When we tintinnabulate the praises of Judge Samuel A. Alito’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, we will be rooting for one of our own commenters here at Kerfuffles! Check out this from Judge Alito: Comment to Kerfuffles.

Thanks for the shout out! I’m so glad to know that people didn’t stop caring when Harriet went down in flames.

Comment by Samuel Alito — October 31, 2005 @ 12:35 pm |

“Outside the Beltway” describes the nominee as “Modest, Brilliant and Nice” and links to WaPo’s “As Democrats Lead Opposition, GOP Moderates May Control Vote”. Another informative WaPo piece on Samuel Alito is “Alito Leans Right Where O’Connor Swung Left“, by Charles Lane, of WaPo.

I think that Judge Alito is going to need all the cheerleading that we can assemble for him, as according to WizBag’s post today, “Alito Smear Document Came Directly From DNC“:

If you’re attempting to mount a sleazy smear campaign against Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito inferring that he is in some way in bed with the mob, it’s probably best not to electronically sign your name to it. As … one of Howard Dean’s little loose cannons at the DNC (Chris Pendergrast) is responsible for this little piece of slime…