No surprise: Pat Roberts becomes first GOP Senator to announce "No" on Sotomayor

[WI_DEM]

We now have the first Senator going on the record in opposition to the Sotomayor nomination, The Hill reports: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS).

"I do not plan to vote for her," Roberts said on a local talk radio show in Kansas city.

"I voted no in 1998. I did not feel she was appropriate on the appeals court," Roberts said. "Since that time, she has made statements on the role of the appeals court I think is improper and incorrect."

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[Turbineguy]

1. Color me

"not surprised".

It's in the jar next to "well blow me down!"

[BR_Parkway]

5. Color - that's about the sum of it right there - and that it's a woman

[SpiralHawk]

2. "She's a woman. 'Nuf said." - Sen. Roberts & Allied Republicon Homelander Troglodytes

"Keep her pregnant, barefoot, silent, and in the kitchen. Smirk."

- Sen. Roberts & Allied Republicon Homelander Troglodyte Chickenhawks

[spanone]

3. good, i hope they all oppose her...they are, after all, the party of NO

[gratuitous]

4. Unsurprisingly, Sen. Roberts is short on specifics

But grammatically, you can't argue with "she has made statements . . . I think is improper and incorrect." Well, as long as we're being all concerned and stuff about propriety and correctness, Sen. Roberts . . .

On the other hand, who cares what a minority party back-bencher thinks?

[joeybee12]

6. Color me surprised...color him an asshole...the nomination process

really hasn't started and he comes out...at least try to cover your tracks, you racist POS.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. That guy is a real old school hard core republican bastard.

And he has absolutely no legal training or basis to know what he is talking about.
However, none of that seems to matter to Kansas, since they keep reelecting the jerk.