Hoorah – 58 Is A Beautiful Number
It is now official. Justice Samuel Alito has been confirmed with a vote of 58 - 42. Gee, I wonder if the President will mention this vote tonight.
There will be a ceremony Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at the White House.
Polipundit and I are suggesting all those wishing to make it known how much you appreciate the confirmation of Justice Alito to contribute to the RNC to help elect more Republicans to the Congress. You might even want to tack on an extra 58 cents to your contribution (for each of the votes in favor of confirmation) to make the point. 58 is a beautiful number. It is truly time for thanks and celebration.
Update: Blogs for Bush is asking readers to thank the GOP.
Update: Jon Ham makes an interesting point and prediction about the 58 vote count.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was confirmed by a vote of 96-3 in 1993 while Samuel Alito was confirmed by a vote of only 58-42. That must mean that Ginsburg is 65.5 percent better for the country than Alito. You laugh, but I predict something very much like this will become the MSM template when Alito’s confirmation is discussed in the next few years.
Read the whole thing. I think he is probably right about that being the spin offered by those on the liberal side. I say let’s counter it now, by pointing out what the numbers really say, which is that Republicans are much more reasonable and tolerant of differing views and they respect the President’s right to nominate someone who shares his political philosophy as long as that individual is qualified.
— Lorie Byrd