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Scott Ott over at Scrappleface has the scoop:

(2005-07-02) -- Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-MA, today criticized President George Bush's as-yet-unnamed replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as a "brutal, Bible-thumping, right-wing ideologue who hates minorities, women and cocker spaniels."

"He or she is clearly outside the mainstream of American values," said Sen. Kennedy. "President Bush has again ignored the Senate's 'advice and consent' role, forcing Democrats to filibuster this outrageous nominee."

The Massachusetts Senator said his aides have already discovered "reams of memos" showing that the man or woman Mr. Bush will appoint has "a history of abusing subordinates, dodging military service, hiring undocumented workers, spanking his or her children and rolling back the clock on human rights to the days when the Pharaohs ruled Egypt with an iron fist."

The Senator's office issued a news release to the media documenting the allegations against the potential high court judge, with a convenient blank line allowing reporters to fill in the nominee's name as soon as that information is leaked.

Never say we're humorless, here at confirmthem. :-) Unfortunately, this Scrappleface article is surprisingly close to the truth, according to redstate's audio update. And by the way, unlike Senator Kennedy, we here at confirmthem reserve judgment about whether or not the nominee should be confirmed!

UPDATE: Senator Kennedy's evolving views about litmus tests are discussed here by the Qando Blog (Kennedy used to be against them but now he's for them). HT: Instapundit.

UPDATE #2: The Washington Post reports on July 3 that Dems will oppose any nominee:

Democrats signaled that whoever the nominee is, their three likely lines of attack will be to assert the White House did not consult them sufficiently, then paint the nominee as ideologically extreme and finally assert that the Senate had not received sufficient documents about the candidate.

Satire on this subject here. HT: Patterico. And, a related cartoon is here.