Confirm Alito

Well, for once I'm glad I was wrong! Judge Samuel Alito has been nominated to the Supreme Court. He has a strong constructionist background and has shown himself to be a great conservative intellect. Of course, as soon as Judge Alito was nominated, Senate Democrats came out in full force against him:

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also blasted Bush for not picking someone in the "mold of Sandra Day O'Connor, who would unify us."

"The president seems to want to hunker down in his bunker" and "soothe the ruffled feathers of the extreme wing of his party," Schumer said. "This controversial nominee, who would make the court less diverse and far more conservative, will get very careful scrutiny from the Senate and from the American people."

And these people call us "out of the mainstream?" Is he serious? Bush promised a judge in the mold of Scalia or Thomas...not O'Connor. This "extreme wing of his party" that Schumer refers to happens to be the majority of normal, everyday people in this country. The last thing any conservative wants is to be "unified" with the Democrats. Their idea of "unity" is giving in to their looney ideology and the American people aren't willing to allow that to happen. This idea that the criticism of the Miers nomination was strictly coming out of the beltway is insulting and highly inaccurate. Many prominent conservative voices outside of Washington came out against her nomination. We came out in full force to let the president and the GOP know that they weren't going to carry this country down the road of "moderatism" on our votes.

Conservatives wanted a strong conservative constructionist and we got what we wanted. Mr. Alito has a highly impressive background behind the bench and his qualifications are phenominal. Now our representatives can prepare for the battle they knew was coming. Many Senators think this confirmation process will go smoothly but I'm not so sure. The leftists know that they have us in a stranglehold from behind the bench. It's been part of their strategy for years. They can't spread their crazy ideology through legislature so they've attempted to take over our courts. Today, we've let them know that they won't get the highest court in the land without a fight. I say bring it on!

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Posted by everyman at October 31, 2005 10:51 PM | TrackBack