Administration objects to story describing Alito as conservative

[Thom Little]

The Bush administration is mounting an aggressive effort to counter a Knight Ridder story that described Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito as a committed judicial conservative.

The administration's response - delivered separately Tuesday by the White House and the Justice Department - reflects its determination to defend Alito and its sensitivity to the "conservative" label for him.

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"His 15-year record on the 3rd Circuit shows him to be a mainstream, fair, thorough judge," Assistant Attorney General Rachel Brand said in a C-SPAN interview devoted to her critique of the Knight Ridder analysis. Brand, whose duties include shepherding judicial nominations through the Senate, rejected the conservative label for Alito.

"The term conservative means different things to different people. A judge is supposed to apply the law, not make it," she said.


http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13343347.htm

[GRLMGC]

1. But he is!

Be proud, motherfuckers, be proud! Nevermind that there's nothing to be proud of.

[kskiska]

7. They didn't mind Harriet Miers being conservative

They even had Karl get on the phone to make sure everyone knew.

[marmar]

2. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck.....

Pity the poor Bush administration. They want to appoint a conservative, but they don't want you to call him that!!!
:cry: We want our cake and we want to eat it too :cry:

[merwin]

3. How about the republican commercials saying he's a conservative???

They have no problem with those?

[msongs]

4. dems should blast him as conservative....and prove it nt

[Triana]

5. he's not conservative, he's right-wing extremeist...

...Taliban. That's WORSE.

[punpirate]

6. Sign of the times...

... thirty years ago, someone in the White House would have grumbled a little bit, privately, if a newspaper story described a judge as a "rabid conservative."

:)

These guys are soooooooooo sensitive. :P

[Vidar]

8. Administration objects to calling the sky blue.

[Bandit]

9. WOW just WOW they are now sensitive to being called Conservative

Conservative is becooming a bad name as they have tried to make Liberal over the years. This is a major concession on their part.....:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[wordpix]

10. yeah, I noticed that: 'conservative' now a word Repukes want to avoid

LMAO:P

[Supersedeas]

11. the Assistant Attorney General is lobbying for HER judge????