Republicans, frustrated in their attempts to undercut President Barack Obama's first high court choice, said they were still worried Sotomayor would bring bias and a political agenda to the bench.



"It's muddled, confusing, backtracking on issue after issue," complained Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the top Republican on the Judiciary panel. "I frankly am a bit disappointed in the lack of clarity and consistency in her answers."

Alabama's courtly but hate-filled Klan senator ventured off Fox for a moment to complain on CNN that Judge Sotomayor isn't answering questions to his satisfaction and he called her testimony "muddled" and unclear, comparing her testimony to Alito's and Roberts'. Since the KKK's most outspoken leader in the House of Lords isn't known for having any intelligence-- he couldn't get into a real school and attended an unaccredited Bible College-- Senator Reid's office put together an actual video showing Alito's and Roberts' clarity, consistency and forthrightness in answering questions.Behind all this? GOP extremists' unwillingness to accept that the law gives women the right to reproductive choice. The Republicans are doing their best to trip her up but haven't succeeded.As I noted in a comment replying to a reader comment, the thing about trying to watch Little Jeff Sessions is that he always makes me think of the actor Henry Gibson, except that Henry Gibson at least has a shot at being entertaining. So now I'm thinking, since Little Jeff's inquisition has been such a bust, even from the R propaganda standpoint, why don't they get Henry Gibson to play the part? He could do it in character as the grumpy, utterly cuckoo judge he played on. I didn't find the character all that funny, but then, I don't find Little Jeff very funny either.

Labels: GOP racism, Henry Gibson, Jeff Sessions, KKK, Sonia Sotomayor