Per Amy, this strange story about the Alito nomination.
Falwell Backs Alito
The AP reports:The Reverend Jerry Falwell says he’s backing Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito because he trusts that President Bush picked someone who opposes abortion.
But the Lynchburg minister and Liberty University chancellor says that senators shouldn’t ask Alito whether he would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
So, it’s okay for Falwell to have a litmus test, and it’s okay to say that Alito passes that litmus test, but it’s not okay for the Senate to ask about the litmus test? ::wocka-wocka-wocka:: (That’s my sound effect for the Lewis Black cheek-shaking thing.)
And let’s not overlook the remark about ‘trusting Bush.’ Falwell wants you to think that there’s nothing specific Alito has said to him or anyone else, because he knows a specific statement could tank the nomination. So he wants you to think he believes Alito passes the litmus test based only on his deep faith in Bush. You know—the same faith he and other Christian Conservative wingnuts exhibited during the nomination of Harriet Meiers.
