It appears that the GOP is out of touch with the rest of the country and gets more out of touch daily.  They have NO alternatives to offer that would appeal to the American public.  Now they are attacking Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Souter.  The problem is that there is NO choice as of this writing.

But their best move to date is the choice to replace Specter on the Judicial Committee.  The senator from the great state of Alabama, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III will replace Specter on the all important committee in Congress.

The agreement, which is expected to be ratified by Senate Republicans, will give a prominent role to Mr. Sessions, who was blocked by the Judiciary Committee when he was nominated for a spot on the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan  in 1985.

“You have a little more sympathy than normal for the nominee having been a part of that process, and it gives you a commitment to fairness,” Mr. Sessions told reporters.

The nomination of Mr. Sessions, a former United States attorney who is in his third term, never reached the Senate floor after complaints that he had exhibited racial insensitivity — accusations he denied and attributed to distortions of his comments.

One of the many statements he made were pure racism, like when speaking of a white civil rights lawyer, he said, “he is a disgrace to his race”.  He also has called National Council of Churches and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, as well as the NAACP  as “un-American and communist inspired”.

This man is from the Old South, one of the good old boys, where politicians never look forward but rather remain locked in the past.  In his defense Sessions is not a racist.  How do I know?  He says so and for proof he says that his children attended an intergrated school and he once shared a hotel room with a black attorney.

According to the website On The Issues, Sessions has a dismal record on civil rights:

• Banning the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. (Jan 2006)
• Voted YES on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration. (Jun 2006)
• Voted YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
• Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping. (Oct 2001)
• Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)
• Voted NO on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women. (Mar 1998)
• Voted YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business. (Oct 1997)
• Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)
• Rated 20% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
• Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)

• Rated 7% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)

The choice of Sessions has excited conservatives who see him as a sharp lawyer with well-established legal views after a career as a prosecutor and Alabama attorney general.  The GOP has never been too thrilled with minorities and Sessions just reinforces that view.

At least the Party is consistent, they keep finding leaders that are totally out of touch and still living in the Reagan years.  Sessions just reinforces the idea that the GOP is basically a southern white guy party with nothing to offer but a view from the past.