’s “Hillary Clinton is a Huge Bitch Comedy Hour” series of YouTube videos. (WaPo)
8/5/09 3:32 pm | | Permalink | Tags: birthers, Chris Cilizza, Dana Milbank, DNC, Kit Bond, Orly Taitz, RNC, Sonia Sotomayor, teabaggers, Washington Post
Quote of the Day
I am of the belief that unless we reverse the trend of Hispanic voter registration, we [the GOP] have a very, very deep hole that we’ve got to come out of.
–Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who announced today that he will vote against Sonia Sotomayor, on how the GOP should do more to court Hispanic voters.
8/3/09 3:49 pm | | Permalink | Tags: John McCain, Latinos, QOTD, Sonia Sotomayor
GOP’s 1-for-2 on Facts about Barack Obama
- Riding on the Metrobus, you used to only have to worry about whether your driver was reading while driving or illegally talking on their cell phone, or trying to kidnap you, but now you also need to say an extra prayer that your bus driver has a valid driver’s license. (Washington Examiner)
- If you want to convince your members of Congress to change their positions on something, you could try sending forged letters from interest groups in their districts. Except to Tom Periello (D-VA), because he’s on to that now. (Charlottesville Daily Progress)
- Your GOP still might not believe that Barack Obama is an American citizen, but at least they’ve figured out that he’s not a Muslim. Baby steps, people! (Pollster)
- Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) can only do one douche-y thing at a time, so he will vote for Sonia Sotomayor. (MSNBC First Read)
- Oh dear, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) has prostate cancer. Fortunately his doctors caught it pretty early, and he expects to be back in the Senate after the August recess. (CNN Political Ticker)
7/31/09 1:58 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Barack Obama, birthers, cancer, Chris Dodd, Max Baucus, Metro, Muslim, Sonia Sotomayor, Tom Periello
Showing Up to Events is “Politics as Usual”
- Your U.S. government finally came up with a program that everybody likes, the cash-for-clunkers program, so they are ending it for lack of funding. (WaPo)
- In addition to kinda being a wanker on healthcare reform, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) is also not sure if he’ll vote for Sonia Sotomayor. (The Hill)
- Is Rick “The Hair” Perry a gay? The guys who programmed Kay Bailey Hutchison’s website think so! (Austin American-Statesman)
- Sarah Palin’s first event as not-Governor was going to be a speech at the national shrine to Republican Jesus, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, but now she is just not going. Mavericky! (CNN Political Ticker)
7/31/09 8:31 am | | Permalink | Tags: cash for clunkers, economy, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Max Baucus, Rick Perry, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Sarah Palin, Sonia Sotomayor, TX-Gov
Now You Know Why That Burger Tasted Kinda Dirty
- Ew. More than half of foodworkers surveyed admitted to the FDA that they don’t wash their hands before handling food. I wonder how we all got the swine flu? (Quad City Times via CityDesk)
- Hillary Clinton was poor (like the rest of us) after losing to Barack Obama, but now she has millions of dollars again! (NY Daily News)
- Former Rep. Tom Davis (R-Fake VA) also says that the southerners are ruining the GOP. Wonder if David Vitter will teach him about values too? (Political Wire)
- While there may be some debate over whether Sgt. James Crowley acted racistly when he arrested Henry Louis Gates Jr., the Boston cop and National Guard commander who called Gates a “jungle monkey” is definitely racist. (ABC News)
- According to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), it is racist for Democrats to nominate a minority to the Supreme Court and then point out that most Republicans voted against her. (TPMDC)
7/30/09 10:55 am | | Permalink | Tags: Barack Obama, David Vitter, FDA, food safety, GOP, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Hillary Clinton, James Crowley, John Cornyn, racism, Sonia Sotomayor, swine flu, Tom Davis
Judiciary Committee Approves Sotomayor
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved Sonia Sotomayor, pictured above in her role as Mexico’s Buddha. Next stop is the full Senate, where she will be confirmed immediately unless some Democrats oppose her and/or Harry Reid has no spine. So basically she will never really be confirmed.
7/28/09 1:29 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Sonia Sotomayor
When Swine Flu Reared Its Head, Sarah Palin Was There
- Everyone was so mean to Sarah Palin until she left, and now Alaska has the swine flu. Way to go, jerks! (KTUU)
- Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insists that Barack Obama is an American citizen, but he won’t make Obama take a DNA test to prove it. Where is the DNA, Obama?? (CNN Political Ticker)
- Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats and closet queens will vote for Sonia Sotomayor today to be our nation’s first “wise Latina” on the Supreme Court. (Charleston CityPaper/LA Times)
- Your Senate Finance Committee has reached a bipartisan compromise on healthcare: there is no public plan for people who can’t afford private insurance, no requirement for employers to provide healthcare to their employees, and basically nothing is changed from the current, horrible system. Hooray for bipartisanship! (USA Today)
7/28/09 9:36 am | | Permalink | Tags: Barack Obama, birthers, healthcare, Robert Gibbs, Sarah Palin, Senate Finance Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayor, swine flu
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