Doing the Alito Shuffle-By MAUREEN DOWD-Heck of a job, Sammy.

[kpete]

Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Doing the Alito Shuffle By MAUREEN DOWD

January 11, 2006
Op-Ed Columnist
WASHINGTON

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You don't have to know the difference between horizontal and vertical stare decisis, or between emanations and penumbras, to see that the man who could take Sandra Day O'Connor's seat and yank back women's rights was, in a word, shifty.

Or in three words, shifty, sapless and sighing.

To offset his reputation on women's rights, he even played the henpecked husband. When Republican senators used the expression "When did you stop beating your wife?" about Democratic questions, Judge Alito riposted, "I wasn't asked whether she had stopped beating me."

His basic defense to Democrats boiled down to: "I was just saying what my boss wanted to hear at the time." Haven't we had enough yes-men mangling government for the last five years? Heck of a job, Sammy.

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read the whole thing at:
http://donkeyod.blogspot.com/2006/01/doing-alito-shuffle-by-maureen-dowd.html

[Cooley Hurd]

1. K&R - another winner from MoDo!

:thumbsup:

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. I wonder if she's sorry about making fun of Gore's fashion choices.

Wonder what it must feel like to actually know you've had a negative contribution to society; and that the hell that we're being subjected to, is partly her fault?

I'll withhold final judgment of MoDo after the Dems gain power and I see if she's going to regress to that hairspray-inhaled idiocy again.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. Good point - as Bartcop says...

"She hates EVERYBODY!"

[malaise]

2. Great article

I understand why the president is drawn to the judge. Mr. Alito is dubbed "Scalito" - a conservative senator, John Cornyn, accidentally blurted out the nickname - because he's so much like Antonin Scalia. And W. loves Nino.

That was really funny.

[Coexist]

3. K&R

Dowd scored with this one.

[freedomfries]

4. heck of a job maureen!

and thanks for posting kpete!

[ewagner]

5. MoDo has guts

These days it takes real courage to write the truth...

[necso]

8. Great piece. /nt