Really? That’s your take on his tendency? On the contrary, one of the few reasons that I’m seriously concerned about Alito (who in many other respects does seem reassuringly experienced and qualified) is that he seems likely to be just too servile in deferring to the power of the executive branch.
I don’t care for the “unitary executive” approach to monopolizing the “unbridled power of big government”, and I don’t particularly want the Supreme Court rubber-stamping it.
Ah yes, cloture. Are you not an American? If you are, he’s your judge, too, whether you like him or not.
Fuck it, I’ve now given up on the Democrats. The Dems have failed to be an effective opposition to Bush. From now on I’m going to throw away my vote and go Green even if it does spoil the Democratic vote. If it takes 20 years of complete Republican control to wake this country up, so be it.
Only in the sense that I’m stuck with him. You wanted him. That makes him your judge.
Can’t we all just get along? 
Oh Yeah! I’d pay to see you and Clothahump doing the happy dance together tonight! 
Did anyone see the hissy fit that Kennedy thru on the Senate Floor? He was pissed because there was a vote to end debate, when a majority of the Senate was already on record as being in favor of voting “yeah”. What a fucking blow-hard. The Senate, Mr. Kennedy, is not your personal soap box.
Better watch that sort of talk, John. One of his trained and dedicated staffers might have to drive you home.
The Senate is, among other things, a soap box, available to *all * of its members.
Do you get this upset when Santorum or Coburn does it? Ever wonder why nobody here ever mistakes you for a Democrat?
Not after the vote for cloture is taken.
If I ever see them do it, I will.
Not around here I don’t, since I don’t hate Bush with every fiber of my being. IRL, where social conservatives are much more numerous, I’m called a liberal all the time.
Also, I’ve only been on this board when the Pubs were in power, and the vast majority of the whining comes from the left. Once the Dems return to power, I’ll have ample opportunity to bash the whining on th right.
Sorry, but your weak attempt to cast me as a partisan Republican ain’t gonna fly.
Like a lot of other actions from the last five years, it’s another one of those things you’ll eventually come to regret once you grow a conscience.
(And when that happens, I’ll try to be magnamious and not say “I told you so…” 
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So long as it’s a staffer driving, he’d have a better than average chance of getting home alive.
Holy shit! Robert Byrd voted Yea on Alito. Maybe we really were wrong. When ae the locusts going to show up?
Spoken exactly like the partisan you claim not to be.
Where exactly is this so-called RL? Libertarian message boards?
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Meanwhile, those of us who put country before party or ideology will continue to target our attention, and criticism, on those who have all the substantive power and concomitant responsibility. You may certainly continue to reserve all, all, of your negative and personal comments for the other guys if you wish. But don’t simultaneously pretend to have a sense of responsibility.
That’s simply following the evidence. You can claim not to be a duck all you want, but if you’re going to quack and waddle anyway, nobody else is going to be fooled.