Kennedy was misled into voting against Roberts and Alito?

Confirm Them has a devastating disection of Sen. Kennedy's WaPo Op-ed.

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Meanwhile, Senator Kennedy’s essay in the Washington Post is titled “Roberts and Alito Misled Us.” From that title, one might think that Kennedy is having second thoughts about having voted against (and having attempted to filibuster) those two nominees. But, no, Senator Kennedy is instead arguing that the voting record of Justice Alito and Chief Justice Roberts “reflects … an activist’s embrace of the administration’s political and ideological agenda.” As you may recall, that was Kennedy’s mantra from the day they were nominated, and maybe even prior to that.

Sen. Kennedy complains that, “Many Republican senators used their time to praise, rather than probe, the nominees.” Presumably, Senator Kennedy wants to somehow prevent such misuse of time by Republican senators, in the future.

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There is much more and it is hard to see how Kennedy will survive all this ridicule unless he remains willfully ignorant. It is really a terrific take down.

This attack is similar to the attack he and other antiwar Democrats have used in building support against the war effort. They voted against the war despite accepting the evidence that the supporters accepted.

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