MyDD :: Evening Alito Round-up

Evening Alito Round-up

by Chris Bowers, Tue Jan 10, 2006 at 05:35:13 PM EST

Here are some blogs I'm looking at:

Liberal Oasis has been doing great stuff on Alito all day.
I love this quote from Jordan Klein:
Did you see that crap from his opening statement yesterday? "Back in college, I saw a lot of privileged people acting irresponsibly" or something like that. Translation: I'm still pissed because I wasn't ever invited to the parties where they were smoking pot and burning bras, and I can't wait until I have the opportunity to take it out on the American people.
Digby discovers that freepers don't like being called freepers.
Glenn Greenwald supports a filibuster of Alito. Good.
Again, I would like to recommend the excellent group project Blogging for Choice, and Kicking Ass, as I am working side by side with Tim today.

Check 'em out. Post more links in the comments.

Update (Chris): Something amazing just happened. First, Hatch just jumped into the middle of Feingold's questioning when Feingold was really pushing Alito on Vangaurd and ethics concerns. I believe it was the first time someone has broken into another Senator's questioning, either in these hearings or in the Roberts hearings in September. Interesting that this happened over ethics concerns and not rulings or ideology. The ethics questions really seem to be much more of a threat to Republicans in these hearings.

Next, when the Feingold-Hatch exchange was over, Lindsay Graham went on to say perhaps the most amazing line of the entire hearings:

Sen. Lindsey Graham said he believes Judge Sam Alito when he says he doesn't remember certain parts of his murder boards.

Alito smiled appreciately.

Continued Graham: "And if any of us come before a court and say we can't remember Abramoff, you'll believe us."

"Abramoff who?" queried another Senator.

"Wasn't he the guy in the Bible?" asked a third.

Wow. Just wow.

Update 2: Cornyn just called Alito "Scalito."

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Alito and Bork (none / 0)

The true believers wanted a Bork type confrontation. Instead, they got somebody with, seemimgly half the intellect and none of the conviction of Robert Bork.

Alito's Way is to lie and obfuscate his way around everything while he kisses up to the wingnuts behind the curtains.

by David Kowalski on Tue Jan 10, 2006 at 06:04:26 PM EST

Bork him: (none / 0)

Go right to the top, and tell 'em "No" to Alito's confirmation:
Phone, fax, and email addresses for the Judiciary Committee.

Here's another "Veto Alito" tool:
Write a letter to the editor of your local paper and contact your congress critters -- all with one click.

Also: Moveon.org gathered 300,000 signatures in their Anti-Alito petition -- in a day!
They're shooting for 500,000, please sign if you haven't already:

Move On.org's stop Alito petition

People for the American Way have sent over 60,000 letters to the Senate:

Save the Court Petition

American Rights at Work also
Oppose Alito Petition

Defending the Constitution's Stop Alito Petition

http://ga3.org/...

Democratic anti-Alito petition:

Democratic Party's Reject Alito Petition

Stop the NRA is also getting in on the party:

Stop the NRA's Oppose Alito Petiton

And while you're at it: sign Planned Parenthood's anti-Alito petition, too:

Planned Parenthood Petition

NARAL is shooting for 500,000 signatures, please add yours:

Naral Anti-Alito Petition

And don't forget: urge Congress to support Plan B:

Plan B Petition

by judybrowni on Wed Jan 11, 2006 at 03:46:13 AM EST
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Joe Biden (none / 0)

said last November that a filibuster was considerably likelier since he learned about him and had first said that a filibvuster would be unlikely.

It'll be fun to see how he reacts once these hearings progress.

Because sometimes the best things to say are the things better left unsaid.

by jurassicpork on Tue Jan 10, 2006 at 06:44:35 PM EST

Alito's "Open Mind" (none / 0)

Judge Alito claims he will keep an "open mind" on reproductive rights issues. Well guess who once claimed the exact same damn thing? Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings.

http://realvalues.blogspot.com/2006/01/alito-and-clarence-thomas-open-mind-on.html

by realvalues on Tue Jan 10, 2006 at 06:55:45 PM EST

liars (none / 0)

all of them . . . .

Cornyn actually said "Scalito?" lol

by Maven on Tue Jan 10, 2006 at 07:19:56 PM EST

unbelievably funny (none / 0)

i can't stop laughing.

by island empire on Tue Jan 10, 2006 at 08:22:13 PM EST

Scalito! (none / 0)

Excellent.

I guess Cornyn must be a regular Daily Kos reader....

by Preston on Tue Jan 10, 2006 at 08:24:30 PM EST

Abramoff (none / 0)

I can't believe the gall of those jokers....

by Preston on Tue Jan 10, 2006 at 08:25:51 PM EST

Re: Abramoff (none / 0)

That exchange needs to be played in a National commercial at least a month before the nov elections. Play it and then say that the Republicans find corruption a laughing matter. They support selling government to the highest bidder. The feel they are entitled to do this without fear of reprisal.

Demand Real Reform. Vote Democratic.

http://www.imvotingrepublican.com/ McCain Sucks!

by yitbos96bb on Wed Jan 11, 2006 at 02:51:20 PM EST
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I didn't know (none / 0)

The interruption of Feingold was comment-worthy. I hope the traditional media notes it, so at least people who are thinking get a sense that the interruption was to prevent Scalito torpedoing his own nomination as seemed more and more likely under Feingold's examination.

by scientician on Tue Jan 10, 2006 at 11:03:13 PM EST

No Sense of Humor (none / 0)

You guys and girls need to get a sense of humor. I'm no Republican, but politcians that can poke fun of themselves are worth respecting.

by FreeSpoke on Tue Jan 10, 2006 at 11:37:16 PM EST

Re: No Sense of Humor (none / 0)

Sure... If Ted Kennedy comes out and says he is fat, or Gore makes fun of his stiffness, yes absolutely then I think that is funny. Politicians laughing about a scandal that HASN'T even landed indictments and pretending that alito will let them off if they confirm him? That is simply in poor taste. It is the same as Bush doing the Pictures of himself looking for WMDs in the white house during a speech about terrorism and Iraq. It isn't a funny Topic.

http://www.imvotingrepublican.com/ McCain Sucks!

by yitbos96bb on Wed Jan 11, 2006 at 02:54:24 PM EST
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Alito (none / 0)

I'm sorry my offline work prevented me from participating in the conference call today, Chris.

However, after reviewing the excellent links you provided (and thanks for that!), I get the impression that the Alitists are trying to get their boy to simply look like a calm white guy to convey to the majority of tv viewers that nothing's afoot to fret about.

The corporate media spin is that this is merely partisan parties at work, without any mention of the partisan patriots who put the country ahead of ideology in this fight.

Schumer, at least, demonstrated that straight talk, not pontificating verbosely, is the only way to counter the sales tactics of the Alitists.

If there's going to be a filibuster, the Senate has to sense some slippage in public support. And the only way that'll happen is to utilize the Schumer approach - direct, terse, straight talk - flooding newspaper letters pages and call-in shows, by the likes of all of us non-Alitist folks.

by KevinHayden on Wed Jan 11, 2006 at 04:45:32 AM EST

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