This is how not-gay Lindsey Graham is: He stands united with his buddy John McCain against letting gays openly serve in the military. And McCain says Don't Ask Don't Tell is awesome. Katherine Miller begs to differ.

"We need to target the mother. Call it sexist, but that's the way nature made it. Men don't drop anchor babies, illegal alien mothers do." That statement was being pushed by the author of Arizona's immigration law. He's not alone.

The Senate Judiciary Committee just voted 13-6 to confirm Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court. Lindsey Graham was her only Republican supporter, and many others were worried she was a liberal "activist" who hated marriage and the military.

The Republican senator from South Carolina eventually voted in favor of Kagan's confirmation — the vote is going on as we speak — saying, "I'm gonna vote for her, and that doesn't mean I'm pro-choice. I'm very pro-life."

Watching the banality with which Laura Bush recently voiced her support for Sarah Palin inspired our rhetorical analysts to take a break from annotating and help readers translate ordinary English into the language of Laura — and other prominent Repubs.

The Senate Judiciary Committee — including a previously critical Lindsey Graham — voted 13-6 in favor of Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court. She now needs just a full Senate vote (possibly next week) to take office. [Washington Independent]

"SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM: Judge, before I read a string of anonymous comments about your temperament problem, I'd like to make you repeat that wise Latina remark again just for the heck of it." Ha! Gotta love Gail Collins. [NY Times]

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee continue to query Sonia Sotomayor about the motivations and meanings behind various statements she's made, but what are the hidden messages behind their interrogations? After the jump, a translation, starring the awful Lindsey Graham.

• Barack Obama gave his long-awaited speech in Egypt this morning, giving a thumbs-up to democracy, a thumbs-down to new Israeli settlements and some recognition to the fact that America fucks up some times. [NY Times]

• Senate Minorityi Leader Mitch McConnell doesn't think it's his place to stop or chastise prominent Republicans who are running around screaming, "Racist!" at Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Of course, McConnell doesn't think a lot of things are his place, up to and including holding the Republican Senator majority. [