...so James Wolcott names the weeping wife of Sam Alito (sweet Jesus, they're calling him a raaacist!!!). Wolf Blitzer practically jumped out the Situation Room window when the water works started yesterday, and the right-wing base of the MSM has had a field day with it. Talkleft gives a thorough review, smokes out a savvy, right-wing PR firm showing no shame in taking full advantage of Mrs. Alito's delicate emotional state, and raises additional probing questions about just who's prepping the Alito clan for these hearings.
According to Russ Feingold a few moments ago, the released list of "murder board" preppers for Mr. Alito includes Benjamin Powell, Harriet Miers and other lawyers involved in prepping Alito for the hearings were also involved in devising the legal justifications for Bush's domestic spying policy
Related: Which side has made up its collective minds about Alito? ThinkProgress and MediaMatters have the handle. (Hint, think Orrin Hatch and Supreme Court knee pads...)
Update: Paul atWizbang feels Mrs. Alito's pain. You know Paul, you're right. These hearings are supposed to be about praising the nominee and kissing his fat dimpled bottom, not asking him questions about his membership in racist clubs and his failure to recuse himself on cases involving financial institutions he's associated with! My god, why can't all the other Senators be more like Orrin Lewinsky ...er ... Hatch!!!??? Oh, the humanity!
Update 2: David at In Search of Utopia feels mine...
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