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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That picture needs to have some type of advance warning.
We're talking major gastric upset material here.
THERE'S NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON MURDER....
I THINK IF MARY JO WAS PREGNANT A CASE COULD BE MADE.
HOW DO YOU UNSEAL A COURT CASE?
Alito was nearly unanimously confirmed to the Federal Bench a few years ago. Was the Hero of Chappaquidick "troubled" then?
He wasn't joking? It's one of the funniest things I ever read.
How many more days do we have to watch these second graders learn to read? Save us from the senate we don't need it.
Mary Jo's death troubled not only me but the entire country also.
With all the Kenney's that met "untimely" deaths -- there were still not enough....
Semper Fi
No need to be "troubled," Ted. Have a drink - shoot, have several - you'll feel better.
Is he getting senile?
This guy is a joke how does he sleep at night?
To those who much has been given much will be required!
WTH does Kennedy know about average Americans? That man makes me wanna puke.
Alito...Roberts...both 1000 times smarter than Kennedy.
...how does he sleep at night?"
Same way he gets through each day - massive quantities of strong liquor!
And even if we could somehow imagine a Republican political career surviving manslaughter and cover-up (we can't, no Republican would ever have been allowed to continue in politics under such circumstances), every new article and commentary to the end of time would read "Senator X, whose career has been tarred by scandal since he abandoned helpless Bobby Sue Jones to drown during a drunken spree on Martha's Vineyard."
Think about THAT, the fact that no MSM reporter ever even refers to Ted Kennedy's crimes, when any Republican must be smeared with FALSE allegations made by any lunatic Howard Dean wannabe at every moment........
The MSM is obsolete. The news is right here.
What's really troubling is that Kennedy continues to be re-elected by morons in Massachusetts who apparently are pleased with his criminal, treasonous record. Are they all drunk?
"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."
And if Eva Braun was alive today she would probably be thrilled by the way Adolph handled the "Jewish Question".
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