Well, I hit on 75% of my predictions on how NJ Senators Bob Menendez and Frank Lautenberg would vote on the nomination of New Jersey native Sam Alito to the US Supreme Court.

Of course they would both vote against Alito, and I predicted that Bob Menendez would also support the filibuster. For some reason, I had a feeling that Lautenberg might not support a filibuster, considering he had introduced Alito to the senate and said some fairly complimentary things about him. But I obviously underestimated Lautenberg’s ability to fake sincerity. To borrow an old phrase, “Nobody every went wrong assuming the worst of Frank Lautenberg”.

Wendy Long at National Review slices and dices the NJ senators over at National Review with Pathetic Menendez and Laughable Lautenberg. Long notes that Lautenberg again complimented Alito, “He’s a good, decent man, an ethical man, and I don’t think he has any bigoted views” before voting to obstruct an up or down vote.

Senor Menendez was even more pathetic in his pandering, saying he “… takes pride in the honor that’s been bestowed on a fellow New Jerseyan,” noting that he too is the “son of immigrants” and that Judge Alito’s “story of seizing opportunity and working hard” is “a story close to my heart.” Seconds later, he too votes for obstruction, joining Kennedy, Kerry, Hillary and 21 other far out left wing democrats.

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