If it were not so disgusting, it would have been amusing watching the hearings yesterday. It is clear that on the issues of substance, Sam Alito knows his cases. His encyclopedic knowledge of precedent setting cases, case law, his own opinions and the cases on which he has sat is phenomenal. No one can dispute the fact that the man is a brilliant judge.

So what are the charges that moved Lindsey Graham to apologize, which moved Mrs. Alito to tears? They are charges of bigotry, charges of racism, charges of unethical behavior. The incessant focus on CAP (which had some pretty obnoxious articles in their magazine, and which Alito stronly disavows and detests the views of) and on the Vanguard case (which had no conflict of interest anyway, and which was reheard with the same finding, and which Alito has candidly admitted he would do differently if he could) proves that they cannot find any substantive problems in his 4,000 cases and 300 written opinions.

The best the Democrats apparently have is “you’re a closet bigot even though the way you have lived your life and ruled in your court says otherwise” and the American people are disgusted. Senator Kennedy, Senator Biden, Senator Schumer, please take this advice from an average guy: please stop now before you dig a deeper hole for yourself and your party.

Frankly, and “with all due respect,” you are looking like idiots to the American people.

UPDATE: Lots of others are disgusted too.

Hugh Hewitt: “Their hard left fever swamp supporters may think this is what moves America, but the better bet is that this is the sort of behavior that disgusts the center.”

Charmaine: “Even if the Democrats don’t have the common decency to realize that they have gone too far in their political game, they should have the political sense to realize that the cruelty of the Kabuki dance they have been subjecting the Alito’s to isn’t going to sit well with the American people.”

Amy Proctor: “Compassionate Liberalism Makes Alito’s Wife Cry”

Stop the ACLU: “The irony is that these kind of actions only hurt them. The public is not stupid like they believe we are. … They should be ashamed of themselves, but it seems they have no shame. … Yes, the party of compassion indeed. They are simply bullying this man, and playing the smear job as best they know how, yet in the end, they are only smearing themselves.”

HyScience: “The attacks on Judge Samuel Alito by democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are outrageous, repetitive, and personal. … What is remarkable is that the judge kept his steady even keel and answered with respect, common sense and honor while Kennedy and company inflicted their well practiced art of character assassination. ”

Captain Ed: “It’s a disgusting way to treat a dedicated public servant.”

Musclehead: “But what the Democrats who sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee displayed yesterday really sank to the lowest lows since that whole Anita Hill non-sense. The badgering, the bullying, the endless yapping - and never asking a questions.”

Kevin Aylward: “Another fine moment in the bumbling careers of Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden, Diane Feinstein, and Chuck Schumer.”

Confirm Them: “Shameless bullies.”

Political Pitbull: “shameful and dishonest”