Got to listen to Hatch over lunch.

They seem to have differing views.

I could be reading that wrong. I was eating a sammich.

duh. listened to Hatch and Kennedy

I need a nap.

dissapointed so far. not a boobie to be seen.

I tried to do some live-blogging over at my blog, but after Kennedy and Biden got done spewing, I got a headache. And Feinstein's troll-like face spewing out liberal platitudes was just too much.

Upshot: the (R)'s want an up-or-down vote on the merits; the (D)'s think Alito hates women, gays, minorities, and "the little guy", and will crush personal privacy under his hobnailed boots.

I'm betting the Donks will try to filibuster.

hey everyone! Schumer hasn't made up his mind yet!

I should have kept going for Feinstein, if only to show what a one-trick pony she is. It's all about Roe -- nothing else is even on her radar screen. And I was right that the Democrats are going to make a major issue out of the issues of executive privilege and personal privacy.

Schumer basically just re-iterated his talking points from the Sunday talkshows.

Alito's vote is pretty obviously going to be a heavily partisan affair. I'm just amazed at how much of a red-line that Roe has become for the Democrats -- they've turned it into another Amendment to the Constitution, rather than case-law. They're really going to beat up Alito on this issue because of some things he wrote back in the mid 1980's, but I doubt they'll get much traction with it.

Boy, watching Durbin talk about Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement really makes my gorge rise. What a jerk this loser is.

hey everyone! Schumer hasn't made up his mind yet!

Yes, but he's troubled.

Schumer basically just re-iterated his talking points from the Sunday talkshows.

Which reminds me. I saw Schumer speaking a week or so ago at People for the American Way HQ on the Alito nomination. He was spewing the same liberal group talking points no doubt given to him by Ralph Neas. If PFAW gave to Schumer would this constitute bribery or just good lobbying? I think I know everyones answers by now.

If Ralph Neas wants the Dems to filibuster, they'll filibuster.

One thing this shows is that Democratic senators understand what their supporters want from them, while the Republicans (not here but in other contexts) clealy don't - see spending, immigration etc.

Tubby Teddy, swimmer par excellence, was expounding upon the need not to support "a cheerleader for an imperial presidency."

Yeh, if anyone should know about imperial presidencies, it would be the Kennedy's. The MSM was so agog over their highnesses Jack & Jackie that there were rumors of such a move back then.

Sorry to show some of my age, but I do remember that quite well. We just didn't have the pajama press to keep things in line back then.

Anyway, I would think the (D's) would want to keep Teddy on a short leash here, because every time he opens his mouth he puts his size 13's in it and tramples around a while. He should just go back down to Florida with his nephew and pick up some more college kids.

Now that Alias is cancelled, I am glad that Jack Bristow is able to continue his service to our country on the Supreme Court. I just hope noone brings up Alito being married to a Soviet sleeper agent. That would be embarrassing.

If anyone's still following the thread:

Slow Joe Biden's speech, condensed to about fifteen seconds.

Teh funnay!

The executive who tells me he can't remember names is at the same time telling me he can't remember a significant part of his business and is operating on quicksand.

Is there any better way to describe the Democrats?

Went to the copy room a while ago to make some copies and watched The Honorable Sentator from Massachussets harang Alito about investing in Vanguard mutual funds. Now there's a way to thin down the pool, by God. Anyone who's ever invested money should recuse themselves from the court because they might have to pass judgement on a financial institution at some point during their tenure.

One of these days the citizens of Mass are gonna look back and be incredibly embarrassed that their grandparents and great-grandparents chose repeatedly some shit like that.

Alito is toast.

His past rulings and many, many memos will fry his ass.

Mike, any particular case? Or do you take them all in one big lump?

I tend to believe that Jack Bristow has it all squared away. He specializes in strategic game theory, ya know.

You know, I think my favorite thing about liberal trolls is their childlike optimism. All you have to do is wish for it really really hard, and tap your heels together three times, and it will happen!

You go Mike!

I base my "opinion" on his extremely conservative leanings regarding Roe vs Wade and executive privilege.

I just don't think he'll have the votes, but I've been wrong before, and unlike many on this blog, am willing to admit such.

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there's no place like Sausalito

you're letting me down now Mike. you went all the way from "Alito is toast, they're gonna fry his ass"! to "I could be wrong".

buck up, little troll! that's the spirit

I think my favorite thing about liberal trolls is their childlike optimism.

I like how they believe they are centered in the political spectrum, so that Alito appears "exremely conservative."

When I said Alito was "toast," it was an "opinion," based on what I've read in various publications.

It won't be a "fact" or I won't be wrong, until he is or isn't confirmed.

If you think he'll be confirmed, that's YOUR opinion.

But, just for the hell of it, let's see how many of you will answer these questions honestly:

How man think Roe vs Wade should be overturned?

How many of you are women?

I've seen Jane Roe. I'd hit it.

But after that, I'd say thanks for the attention, now get out of my face.

Mike -- How many of the 40 million aborted fetuses in the US were male?

I am man, hear me roar. I have an opinion on abortion - and I vote. Get over it.

I was just wondering what you based your opinion on. Its really easy to say "oh, his case law is way conservative." Its an easy compression argument, especially to support a toast analysis.

Noone else notices that this guy is Jack Bristow?

Okay, I get it.

You're both for overturning Roe vs Wade, or at least don't have the guts to say.

And you're both also well aware of the fact that if men had babies, there would be no debate.

And you're both also well aware of the fact that if men had babies, there would be no debate.

What about the debate spoken by women, who favor overturning Roe v Wade? Are they mysogenists, like me?

or misogynists like me?

really, either one

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Oh, I think we both know what I'm saying.

Of course there are women who are against any form of abortion, but it's hard for me to imagine MEN allowing anyone to tell them what they can or cannot do with their own bodies.

And it's certainly nice to know that you're a misogynist, but I'm not sure if it's something to be bragging about or even mentioning.

Anybody else, besides liberals of course, that you hate?

besides liberals?

mushy broccoli. I really hate that shit.

Of course there are women who are against any form of abortion, but it's hard for me to imagine MEN allowing anyone to tell them what they can or cannot do with their own bodies

so what's their excuse? the pro-life women I mean? you seem to be crafting a "control" argument, but I don't get it if there are women who agree Roe v Wade should be overturned?

maybe they're just really bitchy women?

Listen, goofy. I am all for overturning RvW. I think we should simply pass a constitutional amendment to that effect with the words, "fuck Brennan" added. But that's just me. Also, overturning RvW is just one step. Congress, or your state, would still have to pass a law doing the deed. (actually, I have that backwards, if you are studying for your bar exam-but for the sake of the argument, it doesn't matter)

If men had babies, we would be women. And then we would probably oppose abortion the same way women-women do too. Since women don't support abortion as a block, you have no point.

Second, don't hijack the thread. If you want to argue about how, if men were women, then men-women would not want abortions to be illegal, somewhere else.

If you want to talk about how Jack Bristow will write opinions supportive of CIA covert ops, thats another.