Don't call Alito "Scalito"...he is "mild mannered".

[Flubadubya]

Watch out... this is the BIG talking point now. Even the pundits are pushing this one, big time. Bill Schneider was just spouting it on CNN.

What the hell difference does his personal temperament make? What matters is how he will rule on a case. If he rules just like Salia, then whether he is a butterfly or a bully won't matter one whit. He will still deserve the nickname "Scalito".

I hope the Dems leaders will try to head this silly meme off. :grr::mad::argh:

[abluelady]

1. It is called a "talking point"

and spin.

[Gman]

2. He clerked for Scalia and that was once his nickname.

[Flubadubya]

3. Well, of course, but that's not the point...

My subject line in the OP was intended with sarcasm, (but you can't use the "smilie" there).

It's what MSM and the right-wingers will do with this little "point" that is the problem. They will try to disassociate Alito from Scalia as much as possible in order to give him an "air" of credibility. Everyone knows what a right-wing wacko nut job Scalia is. They don't want him associated with that monicker... even though it is obviously true.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Himmler was "mild mannered".

[Crankie Avalon]

5. He has "a lot of heart"...

...how long till Chimpy says that about this guy?

[markus]

6. Scalito Scalito Scalito Scalito Scalito Scalio

I love it.

Scalia light. Little Scalia. Sounds like a fixer, henchman type. The Big Man's errand boy.

[Benhurst]

7. Unity Mitford said Hitler had

"perfect manners."

It must go with the turf.

[NWHarkness]

8. Hannibal Lecter was mild mannered

Just sayin'

[tanyev]

9. And he's more neutral on having orgies.

[papau]

10. A list of Alito's actions that make him unfit for the Supreme Court

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/31/samuel-alitos-america

Samuel Alito’s America

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.

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 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.”

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.”

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 essentially reversed a 2000 decision by Alito which found that Congress exceeded its power in passing the law.

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.

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.”