Alito, of course, is trying to present himself as Mister Moderate. Good 'ol Sammy "I'll approach every case with an open mind" Alito. Mister "I'd never think of overturning Roe" Type-Guy. Nothing to worry about. Sleep... sleep...
The fact that completely batshit-crazy ministers are greasing up his ass shouldn't frighten you. Not at all.
WASHINGTON -- Insisting that God "certainly needs to be involved" in the Supreme Court confirmation process, three Christian ministers today blessed the doors of the hearing room where Senate Judiciary Committee members will begin considering the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito on Monday.
Capitol Hill police barred them from entering the room to continue what they called a consecration service. But in a bit of one-upsmanship, the three announced that they had let themselves in a day earlier, touching holy oil to the seats where Judge Alito, the senators, witnesses, Senate staffers and the press will sit, and praying for each of the 13 committee members by name.
"We did adequately apply oil to all the seats," said the Rev. Rob Schenck, who identified himself as an evangelical Christian and as president of the National Clergy Council in Washington.
Imagine the insanity... imagine the insanity if a group of Muslims did something similar.
The three ministers insisted they weren't taking sides in the Alito debate. "This is not a pro-Alito prayer," insisted the Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition. With abortion, public prayer, gay marriage and right-to-life issues among those topping public debate, however, "God…is interested in what goes on" in the nomination hearing, Rev. Schenck said.
Uhhhh... sure it isn't. The fact that Alito is an anti-choice, pro-overturning Roe staunch conservative has nothing to do with your actions. I'm sure you'd be doing the same thing if the nominee was a staunch progressive.
*Cough*
Anyway, I was just wondering... does this mean that followers of The Flying Spaghetti Monster can enter the courtroom and smear pasta sauce all over everything? And Alito would then have to sit in it?
Because I'd really like to see that.
(Energy Dome tip to Pam over at Pandagon. Here's the cross-post, here's the steeple, Soylent Green is made from people!)
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