*GASP* In 1985 Alito was a...Conservative...

Sigh...After the whole John Roberts situation where so many on the left focused on every miniscule piece of information down to trying to re-write what actual cases were about, here we go again.

Already Alito's decisions are being twisted, some on the left are convinced Alito is anti-abortion, anti-women and anti-civil rights. Today the New York Times gives us the shocking news that in 1985 (yes, 20 years ago) Alito belonged to the Princeton Concerned Alumni. These horrible men actually had the nerve to be upset about legacy students with high GPA's and test scores not being admitted yet admission standards for miniority applicants were lowered. What elitists to actually want any of their children to attend the college that they did. Who do they think they are? (I wish I was joking but that is basically a summation of several of the statements made.)

First off, I again state it doesn't matter what the New York Times, Armando, or any of the anti-Bush bunch thinks about Alito. It really doesn't matter what I think about Alito. George Bush was re-elected to the White House, the Republicans control the majority of the Senate. There is not going to be this huge outcry against Alito to demand all Senators vote against him. The hearings have not even started, and even when they do? Alito is a good candidate, yes, he is a conservative but who else would you expect George Bush is going to nominate? A liberal? Yeah that will happen.

Here is some cold hard reality. The majority of Americans can't even tell you who all of the Supreme Court members are nor do they really care who is nominated to the Supreme Court. Yes, it is an important position, but how many of them do you think actually went into the voting booth thinking about which man would make better Supreme Court appointments? The majority of Americans care about the economy, education, health care and then the war in Iraq and terrorism. Unless the Republican Senate doesn't like him, Alito will be confirmed. That's what happens when you have a majority and we already know there are Democrats who will vote for Alito as it stands at this juncture. There will be no filibuster, just like there will be no impeachment.

Yes, I know this is very "unliberal" of me but I can't see wasting time and energy on a situation that is nothing more than a pretend political pissing match when the end result of this is pretty clear. The Democrats will bluster and make statements about how Alito isn't this or isn't that and isn't open enough, yadadadada, the Republicans will make Alito sound like Saint Alito come in on his white horse to rule only on the law with no personal bias at all. The opposition groups will come in and state how against Alito they are and barring some type of a major situation like he abuses children or bitch slaps a Senator during the hearing? He will be confirmed.

There are some very important issues facing Congress that people could have influence on, but wasting time trying to make huge issues out of something that happened in 1985 will not only not be successful; it will guarantee that if there is a power shift and the Republicans lose control? I feel sorry for any future candidates. That's the way they play the game in Washington, because we keep sending the same people back to do the same game of "It's different when we do it".

Now would be a really good time if you haven't done so yet to visit VOID . There is an alternative to having the same incumbents election after election who not only are influenced by lobbyist dollars but have become such career politicians that some of them have lost sight of what the real reason they are supposed to be there is.

This post will be my first attempt at partipating at an Open Trackback Alliance thru The Uncooperative Blogger's site. It might be a bit firey for a first one but I'm throwing caution to the wind. (If you want more information as to what the Open Trackback Alliance is? There is a link on the sidebar as well as the blogroll listed.)