Kerry on Alito: Bush's sagging numbers no excuse to reopen 'wounds in

[Mass]

America

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Kerry_on_Alito_Bushs_sagging_numbers_1031.html

Every American should be deeply concerned that the far right wing which prevented Harriet Miers from even receiving a Senate hearing is celebrating Judge Alito’s nomination and urging the Senate to rubber stamp the swing vote on our rights and liberties. Has the right wing now forced a weakened President to nominate a divisive justice in the mold of Antonin Scalia? With civil rights, privacy rights, and mainstream American values hanging in the balance, the President’s sagging political position in his own party is no excuse to reopen wounds in America which a President should seek to repair.

“In nominating a successor to Justice O’Connor, President Bush had the power to unite the country by nominating a highly qualified woman or minority who would put the Constitution first and reflect the diversity of our country. Instead, the record must be studied, the documents must be made available, and the questions must be answered conclusively, to determine whether the president has chosen to divide the country with a nominee outside the ideological mainstream.”

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1. Great response. Thanks for the link mass.

[Arkana]

2. I have confidence that Kerry will NOT vote for Scalito.

It's good to be a Bay Stater.

[blm]

3. GOOD...Kerry and Kennedy pushing point Bush is acting as a WEAKENED

president, and his choice demonstrates that weakness.