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Syndicated columnist and commentator Tony Snow "loves” the Samuel Alito pick as the next U.S. Supreme Court nominee. He loves it for several reasons, including judicial philosophy, but also because it lights a fire under many politicians. Snow said during his self-titled radio program Monday that he loves the Alito pick as much as he hated the Harriet Miers nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Bush screwed up with the Miers nomination,” Snow said. "A Supreme Court nomination is not for the faint of heart – it’s not an honor for nice people who bake a nice pie. By selecting...

Subject: Wexler: Alito's Nomination to Supreme Court, Bush's Halloween Scare for America FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2005 Contact: Lale Mamaux Phone: (202)225-3001 Cell: (202)225-1913 Wexler: Alito's Nomination to Supreme Court, Bush's Halloween Scare for America Calls on Democrats and Moderate Republicans in Senate to Oppose Nomination and Filibuster Alito (Washington, DC) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) issued the following statement on President Bush's nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., to replace Justice Sandra Day O' Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Alito has an extensive paper trail of making extremely conservative legal decisions and opinions that will tip...

Reaction is already coming out on the nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court. Although President George W. Bush’s comments of a justice in the mold of Scalia or Thomas were not stated as emphatically as a “read my lips, no new taxes” pledge, conservatives took it as such and thus were justifiably dismayed at the president’s first pick to replace O’Connor. Now, the president has given America a nominee with a proven judicial record – one that steers clear of judicial activism. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has called...

Without further ado: Number 10 - John H.: Women should take this for the slap in the face it is - Bush was pressed to appoint a woman to replace O’Connor and the only one he could find was the president of his fan club? Does he really mean to tell us that the only woman worth considering was his ‘office wife’? How did half the country vote for this f***ing clown?Number 9 - Smallbottle: Dems shouldn’t even permit hearings until an independent counsel or commission is appointed to uncover all the treason and fraud at the White House....

BUSH PUTS DEMANDS OF FAR-RIGHT ABOVE INTERESTS OF AMERICANS WITH HIGH COURT NOMINATION OF RIGHT-WING ACTIVIST ALITO PFAW will wage massive national effort to defeat nominee who would dramatically shift balance of Court President Bush put the demands of his far-right political base above Americans’ constitutional rights and legal protections by nominating federal appeals court Judge Samuel Alito to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, said People For the American Way President Ralph G. Neas. “Right-wing leaders vetoed Miers because she failed their ideological litmus test. With Judge Alito, President Bush has obediently picked a nominee who passes...

Well, well, well. Now you've done it. You conservatives have really done it now. You held the Presidents feet (and other parts) to the fire and forced him to drop an unknown and nominate an experienced judge with credible conservative credentials. Are you proud of yourself? Are you snickering as you read this? Do you really know what you have done? Ladies and gentlemen, we are at war. This isn't George W. Bush's pick. This is the conservatives pick. I know it. You know it. The Democrats know it. We are on the line here, not GWB. His pick was...