tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post8298894445137941141..comments2024-03-28T13:48:19.009-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: Larwyn's Linx: Rick Santorum Takes National Lead In PPP Poll By 15Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-10299546609751112222012-02-12T08:26:53.676-05:002012-02-12T08:26:53.676-05:00http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/which...http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/which-republican-presidential-candidate-supported-sotomayor/<br /><br />Pop quiz: Which Republican presidential candidate supported the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor? — <br /><br />Hint: It's the same one who endorsed a pro-abortion-rights presidential candidate in an earlier campaign.<br /><br />When Bill Clinton picked Sotomayor in June 1997, many conservatives believed her confirmation would put her in a fast track to the Supreme Court. The Wall Street Journal editorial called her a liberal judicial activist. Rush Limbaugh said Clinton was putting her on a rocket ship to the Supreme Court. A vote to confirm her to the Circuit Court, many Republicans believed, would make it hard to vote against her if she was nominated to the Supreme Court. <br />Republicans, led by Majority Leader Trent Lott, delayed Sotomayor’s confirmation vote for more than a year. When the vote finally happened, 29 Republicans — including most conservative stalwarts like Mitch McConnell, Phil Gramm, Jon Kyl and even John McCain — voted no. <br /><br />Santorum joined every Democrat in the Senate and 24 other Republicans in voting yes.<br /><br />http://www.memeorandum.com/120211/p22#a120211p22<br /><br />JUST MORE PROOF THAT SANTORUMANIACS WHO THINK RICK IS A MORE RELIABLE CONSERVATIVE THAN MITT ARE MISTAKEN.<br /><br />http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2012/02/santorum-voted-for-sotomayor-in-1997.html<br /><br />:)Reliapundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942299527008194753noreply@blogger.com