Barbara Boxer: “Well, here we go, more of complaining and more upset from the other side. They just did not get 100 percent of what they…”

“Well, here we go, more of complaining and more upset from the other side. They just did not get 100 percent of what they wanted. They only got 98 percent. The score is 168 to 4. Other charts can be printed, but here is the truth. Do my colleagues want to see it another way? Here are the names of the people we have confirmed to the Federal bench for George Bush, 168 strong, and there are 4 we believe are out of the mainstream, who we believe would actually hurt the rights of our people to privacy, to dignity, to fairness, to justice, and we have stood up and we have said, no. The other side cannot believe they did not get 100 percent of what they wanted. Maybe in their life they get 100 percent of what they want. Most of us do not. Most of us work hard for what we believe and we are happy to get maybe close to what we want. We have more complaining and more bickering, more upset, 30 hours taken away from other issues. This is where we are. We even had Senator Graham stand up and throw out this fact: No one is going to apply for judgeships. No one is going to apply for lifetime judgeships that pay a lot of money because Democrats stood up and said 4 did not meet the test of fairness, 4 were outside the mainstream and, yes, 168 were fine. So now people are not going to apply for judgeships anymore? Well, if I spoke to someone who said, do you think I ought to apply for a judgeship, the first thing I would say is, well, your odds are pretty good, 168, and only 4 did not make it.”