I think Alito crying was a set up

[FreedomAngel82]

From my understanding Lindsay Graham was asking Alito about being racists and saying democrats were saying it and all that and than she got up and "cried" out of the room. I think it was a set up. She surely didn't get up and cry when Kennedy was talking about strip searching a ten year old. She had that smug look on her face.

[mediaman007]

1. Just in time for the evening news and "talk" television...

[malaise]

23. Tell fugging MSM

to go to the homes of the soldiers killed in the last week and see some real tears.

[woodsprite]

2. Then she should be barred from the room tomorrow. n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

3. That's right - she didn't cry until Graham blatantly manipulated her...

Graham made her cry, NOT Democrats!

[catmother]

4. if she can't take the heat she should stay out of the kitchen. i'll

tell you this alito guy scares me. he's got a weird look in his eyes. i don't trust him.

[Avalux]

5. You got it.

Perfectly staged - the Republicans are so good at theatrics. ;)

[ultraist]

7. Yep, she was coached

Just like any witnesses in trials are coached.

Alito and his family are such the victims. :cry:

Boo fucking hoo.

[FreedomAngel82]

16. Remember he's been coached so I wonder if she was too

It was all too convient. I don't remember Mrs. Roberts crying like that. I didn't see it but I think right now the republicans are desperate to get him through so they're willing to do anything to put pressure on the democrats to back off. Hopefully they won't.

[RevCheesehead]

6. There's no crying in Congressional Hearings!!

Didn't she get the rule book? Sheesh. :eyes:

[DELUSIONAL]

8. More than likely -- she is an enabler

[LSK]

9. Grahm was coaching them on the questions and maybe more n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

24. Bingo

[notadmblnd]

10. their handlers were probably getting reports that she comes across

as very cold so they had her feign offense to garner sympathy.

[zippy890]

11. of course it was - he's plastic-boring man

so she cries and adds the 'human element'

hearings are a bunch of sh**t

[FreedomAngel82]

17. Don't forget that article with her talking about him

How he juggles and listen's to Bruce Springsteen.

[DoYouEverWonder]

12. I just made the mistake of turning on the TV to see the video

Gloria B(?) is pontificating that the DEMS have gone too far. She is so full of it I can smell her from DC.

[B Calm]

13. HELL YES it was!! It's all bull shit drama!

[still_one]

14. It doesn't matter whether it was sincere or not

This is for a lifetime appointment, and it should be tough

I didn't see anyone cry when the swiftpukes LIED about Kerry, or the lies they told about WMDs

[FreedomAngel82]

18. And I didn't see Mrs Heinz Kerry cry with the SBVT guys

She's tough as shit.

[NYCGirl]

20. But we did see her lose her temper and tell that reporter to "shove it".

Remember what a big deal the freepers made of that?

[RebelOne]

25. Yes, and every opportunity he gets, Sean Insannity replays her words.

[FreedomAngel82]

30. True

But it wasn't at a hearing or a debate or anything like that. She is allowed to have her own voice. Oh and I still love the "they want four more years of hell" quote. Because I feel like I'm in hell now.

[still_one]

15. didn't lindsay graham make a wonderful racial joke about a year ago?

What has happened is that the repuke party has become the party of bigiotry and exclusiveness

[moondust]

19. Worked for Nixon.

The "Checkers" calculated emotional manipulation was an effective Republican ploy.

[0007]

21. Wish they'd put a big brown sack over her head.

[EFerrari]

22. Help! We have an opportunity here, thanks to Mrs. A:

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

[Politicub]

26. This whole "hearing" is a set up

Alito has lied through his teeth the whole time. He's a wolf in sheep's clothing, and we're all screwed if he gets confirmed.

But his wife's tears was the icing on the cake. What a bunch of asshole repukes are.

Alito *is* racist. She was crying to deflect from the truth.

[Lars39]

27. She has become the news.

I think the real question is if she would have been missed at all from the very first day.
I don't think there would have been a huge to-do if his family had not been there.
She was part of the script.

[oasis]

28. "Were senators out of bounds?": CNN's Wolf Blitzer "Situation Room"

introduction:eyes:

[Junkdrawer]

29. She knows Kennedy's staff is going to catch her hubby in a lie...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x108656

[bobthedrummer]

31. I caught a whiff of perception management in all this too

[blossomstar]

32. It REEKS ROVE! They are desperate to confirm Alito to save

all their asses.

[oasis]

33. Bargain basement Kubuki. Remember Graham's tearful, impassioned plea

to Bill Clinton in an effort to get him to 'fess up before the impeachment vote? "Mr. President, if you level with the American people I will reconsider my vote" (paraphasing Graham).

Yup, Lindsay was so torn about impeaching Clinton that he volunteered to be an impeachment manager after the illegal impeachment.

Graham's full of it.

[eve_was_framed]

34. I do too, FreedomAngel82