Repubs ask, what is the difference?

[kentuck]

We voted for Ginsburg knowing she was a liberal. So now, Alito is no more a conservative than Ginsburg was a liberal. So why do the Democrats vote against him? What's the difference, they ask?

Well, here's the difference. If Ruth Ginsburg had been the "swing vote" on the Supreme Court, you assholes would have filibustered her. Alito is the "swing vote" on the Supreme Court, so stop the nonsense and silly comparisons.

[Richardo]

1. The biggest difference: Clinton *consulted* with Hatch first...

Presented him with a list of candidates and asked which ones the GOP could support. Hatch indicated Ginsburg was one of them.

If Chimpy did that once in a while, he might see more bipartisanship, if he really cares to. My view is he doesn't give a shit WHAT the DEms think or do.

[antonialee839]

4. Exactly, he goes out of his way to be a little bastard.

[dogday]

2. Ginsburg admitted her position on Roe vs Wade

Alito would not offer a position on anything. He was like a robot sitting there...

[Touchdown]

3. Ginsberg isn't a liberal.

Ginsberg is a moderate, as is Stephens, and Breyer. NOBODY on the Supreme Court is liberal, much less "as liberal" as Alito is conservative. There is nothing conservative about advocating autocracies.

[zbdent]

5. advocating autocracies is "conservative"q

when you don't want to change the "status quo" - usually, dictatorships don't want to change the "status quo" - they don't want to lose their safety net.

The Conservatives in this country didn't want to lose their chance at a lordship in England in 1776 . . .

[tnlefty]

6. Does Justice Ginsburg (then nominee) consider as "gospel" the theory of a

unitary executive? No, and I don't notice that she's into pissin' on the Constitution either but I could've missed something.

[sinkingfeeling]

The big difference here is the fate of the United States! With Alito

supporting the radical right's theory of 'unitarian executive', we will be turning the USA into a military dictatorship!
Nothing of that importance was present when Ginsburg was seated on the Court!

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Duplicate....sorry.

[Ksec]

8. Because Conservative is simply an ideology that gives

more wealth and power to the wealthy powerful few.