Will Our Democracy Survive? - Alito last nail in coffin

[pberq]

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Will Our Democracy Survive?

Thursday, January 12 2006 @ 02:16 PM PST
Contributed by: admin

THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WILL DECIDE IF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA WILL SURVIVE.

And sadly, this is not hyperbole, this is not a joke, nor is this mere melodrama. Our Democracy is being seriously threatened in a very real way by men and women who seek to subvert the Constitution and fundamentally change the nature and form of our government, our country, and the American people. George W. Bush and his Republican cohorts seek nothing less than absolute power, and Sam Alito's elevation to the Supreme Court will all but secure their quest to overthrow the Constitution.

Bush is now completely and certifiably out of control. But to remove the last restraint on the creation of a new American dictatorship they must install one more lock down vote on the Supreme Court, in the person of Sam Alito.

Despite Alito's extreme right wing voting record and lifelong ideological agenda, nobody expected him to show up at his hearing sporting a tail and horns wearing a red suit. But what we have seen is a nominee who appears incapable of telling the truth about what really stands for, who has not so much testified as allowed his advocates to testify for him. Indeed, Senator Graham, one of the judiciary committee panel members was personally involved in coaching Alito how to evade their questions, while they themselves emphasize how much they believe he will overturn every progressive precedent of the last 100 years. About that they are not kidding. And only your voices speaking out now can turn the tide against this judicial coup.

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[electropop]

1. "...last nail..." my exact words in my letter to my Senators, Rep, & WaPo

If DeLay is the Hammer, Alito is the last nail. Time to nail his nomination to the wall.

[Canuckistanian]

2. Closing the circle

Judge Robertson for the coporate side. Judge Alito for the government police state.

And a tidy little majority in a once (almost) balanced court.

Bush v. Gore will seem like a fair decision compared to future rulings.

This is your fight, right here.

[stopbush]

3. If Alito is the last nail, then the hammer is the media.

They are actively working to move the country into a dictatorship. Amazing how today's stories revolved around the Dems going "over the line" in questioning Alito when it was a Republican who made wifey cry. From Couric on the Today Show to the afternoon radio nuts to Tweety advocating bush breaking laws, the message is clear: democracy is dead, get used to fascism. Get in line, now!

[driver8]

4. It is unbelievable to me that the media is allowing this to happen.

I realize that big corporations own the media, but there has to be one or two reporters with some integrity and courage. Maybe I'm wrong.

[pberq]

5. I wonder if it will be more than they bargained for

At least the NYT exposed part of the reality of Alito, but that is an exception.