12/30/2005 - Anachronistically following the Alito hearings

That ever-flowing source of humorous moments, the Supreme Court hearing, has provided us with a couple of momentous quotes:

First, a very uncomfortable President Bush, attempting to send the nominee off to his hearings with word of comfort noted that noted that

"Sam’s got the intellect necessary to bring a lot of class to that Court."

Thank goodness. No more will we have to suffer through Chief Rehnquist's whoopee cushion's or Justice O'Connor's bawdy limericks.

Second, my very own Senator Kennedy referred to the nominee as "Alioto"

I'm still trying to figure out what exactly that implies. Could it be possible Senator Kennedy, who would appear to feel very strong about this nomination, has not discussed the nominee with a single other person?

I am sure that Kennedy's supporters wait, with bated breath, to hear the intellectual arguments that Kennedy uses to sway undecided votes on the senate floor.

In other news, I understand that there is a group of Liberals in Massachusetts who have decided to refer to the nominee exclusively as "Sam Alioto" in an attempt to suggest that this is just the New England way of pronouncing the name as in

"That Alioto, he's got wicked class."

18,600 of them apples today. Cheers,