Bob Casey: Republican in Democrat Clothing

Watch out, Democrats, when you let the wolf guard the sheep. Every once in a while one of your friends turns into dinner. Which makes the Pennsylvania Democratic Committee's push to get Bob Casey elected as the "Democratic" senator for the state all the more odd. What kind of decent Democrat advocates for the Anti Choice crowd? What kind of legitimate liberal says a firm shift to the Right on the Supreme Court is okay? Not my kind. More like a wolf in sheep's clothing. That's Bob Casey. Yesterday, Bobus Lupus endorsed Samuel Alito for SCOTUS. BooMan and Philly have the details. UPDATE at 10:40am: Even more about this at Philly.

I say Vote for Chuck Pennacchio in 2006. He wrote yesterday:

Today’s 10-8 party line vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of the Alito nomination sets the stage for a test of the U.S. Senate’s willingness to protect our constitutional rights. Judge Alito’s record clearly demonstrates that as a Supreme Court Justice he would increase the power of big corporations and the executive branch as he would weaken privacy rights, employee rights, minority rights, and our system of checks and balances. I challenge Bob Casey Jr. to join me in opposing Judge Alito’s nomination and supporting all legal means available to prevent his confirmation. This includes the use of a filibuster if necessary. Here are some of the reasons that I strongly oppose the Alito nomination:

• His refusal to recognize specific limits on the President’s power to authorize others to "ignore the law” with regard to warrantless wiretaps, torture, and other issues (see Hearing transcripts 86-88 and 193-194, Jan. 10, 2006).

• His dissent in Doe v. Groody that further demonstrated Judge Alito’s disregard for Fourth Amendment rights in that he would have allowed strip searching a ten year old girl and her mother without a warrant.

Chuck's not sheepish. Let's get real Democratic leadership, not someone who will eat his own.