Alito, Terrorists, Whales, and Unborn Babies

"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."
-Mother Theresa

With the exception of Zac Taylor, very little good has ever come out of Oklahoma. That being said, I was very impressed with Tom Coburn, a Republican senator from the Okie state, when I heard his remarks in Monday's opening round of the Biden, Durbin, & Kennedy Three Ring Circus, err, I mean Judge Alito's confirmation hearings. For most of the day on Monday, I thought Kennedy had just brought a tape-recording of his testimony during the Robert Bork confirmation hearings. Mark my words, between now and the end of the hearings, Kennedy will issue a statement about "Samuel Alito's America" consisting of predictions about women's rights being taken away, African Americans being sent back to plantations, cats and dogs living together, and Democrats, women, the disabled, and minorities having their birthdays taken away if Alito is confirmed.

But, back to the distinguished senator from the great state of Oklahoma (did I really just write that?). A complete transcript of his opening remarks is available here. But, this is the part that really caught my attention:

As I've listened today, we've talked about the unfortunate, the frail. The quotes have been "fair shake for those that are underprivileged." We've heard "values, strong, free and fair, progressive judiciary." We've heard "the vulnerable, the more unvulnerable (sic), the weak, those who suffer… the fact is that you can't claim, in this Senate hearing, to care for those that are underprivileged, to those that are at risk, to those that are vulnerable, to those that are weak, to those that suffer and, at the same time, say I don't care about those who have been ripped from the wombs of women and the complications that have come about throughout that.

First of all, I was pleasantly surprised that a politician would be so forthright and bold in addressing this issue. You can't really read his comments any other way, and it's refreshing to see a senator take a position that there is no way they can back away from.
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