RON HART: Senate's Sotomayor hearings were a joke

By RON HART

ROSEMARY BEACH
Well it looks like that Ruth Bader Ginsburg will no longer be the hottest chick on the Supreme Court. With comedian-turned-politician Al Franken (historically it is the other way around), the Dems have 60 votes in the Senate to do this. The Republicans do not have the stones to throw stones anymore, and in this case they really should not. They botched the job and that is why President Obama is able to do to America what he is doing now. Elections have consequence.

As his popularity numbers plummet, Obama has to rush to enact his will on our country. Major legislation is passed without congressmen even reading it. Democrats realize they have a brief window to loot, and in their minds they all are owed flat-screen TVs by society.

Sonia Sotomayor, the self-proclaimed “wise Latina woman” who can make better decisions than white males, will be confirmed. Ironically, if a white person had made the equivalent claim, he would never be confirmed. Yet such statements actually qualified her in the eyes of Obama.

When it comes to quantifiable metrics for the Obama administration, we all seem to have our thoughts diverted to the “historic” circumstances of his presidency rather than the quality of his decision making. Never mind that Sotomayor’s decisions have been overturned more times than Siegfried has overturned Roy.

Instead of the “most-qualified” person for the job, Obama seems to go with the person who comes up with the saddest life story. Michael Jackson’s kids would be in the running for a plum appointment if only they were not so white. Between apologizing for America and feeling sorry for people, I have no idea how Obama makes time to run GM.

The language Obama used to describe what he wanted in a judge was “empathy” and a biracial woman. Given Obama’s criteria, I suggested Paula Abdul. She is biracial and is the most empathetic judge on “American Idol.” She has gone as far in Hollywood with her one-hit-song talent as anyone could have imagined, so she clearly must be comfortable spending time around powerful old white men in robes.

In reality, the “American Idol” method does a better job of vetting candidates than the Senate’s grandstanding-fest. At least on “Idol” they have to face the tough questioning of Simon Cowell … and the sexual overtures of Paula Abdul.

While they try to mask it in coded language that’s only understood, like a dog whistle, by the likes of James Carville and Wolf Blitzer, the Democrats are all about abortion. It is hard for them to lead with a slogan like “Democrats: We like abortions and it shows,” but it is implied. They would also like to tell you that they are selfless in this endeavor since a vast majority of abortions are sought by the undereducated, urban poor — or better said, the future Democratic voter base. On the other side of the irony coin, the GOP hates having to pay taxes for the underclass Democrat base and say they are about freedom, yet they fight pro-choice issues to their detriment.

Since the feminazis are being mum on supporting her, Sotomayor might be neutral on the abortion issue. She will be the sixth Catholic justice. Obama could get David Souter-ed on this one.

If you think the left will not go to any lengths to defend the 95 percent of dependant minority voters in its pocket to perpetuate its power, look no further than what it did with Anita Hill to a great man, Clarence Thomas.

Aside from being pro-life, Thomas represented another way to escape poverty without government dependency. The notion of upward mobility for blacks by not depending on liberal politicians’ handouts and working hard for it unnerved the poverty pimps in the Democratic Party, whose very existence has its underpinnings in keeping its constituencies as have-nots while conjuring up hate for the haves.

During the Senate confirmation hearings we got vague softball questions from  the senators — and even more vague and meaningless answers from Sotomayor. That  is not her fault; the Senate has never been a place for honest and direct answers. The hearings were a joke. Why else would Franken be there?  So unless she has a “meltdown,” as South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham said, Sotomayor will be confirmed.

And if she does have a meltdown, she can become the next governor of Alaska or South Carolina.

Ron Hart is a Southern libertarian who writes a weekly column about politics and life. He can be reached at RevRon10@aol.com.