That’s right, I’m calling you out.
For those who have been living under a rock these past couple months, Judge Samuel Alito has been under tense hearings to confirm or disapprove him to be on the Supreme Court.
Mr. Senator Friggin John Kerry has the cajones to yodel from the friggin’ tops of the friggin’ Swiss Friggin’ Alps that he wants to filibuster the confirmation of this judge, who has been nominated by our president.
Now of course, there’s nothing new at all about calling a filibuster on a candidate for office with whom you disagree. However Mr. Kerry’s part in this filibuster (which was actually suggested by Sen. Ted Kenney) must only be for the intent of increasing his publicity and not, say, because he has a real and clear reason to (*gasp* like would that ever happen?), nor because he hopes that the people at Nestle will ask him to be their new “Swiss Miss”.
I can’t figure out if all the Dumocrats were waiting for Skerry to do this for them (besides Teddy Kennedy), or if they were all chomping at the bit to do this. I think White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said it best when he said, “It takes some pretty serious yodeling to be able to call filibuster from the top of the Swiss Alps!”
Dang. And I had all but forgotten about this sad sucka! Turns out all he has done this past year is piece together this shaky Kids First Act of his which is so far only garnered some 50,000 signatures and seems wonky at the very least.
Leave it to Skerry though, to practically disappear from the face of the earth for several months…
…and then all of a sudden SHOOSH!
He skis back down to the Beltway, throws on a suit, then proceeds to get his eyebrows all in a bunch and starts chinning it up for the cameras. Which I’ve no doubt is nothing but one of the first of many to come (I’m sure) sorry public attempts all in the name of his 2008 presidential campaign.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he had voted against a filibuster before he had voted for it.
Hee.
PS – On a side note…I’d like to see (D) Robert Byrd (who is like a cartoon character to me) get up and filibuster the filibuster, in the name of some nonsense, 18-minute some such thing or other, and ramble on about Suspenders and Justice and the Flag. I just want a good nap sometime before this month is over, but being I’m so busy it looks like that would be the only good way for me to get one!
Just my $.02
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