Bush hails Alito confirmation

[sabra]

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4435409

Bush hails Alito confirmation


(White Huse-AP) January 31, 2006 - President Bush is hailing the Senate's confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to take Sandra Day O'Connor's place on the Supreme Court.

In a written statement, Bush calls Alito a "brilliant and fair-minded judge." And he says Alito's elevation is the "realization of the American dream" for the son of an Italian immigrant.

The president joined Alito in the Roosevelt Room of the White House to watch the final Senate roll call on TV. When the vote was announced, Bush shook Alito's hand while staffers applauded.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

1. The best part? Alito IS NOT "the son of an Italian immigrant."

When announcing Judge Sam Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, President Bush said:

I'm sure, as well, that Judge Alito is thinking of his mom, Rose, who will be 91 in December. And I know he's thinking about his late father. Samuel Alito Sr. came to this country as a immigrant from Italy in 1914. And his fine family has realized the great promise of our country.

London Yank at Daily Kos checked out the elder Alito's military records (available online) for WWII.

Samuel Alito of Mercer, New Jersey was born in 1914 in New Jersey. There are codes on the data set for "Nativity" as well as "Citizenship" so there is no possibility of error here - unless Sam Sr. lied when he enlisted in 1938 to serve his country.

Go here and type in serial number 32186682. It appears that Sam Alito enlisted on 3/14/41 as a private. He was born in New Jersey in 1914. At the time of his enlistment, he was single and a teacher.

The New York Times reports that many of the elder Alito's friends were surprised to hear Bush refer to him as an immigrant:

...some colleagues and friends of the elder Mr. Alito, who died in 1987, said they had never heard some of the stories his son has recounted, including the episode about his support for the black student and the fact that his father immigrated from Italy as a child. Some of the elder Mr. Alito's colleagues said they first learned that he was born in Italy when President Bush mentioned it in announcing the nomination.

http://www.talkleft.com/new_archives/013324.html

[LSparkle]

2. Yeah, and "he's gonna add a lot of ... CLASS to that establishment"

Just catapultin' more propaganda ...

[MissMillie]

3. If Bush is "hailing" it, then we know this will end in nothing good

after all, that's Bush's record.

(But Alito himself has given us enough to know that this can not be good.)

[Up2Late]

4. ALL HAIL "El Duche"!!!

Or what ever they used to yell at Mussolini. :mad:

[saigon68]

6. Its El Douche

He uses this with great regularity

[pinniped]

5. Some of the idiots who voted for the POS presidunce are in for...

a surprise.

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[leftchick]

8. shouldn't this be "bush HEILS"

[wizstars]

9. Bush hails Alito confirmation

According to CBS News, bush shook Alito's hand and said, "Now get to work!" Presumably to imlement the radical right agenda.

When the barbarians conquered Rome it was the end of civilization on the European continent for more than a millenium. I can only hope that with the conservative takeover of the Supreme Court, that America's dark age will be shorter.

[SuperWonk]

10. Maybe there was more...

To the Miers nod than originally thought.