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I can't even begin to mount the pile of links and information out there about Plamegate, and I'm fine with that. For one, I don't have the time. For another, tomorrow is supposed to be the big "press conference," so...Alito Bandito III
John Podhoretz, writing in the New York Post Online, confirms what I wrote earlier about the Alito confirmation. ABOUT that all-out political war ? as an MSNBC anchor dubbed it ? that has supposedly broken out over the nomination of...Bush Picks Alito
President Bush has nominated Samuel Alito to be on the Supreme Court: The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to preview Bush's remarks, said Alito was virtually certain to get the nod from the moment...Alito
The AP seems to have a curious obsession with the religious affiliations of Supreme Court justices and nominees....Donks Smear Alito with MAFIA Brush
ALSen. Hatch, Chris Matthews Slam Donk Talking Points!
A talking-points memorandum being circulated by Democrats to friendly media outlets attacks Judge Samuel Alito on the basis of his Italian heritage.Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch stormed Monday night that the memo was "despicable" and a sign that desperate Democrats are "hysterical" over the Alito nomination.What's interesting here also, is that Sen. Hatch found out about the memo from MSNBC's Matthews:
Matthews alleged that Democrats are passing around a memorandum that he called a "complaint sheet" about Alito. The cable talk show host said the lead item in the memo claims that as a federal prosecutor, Alito failed to convict members of the Lucchese crime family in a 1988 case. The implication is that because Alito is Italian-American he went easy on the prosecution, or worse.The Chief has NO hesitation about ripping a strip off the back of the MSM when warranted, but to give credit where credit is due, Chris Matthews made a good play on this one!
An obviously angry Matthews said, "I'm sitting here holding in my hands a pretty disgusting document. This is put out not for attribution, but it comes from the Democrats. They're circulating it; I can say that. The first thing they nail about this Italian-American is he failed to win a mob conviction in a trial ... way back in '88. In other words, they nail him on not putting some Italian mobsters in jail from the family. Why would they bring up this ethnically charged issue as the first item they raise against Judge Alito?"This is either a very bad coincidence or very bad politics," he added, and warned Democrats that their sneak attack will backfire. "Either way it's going to hurt them. ... Not abortion rights, not civil rights but that he failed to nail some mobsters in 1988 -- this is the top of their list of what they've got against this guy. Amazingly bad politics."The memo failed to note that Alito won a major prosecution against the Genovese crime family.The Donks have also damaged their relationship with what has been a sizeable part of what's left of their base:
A. Kenneth Ciongoli, Chairman of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) on Monday demanded an apology for the media's frequent references to the judge's Italian heritage and the use of the term "Scalito" to describe him as a clone of Justice Antonin Scalia.What can one say - the Donks ARE getting desperate!
The Argus Leader is doing what it does best: leaving out information if it hurts the Democrats. Here's the story:Sen. Tim Johnson was one of the first two U.S. senators to meet with Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on Tuesday,...Because I Cannot Stop Watching Tradesports
U.S. Senate Confirmation of Samuel A. Alito. Total affirmative votes for Alito in the Senate....
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