Posted on 01/11/2006 10:06:02 PM PST by smoothsailing
The calm judge and the angry senator
Published January 12, 2006
It was a stunt, and it failed in ways that prove how Senate Democrats have tossed reason out the window when it comes to Judge Samuel Alito. When the facts don't support you, get dramatic.
Around noon yesterday, during what were until then smooth and uneventful hearings, an angry Sen. Ted Kennedy demanded that 30-year-old documents about the now-defunct Concerned Alumni of Princeton, or CAP, be entered in the record. Would Republicans try to keep the documents from view? Would the documents reveal damning facts about Judge Alito? On both accounts, the answer was no.
After lunch, Sen. Arlen Specter, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, sent aides to retrieve the documents -- the private papers of longtime National Review publisher and onetime Concerned Alumni of Princeton leader William Rusher -- which are housed in the Library of Congress. The documents -- internal correspondence, magazines, minutes of meetings and other items -- would show whether Judge Alito was an active member of a group which, over the years, counted among its members at least a few people who made racist or sexist statements in CAP's publication, Prospect.
The answer was no. Seven weeks ago, New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick found that the documents contain little or nothing about Judge Alito. The judge was not "among the group's major donors," Mr. Kirkpatrick found. "He was not an active leader of the group, and two of his classmates who were involved and Mr. Rusher said they did not remember his playing a role." Another member appeared on Fox News to confirm that. To judge by Mr. Kennedy's fiery accusations, though, he is bargaining that most viewers haven't read the article.
Why even talk about all this? The only...
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for the first time, the GOP looked like they had their act together
Not sure about Cornyn and Durbin...could have missed it...but Colburn pointed out Durbin's 180 on abortion.
Makes this tightwad want to open up his checkbook!
Unfortunately for Ralph Neas, the "People for the American Way" (a far left liberal group) doesn't actually get a vote during the confirmation hearings, so his opinion counts for exactly diddley squat.
Cornyn listed faults in both women? Wow! Wouldn't it be fantastic if Ginsburg retired this year? Ohhhh, the dems would be writhing in the aisles if Bush got another opportunity to fill her vacancy!
I'm just now getting to see Hannity & Colmes repeat. (Phone call interrupted earlier...grrr.)
mine's been closed for a while, but if they keep this up, you never know...
That would be fantastic! Especially if it was replacing Ginsberg.
If the hearings started at the end of Sept. or the 1st of Oct. the Republicans could probably pick up seats in both chambers.
Particularly if President Bush nominated a minority or better yet, a minority woman!
Janice Rogers Brown!
he sure thinks he does..........all the blogs say he is there in the hallways.
turn on CSPAN.......it's Graham.
You're killing me here.... I just turned off Zell Miller!!! ;-)
clearer: using o'conner (because they idolized her) he compared HER record to alito's......proving they almost think exactly alike, shwoing that o'conner votes with Scalia more than any other judge.
graham read a lot of ginsburg's writings before she was nominated, when she was the attorney for the ACLU -- pointing out that in today's time she would NEVER get on the court and reminding them that the GOP did NOT trash her during her hearing.......it was sweet.
BTW, notice that they have stopped referring to o'conner....LOL.
The big question: how does this arrogant fool get reelected? What forces are keeping Comrade Kennedy in the Senate?
How would you feel about the opportunity if the nominee were Harriet Meirs -- or somebody like her?
This could be turning out a lot differently, methinks. We dodged a bullet...
Cornyn up next. Schumer is doing the tap dance now.
Exactly!
this is the part where i was laying on my sofa, imagining myself punching him right in the mouth
(hey, my arm's in a cast -- I had nothing better to do.......LOL)
Schumer: "A response is not an answer." Memo to Schumer: An allegation is not evidence.
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