Johnson and Judical Nominees

From the House:

Tim says: “I’ve never heard Reid say that he would shut down the Senate.” Wow. Tim, did you hear Reid say, as The Hill reported - “The majority should not expect to receive cooperation from the minority in the conduct of Senate business,” adding that Democrats would allow passage of legislation “supporting our troops” and keeping the government running but otherwise would not cooperate even on “routine” issues. ...

Worse, our Tim betrays his ignorance of South Dakota politics and of the judicial nominating process with this gem: “South Dakotans want to see more bipartisanship” and the president has not consulted with Democrats on his selections for the federal bench. Yikes. ...

You know what South Dakotans want to see much more than they want to see bipartisanship Senator? They want to see democracy. They want to see the process work. They want to see the President they supported, or even the one they didn't, have his nominees voted on. They don't want to see the thuggish antics of your party to hold the process hostage. They don't want to see Harry Reid threatening to shut down the Senate. They don't want to see their Senator be ignorant of or dishonest about the judicial nominating process. They don't want to see "bipartisanship" thrown about as a value on a par with honesty, integrity, or law-abiding.

Not only that Senator, most South Dakotans don't view nominees who oppose Roe v. Wade as "highly controversial". They want to see states rights such as those that were stolen by the Roe v. Wade decision preserved to the states. They want to see far greater restrictions on abortions than are currently allowed. An Argus Leader poll last spring showed 63% of South Dakotans want to see abortion outlawed or restriced to cases of rape an incest. Unfortunately, thanks to Roe v.Wade, South Dakotans don't have the freedom to make their view of abortion law.

South Dakotans want to see their views reflected in law. But, thanks to the work of Grouchey Old Senator Tim and his Democrat cronies who would sacrifice democracy on the altar of "bipartisanship" (ie. minority bullying), that day is a long way off.