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Originally posted by Gattigap
I doubt that the Dems would filibuster Alito anyway. Why create a train wreck when the result won't change?
I would imagine that they'd be better served by using the hearings and the debate to make clear that what Alito wants, and what Your GOP wants, is to dismantle Roe (plus any other precedents that become the focus of the hearings). Period.
If you like that result, well, then today's a good day for you. If you don't, you'll probably want to remember that in 2006 and 2008. It's that simple.
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Why do you think that poses any risks in 06 or 08? Did you listen to what W said in either 00 or 04 regarding the type of judges he would appoint to SCotUS? There was already a referendum on this.
Further, we went through polls on this a few weeks ago. The American people support laws that require parental consent and notification for minors seeking abortions. They also support regulation of partial birth abortions. Those are the cases that are coming that will erode Casey's and Roe's effect and, of course, employing the Ginsgburg strategy, Alito won't be able to comment on those cases.
Finally, much like Roberts did on day one of his hearings, Alito will come armed with and employ his vastly superior intellect against the dimwitted demo leadership of Kennedy, Biden and Boxer and Americans will leave once again with an impression of what a sorry group of intellectually and morally devoid losers the effette faux intellectual elitists of the ivy tower urban centers of the blue states foist upon the nation.
