A friend asked, "are you aware of anything not covered in Alito Q&A?"

[Atman]

As he threw up his hands (illustratively only, as it was via an internet posting, so I have no way of knowing what he was actually doing with his hands), an active/activist democratic friend of mine asked me this question this morning. Alito is a done deal, and the democrats tried the best they could, was his take on it. (BTW: My friend is a constituent, but not necessarily a supporter of, Joe Biden, and a not-frequent-enough poster on DU).

"Are you aware of anything that wasn't covered in the question and answer? I'm not."

Yes, I responded, yes I am. And I posted it here as it happened...

The CAP thing, which was conveniently swept under the rug, actually pointed to a serious transgression which is grounds for dismissal from most companies, and echos at least one of the serious charges which forced disgraced republican crony Michael Brown to resign his FEMA post, that of RESUME PADDING.

You cannot accept Samuel Alito's official explanation, weak as it is, of "I forgot," AND simultaneously accept that he put it on a resume to gain admission to a government job in the Reagan administration. He can't have it both ways...did he LIE to his prospective employers to get his first job? And if so, this particular lie seems further noteworthy because of the heinous nature of the CAP organization. Was his lie meant to be a feather in his cap? Or wasn't it a lie at all? In which case he did, indeed, belong to CAP. But he isn't listed once, not once, in any official document from the organization, handed over by its founder and National Review editor Rusher. Not one mention of Alito, not a membership roster, nothing.

So again, which is the lie? He is lying about something here. And the best explanations for the lie aren't very attractive, for they both indicate an underlying dogma of racism and misogyny.

And they both indicate that the man is willing to lie under oath in the advancement of a self-serving/Bush-serving -- but not America-serving -- agenda.

[DemInDistress]

1. thats what ticked me off too

his failure to be forthcoming with relevant requested material. Omitting shit is not acceptable to me nor should it be. This guy will be there for LIFE influencing the coarse of the country,I SAY NO ON ALITO..

[Arkansas Granny]

2. I don't understand the fact that he had apparently lied on a job

application wasn't taken more seriously, even by the Republicans. Aren't they the ones that are supposed to be morally superior to Democrats? If a person will lie on a job application, can anyone be sure they are telling the truth about other things? In the real world, this would have been a reason to deny employment to an applicant or to fire an employee.

[BuyingThyme]

3. Judge Alito, should members of hate groups be nominated to the

Supreme Court?