So, the pattern with Alito is to never believe anything he wrote before -- just believe what he says now:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., an abortion rights supporter and the only woman on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said she asked the conservative judge about a document released Monday showing Alito in 1985 telling the Reagan administration he was particularly proud to help argue that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."Oh, sure. Just trust him. According to the AP report, Feinstein said she did:
"He said first of all it was different then," she said. "He said, 'I was an advocate seeking a job, it was a political job and that was 1985. I'm now a judge, I've been on the circuit court for 15 years and it's very different. I'm not an advocate, I don't give heed to my personal views, what I do is interpret the law.'"
When asked whether she found his answer satisfactory, Feinstein said: "The question is, Did I believe he was being absolutely truthful, and I did."The question is why should any Senator trust Alito when he already lied to the Senate about Vanguard and the other conflict cases?
The reality is that Alito wants a political job now, too. Don't think that great cheers didn't go up among the theocrats when they saw the Alito memo yesterday. Think about this for a second: would any right winger believe Alito if the situation were reversed? Highly, highly unlikely.
