Democrats do seem to have become Anti-Semitic and I have wasted my last vote for Brad Carson and will vote Republican at the next opportunity.

Any Jew who votes Democrat hates Israel and an Jew who hates Israel isn’t really a Jew at all and should have died in the Shoah.

Otherwise it is the Flying Spaghetti Monster for me. Yes, I’m fickle like that.

Oh, who am I kidding. The religion of MD worship should prevail, secularites!

Manish, all he did was make a phone call and it’s been spun in all sorts of directions, without any proof. And the founders didn’t mean religion should have no part of public life; they only meant the government should support one over the other. And Falwell is a dummy. So? I don’t think the President is as close to him as some like to make out. Reporters are generally dullards in this regard.

Plenty of left/democract politicians politick at predominantly black Baptist churches. Do you think those Southern Baptists are so different in belief? Why not posts on those connections? I think you might find an interesting thing or two. And spare me the, “oh, but they don’t get called first, nonsense.” That would be sophistry.

That doesn’t sound very democratic to me. Ends do not justify the means.

I know this on an intellectual level. I still don’t like it. This is why I prefer sparkly things to politics. If mudslinging must occur, I guess it must. But we shouldn’t ignore the issues solely for the “Alito eats babies” ad hominem dumbing down for the majority population. It makes us more and more stupid as time goes on. If we must play hardball, let’s serve a side of Reasons Why We Should Not Have A One-Sided Court along with the Don’t Confirm The Scary Man.

Alito dissented from a decision in favor of a Marriott Hotel manager who said she had been discriminated against on the basis of race. The majority explained that Alito would have protected racist employers by “immuniz[ing] an employer from the reach of Title VII if the employer’s belief that it had selected the ‘best’ candidate was the result of conscious racial bias.” [Bray v. Marriott Hotels, 1997]

> Alito and his hostility to the rights of the diasbled:

In Nathanson v. Medical College of Pennsylvania, the majority said the standard for proving disability-based discrimination articulated in Alito’s dissent was so restrictive that “few if any…cases would survive summary judgment.” Summary judgment allows a case to be dismissed before it goes to trial. [Nathanson v.Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1991]

> Alito hates the Family Medical and Leave Act

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) “guarantees most workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a loved one.” The 2003 Supreme Court ruling upholding FMLA [Nevada v. Hibbs, 2003] essentially reversed a 2000 decision by Alito which found that Congress exceeded its power in passing the law. [Chittister v. Department of Community and Economic Development, 2000]

> Atilo and his hatred for the 4rth Amendment protection from unreasonable search and seizure along with his love for unauthorized strip searches:

In Doe v. Groody, Alito argued that police officers had not violated constitutional rights when they strip-searched a mother and her ten-year-old daughter while carrying out a search warrant that authorized only the search of a man and his home. [Doe v. Groody, 2004]

> Alito does not believe there is any right to privacy:

In his dissenting opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Alito concurred with the majority in supporting the restrictive abortion-related measures passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in the late 1980s. Alito went further, however, saying the majority was wrong to strike down a requirement that women notify their spouses before having an abortion. The Supreme Court later rejected AlitoÂ’s view and also voted to reaffirm Roe v. Wade. [Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 1991]

Alito and his xenophobia

In two cases involving the deportation of immigrants, the majority twice noted Alito’s disregard of settled law. In Dia v. Ashcroft, the majority opinion states that Alito’s dissent “guts the statutory standard” and “ignores our precedent.” In Ki Se Lee v. Ashcroft, the majority stated Alito’s opinion contradicted “well-recognized rules of statutory construction.” [Dia v. Ashcroft, 2003; Ki Se Lee v. Ashcroft, 2004]