Once again, Senator Brain Damage can't tell the hole in his head from shinola.

(CNSNews.com) - The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to take up Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 9, but some conservatives see partisanship at play.

President Bush, when he nominated Alito, urged the Senate to confirm him by the end of the year.

But on Thursday, Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) was quoted as saying that such a timetable would not be "practical or realistic."

Arl-hole, you aren't practical or realistic. You're not even mildly amusing.

I remember your first twelve years in the senate. The only thing you did was try to pass a dumbass bill to stop the Eagles from leaving Philadelphia. Who could have known that was to be the high point of your legislative career?

Instead, Specter wants hearings to begin on Jan. 9, lasting for a week, and leading up to a Jan. 20 vote by the full Senate.

Jan. 20 is two days before the Jan. 22 anniversary date of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion. The anniversary of that ruling always brings protesters and supporters to Washington.

That's the best damn protest in D.C. every year, the anti-Big Babykilling one. And it is the only one consistently chock full of hot babes.

It's true. Rightist girls are much better looking than their totalitarian counterparts. Commie chicks get wrinkles earlier from all that frowning.

The Roe v. Wade ruling will be a key consideration in Alito's confirmation hearing, as conservatives wish for a reversal; and as liberals remain determined to confirm only justices who will respect "precedent" or "settled law."'

The conservative Family Research Council said it is at a loss to understand why the Judiciary Committee is "stalling" on Alito's nomination.

"There is no reason for Judge Alito to wait 70 days to begin his confirmation hearings," said FRC President Tony Perkins.

"Following 13 years as a federal judge, Justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsberg was able to begin confirmation hearings 28 days following her nomination," he noted. "Judge Alito, with 15 years on the federal bench, should receive the same due process," he said.

The FRC said that with so many important Supreme Court cases pending, the Senate must reconsider its schedule for confirmation hearings.

"It appears that partisan stalling tactics have triumphed over a fair and timely confirmation process," Perkins concluded.