Samuel Alito’s America
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CNN reports that “President Bush will nominate 3rd Circuit Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito for the U.S. Supreme Court.” Who is Samuel Alito? ThinkProgress has the facts:
ALITO WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE: In his dissenting opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Alito concurred with the majority in supporting the restrictive abortion-related measures passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in the late 1980’s. Alito went further, however, saying the majority was wrong to strike down a requirement that women notify their spouses before having an abortion. The Supreme Court later rejected Alito’s view, voting to reaffirm Roe v. Wade. [Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 1991]
ALITO WOULD ALLOW RACE-BASED DISCRIMINATION: Alito dissented from a decision in favor of a Marriott Hotel manager who said she had been discriminated against on the basis of race. The majority explained that Alito would have protected racist employers by “immuniz[ing] an employer from the reach of Title VII if the employer’s belief that it had selected the ‘best’ candidate was the result of conscious racial bias.†[Bray v. Marriott Hotels, 1997]
ALITO WOULD ALLOW DISABILITY-BASED DISCRIMINATION: In Nathanson v. Medical College of Pennsylvania, the majority said the standard for proving disability-based discrimination articulated in Alito’s dissent was so restrictive that “few if any…cases would survive summary judgment.†[Nathanson v. Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1991]
ALITO WOULD STRIKE DOWN THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT: The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) “guarantees most workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a loved one.” The 2003 Supreme Court ruling upholding FMLA [Nevada v. Hibbs, 2003] essentially reversed a 2000 decision by Alito which found that Congress exceeded its power in passing the law. [Chittister v. Department of Community and Economic Development, 2000]
ALITO SUPPORTS UNAUTHORIZED STRIP SEARCHES: In Doe v. Groody, Alito agued that police officers had not violated constitutional rights when they strip searched a mother and her ten-year-old daughter while carrying out a search warrant that authorized only the search of a man and his home. [Doe v. Groody, 2004]
ALITO HOSTILE TOWARD IMMIGRANTS: In two cases involving the deportation of immigrants, the majority twice noted Alito’s disregard of settled law. In Dia v. Ashcroft, the majority opinion states that Alito’s dissent “guts the statutory standard†and “ignores our precedent.†In Ki Se Lee v. Ashcroft, the majority stated Alito’s opinion contradicted “well-recognized rules of statutory construction.†[Dia v. Ashcroft, 2003; Ki Se Lee v. Ashcroft, 2004]
Good. All you weenies need to let this one go. Let the states split. Let there be 2 Americas. Bush legacy.
October 31st, 2005 at 7:01 amBush, already driving this country downhill well past the speed limit, is about to shift into fifth gear.
October 31st, 2005 at 7:09 amLet it go. Overturn Roe v. Wade. Let the country split. Let’s destroy the GOP. All these little laws circumventing Roe are killing democracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 31st, 2005 at 7:17 amI would rather have a REAL United States with about 28 states than this eternal BS every 4 years. Let the country split!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 31st, 2005 at 7:19 amWell, who didn’t see this coming?! Bush got slapped down the first time for someone who wasn’t overtly conservative and wasn’t expressly in the mold of Scalia. This guys nickname is “Scalito” for God’s sake. He was bound to fold under pressure from his far-right base and appoint someone who has proved in his track record that he would strike down Roe. Mark my words, you’ll have the right-wing talking heads salivating over this guy by 10 A.M. Monday.
October 31st, 2005 at 7:19 amI’ll believe the nomination when I see it. No one expected John Roberts and everyone was saying it was someoneelse. Sometimes the whitehouse offers disinformation.
October 31st, 2005 at 7:20 amStrike down the Family and Medical Leave Act? He can’t be serious.
October 31st, 2005 at 7:21 amDisinformation from the WH…you think.
October 31st, 2005 at 7:24 amWell we know who runs this Country,,,,Tony Perkins,James Dobson,Pat Robertson,Jerry Falwell, Southern Baptist Convention and the Pentecostal’s.
Miers would’ve been a much better on I think she would’ve been a swing vote….
Wonder if this was a setup by bush by using Miers as a red herring then giving us a much more hard liner?
October 31st, 2005 at 7:33 amIf roe v. wade is overturned, no more republicans… sounds good to me.
October 31st, 2005 at 7:37 amHarriet Miers was an obvious set-up, a straw woman to usher in a real sonuvabitch.
October 31st, 2005 at 7:39 am3 Catholics on the Supreme Court? Call The Know-Nothings… Now!
October 31st, 2005 at 7:41 amAverage TV Viewer- With ya all the way. Hey, if they want an Ayatollah regieme they can have it! And the rest of us can move on creating a more perfect union.
Let e’m kill themselves off!
October 31st, 2005 at 7:41 amWe will be going backwords to the 1950’s with this guy. I knew he was up to something when he nominate Miers and know this guy. A woman should been nominate.
October 31st, 2005 at 7:42 amMakes ya wonder if the Harriet Meirs’ thing was planned all along. Look at the timing, the Administration knew the Fitz. case would have a deadline, by nominating Meirs they got 3 birds in the bag; 1) Nominate a woman, 2) Find out exactly what support the base was going to provide and 3) Blow smoke over the pesky little Scooter Leeky debacle and Wallah! GW rises to the top again. Very Rovenesque. Watch the Forged Document thing from the Italian Secret service thing bubble up next. Connections to Wolfowitz very scary, here is a great link on this and check out the date of his article. Enjoy. http://www.juancole.com/ 2004/ 08/ pentagonisrael-spying-case-expands.html
October 31st, 2005 at 7:44 amJust in time for Halloween, the White House presents the liberals with their latest bogeyman: Judge Alito….
The demonization has begun already.
I predict new heights of apoplexy on the Left…
October 31st, 2005 at 7:50 amScalito?
October 31st, 2005 at 7:53 amI’m with Average TV Viewer.
Since the “blue” states have all the universities, key industries, and money, secession would mean that the “red” states would instantly become the third world country they really are. California and New England alone control 90% of the shipping ports. We can join a common currency with Canada and leave them with the bankrupt US Treasury.
October 31st, 2005 at 7:54 amYeah, let’s leave the Red states to go back to the Stone Age of Bush World. I’d love to join the Blue states to Canada or some other civilized country!
October 31st, 2005 at 7:59 amA man has no right to tell a woman to have this baby. The RIGHT WING RELIGIOUS NUTS are not going to raise this child. Most of American do not want Roe v Wade over turned.
October 31st, 2005 at 7:59 amI cringe every time the talking repub heads say there are comsequences to elections,yeah we got screwed from them stealing the election and we get screwedwith these hacks,what a crock!
October 31st, 2005 at 8:00 amI guess they had to do something to get our attention away from their CORRUPTION.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:04 amThese 28 United States…
YOU BET.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:07 amI hope they get a war over Alito’s nomination by the democracts who have been all but opposition in all circumstances.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:09 amMary Poppin,
Roe is not strong enough to prevent abuse by the right.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:10 amPeople don’t support Roe. They support rights. There is a better way: States. The right keep saying let’s have the discussion at the state level. LET’S DO IT. NOW.
Great summary of his stance on important issues! Can you make it e-mailable?
October 31st, 2005 at 8:10 amSkull and Bones Alito is the fight we on the left want with a weakened Bush.
Bring it on!
October 31st, 2005 at 8:13 am.
Average, I agree. Let the states decide. Too much power concentrated at the federal level now.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:16 am“Stone Age” (comment by K) discredits an era of real progress. What we have here in “Good bless America” is re-/retro-gression.
Not being a religious nut case, I’ve still wondered about those seven deadly sins…wasn’t one of them “pride” (especially “false pride,” something altogether common inside the Beltway)? Somehow the poor just don’t get beyond the convenience of a lost-in-a-flood video shot (a REAL Christian would have at least mercy on the poor instead of plundering them to further enrich the already-wealthy).
The reason we’re “blue” states is we’ve got the edu-base of folks who have thought through the issues and arrived at intelligent conclusions; “red” states voters are scared shitless they’ll have a gay couple living next door. False pride aside, I’m humbly proud to be part of the blue-man/woman group.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:16 amState sponsored religious displays don’t constitute a state sponsorship of religion?
This guy’s got some ’splanin to do.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:19 am[…] ThinkProgress has decided that Alito is the anti-christ. That was quick, almost like they had the copy typed and ready to go… […]
October 31st, 2005 at 8:19 am#32
He has been discussed as a potential nominee for years. They’d be idiots to not know about him.
Apparently the fact that someone would know about federal judges surprises you, but not everyone is a dumb as you think.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:20 amO’Connor has said she would stay until another justice is confirmed. Fine, let her stay or let her go. This country will survive without nine justices - we have many times before. The Democrats should come out and say that this President is under so much scrutiny and has so many scandals that the American People do not trust him to appoint anyone for a life term. If only the Democrats were truly an opposition party we might be able to survive the Bush Nightmare. I fear they are not.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:25 am…and still the Democrats will confirm him.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:26 amThank you Democrats for giving us a Bush Supreme Court.
But only the most partisan zealot (much like Christian Majority group-think) will still blame the Greens or Nader or the man in the moon, anyone other than themselves.
Myles
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October 31st, 2005 at 8:26 amI can only hope a few moderate Republicans will join a unified Democratic opposition to this nomination. After the past few months, From Katrina on, maybe enough eyes have been opened.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:26 amLet the Supreme Court overturn Roe V. Wade and with it the Griswold decision which made it legal for women to obtain and use artificial birth control methods (read birth control pills). Let them roll back anti-discrimination laws, affirmative action, elliminate Medicaid (but never Medicare too many rich people). Let the Supreme Court and this guy take it all away. I am tired of fighting for the rights of people who don’t care or even worse voted for Ronald in ‘80, dad in ‘88 and now this guy. Quite frankly the people that will be most affected by these possible rulings will not be those of us who are reading this website. They are the poor souls out there toiling away at their nonunion wage job. But let it be. This is what the American voter went to the polls and decided they wanted; therefore this is what they get. There should be no surprises and quite frankly I would love to see all of the above go down the drain. It can’t happen soon enough. Then this nation of apathetic individuals might wake up and wonder what happened while they were sleeping. Women can wake up and find out their reproductive choices have been eliminated. Homosexuals, blacks, poor and undereducated can find that they have NO access to healthcare. In the meantime, inflation is creeping up, the housing market will slow, interest rates are going to be raised again and heating bills will soar. Enjoy.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:27 amNow is the time to confront the issue of who really just interprets the constitution and who wants to legislate from the bench. The so-called conservatives have successfully programmed the public on this as they have on turning the word LIBERAL into something bad. Thought reform works unfortunately as the reality of short attention span theatre is proven over and over.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:29 amYep, Miers was a willing “straw man”, with this born, bred, and programmed injustice waiting in the wings to follow his fellow Stepford Judge Roberts onto the golden bench. I knew all that instantaneous wing-nut blogger uproar over Harriet was a bunch of psi-ops malarkey - those guys are constitutionally incapable of breaking ranks with George W. Christ.
Make no mistake, Roberts and Alia are carefully cultivated dauphins prepared from youth by the powerful few who think it is their birthright to own us all. Despite the troubles the ass-puppet Bush administration appear to be having right now, the forces of hereditary fortune and ancient byzantine conspiracy are very close to absolute victory. Let’s f**k’em up!
October 31st, 2005 at 8:30 amHERE IT IS: THE FOURTH REICH!
October 31st, 2005 at 8:35 amAMERIKA THE LAND OF THE FURHER
Grandma, I am with you!
I am also tired of fighting for the rights of people who don’t go to the polls, or vote Repug because they don’t like gay people.
Do they hate gay people more than they love their kids? Guess so. F-em all.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:35 amWould love to hear someone ask the question, “Mr. Alito, what makes Harriet Miers a better judge than you, considering that Bush said she was the best candidate?”
October 31st, 2005 at 8:36 amMyles
People don’t support Roe.
About 55% do.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:37 amGrandmother, as another Grandmother I agree with you completely. I am so tired of the whole thing. My worries about reproductive rights are long behind me. Let this generation put down their cell phones, turn off Desperate Housewives and realize that their political apathy will destroy the rights that a previous generation fought for. I will believe that the Democratic Party fights against this narrow little man when I see it.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:38 amDon’t you love how right-wing trollies like “tomaig” whine and whimper when we get the facts out on Küche-Kirche-Kinder Kandidates like Benito Scalito here?
October 31st, 2005 at 8:40 amBush is a total hypocrite because he had a girlfriend that had an abortion in the 1970’s.
I still don’t understand that these RIGHT WING RELIGIOUS NUTS say they are born again christian. What does this means?
October 31st, 2005 at 8:41 am[…] Yeah, Democrats are gearing up for battle in ways that would make Harriet Miers blush: “ALITO WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE, ALITO WOULD ALLOW RACE-BASED DISCRIMINATION, ALITO WOULD ALLOW DISABILITY-BASED DISCRIMINATION, ALITO WOULD STRIKE DOWN THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT, ALITO SUPPORTS UNAUTHORIZED STRIP SEARCHES, ALITO HOSTILE TOWARD IMMIGRANTS.” […]
October 31st, 2005 at 8:41 amBush is a total hypocrite because he had a girlfriend that had an abortion in the 1970’s.
Source!?
October 31st, 2005 at 8:42 amOne can only surmise that our half-shaved chimpanzee of a president’s “dry drunk” dyslexia exculpated the word filibuster from his idiot-savant lexicon.
Not that it makes a jot of different. The group of 14 will have to allow a democratic fili on this one. You don’t get much more extreme than this guy.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:42 amI am a Grandma and I totally disagree with you. I guess you are not worried about your children and grandchildren. You are totally disguessing.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:46 amIt is so typical of the Left to cry crocodile tears on the one hand (Miers), then cry “Foul!” on the other (Alito). I’m looking forward to this, left wing smears and all. In the end, there will be at least one more conservative justice on the Court, and the era of federal judges making up the law as they prefer it to be - rather than applying the law as it is - will be over.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:46 amYou guys are the biggest babies ever! It’s just a new nominee and you’re crapping yourselves before the Repooblicans really bring the pain. As a Repooblican myself I often sit back with an expensive non-Cuban cigar and imagine the ideal world of colored servitude, slapping my wife in public, and not having to beat up homosexuals because they stayed in the closet. What’s even more ridiculous is that I have to append that comment with a clarification that I’m joking. Ridiculous.
I hate to ask this, but I must. Have you all ever met a conservative? I’m not talking about online blogoworld, but in real life. I hear they eat minorities for breakfast and laugh whenever a paraplegic is denied the sweet life-giving nectar of embryonic stem cells. I even heard that Katrina was caused by Bush’s negligence towards the environment. It’s all true!
October 31st, 2005 at 8:47 amBRING THIS FIGHT ON. You will NOT win. You smear merchants finally got what was coming to you.
Now, you will have to divide you’re time by trying to impeach Bush and tear down Alito. Good luck, you brownshirts. You will certainly need it.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:47 amMary Poppin - the requirement that women notify their husbands before having an abortion didn’t let the man decide, and it had safeguards in place to allow a woman to avoid telling a guy that would beat her up, etc. The husband didn’t get to make the decision, but the requirement would have been that the wife provide an unnotarized account that she told her husband…so you clearly don’t have a real basis for your comment.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:48 amAverage TV Viewer. I take it that you would like the red and blue states to split. You also think that the the red states represent the “Real” America. That would suit me fine as the red states couldn’t survive with out being on the federal tit. Yes most of the matcho red staters couldn’t colect a paycheck if they didn’t get some kind of federal subsidy that comes from blue state taxpayers. Good Bye, Dry up and blow away!
October 31st, 2005 at 8:54 am52,53,54
Enjoy this last desperate gasp of an imploding presidency. It won’t succeed and it won’t keep Bush and Cheney out of the slammer where those criminal war mongers belong.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:54 amThe word liberal is not a dirty word it means generous, as in care for the poor and elderly etc as Jesus comanded us. The word conservite means stingy as in tax cuts for the greedy and forget the helpless as Jesus said it would be easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the gates of heaven. I guess all those right wing christians thought Jesus did not really mean it or rhey have never read the Bible.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:56 am#55 I am not talking about her husband. She has a right to decide if she wants this baby. You are not the one having this baby. I do have a real basis for my comment. You are totally wrong. Most of the women having abortions are not married. It could be for health reasons or if she was raped. You have no right because you are a man.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:59 am… may i suggest you not contribute any more of your hard earned money to the Dems until they actually have stood up for the above mentioned liberties of the People.
… tell ‘em “i will believe it when i see it”, then begin contributing again. Money talks… b.s. we’ve had enough of!
Dave
October 31st, 2005 at 8:59 amAnother grandma weighing in. I also am tired of fighting, but the MSM are really in the pocket of the GOP. I had to turn off TV just now. All right wing, all the time, no matter what channel. Couric’s interview with Joe Wilson was abominable. All of the Reupuglican talking points brought up loud and clear. How can any non thinker make intelligent choices when this is what they hear day in and day out? Many of the poor are too busy working 2 or three jobs just to make ends meet. They only have time for sound bites.
Until the Dems learn how to shout through the the Republican noise machine, I don’t see how we win back the congress or the presidency.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:00 ama neocon’s wet dream…
October 31st, 2005 at 9:01 amRed states, Blue states, seems that all are unwilling to change their fates……
October 31st, 2005 at 9:04 amRoe vs. Wade, corporate corruption, coming depression in the USA……
Let the states decide? Now I am laughing my a** off… As if the federal government would let them…. If the states could decide themselves, Marijuana would be legal, just a small minor example… National Guards troops would not be Iraq as they actually belong to the state and not the federal government or so it is my understanding anyway….. Look at the facist government you have and dream of your freedoms that you no longer can claim and shred your Constitution and Bill of Rights as they will be, actually are, already moot…. They cann’t let the states do anything…. And last time I checked anyway, the elections were rigged and like any crooked game, the house won and we, the people, lost….. If that is the case, we don’t know whom is red and whom is blue and the states are not ALL red or ALL blue but purple and how do you unmix mixed colors?
Grandmother–
October 31st, 2005 at 9:06 amThe “let ‘em get what they deserve” isn’t fair, certainly not to African-Americans. They voted 90% for Kerry. Also gays, 75% for Kerry. Only 51% of Americans voted for Bush; let’s work on defending the 49% who didn’t.
Grandma–you’re blaming the victim. Why do you think gays, minorities and women are apathetic and don’t vote, or vote republican?
October 31st, 2005 at 9:06 amIt’s true that poor white males vote republican–it’s also true that the Republican Party has arranged for their friends to count the vote, that there is strong evidence that Gore and Kerry won the last two elections, and that the powers at the top of the Democratic Party have been able to keep liberals out of the contention so that voters have no real choices.
As for “let the red states go,” that’s nothing but a fantasy–appealing, but it can’t really happen. You’re forgetting the other half of the republicans’ unnatural marriage—they represent those religious- right red-state types, but they also represent the rich and the corporations, who are not about to allow the strongest parts of the US go join Canada.
i am a long time naturalize citisen , i am befundled by my observation of children of immigrants from totalitarian countries .Perhaps it is a crude generalisation , i found them hard nose and strict constructionist when it comes to the law ,a la Scollia .This appointment does not bode well for those of us who hope for the country to find a common voice on the subject of women’s right to choose .Of women’s freedom . The idea that a woman needs her husband’s permission is so primitive . Where is the American experience in these newly citizens ?
October 31st, 2005 at 9:07 amIn the end, there will be at least one more conservative justice on the Court, and the era of federal judges making up the law as they prefer it to be - rather than applying the law as it is - will be over.
Comment by Blue State Red — October 31, 2005 @ 8:46 am
… except for the idiot in Virginia, which of your treasonous ReThuglicans have actually called for an Amendment to the Constitution giving Jerry F. or Sen Frist the call on who gets to choose being a parent and who doesn’t??
Shouldn’t we stop all women in the airports to check if they are pregnant before going over seas, then recheck when they return??
… that would surely be a problem for the Twins, unless they volunteer for service in Iraq… then i’ll give ‘em a pass.
Loony wingnuts… and i was raised by ‘em!!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:08 amRadical change to the electoral system to eliminate the role of money (equating campaign contributions with “free speech”), is the main means
October 31st, 2005 at 9:08 amof eliminating this endemic corruption and tyranny of the inferior. The problem of unscrupulous, intellectually inferior people ruling society in both government and business, is traceable to the electoral system in which money talks and ethical people walk. And societally speaking, this mentality of the administration precisely reflects the hierarchy of inferior administrators/ceo’s ruling their mental and moral superiors, to be consistent with what has happened throughout corporations and all government agencies?
Patriotic? Democratic? All you idiots who say “let the country split” don’t realize that the country is not split at all. You simply don’t want to live in a democracy. You are clearly in the minority, Bush didn’t win against Gore and there was lots of cheating in 2004. We live with it because this is our country. The religeous zelotry that you ultra conservative numbbrains weild lowers you to lieing, cheating and creates a general malaise that surrounds your trailer home. Self rightouse libertines! If you don’t like democracy (what this country stands for!) get out, go make your own country full of toothless, beer guzzeling, tatooed, white trash, homophobic, sexist, flatulent churls. Idiots.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:12 amOverturning Roe v. Wade would be the best thing that ever happened to the Democratic Party in the last 30 years. REpublicans cannot run on “smear the queer” foreever.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:15 amGreg - 57% of the country voted against Clinton when he nominated an ACLU lawyer and she was confirmed unanimously. Nice talking point - shot down!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:15 amI have to wonder if the TP site’s writers have something similar to that file of pre-done obituaries any news organization keeps for when famous people die.
In other words, I’m curious how many potential SCOTUS nominees TP has similar posts written for, and what the posts say.
This isn’t intended as a complaint or accusation; it’s just that procedural stuff like this fascinates me. So keep those files around, for an interesting “what if?” piece a decade or more down the road.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:16 amAndrew - yes, I have met actual conservatives in real life. Some of my best friends are conservative and since I’m black, a woman, and homosexual I realize that they’re not evil people out to destroy me. But then again they don’t equate conservatism with forcing everyone into a pre-defined mold.
You say liberals paint conservatives in unflattering colors? How about the colors conservatives paint liberals in? It goes both ways Andrew. To think it doesn’t is just putting the blinders on.
What gets me is the conservatives that aren’t lunatics supporting the ones that clearly have some serious social agendas on their plates and show NO signs of conservatism in the areas that really matter to most conservatives. Do my friends care if gays can marry? No, not really. They’re intelligent enough to realize that is not a big deal and it’s just a scare tactic used by the Republicans to get less intelligent people to vote for them. But hey, they DO care that this government has no fiscal responsibility and is all about big government and big spending. A real conservative would say let the states decide these social issues. Don’t have the government trying to control all these things. Yet the so-called conservatives in power now are all about the federal government dictating people’s lives. They want an amendement to the constitution to ban gay marriage. They want the supreme court to overturn roe v. wade and ban abortion across the board. Etc. Etc.
There’s a difference between conservative and backwards. The republican party is backwards. They use fear and deception to acquire votes and it works beautifully because most americans don’t bother to actually think. They just react.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:18 amNED’s right. It’s getting to be a full-time job trying to prevent conservatives from hurting themselves and rooting against their own self-interests. It’s like having a retarded sibling who keeps eating dirt and shitting in his own hat.
Bobo Erectus is its own worst enemy. We should let them have Alito, just to see the look on their faces when he starts running them through the shredder along with the rest of us.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:21 amFillibuster is necessary here. Let’s be smart about it though. Educate the moderate republicans, get enough of them to join our side. Take back the house 2006. The main point is here, no one really likes abortion. I know of no one who has got preggers just to have one. We need to put it back in the right wingers face and say “Who of you, besides John McCain has adopted a baby?” Most will be surprised to hear this. Then we can tell the story of knot so honest georgekarl using this info against John McCain.
Keep asking them how many babies they’ve adopted. Keep asking them who’s paying for them (taxcut taxcut taxcut). The best figures I’ve found say there’s half a million kids who are-unadoptable and just sit and wait to turn 18 and go to the welfare rolls. Many Thousands more not adopted. I wonder if the Bush family with all its wealth has adopted anyone.
Let’s tell the end of the story. Tell the republicans (who are the wealthiest among us) to put up or shut up. Show us your program for all of the new babies that will be in our midst. Let them try to tell us the churches wil handle this, it’s a private thing……We can say..”Show us the MONEY”…..put the pressure back in their court. Stand up, Grow some balls, call at least weekly to reps in congress. Write letters, go to events.
God Bless all of us and let’s get to work
October 31st, 2005 at 9:22 amThis means WAR!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:24 amThe fool at the beginning calling us weenies and let there be 2 Americas? Is he kidding? Blue America has propped up Red American FOREVER!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:24 amwhy don’t you folks win an election sometime? then you’ll get to nominate the judges.
the fact is, conservatives own the senate and both houses, that being the case, they get to pick who sits on the bench.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:25 amI’m with Average TV Viewer. Most people are pro choice but the republican party has been hijacked by a bunch of radical christians. These extremists have only one mission and that is saving fetuses and killing criminals and making sure men don’t fornicate. It is obvious they do not want a United States. I say let them have it. Those like Santorum will be shown for their extreme views or some can choose to live in the 50s where men just didn’t tell they were gay and abortions were for the rich.
Funny NeD, you are in a state that overwhelmingly gives its citizens the rights they deserve. Will you move to one of these states that you are advocating? I will, of course, move back to NY or Boston as I will never live in a state that would make a battered wife tell her husband she is aborting his fetus.
Like I say, people are mostly pro choice. It will take a slap in the face, such as Shaivo when the government is right in their bedroom, for the too busy to care about politics and read the news worker to see what is happening to them as individuals. We are not learning from our past and are doomed to repeat. That’s okay, I’m up for the real fight years away.
Let this court go the way of the Vatican and then, only then, will people start to actually see themselves inside the courts. Right now, most just see a bunch of robes. And the radicals only see dead fetuses and weird man on man sex. Let the wheels cog once again, I am free to move to one of the GREAT 28.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:27 amthe man is eminently qualified… confirm him…….i read the comments here and it makes me tremble for this once great country.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:28 amScalito is for cutting the balls off a rapist and shoving them down his throat on the public square, unless the rapist is a woman, in which case, her genitalia are to throughly burnt off with a hot iron. You Liberal rape fiends beware!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:28 am#75 Jeffko I agree with you totally. Great Post!!!! Lets have all the Republicans that want Roe reversed adopt these babies. Right on!!!!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:30 am[…] Meanwhile, the freakout starts at Think Progress with these two posts. […]
October 31st, 2005 at 9:30 amLast I checked, the normal population of the rest-of-the-universe-outside-the-USA has been at WAR with the loonie repugnicant right since that arrogant spur clanking little dunce sauntered his way into the Whitehouse and brought his maggot-in-chief with him.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:33 amBring it on right wing faggots. Civil WAR NOW.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:36 am#49, In reply to your question on Bush’s girlfriend of the past, I hope this link works:
October 31st, 2005 at 9:36 amhttp://archive.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=159
It’s time for 2 Americas.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:37 amwhy don’t you folks win an election sometime? then you’ll get to nominate the judges.
As soon as we have honest counting again, we will.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:37 amI bethcha that this guy is also gonna try to criminalize my jacking off! I betcha he’ll try, and that’s where I draw the line! Bring it on!. Let’s have the debate. Pro-jack off states vs. the anti-jack offs! This is WAR!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:38 am“Great 28″-I like that.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:38 amThis is a good thing. Theocracy Rule. Jeb and Martial Law in 2008. Overturn Roe Vs. Wade and it suddenly becomes a non-issue and no more money can be raised by the Rethuglican party on this one issue alone.
The West Coast, East Coast and Great Lakes States need to sever all ties with the Red states. Isolate them economically and cut them off from the dole.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:39 am#78 — joshua, that’s a great idea! And since it’s your suggestion, I take it we can count on your vote?
October 31st, 2005 at 9:39 amGreat summary of his stance on important issues! Can you make it e-mailable?
It already is. You can:
A) Email out the link:
http://thinkprogress.org/ 2005/ 10/ 31/ samuel-alitos-america/
or
B) Cut and paste the text into an email. You may need to replace the “smart” quote marks and apostrophes with normal ASCII ones so they don’t show up as blobs to some recipients.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:40 amAnyone that wants a civil war right now, why don’t you move to Canada so that you can have your national health, gay marriages and the like. Good riddence!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:40 amThey can have their 22 state theocracy where treason is acceptable. LET THEM EAT THEMSELVES. They use liberal sentiment to fuel the division. They don’t want Roe overturned. They want divisiveness. It’s the only thing that makes them strong.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:42 amStop the madness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Listen everyone. This is exactly what Rove planned. Eveything about it smells of his slimy work. The Bush administration knew they were going to have a hard time pushing a hardline conservative Justice. So they presented Miers as a sacrificial lamb. Knowing how the Bush White House works, I’ll bet Miers didn’t even know her fate. But she was LOYAL to Bush and went along. Anyway, now Bush has his nomination to placate the Republican’s extreme religious base. Rove and Bush knew they were going to take a hit with the Miers nomination but knew that after her they could then slip in ANYONE they wanted. After all, their arguments will now be… “You just don’t like anyone Bush nominates” or “You just want Bush to nominate someone the left wants.” All really sick and totally in oposition to most of America. At least I have the satisfaction of knowing that I voted for Kerry and Gore. God help us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:42 am2Americas——-1 for real American Patriots
October 31st, 2005 at 9:42 amThe other,those who answer to a higher power(what a joke) and want to rule me and my children. NEVER
Because this is my country you treasonous piece of shit, Randy.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:42 amSome of these conclusions are wacky. He would overturn Roe v. Wade because he thought, 14 years ago, that a spousal notification provision — supported by Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, mind you — was constitutional? He could not possibly have known that the Court would take it up as their reevaluation of Roe. I’m not saying he won’t overturn Roe, but this is pretty scant evidence to suggest it.
Some of these other accusations border on libel. “Alito supports unauthorized strip searches”? No, Alito thinks they’re constitutional. If you’re going to equate thinking something’s right and thinking it’s constitutional, you might as well just get it over with and announce you’re all crits.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:43 amAtilla the Hun would be proud of this nomination. If this
October 31st, 2005 at 9:45 amScAlito is confirmed expect the clock to be turned back to the dark ages. Always knew that this is what Bush planned from the beginnning with his choice of Miers.If the Dems do not fight this one we will never see daylight savings again.
The Great 28.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:45 amI would like to know his position on fellatio? A senator must ask him whether he would vote for upholding a federal law banning the time honoured practice of fellatio. And good-bye internet porn will be a start of another crusade. Praise the Law!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:45 amDid you hear anyone talking about civil war during the Clinton years? No. Do you really think that you could get enought support for a civil war? Your side can’t put together enough support for an anti-war rally even with Mother Sheenan’s prescence. Where is she by the way? You need to wake up to reality and start taking your medication again.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:47 amDavid,
October 31st, 2005 at 9:47 amThis is all to overshadow treason. But it’s all one in the same. This gov’t is headed to the toilet.
LMAO! The lefties woke up on Fitzmas morning and found out that Santa left them Scalito!
Bravo Zulu, Mr. President - this is an excellent nomination of an imminently qualified jurist who, by the way, was confirmed UNANIMOUSLY (yeah, even Ted Kennedy voted for him) when Bush 41 nominated him to the appeals court.
Let the liberals whine. Let them whimper. Let them cry. Let them piss and moan. We don’t care, because for those of us who have wanted to see judicial restraint restored to SOCTUS for the last 30 years we will NOT back down. Liberals will, because they are cowards. They already talking about (LOL) seceding - let them. Good riddance.
It’s morning in America.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:47 amOVERTURN ROE.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:48 amThe Great 28.
This is all about power. Bushie is a dictator. Lets hope that Martial Law is not put into affect by Old Bushie. This would be pretty scary.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:49 amPP - if you want a culture war, you’ll get it. NY and DC should not be dictating social policy to the rest of the country, especially when that includes forcing states to allow partial birth abortion. Secondly, the Supreme Court favors free speech for those who are against American values, not for.
If you want a fight over this - BRING it on. You have no idea what you are up against. This is not 1987 - the country is more conservative and conservatives have no problem getting in the mud with the like of Ralph Neas and Nan Aron. We will destroy and enjoy it if you mistreat Judge Alito.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:49 am[…] UPDATE: This is just wonderful: ALITO WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE: In his dissenting opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Alito concurred with the majority in supporting the restrictive abortion-related measures passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in the late 1980’s. Alito went further, however, saying the majority was wrong to strike down a requirement that women notify their spouses before having an abortion. The Supreme Court later rejected Alito’s view, voting to reaffirm Roe v. Wade. [Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 1991 […]
October 31st, 2005 at 9:49 amIt won’t be blue states leaving you moron.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:49 amRoe vs. Wade = the carrot on the stick. It would be disasterous for the repugs to lose that. I’m in MA and would be unaffected by it. Let the right-wingers see what over-tuning it is REALLY about. It ain’t what they think it is!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:50 amThe democrats in this country better wake up now! We must unite in doing whatever is necessary to stop this GOP machine who are destroying our country one step at a time. Our elections must become clean in every state. Dioboldt must be ousted as they are in the pockets of the GOP and will stop at nothing in every election to keep their mandate. America, WAKE UP, WE ARE LOSING THE BATTLE BOTH HERE AND IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD. Impeach the entire administration and do it by standing up and being heard.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:51 am70% support Roe.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:51 amAlito, “pie face”, supports having first crack with the bride on the wedding night, for all right wing CEOs.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:51 amNortheast, AMEN, brother - the libs think they can get by with another Borking…ain’t gonna happen.
If the whining dems in the senate need the nuclear option to shut them up, then so be it.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:53 amWith all the comparisons to Scalia, I have a question that has nothing to do with ideology:
If Alito had been on a hunting trip* with a major player in an organization, and that organization became a party in a case that came before his court, would Alito recuse himself?
* or similar semi-unofficial bonding exercise
October 31st, 2005 at 9:53 am#118
Abe Fortas resigned when his connections to those with business before the court became known, so I would say YES!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:54 amCulture War Right Wing Cowardly Fags
vs
THE American Patriot
YOU LOSE big time NE bone smuggler
October 31st, 2005 at 9:55 am#117, obviously. Sorry for the error.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:55 amIt looks like everyone got what they deserved on Fitzmas! (Except for Libby of course)
October 31st, 2005 at 9:55 amScared gop aint gonna support this clown.
ITS OVER FOR THE BUSH WH!
BUSH IS WEAK!
“A nomination out of weakness”, “to stop the bleeding of the gop”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 31st, 2005 at 9:57 am“Roe vs. Wade = the carrot on the stick. It would be disasterous for the repugs to lose that. I’m in MA and would be unaffected by it. Let the right-wingers see what over-tuning it is REALLY about. It ain’t what they think it is!”
Kitebro, most of us who are Constitutional originalists do NOT oppose abortion on moral or religious grounds - we oppose it because it is STUNNINGLY BAD LAW. It was an example of arrogant, judicial activism. SCOTUS is supposed to INTERPRET law, not WRITE law. If they found the abortion law in Texas to be unConstitutional, then SAY SO, and let the state legislators write a new law. That’s the way it is SUPPOSED to work.
I for one am frankly sick and tired of 9 unelected black robes deciding for me what I can and can’t do. The country was never intended to be a judiciocracy. I vote for people who I think represent me, and those people in turn are tasked with legislating - it is not the place of SCOTUS to inject itself into the legislative process, but that’s exactly what they’ve been doing for 30+ years.
Thank you, Mr. President, for this wonderful nomination - it is a step towards returning America to Americans, and for that, I am grateful.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:00 amFitzmas gifts are the gifts that keep giving, more indictments to come RANDY the fag.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:01 amRandy will soon have nothing left to fight for. There will be two different countries. They don’t care for bipartisanship, that was only talk to sway the middle. And there was such hubbub about JFK being a Catholic and now we have a Catholic Supreme Court.
There will always be a progressive America and that is where I will pay my tax dollars. The Supreme Court will be, pardon the pun, MOOT. States will have to start seriously thinking about themselves and who they want to be.
I am not for ruining the tradition of the filibuster. The radicals want it gone, but can’t seem to see a future where they will need it. I need for us to be forward-thinking and the state that provides that will be mine. Back to a form of segregation. At least we know where the intelligencia will be. I think maybe that’s the better route anyway. I prefer an intellectual conversation as opposed to ‘me no kill no babies.’ Hell, I’m getting sick of seeing all of the bad hair here in TN already.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:01 amThis man will not be confirmed because Old Bushie and Cheney are going to be impeached before 2008.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:01 amI would love to split the country in half but I have a better idea all of you libs would be better off moving to Canada as was suggested in this silly ass thread..Thank you for you lack of support have a good day
October 31st, 2005 at 10:01 amAll the strategies and ideas to overcome these Washington criminals is to no avail for several reasons:
The Dems can’t win any election when every election is now fixed by paperless voting. Nothing can overcome fixed elections and you don’t hear the party leaders talking about this. They are hopeless and clueless.
The Dems don’t stand up for principles that most Americans share, don’t have no real candidates, currently have no real stated ideology, have a previously voter-rejected leader (Dean), and the party is mistakenly moving to the left of the majority of the country instead of toward the center as it did with Clinton.
As a Democrat, I feel like my party has already blown any opportunity to oust these GOP criminals because of the fore-mentioned reasons. It may not be too late to change things but I suspect that it is. Only revolution can help us now.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:02 amRandy - apparently there were a LOT of naughty liberals, because on Fitzmas morning, they found Scalito in their stockings! LOL!
October 31st, 2005 at 10:03 am… Dont’t worry , dear ones , there’s something rattlin’ in Scare-Alitos closet , and we’ll get to it , soon enough ! And the neocons are DESPERATE (!) to distract us from that word we’re using to describe their adSINastration : TRAITORS !!! No matter where you go , neoconnies , THAT word WILL follow you ALL ! … ;)
October 31st, 2005 at 10:03 am“…RANDY the fag.”
Janice, what’s with the homophobia?
October 31st, 2005 at 10:04 amC’mon, anyone who believes that states would be left to “decide for themselves” after Roe is overturned is fooling themselves. The Repugs don’t really give a Sh#t about states rights. These are the people who send an army of lawyers from halfway across the country because some gay couple somewhere in the middle of the night might be allowed to marry. Does anyone really believe they will allow the blue states to have legal abortions while the red do not? Please. What they want is precisely what they demonize. They want a conservative activist judge who will legislate their culture war from the bench. Period. Watch what people do, never what they say.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:05 amBush nominates Alito: Moonbat Meltdown Time!!!
President Bush just nominated Samuel Alito for Associate Justice to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court Nomination Blog has an Excellent bio.
Michelle Malkin and Hugh Hewitt agree: It’s time for dancin’.
ConfirmThem.com has a lot of …
October 31st, 2005 at 10:06 am“This man will not be confirmed because Old Bushie and Cheney are going to be impeached before 2008.”
Mary, what are you smoking and can I have some?
October 31st, 2005 at 10:06 amIf Alito is confirmed, he will be the 4th Roman Catholic on the Court, joining Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas. As a pro-life Democrat, he’s be a 2-fer: Roe will be overturned and the Republican Party will hemorrhage female voters. That’s great news. And, by the way, Americans will never give up abortion. It doesn’t matter what some of us think. Roe v. Wade has become nothing more than a free issue for the Republicans. If they flip it, it is the end of them…
October 31st, 2005 at 10:06 amWhere do you live in MA, SS?. I’d like to pay you a little visit and demonstrate NAZI torture techniques.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:08 amAfter, maybe you will understand the diffence between FREEDOM to choose, and facism.
… Neoconnies are TRAITORS to our COUNTRY ! NO Halloween treats for neoconnie tricks ! … ;)
October 31st, 2005 at 10:08 amI agree with Speculum Sniff!
OVERTURN ROE!!!
OVERTURN ROE!!!
OVERTURN ROE!!!
OVERTURN ROE!!!
OVERTURN ROE!!!
OVERTURN ROE!!!
OVERTURN ROE!!!
OVERTURN ROE!!!
OVERTURN ROE!!!
OVERTURN ROE!!!
END GOP POWER FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 31st, 2005 at 10:08 amYou should be moving soon then, NeD. You must really hate your state. I, personally, think NYC is fabulous and will be back soon. Might I suggest Utah for you? I see they have the highest rate of teen suicide - figures.
My fight is not with a bunch of faux christian extremists, they don’t play fair and, if you actually go to a church, which I’m sure you DON’T, then you will notice they are just as evil as anyone and get their girls abortions so they won’t look dirty. They sleep with each others’ wives/husbands and drink like fish.
I would much rather be around real people to talk about the crap that goes on around them and not about how good they are all.
Fight? I don’t think so. I’m moving towards the future where extremists such as yourself are marginalized.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:10 amNo SS, you cannot have any, buy your own dope. I’m guessing you know where to find some.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:11 amAll of you wingers take note. Bush’s hard core support is down to 22% according to ABC poll. He also has 17% tepid support. Those who strongly hate his guts is now at 45% and those who only find him mildly loathsome at 13%. There are other polls that show a strong inclination for impeachment. This nomination may or may not help him with his base. Who cares? His base is eroding rapidly as more people discover he is incompetant and as crooked as a dogs hindleg. If he can’t suck it up and become a real president and unite the country. The country will unite against him. It is just a matter of time. The first casualty in the process will be the republican congress and a number of state races for Governor. This is already showing up in polling by corporate media like ABC, CNN Gallop, Fox. Gallop has even tried a little push polling on George’s behalf by enlarging the portion or republicans in their samples. If Gallop’s polls reflected the actual percentage of registered voters by party and voting history W would look even weaker. I believe all the noise coming from wingers is them whistling past the graveyard. The longer Bush stumbles the worse it gets he seems incapable of doing anything but stumble. Has anyone considered that W may be a Jonah. He is the unluckiest president I can remember. Some people thought Reagan was dumb but thank god at least he was lucky. This guy is unlucky and dumb. Soon there will be sizeable majorities in this country for impeachment. W is going to try to scare us on Tuesday about bird flu. The worst part about that is that the country is in his hands and he really has not prepared of this epidemic. One thing we all need to remember is that the flu is no respecter of political parties and death will stalk red and blue states equally. When your mother, son, daughter, husband, wife is dead from a failed responce by our government and we are on the verge of economic collapse don’ forget to thank W.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:12 amJanice,
Are you sure there will be more indictments? Why are you attacking me? I thought liberals were supposed to be open-minded? You sound like a man or are you confused?
October 31st, 2005 at 10:12 amHow is IT SS, that you have everything backwards? Did you get in the cabinet under the sink when you were a child and swallow the drano?
October 31st, 2005 at 10:12 amWomen calling weak cowardly right wing men Fag packs one hell of a punch SS . Haaahaaahaaaaa FAG
It’s back to Treasongate tomorrow. Remember:
People who say Libby forgot and people who say a lack of indictment on the primary charge is a success are people who would KILL YOU if they could get away with it.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:13 amTom, apparently Mary shared whatever she’s been smoking with you - I wish you guys would share.
See Tom, you’re just being silly. What conservatives have long wanted is a return to the principles of judicial restraint advocated by the framers of our Constitution. The framers were clear in their writings - when an issue is NOT mentioned in the Constitution, it is to be left up to the states to decide. If the people want something ADDED to the Constitution, there is an amendment process. THAT, Tom, is what conservatives want, and that is what we will fight for until we get it.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:14 am“Haaahaaahaaaaa FAG”
If this is an example of the intellect behind the liberals’ effort to Bork Alito, you might as well give it up now - you are doomed to failure.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:16 amTelling someone to move to Canada is really stupid. Sounds very familiar to the ole’ move back to Africa crap. I’m guessing you were a Strom fan. Nobody’s going anywhere expect within our country.
I whole heartedly agree with the intelligencia here - let them have it and then they will have no talking point. Cut off the head and the body will die. There will always be good doctors who perform safe abortions. When they are arrested, like Rosa Parks, it will start becomming news again. Back to the future we go.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:16 am… My question is , if a MAJORITY of the Supreme Court is Catholic already , AND Scare-Alito makes 1 more to the ‘ fold ‘ , how long will it be before good ol’ religions like Baptists and Penticosts fall OUT of ‘ favor ‘ ?!? Them Catlicks are REAL big on ” NO OTHER religion before MINE ! ” , and GREED rules above God in MOST religions today ! … ;)
October 31st, 2005 at 10:19 amI hope this is what you wanted…
For all my neighbors on the right who are gloating about this Supreme Court nominee about now, maybe you should look at what this means to you personally? Great summary from Think Progress:
October 31st, 2005 at 10:19 amALITO WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE: In his dissenting opinion …
Randy,
Janice is the typical example of liberal “tolerance” - anyone who disagrees with her is a “fag.”
Moonbats like Janice might as well get used to Scalito now - he will be confirmed, and the court will emerge from the dark ages of judicial activism that has infected it for the last three decades and once again begin to do what it is supposed to do - INTERPRET the Constitution.
It is a glorious day in America.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:20 am“Back to the future we go.”
“Great 28″
You’re batting 1000, PNP!
October 31st, 2005 at 10:22 am#144 SS You are the one who is smoking. Bush and his cronies are going down than You can cry in your beer. The court is suppose to be for all Americans.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:22 amSteve, are freakin’ kidding me? Overturning that stunningly bad law would be a DREAM COME TRUE…it, along with Kelo, are but a few of the egregious activisim of an out-of-control court that has long since abandoned any pretense of Constitutional originalism or judicial restraint.
Hopefully, with Roberts and Alito, we will emerge from these dark, DARK years and return to a sane judiciary process in this country.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:23 amIt’s back to Treasongate tomorrow. Remember:
People who say Libby forgot and people who say a lack of indictment on the primary charge is a success are people who would KILL YOU if they could get away with it.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:24 amI completely agree with #146. This is just a temporary darkness in our history. Eventually we will modernize and catch up with the rest of the world on the path towards a better, more educated, and free civilization. It’s just a matter of time. As the baby boomers start passing away, they will be replaced by a more liberal generation. The samething happened in Europe, so too will it happen in the U.S.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:24 am“The court is suppose to be for all Americans.”
Translation - the court is supposed to INVENT rights out of thin air for me whenever I demand them! (Stomp, slam, piss, moan, whine)
SCOTUS is moving back to the center, losers - try not to cry yourself to sleep about it.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:25 am… NO Scare-Alito on the court , children , don’t worry ! There’s somethin’ comin’ for him , and it’s NO bag of treats , I guarantee ! We have just begun to dig in his yard - wait ’til we get to that stanky ol’ closet upstairs ( oooh , it’s dark in there - watch what you step in ! ) ! … ;)
October 31st, 2005 at 10:25 amThis is too good, really. All this whining and seething from the Filthy Left who quickly are finding themselves on the outside looking in. “Let the states divide!” “Bush will be impeached!” “We have a Catholic supreme court!” “Bushie is a dictator!” Haaaahahahahah, what a bunch of losers.
“At the core of modern liberalism is the spoiled child —miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.”
~ Jesus
October 31st, 2005 at 10:25 amThe extremists want a fight so Bush can look “like a man.” Good luck, he is weak and the world knows it. We will not give him a fight that he has staged.
Again, there will always be abortion. The radicals can’t stop it. They want judges to be moot and they will have their Catholic SCOTUS. Fine and dandy, I know we can’t step back. If we try, we are doomed.
I heard a little talk of universal healthcare from the very few middle ground repubs this weekend. How about them apples. When Hillary said it, it was CRAZY. But now, we start opening our eyes to the possibility that this just may HAVE to exist because of all of the HUGE corporations not being able to pay for FRIST healthcare.
THAT is what I call forward thinking and someone looking to the future BEFORE their is a crisis.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:26 am[…] For an overview of his hostility to liberty, visit Think Progress. Samuel Alito believes that police should be able to strip-search us for drugs even if our names aren’t in search warrants. […]
October 31st, 2005 at 10:27 am#130 - actually - Randy “the fag” is perfectly acceptable as a description of his IQ. A ‘fag’ is also a bundle of sticks - and Randy obviously has an IQ similar to said bundle of sticks. Get your mind out of the gutter…
October 31st, 2005 at 10:27 amThey’re quoting scripture! It’s gotten that bad! HA!
It’s back to Treasongate tomorrow. Remember:
People who say Libby forgot and people who say a lack of indictment on the primary charge is a success are people who would KILL YOU if they could get away with it.
Jesus hated Pharisee and loved whores!
October 31st, 2005 at 10:28 am… Ewww , it must be Halloween - lookit ALL these stinky trolls , barfing their neoconnie spew all over ! Grab the waders , kiddies , and let’s spray these freepers right back to their GREED-God , BushCo . - ” BushCo. - We’re ruining the future for everyone ! ” !!! … ;)
October 31st, 2005 at 10:30 amWhat’s the Hebrew word for liberal?
October 31st, 2005 at 10:30 am“A ‘fag’ is also a bundle of sticks - and Randy obviously has an IQ similar to said bundle of sticks. Get your mind out of the gutter…”
LOL! Nice try, but we ain’t in England, homie. Peddle your delusions somewhere else.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:31 amIt’s all good if you’re a Nascar Republican. Limited in education and logic, but long on opinion. Whitebread and mayonnaise all the way to church.
October 31st, 2005 at 10:32 amNortheast Douchebag and Snuffy Smith think because they won
a 50.9% “Majority” that they and the Red State Soulmates (many
of whom would see these 2 cheeto-stained losers for who they
are) have some kind of super, unbreakable “right” to rule everything.
It’s the “logic” of the conservaturds: “We rule ALL because we have
the slimmest majority in US History! Yee Haw!”. Great