Over half the Senate Judiciary Committee Republikkkons who voted against Judge Sotomayor did not have the courage or the courtesy to vote in person.
Puke.
Now, read on:
Dana Milbank's WaPost article.
Plenty of Static on the Party Line About Sotomayor
By Dana Milbank
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
It looked bad enough that only one Republican on the Senate Judiciary
Committee voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court on
Tuesday. What made the proceedings shameful, though, is that half of
the senators voting no couldn't be bothered to stick around and cast
their votes in person.
The clerk called out the name of Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.). "No by
proxy," responded Sen. Jeff Sessions (Ala.), the ranking Republican.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.)?
"No by proxy," said Sessions.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)?
"No by proxy," said Sessions.
You could see why they might want to hide. Supreme Court confirmations
have for years felt the strengthening tug of partisanship, but the
absent Republicans voted to reject a nominee even while acknowledging
that her judicial record is, as Cornyn put it, "in the mainstream."
No comment needed.