Top Senate Democrat Concerned About Alito (Harry'd Reid)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/16/05 | Jesse J. Holland - ap

[NormsRevenge]

Judge Samuel Alito meets with Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2005, to discuss Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

[nuffsenuff]

Hey Harry, repeat after me:

Justice Samuel Alito.

[Semper Paratus]

I detect the whiff of a filibuster being brewed.

[EagleUSA]

HAR! Dingy Harry concerned? Of course he is, just like the rest of the Thugocrat socialists who need the SCOTUS for illegal law making and liberal activism....

Choke on it Harry!!!

[Gay State Conservative]

"Concerned" was a word we often heard tumble from the lips
of that clown from South Dakota that "retired" from the Senate last year,isn't it?

[NormsRevenge]

"A picture of Sam Alito is emerging that may explain why the extreme right-wing is popping champagne corks .. " -- Harry Reid..

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No, Harry.

Here's a mirror, pass it around to your Senate colleagues.

That's why we're popping corks, and have been for years now.

[NormsRevenge]

Yesterday..

Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito (2nd L) speaks with
Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) in his Capitol Hill office in
Washington November 15, 2005. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

[mlc9852]

I resent being called "extreme" because I don't think babies should be murdered. I think Reid is extreme (and an idiot)!

[CFC__VRWC]

"I will work to ensure that Judge Alito is treated with civility and respect," Reid said. "But there is nothing disrespectful about an open and fair-minded review of a nominee's approach to the Constitution and his commitment to core American values like equality, privacy and fairness."

IOW, Reid will give any smear and lie about Alito and/or Alito's family, no matter how outrageous, a complete non-stop public airing until the nomination has been defeated. Go on and try it, you little scumbag.

[marlon]

Well for all the let's have a fight crowd it looks like our favorite pubbie senators are ready to sell us down the river. So far Chafee and Snowe look like they're ready to bail, can Collins, Vonivich, deWine, and McInsane be far behind?

[Bigh4u2]

""The appointment of Judge Alito largely fails to diversify the court," Reid said.'


Attention Mr. Reid.

Nothing in the Constitution says the courts must be 'diversified'.

[b4its2late]

I detect the whiff of a filibuster being brewed.

Extraordinary circumstances alert!

[Emmett McCarthy]

Well, you should never forget the Dems' national motto:

"Our Strength Is Our Perversity"

[Bigh4u2]

I thought it was:

"Our Strength is our Subversity"

[rightinthemiddle]

"Concerned" now, "Deeply saddened" later.

[rightinthemiddle]

I guess abortion is an "American value."

[Personal Responsibility]

Lets do a little Liberal Logic!

Harry Ried says:

They decided she (Harriet Miers) was inadequately radical or insufficiently aggressive for their purposes, so they gave her the boot."

And then he says

A picture of Sam Alito is emerging that may explain why the extreme right-wing is popping champagne corks

By this logic Reid believes that Miers would have kept the court "balanced" since Alito will tilt it to the right

Ried then continues to say:

The appointment of Judge Alito largely fails to diversify the court," Reid said.

Which means one of two things.

1) He is not a she,a minority, handicapped or gay
2) Changing the court from "Neutral" to "Right" is not diversifying.

According to Sen. Reid, one of two things is what should be considered when contemplating a nominee:

1) The person should be considered only because of race, sex, sexual preference etc... and not the content of their character, so to speak
2) Changing the court from "Neutral" to "Left" is diversifying while changing the court from "Neutral" to "Right" is not.

To sum it up, according to Reid the only acceptable nominee is someone the Democratic party considers in their pocket belief wise, or is a member of a sub group that historically votes democratic.

I am so glad he cleared this up for us. Thanks, Senator!

[frogjerk]

SWIMMER: "Someone doesn't like me up there..."

[johnmecainrino]

Bush made a big mistake in appointing roberts chief justice.

He should have left roberts to replace o'conner.

This would have gotten her off the court and left the court with only 8 members. This would put pressure on the dems to let Alito through each time a 4-4 case came down tying up the court.

Also Alito would have been replacing Renquist and not O'Connor. So that argument would have been taken away too.