Alito fails the test [Dean blames US ills... on Alito]

The Baltimore Sun ^ | January 9, 2006 | By HOWARD DEAN

[johnny7]

It's been widely acknowledged that President Bush had a bad year in 2005. One of the problems America faces as a result is the White House's willingness to make decisions based on what benefits the administration politically rather than what's right for America.

The nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is just one example of this. The president hopes to make up ground with his right-wing base instead of appointing someone who will have the confidence of a wide range of Americans. Over the past few months, as we've learned more about Judge Alito's core beliefs and the kind of justice he would be, it has become clear why the Senate should reject his nomination.

[johnny7]

I heard clips of him last night on Drudge where he refused to admit that ANY Dem took money from Abramoff... to Wolf Blitzer.

Even Wolfie was at a loss for words.

[Vaquero]

Does anyone believe anything Doctor Turd says????
the man is an embarrassment to a party that loves and cultivates embarrassments.....

[garylmoore]

As soon as I saw who it was that wrote this story, I know it was bull.

[Izzy Dunne]

The president hopes to make up ground with his right-wing base

Yeah, Howie, it's all for his next election, which is in... uhhh.... wait....

[mewzilla]

Howie, if a prez can't pick his own appointees and expect to have them confirmed, what's the point of a presidential election?

[johnny7]

2008... or 2012?

[goldstategop]

Mad Howard and the Democrats are determined to keep Bush's polls numbers down to benefit themselves politically and they will do nothing to help. Filibustering Alito would cost them nothing and they figure they can turn Bush into a lame duck in his last two years in office. There's a madness to their strategery.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[carlr]

Karl Rove still has a security clearance, despite leaking the identity of a CIA agent.

Ok Dr.Dean,to me this sounds like an actionable accusation.Please put forth the evidence that supports this slanderous charge.

[johnny7]

Howie, if a prez can't pick his own appointees and expect to have them confirmed, what's the point of a presidential election?

You miss their entire strategy. An election/administration is only valid if it is Democrat. From now on... if Dems lose... they work to destroy the nation and blame it on the sitting president and his minions.

[JustBackFromIraq]

Karl Rove still has a security clearance, despite leaking the identity of a CIA agent. ...evidence that supports this slanderous charge.

I remember reading that Novak's 'indirect' source,'Official A,' is Rove, according to lawyers. I'll be glad when the fat lady sings on this one.

Time loves a hero?

[Democratshavenobrains]

Nice to see Howie is keeping an open mind. The hearings haven't even started yet. What a moron. Imagine if a Republican chairman did this to a Democratic nominee.

[johnny7]

Yeah right.

Republicans would rather pull their own shorts down... than fight to keep'em up.

[Coop]

It's been widely acknowledged that President Bush had a bad year in 2005.

Hey Howie, review events from January 20, 2005. That'll tell you all about President Bush's year.

[johnny7]

Bush's victories are the MSM's, best-kept secrets.

[libs_kma]

I thought the Dems put a muzzle on Howie because he was saying things that were too far out there even for them.

[skinkinthegrass]

...more cr@p from 'Pravda on the Chesapeake Bay'

[Tenacious 1]

"House Judiciary Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. has traveled the world, racking up $177,000 worth of lobbyist-funded trips. Tom DeLay has been indicted on money-laundering charges. Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to three federal criminal charges. Karl Rove still has a security clearance, despite leaking the identity of a CIA agent. The vice president's chief of staff has been indicted on charges that he lied to a grand jury. We need honesty and backbone in Washington, most especially on the court."

For the record, there has not yet been a single conviction in this flurry of legal prejudice dished out at the hands of the democrats. While indictments, accusations, inquiries and investigations have been executed at a furious pace for the past 6 years, there has been no convictions.

If you want to consider what a culture of corruption looks like, check out the previous administration, over 30 folks CONVICTED of crimes. And is still continues today, from Sandy Berger to Hillary's Political Palooza at a Hollywood fund raiser.

Let's get apples to apples here with what is corruption and what is witch hunting. The sad truth in the game of corruption is that the Dim party is far better at deceiving America than the Republican party. Even when a politician from the Great Northwest is discovered taking Lobbiest funds and vacations, he steps down in shame and admits his wrong doings.

Let's face it, honest, well meaning people make horrible crooks. But tenured, experienced, high ranking, power hungry, socialist democratic politicians make corruption look honest. It also helps when you always get home-field advantage with a cheering media.

[johnny7]

CFR... McCain/Feingold... made it extremely desirable to tap the Indian tribes... a major factor in the Abramoff scandal. Donations made by them are 20-fold over what the 'ordinary-citizen' can make. McCain is the number one recipient of the political donations provided to candidates by the nation's 550 Indian tribes. In fact, McCain receives twice the amount given to the second-highest recipient.

[Tenacious 1]

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Well I don't think that is it fair that Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Harry Reid, etc. get twice as much money from the Actor's Guild than any republican has ever received. It is a stupid law and should be repealed, no doubt. It makes it look even worse when the guy who wrote the law benefits directly from it. The coupe de gras is when he benefits the most from it. But if you scratch the surface of most of the "bills" that politicians submit today, they are at the behest of interested private parties, not necessarily in the objective good of all the nation.

I am not defending McCain, I am calling out hypocrisy where it is obvious. The degradation of character in politics continues and it continues at a much faster pace on the other side of the isle. The nanny media only watches the "delinquent" children for bad behavior and excuses the behavior of their precious, can do no wrong, oppressed, fatherless, well meaning and ignorant democrats.

[mewzilla]

You miss their entire strategy.

Oh, I got their strategy.