Infamous anti-abortion advocate Randall Terry says he's the only conservative brave enough to protest the Elena Kagan confirmation hearings.
Terry was essentially alone today when he showed up on Capitol Hill to call for the Senate not to confirm Kagan, whom he called the "most maniac pro-death nominee to be named to the Supreme Court ever." Other than his small band of baby-doll-wielding protesters, there were few, if any, demonstrations for or against Kagan outside the first day of Senate confirmation hearings.
It was a different scene than the one that greeted President Obama's last nominee to the Court, Sonia Sotomayor. Those hearings were marked by small bands of demonstrators arguing outside the hearing room for and against her appointment, and several outbursts by anti-abortion protesters
inside the hearing room as well.
This time, however, Terry conceded he's the only show in town. He believes it's because the more mainstream anti-abortion groups are afraid to take on the GOP and call for a filibuster of Kagan that, he said, most conservatives agree won't be coming.
"The lack of heroism from so-called pro-life Senators has put pro-lifers in the bizarre position of muting themselves," Terry told TPMDC today. "Republican politicians should be raising holy hell, but they're not."
Terry said that most anti-abortion groups are afraid of alienating supportive politicians by essentially attacking Republicans for letting Kagan's nomination move forward. That will inevitably lead to a Kagan's being seated on the Supreme Court, Terry said, and
that will set back the anti-abortion movement.
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