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Kennedy: Record
'troubles me deeply'
WorldNetDaily ^
| 10 January 2006
Posted on 01/09/2006 3:23:44 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
In the first day of weeklong confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., told Judge Samuel Alito to expect tough questioning, saying the record of the U.S. Supreme Court nominee "troubles me deeply."
Eighteen committee members gave their opening statements, followed by a statement by Alito. Questioning will begin tomorrow.
Kennedy pointed to controversy over President Bush's decision to order the National Security Agency to wiretap conversations between terrorists overseas and citizens in the U.S.
"In an era when the White House is abusing power, is excusing and authorizing torture, and is spying on American citizens, I find Judge Alito's support for an all-powerful executive branch to be genuinely troubling," Kennedy said.
The Massachusetts senator said Alito "has excused abusive actions by authorities that intrude on privacy and freedom of average Americans."
The judge, Kennedy said, has acted in favor of government, large corporations and powerful forces.
"Average Americans have had a hard time getting a fair shake in his court room," said Kennedy.
Kennedy was followed by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who noted, to laughter, that his view of Alito contrasts sharply with Kennedy's.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; alito; alitohearings; blahblahblah; confirmation; fatoaf; justicealito; lardass; scotus; teddykennedy; tedkennedy; ussenate
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The record Lard Ass should be deeply troubled by is his own!
What a buffoon!
To: Aussie Dasher
SOMEONE'S record smells to high heaven, but it isn't Alito's.....
To: Aussie Dasher
Yes Kennedy's murderous record troubles me greatly.
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:25:44 PM PST
by
Williams
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: MikeinIraq
To: Aussie Dasher
Another fifth of Tullamore Dew should solve all of Chappaquiddick Fats' troubles.
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:27:23 PM PST
by
Argus
To: Aussie Dasher
How come Kennedy isn't trying to impeach Bush and/or Alito then?
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:27:34 PM PST
by
Raycpa
To: Aussie Dasher
To bad Mr. Alito has to be a good boy, wouldn't it be great if he could just look up to ted the swimmer and ask if he's visited or spoken to the girls folks lately if ever.
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:28:00 PM PST
by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: Aussie Dasher
Mary Jo Koepechne was unavailable for comment.
To: MikeinIraq
Infuriating isn't it, that any republican associated with that picture of a dead girl, would be an ex politician? Kennedy left her there and reappeared the next morning after a good night's sleep, and that alone should have meant case closed.
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:29:36 PM PST
by
Williams
To: Aussie Dasher
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:29:40 PM PST
by
the_daug
To: MikeinIraq
Just me, and my little dog "Splash".
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:29:54 PM PST
by
Flavius Josephus
(All Your Base Are belong To Us. Make Your Time.)
To: Emmett McCarthy
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:30:31 PM PST
by
the_daug
To: Aussie Dasher
Lack of booze on the dias and dear Mary Joe should trouble him much more deeply.
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:30:40 PM PST
by
xcamel
(Exposing clandestine operations is treason. 13 knots make a noose.)
To: Aussie Dasher
Senator Kennedys record troubles me deeply.
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:31:00 PM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: Emmett McCarthy
If Mary Jo Koepechne was alive today she would be comforted in her old age by all the good things Ted Kennedy has done for Seniors.
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:31:03 PM PST
by
Flavius Josephus
(All Your Base Are belong To Us. Make Your Time.)
To: Aussie Dasher
Your posts are very good, our Aussie friend!
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:31:12 PM PST
by
PatriotGirl827
(There are no short cuts to any place worth going.)
To: Aussie Dasher
The record Lard Ass should be deeply troubled by is his own!Mary Jo had no comment about Lard Ass's troubling record.
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:31:14 PM PST
by
Ole Okie
To: Aussie Dasher
Deeply? Like the water off the Chappaquiddick bridge?
If he's really troubled maybe he should wear a neck brace, he did that another time when he was troubled and all of his troubles melted away.
To: Aussie Dasher
In the first day of weeklong confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., told Judge Samuel Alito to expect tough questioning, saying the record of the U.S. Supreme Court nominee "troubles me deeply."
...As deeply as vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident?
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posted on
01/09/2006 3:31:46 PM PST
by
Mr. Jazzy
(Bumper sticker "Martyrs or Marines: Who do YOU think will get the virgins?")
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