Best Alito Coverage Ever
This blog is turning into the Katie Halper fan club, but today I stumbled upon more of the best commentary this world has ever seen on the Alito confirmation hearings.
So — why did Martha Anne Alito burst into tears at her husband’s confirmation hearings?
No Mrs. Alito, you cannot start a fire. You’ll be sitting behind me during the hearings and if you started a fire you’d be caught on camera. The husband of a pyronmaniac could never get confirmed. I know, whenever you hear the word racist, sexist, or bigot, burst into tears and run out of the room. It will be a great distraction. And we’ll win sympathy points. —Samuel Alito (Halpyourself)
And just how did Judiciary Committee Republicans deflect Democrats’ criticisms of Alito’s … er … nuanced position on Roe v. Wade and his association with Concerned Alumni of Princeton?
- Hyperbolize everything that the democrats have said
- Turn the hyperbole into the form of a rhetorical question AND actually have Alito give an answer, thus rendering the question unrhetorical.
- Read Alito bit of courtroom drama (Halpyourself)