Posted on 01/11/2006 6:02:49 AM PST by prairiebreeze
(CNSNews.com) -- "Judge Alito Proves a Powerful Match for Senate Questioners," read the headline of a "news analysis" piece in Wednesday's New York Times.
The report described Alito as an "elusive target" for Senate Democrats who are determined to paint him as an extremist. "For nearly eight hours, Judge Alito was placid, monochromatic and, it seemed, mostly untouchable," the New York Times opined.
The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday compared Democrats on the Judiciary Committee to a "guerilla army searching for a weak point in a heavily guarded fortress...as they challenged Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing."
The L.A. Times described Alito as "contained and controlled...never seeming to anger and only rarely displaying flashes of humor," and the newspaper admitted, "He demonstrated an encyclopedic knowledge of the cases he had decided on the 3rd Circuit, fielding detailed questions on dozens of them without referring to notes."
The Associated Press reported that "Democrats appeared unable to stop the nomination, and seemed increasingly unlikely to mount a filibuster in the full Senate."
A Washington Post's news analysis described Alito as "low key" but "short on specifics." His replies didn't rock the status quo, the headline announced.
USA Today said Judge Alito "was effective and did not hit any bumps as he headed toward confirmation to succeed the retiring Sandra Day O'Connor."
Even a blog on the Planned Parenthood of America website wondered, "Where, oh, where is the drama in these hearings? Except for Dianne Feinstein's rally late today, it's like watching a tetherball tournament. Between the speech-making, his artful dodging, and the questions that not even Clarence Thomas could have messed up, I don't know how we're going to learn what he really thinks," the Planned Parenthood blogger wrote.
The Democratic National Committee posed the question, "Can We Trust Judge Sam Alito?" The DNC website said, "Judge Alito almost gives the impression of a man who will say anything he can in a job interview to get that job."
Likewise, the liberal interest group, Alliance for Justice, wondered, '"What won't Judge Alito say when he's trying to get a job?" Alliance for Justice President Nan Aron described Alito as "evasive," waffling, and said the American people "deserve a fuller, more forthright discussion of Judge Alito's record and views."
But Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a Republican supporter of Judge Alito, commented, ''There's a growing sense of inevitability that he will, in fact, be voted favorably out of the committee and confirmed."
Now that is funny. (And not fake.)
I wanted to jump through my tv screen and start pounding on Smirky Schumer!
What a fool!.
The right to privacy that Alito acknowledged is the "specific" right to privacy in the Fourth Amendment, not the "general" right to privacy used in Roe. His answer was brilliant!"
You beat me to it. Good post.
"Judge Alito Proves a Powerful Match for Senate Questioners"
My 14 year old daughter would make a powerful match for some of these Senate questioners!
Not to cast any aspersions on Judge Alito, but against some of those Senators, a TURNIP would prove a powerful match.
Don't get offended. All I am saying is that Alito has had to do some backtracking on conservative principles and has done so.
I HOPE that he is saying what he needs to in order to get approved, and then turns more conservative.
After all, they can't fire him later if he suddenly decides that privacy is not a guarantee.
Nice gallery!
The almighty MSM seems saddened by the fact that Alito is going to make it.
Do you have the photo of the CNN anchorwoman who appears ready to cry the instant she realized that Kerry would not win on November 2, 2004?
That photo would be very appropriate.
Harriet Miers I still believe was a trial balloon to gauge what the left was thinking. The right already knew that the Miers nomination was going nowhere.
It also took us a couple of months closer to the midterms. Bush is timing all of this to maximize the Republicans chances in 2006. That's why Abramoff is a good thing coming out now.
The Dems are ecstatic that they have Abramoff to trot out in 10 months. Meanwhile Bush is plugging away. Once Iraq is off the table, the Republicans are going to go after the RATS on the Indian Tribes and Abramoff. Won't be good for Dornan and company.
Stay tuned.
Miers was not qualified. She would have made a complete fool of herself. It was clear from her intitial meetings with the senators. That's why she got pulled. After Specter met with her, he all but said she was in over her head. GWB made a totally boneheaded move, because he picked the picker. It really showed how helpless he is without advisors.
That's total buncombe.
The only thing that could torpedoe Alito now is if he gave Shumer the answer he deserves by mooning him.
Ooops.
"That's total buncombe."
Probably. I play the Strategery angle. You know, being part of the VRWC. :)
On the other hand, this Bushbot has a lot of respect for the way the man plays his cards.
Virtually all justices give strong authority to precedent and only overturn the worst cases they feel have been wrongly decided in the past.
If you dont think that a "right to privacy" (whether that has anything to do with abortion or not) is not implicit in the Bill of Rights, then you apparently need specific written directions to get out of bed and find your way to work everyday.
I think a lot of people look for explanations that don't involve acknowledging that the president screws up sometimes. I think he just screwed up. He picked the picker, and that left no fail safe to avoid what would have been a mistake. Initial meetings with senators, plus a total outcry from the best conservative advocates in the business, stepped in to fill the void.
LOL! I've had more laughs from FReepers today...and not just this thread.
:^D
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