ALITO FINALLY CONFIRMED

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2006
ALITO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED
COMMON SENSE IS UNCOMMON NOWADAYS. MY FIRST BLOG ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2005 CALLED FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE ALITO. 3 MONTHS HAVE ELAPSED. EVERY OBFUSCATING AND PREDICTABLE TACTIC OF THE DEMOCRATS WAS EMPLOYED SHORT OF A FILIBUSTER ( THE GANG OF 14 PREVENTED THIS) TO DEFEAT HIM. VICTORY IS BITTERSWEET. A STRICTLY PARTISAN VOTE, 58 TO 42, PUT JUDGE SAM ALITO ONTO THE BENCH OF THE SUPREME COURT. FINALLY! NOTHING ABOUT THE PROCESS WAS SWIFT AND SURE. MOSTLY IT WAS A PUNISHMENT TO ALITO AND OUR SENSE OF CIVILITY.

I MENTIONED THAT I WAS DRAGGED, KICKING AND SCREAMING, INTO POLITICS LATER IN LIFE. ONLY MY HUSBAND'S DELICIOUS SENSE OF HUMOR APPLIED TO THE SHENANIGANS OF POLITICIANS AND THE MEDIA CONVICED ME TO THROW MY HAT INTO THE CIRCUS RING. SINCE RETIREMENT, I'VE RACKED UP A PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR VOTING IN ELECTIONS AND FOR OBSERVANCE OF ELECTION DEBATES AND PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES. I ANTICIPATE PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS TONIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY GEORGE, UNLIKE HARRY TRUMAN, WILL PROBABLY REFRAIN FROM GIVING 'EM HELL.' 'EM' ARE LIBERAL COMBATANTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE OF CONSERVATISM IN THE PRESENT TUG O' WAR GOING ON IN CONGRESS, IN THE COURTS AND ACROSS THE NATION. OUR PRESIDENT, OF COURSE WILL BE DIPLOMATIC. AS EDMOND ROSTAND (THE AUTHOR OF THE PLAY, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, DESCRIBES IT, HE WILL BE SKILLFUL IN THE WAY HE HIDES HIS CLAWS. KNOWING THE DEMOCRATS, HOWEVER, THEIR RESPONSE FOLLOWING OUR PRESIDENT'S SPEECH WILL UNSHEATH SHARP WORDS OF DISAPPROVAL.