Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is battling claims that Republicans are being irresponsible when they hint that the country might need to wait 5 more years before the vacancy on the Supreme Court can be filled. McConnell said, “People have to realize that the Republican Senate takes its advise and consent role very seriously. That is exactly why, depending on who’s elected president in November, we might have to wait until Americans choose a different man for the job.” McConnell has no patience for those who object. “If our Lord and Savior doesn’t answer each and every one of your prayers just the way you’d like, would you say God isn’t listening, or God isn’t doing His job? I don’t think so. Well that’s precisely the same as the Republican-controlled Senate not confirming some justice you with your puny brain think won’t ruin this country. We Republicans know what things can ruin this country.” On the other hand, McConnell said if House Speaker Paul Ryan became president, he (McConnell) would be “totally on board” with considering and confirming a nominee to the high court. In other news, TV’s Duck Dynasty star and Fox News commentator Willie Robertson’s life was saved yesterday when a woman on break from her job as a steam shovel operator performed the Heimlich on him at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.