If you haven’t heard, Bush nominated Judge Sam Alito for the open seat on the US Supreme Court. Alito is from Trenton, a Princeton graduate and son of a pair of public school teachers. He lives in West Caldwell.

Leftwingers like Schumer, Kennedy, Lautenberg and Corzine will not like Alito. Unfortunately for them, they are the equivalent of potted plants for this nominee. What matters is the 14 senators who have agreed not to fillibuster a nominee unless there’s “extraordinary circumstances”. A guy who has already been through the confirmation process once without problems and has been a judge for over a decade will not meet the standards for “extraordinary circumstances”, that is unless the seven democrats who signed the deal are lying scum who’s word doesn’t mean a thing.

Alito was first nominated for the court in 1990, and Frank Lautenberg had this to say about Mr. Alito, that he is ” .. the kind of judge the public deserves — one who is impartial, thoughtful, and fair.” Of course back then Lautenberg was only half vicious. The years have not been kind to Mr. Lautenberg, but instead have turned him into a nasty, sulking, bitter, unlikeable shell of man. Tradition is that a home state senator is supposed to introduce a nominee to the Judiciary Committee. Indiana democrat senator Evan Bayh introduced John Roberts to the committee, so either Corzine or Lautenberg will do the honors for Alito.

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