FRIST CALLS ALITO DEMOCRATS' "NIGHTMARE" (Is this what the SCOTUS needs?)

[ProSense]

Frist calls Alito Democrats' "nightmare"

Fri Jan 20, 2006 08:32 PM ET

By Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist told Republican Party activists on Friday night that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito was the "worst nightmare of liberal Democrats."

Frist, a Tennessee Republican, made the remark to fellow Republicans during a private tour he gave them of the Senate chamber when the Senate was not in session.

Frist was not available for comment following his remarks.

Asked about the senator's remark, Frist spokesman Bob Stevenson said that Alito "is a thoughtful mainstream conservative jurist who is well respected by his peers, by Democrats and Republicans alike."

Stevenson added, "There are liberals, many of them represented by the outside groups, who will do anything to kill any nominee put forward by this administration."

more...

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=10924099&src=rss/ElectionCoverage

[Ammonium]

1. That's funny

I love it! Frist is under investigation for the Abramoff scandle and he thinks he's in a position to say whom should be worried about whom? If I were Frist, I'd be worrying about my own ass and not what the democrats are going to do about Alito.

[w13rd0]

2. Actually...

...the investigation of Frist is concerning his insider trading and dealings with his family's HMO. It's Santorum that's wrapped up tight with the K Street Project, but I'm sure Frist's hands are dirty from that too. So hard to keep the scandals straight, I know...

[Ammonium]

10. Whoops

You're right. I thought he was tied into the Abramoff thing, though he is a repug and probably will be eventually.

[Flabbergasted]

3. Do you ever feel ike just going back to sleep

and hope it will end

[dweller]

4. wake me when he apologizes for his comments...

:eyes:


dp

[ProSense]

5. Maybe someone should call on Frist

to resign for this comment. Think about it: it's not a comment directed at Senate Democrats and it's not about opposing a specific policy; he actually made a statement politicizing the process for selecting a justice for the SCOTUS and directed it at every liberal in the country. In essence, he said the choice of Alito is definitely an affront to anything liberals advocate (which many moderates do too)---from civil rights to separation of church and state. This statement coming from the man who pushed the envelope with the Schiavo case should not be taken lightly.

[Lefty48197]

6. Pretty much was Bush Sr. said when he nominated Clarence Thomas

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[No Exit]

7. Alito may serve their craven cause well, but Frist is his own party's

worst nightmare: a weakling, a coward, inept, always with a vacant expression on his face (ever noticed that?), unable to cope, and unable to lead.

It always boggles my mind when I imagine this man performing the duties of a doctor--let alone, the duties of a surgeon. I have a feeling that he didn't just leave the medical profession because he wanted to be a senator (and to have strings to pull to make sure Daddy's company got lots of under-the-table help), but also perhaps because he wasn't that great a doctor to begin with. Just a guess.

[belpejic]

8. Fristy

Yep, he's a massive wuss. He makes Bush I and Dukakis look like warriors.

Why jokers like this dude and Pataki think they can achieve higher office always makes my head hurt...

[No Exit]

9. Seriously, though, Frist has this look on his face all the time...

it's a vacant, almost bewildered, look.

I mean, it's a look similar to the look one sees on an autistic child's face--or on the face of an unmedicated catatonic.

I seriously wonder what's REALLY wrong with Frist.

Meanwhile, we know what's wrong with Bush: probably alcoholic dementia, Korsakoff's syndrome, etc.

Amazing how people with mental illness seem to rise to the top in the republican party.

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. Could you imagine that creep

doing a gynecological exam? Ew... He just reeks pervert.

[No Exit]

13. I really do think there's something wrong with him.

Not anything as profoundly disturbing as what's wrong with * (which I think is dementia), but I just mean, Frist always seems to have this out-of-it expression on his face. He looks... disengaged. I really think a doctor would notice that, and would be troubled by it. Maybe we should get him one.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

12. thanks bunches for the article link

It will work seamlessly with an editorial at our local Democratic Party web site called Alito - Friday the 13th Revisited. here's part of the copy from our site:

Alito failed to carve out the position he will take to provide reasonable checks and balances of presidential powers. Alito also refused to take a position on basic human liberties, like Constitutional rights to privacy and the God-given right all women have to make choices about their own bodies. Alito even refused to explain or even acknowledge his membership in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton, an organization that was “concerned” about too many minorities and women at the university he attended. Alito did not explain why, after promising that he would not rule on cases where he had a financial interest, dove into a conflict of interest case reminiscent of Freddy Kruger diving into a nightmare.

Alito, like the ever-returning Jason of popular movie lore leaves not only the Senate Judicial Committee but also the American people with little comfort and a strong sense of foreboding. Resembling some late-night horror star, this judicial selection will probably return as a recurring bad dream, no longer akin to the American dream.

http://www.tuscaloosademocrats.org/news.html

nice fit, isn't it?