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Following Ted Kennedy’s sleazy interrogation of Judge Alito, the RNC fired back. Here’s what their press release says:

SEN. TED KENNEDY (D-Mass.): ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE’S JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MOUTHPIECE
“Having failed to distort Judge Alito’s distinguished record on the bench, today Sen. Kennedy tried to smear Sam Alito’s character. Throughout his career, Samuel Alito has proven his commitment to the highest ethical principles and a fair and just America. This good man does not need a lecture from Ted Kennedy.” — Ken Mehlman, RNC Chairman

The Alliance For Justice And Other Liberal Groups Are Joining Forces With Ted Kennedy To Build A United Front Against President Bush’s Judicial Nominees.

“Liberal groups such as the Alliance for Justice say they have begun informal strategy talks with Kennedy staffers about prospective high court picks. ‘Our main job is building on the research,’ said one liberal advocacy group senior staffer. ‘You are only as credible as the research you can generate on these potential picks. Research is a very important part of it all.’” (Andrew Miga, “Supreme Battle Looms For Rehnquist Successor,” The Boston Herald, 12/20/04)

“In Ted Kennedy’s Senate office, where no lobbying is needed- (Alliance For Justice’s Nan) Aron, lobbyist Richard Woodruff and (Seth) Rosenthal sit down with an aide to see how the Alliance can help.” (Marcia Davis, “Her Idea of Justice: Absolutely Not Alito,” The Washington Post, 11/9/05)

“‘Just keep sending us research,’ the aide tells them.” (Marcia Davis, “Her Idea of Justice: Absolutely Not Alito,” The Washington Post, 11/9/05)

In November, (Alliance For Justice’s Nan) Aron proclaimed, “you name it, we’ll do it” to oppose Alito. (Jim Drinkard, Judy Keen and Kathy Kiely, “Bush Nominates Alito For Supreme Court,” USA Today, 11/1/05)

THE FACTS ON SEN. TED KENNEDY’S (D-MA) INACCURACIES ON CAP
1985: Concerned Alumni Of Princeton And Prospect Highlight ROTC’s Plight At Princeton:

“(Prospect Editor Dinesh) D’Souza added that CAP is ‘concerned’ about the formation of a third world center, a campaign to eliminate the Army ROTC program, and what it perceives as the decline of Princeton athletics.” (Charles Stile, “A Conservative Voice Targets The University,” The Princeton Packet, 2/12/85)

Kennedy Ignored CAP Disclaimer:
CAP’s Disclaimer: “The appearance of an article in Prospect does not necessarily represent an endorsement of the author’s beliefs by the Concerned Alumni of Princeton. CAP has never taken a formal stand on coeducation, at Princeton or elsewhere.” (Ed., “Letters To The Editor,” Prospect, Spring-Summer 1980)

Here’s the relevant testimony from today’s hearing:

KENNEDY: You called CAP a “conservative alumni group.”
It also published a publication called Prospect, which includes articles by CAP members about the policies that the organization promoted. You’re familiar with that?
ALITO:I don’t recall seeing the magazine. I might have seen…
KENNEDY: Did you know that they had a magazine?
ALITO:I’ve learned of that in recent weeks.
KENNEDY: So a 1983 Prospect essay titled “In Defense of Elitism,” stated, quote, “People nowadays just don’t seem to know their place. Everywhere one turns, blacks and Hispanics are demanding jobs simply because they’re black and Hispanic. The physically handicapped are trying to gain equal representation in professional sports. And homosexuals are demanding the government vouchsafe them the right to bear children.”
Did you read that article?
FEINSTEIN: Finish the last line.
KENNEDY: Finish the last line — is, “and homosexuals are…
FEINSTEIN: No, “And now here come women.”
KENNEDY: If the senator will let me just…
FEINSTEIN: Yes, I will…
(LAUGHTER)
KENNEDY: Can I get two more minutes from my friend from…
(LAUGHTER)
Just to continue along.
I apologize, Judge.
Did you read this article?
ALITO: I feel confident that I didn’t. I’m not familiar with the article, and I don’t know the context in which those things were said. But they are antithetical…
KENNEDY: Well, could you think of any context that they could be…
ALITO: Hard to imagine.
If that’s what anybody was endorsing, I disagree with all of that. I would never endorse it. I never have endorsed it.
Had I thought that that’s what this organization stood for I would never associate myself with it in any way.
KENNEDY: The June ‘84 edition of Prospect magazine contains a short article on AIDS. I know that we’ve come a long way since then in our understanding of the disease, but even for that time the insensitivity of statements in this article are breathtaking.
It announces that a team of doctors has found the AIDS virus in the rhesus monkeys was similar to the virus occurring in human beings. And the article then goes on with this terrible statement: “Now that the scientists must find humans, or rather homosexuals, to submit themselves to experimental treatment. Perhaps Princeton’s Gay Alliance may want to hold an election.”
You didn’t read that article?
ALITO: I feel confident that I didn’t, Senator, because I would not have anything to do with statements of that nature.

Sen. Kennedy, what does this have to do with anything? Are you hinting that Judge Alito is a sexist, racist pig simply because a magazine that he never saw said some things that clearly went way past the line of decency? Isn’t that called guilt by association, Senator? And isn’t that the basis of all discrimination?

It seems, Senator Kennedy, that you’ll do anything, no matter how unethical or underhanded or unsupported by the facts, to keep conservatives off the SCOTUS simply because you hate all conservatives. The reality is that you’re the one with the hate problem. You’re the one who doesn’t look at the facts before pronouncing judgement on a good and decent man.

The reality is that you’re the embodiment of everything evil that you accuse others, like you did Judge Alito today, of being. You’re the sleaziest politician I’ve ever seen and I wish you nothing but daily retribution for the disgusting statements that you make daily.

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRing

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