Fred Thompson Invokes Salem Witch Trials in Defense of Bush Judge Appointee

In an article posted on the web Fred Thompson compares a judge whose appointment to the United States Court of Appeals has been delayed by Congress to a victim of the Salem Witch Trials. Quote:

You’ve probably never heard of Rebecca Nurse, but bear with me for a moment. Nurse arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1640. There, despite being known as a woman of virtue and piety, she was accused of being a witch. On July 19, 1692, she was hanged.

Now almost 315 years to the day later, one of Nurse’s descendants is suffering through a witch hunt of a more modern variety. I’m talking about Judge Leslie Southwick, whose nomination to the long-standing vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is being thwarted by Senate Democrats.