Senate Democrats Capitulate

3:37 pm EST October 24th, 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments Off

Just use that phrase to cut and past over and over again about the idiotic Democratic leadership in the Senate. They cave over and over and over on the Iraq War, but can’t wait to give in to confirming a far-right judge with racial issues.

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Judge Leslie Southwick to the federal appeals court serving Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas despite some Democrats’ complaints that decisions he supported were racially insensitive and inappropriate for a region still shadowed by civil rights struggles.
The 59-38 vote on confirmation was sealed after the nomination survived its main obstacle, a test tally moments earlier. Majority Democrats pressured by labor unions and other constituencies did not have the votes to filibuster, or block, Southwick’s confirmation.
The Congressional Black Caucus warned that there would be consequences for Democrats at the ballot box.
“We regard this as a test,” said District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.

They can’t cloture to end the war, but they cloture to vote for yet another right-wing judicial hijacker. If you’re in the majority but act like the minority, did you actually win an election?

Idiots.