Bring Out the Guns (Sotomayor Day 3)

Day #3 in Supreme Court confirmation land, and the big guns were rolled out: guns, of course. Abortion.

Along with gays, and reverse discrimination, the most ridiculous legal idea ever invented, this is still the GOP playbook - Guns, Gays, God, and the Government. Here's a summary of it:

The government wants to take our guns.

The government should force people to have babies they don't want.

The government should not treat gays equally (and certainly should not punish people for doing bad things to them because they are gay).

And my favorite - the government is ours.

Justice Sotomayor is a pro. She answered every question with courtesy and thought. She did not bark at the senators. She is on her game. As Charles Schumer said before the hearings began, they haven't laid a glove on her. They still haven't. They can't. She's overqualified for this lousy gig. The pay is low, it is isolated and thanksless; the hours are long, history might be cruel to you if you make a ruling that some people don't like much like Roe v. Wade. In fact, people might suggest you are going to hell for one of your rulings.

It is so incredible this beautiful lady did not leave the room when Tom Colburn, Oklahoma Republican unleashed his Desi Arnaz imitation. It had to happen. 

But, as I said, she's a pro. She has her eyes on the goal: history. She will laugh at Coburn when she rules against one of his backwards causes and puts him in his place.

But get this over with and swear in Sotomayor immediately. Get the Bible ready for her beautiful hands. Read her the oath in Spanish and English, someone.