John Kerry's Obstructionist Manifesto can be found at DailyKos if you haven't seen it. He too admits that Ted Kennedy stood out in the proceedings:
He has truly been a great leader in the effort to oppose Judge Alito.
Indeed. If it weren't for Kennedy, Alito might be on the brink of confirmation and Kerry's filibuster a hilarious footnote to the sad debacle. Luckily, that disasterous scenario is but morning mist on an out of town breeze.
Kerry also notes that elections have consequences, except when they don't have consequences.
People can say all they want that "elections have consequences." Trust me, more than anyone I understand that. But that seems like an awfully convoluted rationale for me to stay silent about Judge Alito's nomination.
Thankfully, if there is one thing the Alito episode shows in spades it is that elections do have consequences. Even if John Kerry pretends that is merely convoluted electoral theory, not necessarily pertinent to the great issues of the day.
UPDATE: In a cosmic twist heretofore unwitnessed in the annals of man, Alito's confirmation proceeds on a cloture vote, 72-25. Kennedy's "great" leadership and Kerry's insistence that democracy doesn't matter in decisions of this import be damned I guess. It's hard to fathom.
Kennedy appears to be having some difficulty understanding it too. I hope he didn't pop a vein or anything.
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