Samuel Alito Is a Pussy:
It's sad, really, what politics does to a man. Here he was, big-balled Sam Alito, tough U.S. Attorney who went after the fuckin' New Jersey mob - the fuckin' Genoveses, man - and who took apart corruption against HUD in Camden and the Jersey City school district back in the 1980s. When he was nominated to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in 1990, he was introduced and praised by Frank Lautenberg and Bill Bradley, both, of course, Democrats. His hearing was a cakewalk, man, with Ted Kennedy and Arlen Specter falling all over each other for the chance to tell Alito how awesome he was. All of this will be brought up, of course, in the next few weeks as we approach Alito's hearing to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. But all that really matters is what the man has shown in the weeks since his nomination to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, and what he's shown is that he's a pussy.

For what else can you call a man who is trying to run away from everything he's said or done on abortion rights and access? Every opportunity that Samuel Alito was given to comment or rule on involving abortion, he attempted to restrict access to or express his dismay with Roe v. Wade. He said, back in 1985, that the federal government should help states "chip away" at Roe. In his job application to be Deputy Assistant Attorney General, he volunteered, without prompting on the issue, that he believed that "the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion." And, of course, in 1991, he dissented from the majority opinion on Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, saying that a woman should be forced to tell her possibly raping, abusive husband that she wants an abortion.

So the man has said he wants to limit Roe, doesn't think it's constitutional, and, when he was in a position to do so, actually advocated a specific limitation. You'd think a man with that kind of trail would just stand up and say, "You know what? Fuck it. You'd have to be an idiot not to realize that I'll vote to overturn Roe if given the power to do so. Now, fuck with me." At least then we could just have it out. At least then we'd be spared the pathetic whines of Alito, as related by Arlen Specter: "He said that his personal feelings would not be a factor in his judicial decision...With respect to his personal views on a woman's right to choose, he says that that is not a matter to be considered in the deliberation on a constitutional issue of a woman's right to choose. The judicial role is entirely different."

Now, you may argue that Alito has, in fact, expressed his views on the constitutional issues when he said that the right to an abortion is not guaranteed by the Constitution. You might in fact argue that in Casey, Alito clearly stated that severe limitations on Roe were, in fact, constitutional. But that would mean that you are caught in the tautological vortex of the pussy, where one can say that, despite everything one has said and done, one won't do what one has said or done before and, oh, by the way, please put one in the position where what one does becomes the law of the land so that it justifies everything that one has said and done in the past.

In other words, if Samuel Alito doesn't want to overturn Roe, he's been living a lie. Which is what makes Alito a pussy even more. Here's something from Alito's 1990 questionnaire: "The American Bar Association's Commentary to its Code of Judicial Conduct states that it is inappropriate for a judge to hold membership in any organization that invidiously discriminates on the basis of race, sex, or religion. Do you currently belong, or have you belonged, to any organization which discriminates -- through either formal membership requirements or the practical implementation of membership policies? If so, list, with dates of membership. What have you done to try to change these policies?" Alito answered, "I have never belonged to any such organization."

Which would be true, except for the fact that Alito did belong to such an organization, the Concerned Alumni of Princeton, a group that "at first openly opposed full coeducation and the representative inclusion of minorities at Princeton, and then when those became 'settled issues,' continued its opposition to the mere presence of women and minorities at Princeton through tactics ranging from code words to open harassment." Which would seem to reveal that Alito, well, fuck, lied on that questionnaire. But Alito said he had "no recollection" of his involvement with CAP, even though he belonged to it just five years before (and mentioned it on that job application in 1985).

But, shit, Alito's got the all-time great pussy excuse. He told Dianne Feinstein about his Meese-era job app, "I was an advocate seeking a job, it was a political job and that was 1985." Fuckin' great - Eddie Haskell's been nominated to the Supreme Court. Goddamn, it ain't that different than saying, "I was stoned, she was passed out, and this was before date rape laws" or "I was just following orders when I carpet-bombed that village of innocent civilians." Yeah, it may be true, but doesn't it say something about the person willing to make that kind of excuse for his behavior?

That's Sam Alito, though, all over. Someone who'll now say or do anything to get on the Supreme Court, hunched over and cowering in the ditch rather than standing up and saying what he believes - fuck, what we know he believes. Lies and hypocrisy ought to become main reasons why the Alito nomination should be voted down. For most Republicans, though, it'll just make him one of the gang.