Mrs. Alito Leaves The Hearing Room "In Tears"

[leftchick]

on wolfie now

Edit: It seem Lindsey Grahams questions about bigotry hit her hard.

:wtf:

[LeftNYC]

1. realizing what a hypocrite she married...nt

[janx]

2. Why?

:shrug:

[AlCzervik]

4. "Leslie" said that Graham was quoting democrats and he said to Alito

"Your not racist are you" or something like that.

[janx]

6. WHICH Graham?

Lindsay?

[leftchick]

12. yep Lindsey! Imagine that...

:crazy:

[janx]

20. Lindsay has been pissed off ever since the Abu Ghraib

torture photos. Those really did a number on him.

[leftchick]

38. he was defending Alito

saying what those bad bad Dems said about bigotry are all wrong. He is on the dark side.

[janx]

41. Well if that's the case,

then the whole thing was probably an act for the cameras. Maybe Mrs. Alito is in fact a thespian.

(Edited to correct spelling.)

[dogday]

46. She must of lived in a bubble if

that remark made her cry. Come on my own kid could take that and not run out of the room crying...

[janx]

53. Exactly!

I wish I had seen it. I'll try to catch some coverage tonight, but I tire easily of cable news.

[kevinbgoode]

Maybe we need to find out if she is a member of

Concerned "Women" for America.

[FreedomAngel82]

135. She was fine and smug when Kennedy was talking about

strip searching a ten year old. Why didn't she get up and cry than? This was a pure set up!

[leftchick]

67. That is what I believe happened

Wasn't there just a break? I think he screamed in her face "You better cry the next time they call me a bigot, bitch"! To stop this line of questioning and give him sympathy and a break. Mehlman and Lindsy were probably there coaching.

[janx]

79. Maybe the situation just presented itself naturally to

Mrs. Alito. Maybe she just does these things from time to time. :rofl:

[JVS]

91. The word is "thespian"

[janx]

102. You are right!

I wasn't trying to make any kind of sexual reference--was just typing fast and laughing...

So I will correct it lest it be misunderstood. Thanks.

[AlCzervik]

13. yes

[leftchick]

8. good lord

I knew that woman was unstable from the time she walked into the room. Must be her Meds have worn off.

[chelsea0011]

14. I'm no racist. I just belong to a group that is.

[VolcanoJen]

39. Graham said, "You're not some kind of closet bigot, are you?"

Alito responded, "No, I am not any kind of bigot."

Graham then said, "No, sir, you are not." Graham lobbed that set-up question at Alito to make him appear sympathetic and victimized.

Unfuckingbelievable. Mrs. Blubbery just became the story.

[Edgewater_Joe]

100. But the answer is "YES!"

And Mrs. Alito can cry all she wants -- she married who she married.

[FreedomAngel82]

134. I wonder if it was a set up

[hang a left]

3. Mehlman must have upset her...

Maybe the records from CAP are a little more comprehensive than they thought.

[chelsea0011]

5. Because she found out her beloved belonged to a racist group?

Truth hurts.:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Were the big bad Democrats being mean?

[leftchick]

17. It was Lindsey Graham quoting Democrats on his bigotry

that gave her the vapours. :eyes:

[Caoimhe]

24. LOL@ the vapours!

Someone get some smelling salts right away, Madame Alito has been insulted and lost her composure!

[AnneD]

Vapours....

has nothing to do with passing out. It has more to do with er uh uhmm....gas, some of which might bring one to tears though. It is a common misconception.

[BurtWorm]

29. To be clear: Graham wasn't insinuating that Alito might be racist, right?

Was he saying, "Here's what the big mean Democrats are saying about you?"

[leftchick]

77. sorry, Yes that was it....

He was saying the big bad Dems were wrong, Sammy is no Bigot.

[VolcanoJen]

44. "the vapours" LMAO!

:rofl:

[freesqueeze]

94. Lawd Have Mercy!

Where's my fainting couch?

[never_get_over_it]

131. Aren't the Alito's from NJ

or the northeast - being from that neck of the world I'm almost positive that we Yankees don't get the vapours....my guess is she is menopausal - lol

[Caoimhe]

9. OH boy we have another drama queen

Poor, Poor, Poor thang.... Those MEAN DEMS!!

:nopity:

[xray s]

10. An Oscar worthy performance for sure

Wolfie is shocked! Poor Mrs Alito! Those mean old Democrats!

Move over Brokeback Mountain. The Crying Game II is going to take away your Oscar!

[bluestateguy]

11. Saddle up, sis

This ain't Romper Room. This is hardball, and if you can't hit the pitches you can go back to the minors.

[qanda]

15. My mother always told me...

Sometimes the truth hurts.

[AlCzervik]

of course this will be spun to blame the mean democrats for making her cry

[KharmaTrain]

54. Bing Bing Bing...We Have A Winner

Now riddle me this one...

Wasn't Lindsay in on the "coaching sessions"? Surely Mr. & Mrs. ScAlito were aware of what his line of questioning would be...or if it would be offensive to thin skins, Mr. ScAlito would have either told Senator Cracker to either tone it down or Mrs. ScAlito could have taken a little lunch break.

This was very staged...as it'll be the talk on the food fights and treehouses for the rest of the day...how all those big bad Democrats were trying to turn something that happened 20 years ago into a big deal. Meanwhile they slime Ted Kennedy for 1969.

Remember, Repugnicans can't feel good about their slime unless they feel they're the victims.

[AlCzervik]

62. oh shit i didn't even think of that!! I bet you're right, wow uber sneaky

[leftchick]

92. I agree and thought the same since it came from "Coach"

I just hope the Dems don't cave to this staged shit.

[txindy]

108. Absolutely right.

Plus, her choice of clothing for the hearings makes my eyes water. It's the combination of hypocrisy and crassness that makes her turn my stomach.

[dogday]

114. This was a two-fold move

1. To Make the Democrats look like mean monsters.

2. To take the heat off by misdirecting the situation..

[Ksec]

126. Exactly

She gets no sympathy from this guy who sees the venom against us all day every day on Faux and hate radio.

[robbedvoter]

69. In spite of her arrogant sneering at kennedy's questions

and the fact she cried as Linsey was brownnosing Scalito

[leftchick]

85. Absofuckinglutely!

We all think a like! ;)

[AlCzervik]

87. it's scary isn't it?

:toast:

[adarling]

57. totally agree

i think mrs. alito knows who her husband is....and if he quotes God again i am going to throw up and hope God smites him (shouldn't wish that but this guy is bad) "i am who i am" what an ass.

[Cooley Hurd]

16. I saw her blubbering in the background when Graham was talking...

She had to leave the room? What a goddamn ninny...:eyes:

[Caoimhe]

18. I guess we now know the top story for this evenings news

:puke:

[MsUSA]

25. Yup......

that's the headline, and cable will be full of it.

[DoYouEverWonder]

43. You got it

Obviously this family will have a hard time handling the pressure of being a SC Justice.

[leftchick]

82. That Was The Plan

I have no doubt. :puke:

[janx]

37. Blubbering?

What exactly was she doing?

[Cooley Hurd]

51. Tears, quivering lip, sniffling...

:cry:

[janx]

56. Stop it!

:rofl:

[leftchick]

88. she broke down

she wiped tears, nose running, lips quivering. Damn it was a sight....Perhaps not quite a sincere one either.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

19. Well I probably

would have passed out, so I won't criticize her. I can't even begin to imagine sitting there in front of TV cameras all day.

[leftchick]

21. Ed Henry: "She is in a holding room"

In Tears. :rofl:

[qanda]

27. Good thing my good monitor broke the other day

Or I'd have you to blame for it.

:spray:

[leftchick]

95. I am drinking a wine now

whew what a day!

:crazy:

[Cooley Hurd]

40. Is it a "padded" holding room?

:rofl:

[janx]

50. NOW?

This was just reported now?!

[DancingBear]

22. Aw, Mrs. A - how do you think the recipients of hubby's "justice" feel?

Better go check the laundry - I think the sheets are dry.

[VolcanoJen]

23. Wolf Blitzer: A painful, poignant moment in the hearings

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

It's almost as if it happened on cue.

[BrotherBuzz]

65. It's almost as if it happened on cue

Indeed....

[txindy]

26. She caught her own reflection in a water glass & noticed her clothing?

So, she finally realized she looks like a hyena with mange in that outfit? Well, I hope so, because my eyes hurt from trying to focus on that hideous, busy pattern her suit is blaring out of the television.

[displacedtexan]

42. I think the Thorazine wore off.

No offense to anyone who takes Thorazine.

I'm just being snarky about the fact that Lucy Van Pelt grew up and married Sam Alito.

[jean]

47. any comments on male attire or do you just bash the women?

[txindy]

61. Does she pick Scalito's ties?

Because she does a muuuuuuuuuuuch better job doing that. Her own clothes are butt-ugly. If her closet contains others she should wear those.

Adding: She wasn't hideously-dressed the other day. So why make the public suffer these last two days? At least the daughter has taste.

[kskiska]

104. The daughter's inherited her mother's legs.

[txindy]

112. So it would seem. Plain pumps, too.

Finally! Although I can't stand looking at the boy in between them due to his show of 'humor' when he claimed that Barbara Boxer came on to him. Puh-lease. He is such a little creep. But we're probably supposed to be nice about that little toad, too, according to some here. I wonder if today was the day the daughter learned her daddy doesn't want girls at Princeton?

http://www.wonkette.com/politics/philip-alito/the-alito-offspring-a-blogger-investigation-134463.php

[chelsea0011]

28. If this is all it took to send her over the edge, Hillary should have

jumped off a building many years ago.

[LisaM]

30. Does she even have to be there?

Yesterday she appeared to be smirking the whole time.

[goclark]

136. Isn't she a lawyer? She should be able to handle this crap! nt

[Rainscents]

31. OMG she need to grow up and take it!!!

Alito must kept her in her home, Poor baby... :nopity:

[Vinca]

32. Well boo-fucking-hoo. nt

[robbedvoter]

33. Lindsey was harping on how wonderful he was - she started crying

Paging Dr Freud!

[leftstreet]

45. Lindsey sounded like he was coming on to Alito. No wonder Mrs. scrammed.

[robbedvoter]

63. I believe you have something there!

Anyway, she started weeping during compliments, not attacks or the mention thereof.
She was laughing quite arrogantly duting Kennedy's CAP questions.

[leftchick]

115. omg I believe you are right!

:rofl:

[Stephanie]

34. Maybe her outfit was chafing?

[janx]

64. Which one is she?

I haven't seen any of this. Is the the matronly looking one?

[Rainscents]

72. She is the one wearing old couch sheet!

[janx]

83. The matronly one in the plaid?

Why, she looks as if she could be Alito's SISTER! They really look alike.

[girl gone mad]

101. ooh.. that's what I said.

They look like they could be twins, and they even where almost the exact same spectacles. She's like his female clone or something. Very creepy.

[LisaM]

133. Yes! I noticed that too

Even their mustaches are alike.

[txindy]

81. On the far right. The one whose fabric makes your eyes water.

[jimshoes]

98. She's the one wearing the

berber rug outfit.

[Cooley Hurd]

66. Maybe someone handed her a printout of this thread:

:cry: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x107326 :cry:

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::rofl:

[spanone]

71. Given their ages these people were raised in the 60's & 70's.

I was too, and I have no idea where they raised people like this during that period. These are throwbacks to the 1950's. It's freakin' spooky.

[janx]

97. So are you saying that it's possible that Mrs. Alito may

have smoked a joint in her youth?

[jimshoes]

103. These people are the

old people from Pleasantville. The ones that couldn't change.

[AnneD]

129. I met a whole slew of them when I attended Baylor.....

they were Young Republican and supported Nixon all through Watergate. They wouldn't protest the war but would weasel extensions and deferments.
The hair styles are still the same-that's the give away...so much inhaled Aqua-Net that it effected the thought centers of the brain-froze them right into place.

[goclark]

137. Mrs. Stepford - Scalito boo hoo hoo...

Can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

No one told your sorry butt to sit in our face all day long in those crap dresses.


I bet if the truth were known, she probably had two abortions.

[goclark]

139. We needed a warning before opening that one :)

[grytpype]

35. THIS IS STAGED!

Isn't it obvious?

[janx]

73. Yes, it is.

And it makes such a damned good STORY for all of those stupid people who improve the cable ratings, no?

:rofl:

It has EMOTION.
It has DRAMA.

What more could Amurkans want?

[DesertRat]

36. Boo friggin hoo

If she can't take the heat....

[Lone_Star_Dem]

48. If he were a decent husband he wouldn't put his career before his family!

Shame on him for accepting such a stressful nomination when he has such a 'fragile flower' for a wife. :evilgrin:

[insane_cratic_gal]

49. Are you sure cuz I think it's that smile

she has to hold in place all damn day long. I'd cry too! its gotta hurt trying to look like Jack Nicholson

[Sal Minella]

52. I'd cry too if I looked like a 1957 rumpus room couch.

[Ksec]

LMAO

that was completely tasteless.
I loved it...

[Z_I_Peevey]

59. That post forces me to find a photo ASAP.

1957 rumpus room, oh lordy, the imagery.

OK, just looked at Post 34 and you are so, so correct.

[Caoimhe]

84. Like this one?

or this one

[janx]

90. See that carpet in the second pic?

I just got rid of two rooms of that horrible stuff last week! Now if I could only afford to get it out of my bedroom...

[Rainscents]

107. Yea, that's it!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Sal Minella]

123. Actually she'd be whap spang right in between those two,

wouldn't she. Remarkable family resemblance. If she wears sequin pasties tomorrow we'll know she really HAS been instructed to distract from the proceedings.

[Ksec]

55. Its just Hardball politics like Tweety says

Dont enter if ya cant take the heat..

58. She does stand out

She has personal reactions to what the people are saying to her husband.

God, all the republicans are just treating Alito like a poor baby being beat up by the mean democrats. Give me a break. This guy will have power over all of us if he is confirmed.

[Caoimhe]

60. Who do you feel more sorry for

Alito the Hun's wife or this little guy in Iraq:

[sasha031]

89. that pic is so heartbreaking

poor little child, how I hate war

[Neil Lisst]

68. She has no place there. The whole family should leave.

Do we see families there for appointments for other positions?

This is the business of the country, not THIS IS YOUR LIFE, SAM ALITO!

The whole thing of having his family sitting behind him is part of the winger marketing. LOOK - he's got a traditional American family!!

[librechik]

86. I agree--how can the questioners get tough?

with the kids watching?? what a farce. Let them watch it on TV.

[Neil Lisst]

116. It's like a court proceeding. If daddy was bad, don't bring the kids.

Alito has dodged the obvious - he was a hardcore rightwinger opposed to women and blacks in school.

[txindy]

Yeah, with a traditional repub son who claims Barbara Boxer came on to him

Where do these people come from? There isn't nearly enough oxygen there, wherever it is.

http://www.wonkette.com/politics/philip-alito/the-alito-offspring-a-blogger-investigation-134463.php


:rofl:

[Neil Lisst]

118. A woman three times is age was coming on to him? Right.

He doesn't look like ANY woman would come on to him.

What a honking goose!

[Walt Starr]

70. Crying? CRYING?

There's no crying in Senate Judiciary committee hearings!

[MsKandice01]

75. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[Ksec]

76. hehe Its a brilliant move

Using the old sympathy tactic..

[leftchick]

80. I have no doubt it was planned

God, watch the repeat. It happened right after a break! I am sure sammy threatened her into doing it. Prick. And she is a dumb shit.

[yy4me]

74. Ever hear of "diversion"?

It succeeded. Look what we're talking about. Its an act to try and change some of the emphasis from hubby. BTW, Why is it that all these "brilliant" jurists can't remember anything? I'm so tired of that old excuse. Just call me cynical, I don't believe word he says!

[VolcanoJen]

78. Blitzer's grilling Joe Biden on the all-important issue....

... of Mrs. Blubbers now.

Excellent distraction, perfect way to get Americans to talk about anything but Alito's judicial philosophy. I'm pretty impressed.

[Jeanette in FL]

93. Perhaps, it was because of the letter that Graham read

by the Democratic Woman Lawyer praising Alito. Maybe there is more there than meets the eye. Maybe Sammy boy had some youthful indiscretions in his past and the letter brought up painful memories for the Mrs. Just feeling in a catty mood at the moment.

[Edgewater_Joe]

96. So Is This Good or Bad for The Guy?

Either it's cheap theatrics meant to pull heartstrings because Big, Bad Teddy Kennedy called him a racist, or she's a batty loon who's overly sensitive.

Or as others have opined, it's coded info that says, "Tonight in my office, studmuffin."

[EFerrari]

99. This family doesn't seem stable enough to support

a Supreme Court judge.

Too bad.

:evilgrin:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

110. That's the way I'm seeing this

I just don't think this environment is going to be conductive of the life his family is used to. If he loves his family he should step down now. :evilgrin:

[EFerrari]

113. I'm on the phone to Feinstein right now.

:evilgrin:

[EFerrari]

121. And, called Barbara Boxer's office.

The Alito's can't handle this appointment. Put them out of their misery.

Call! Call! Call!

Lend your support to a strategy that will WORK!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[in_cog_ni_to]

105. Did she cry when she found out he was a member of CAP?

I somehow doubt it.

Crocodile TEARS! She's just upset the entire world now knows she's maried to a bigot and a LIAR. I don't feel sorry for any woman who would marry a man like ScAlito.

[Mr.Green93]

106. If she can't handle the heat

Maybe they ought to crawl back under whatever rock they crawled out from.

[Ksec]

111. Like THEY didnt savage Hillary or Mrs. Kerry?

Its hardball. Politics has become a dirty business and you can thank the Rushs and Hannitys of the World for that. If we dont respond and play by the same rules we whither and die on the vine IMO.

[cal04]

109. so let's get this straight the pukes can bully and threaten but when

the dems do their job, it's embarrassing and wrong, NOT
TOO bad cry babies
Keep fighting Dems and take all these morons down!

One senior Republican in the hearing room said of the situation: “After three full days of attacks against her husband’s character, Mrs. Alito had enough. Democrat behavior during this hearing has not only been wrong, it’s been embarrassing. Ted Kennedy is nothing but a bully.”

[EFerrari]

117. Maybe he's a bully who honors his oath of office. I can live with that.

And maybe the Alitos need a new shrink. :)

[cal04]

124. I don't think he's a bully, I think they are doing their job

and the pukes don't like that they are not rolling over and they're fighting for what they know is right
thanks for making me realize that I didn't say that right

[EFerrari]

130. He was dead on. Check this out:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=111850&mesg_id=111850

[Avalux]

120. That's hilarious!

Because yesterday, Republicans stated they were surprised the Democrats were so polite - they had expected the opposite.

So it looks to me as if the Repugs, being pissed the Dems weren't nasty, set up a scenario to make it seem like they are!

[SoCalDem]

119. To the fainting couch with Mrs. A

[EFerrari]

122. SoCalDem: grap the op!

Call your Senators! Tell them, the poor Alitos have too much going on to commit to this appointment. Put them out of their misery!

I called Dianne and Barbara.

Let's move! They've handed us a lever!

[Neecy]

125. His reaction is interesting....

His wife is being kept in a holding room because she's a fragile little daisy, and he's out there calm as can be and not looking a bit upset. Nothing about his demeanor has changed - not a bit.

Fake. Phony. Staged.

[goclark]

140. That is exactly what happens at their house IMO

He is ICE.

[B Calm]

127. Are all right-wingers this thin skinned?

[librechik]

128. thank you god--it was a Repug questioning him when it happened

otherwise they'd be barbecuing dems right now instead of wondering wtf

[oregonindy]

132. awwww poor little neo-con right wing theocrat got her world exposed.

[B Calm]

138. This right-wing drama has to be stopped!! She gave them a reason

to vote her old man down!

[EFerrari]

141. Response thread. Please help!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=111850&mesg_id=111850