[George W. Bush]

...gave the clearly Catholic and pro-life Alito...

I know we all swim in our own little fishponds but this is a little insulting to Alito's extremely fine record as a jurist. I think he would have been a superb nominee regardless of affiliation.

If you want to be proud of Catholic accomplishments, instead look to the dedication of past Catholic generations who believed in and invested in higher education. That's where Alito and Roberts and the current crop of excellent jurists (who happen to be Catholic) came from.

Don't think the evangelicals didn't notice either. They're still trying to figure out how to catch up and grumbling over what fine little justice Harriet would have made.

[CougarGA7]

Ok. I got to leave. Going to a baseball game. Going to eat some hotdogs. Drink a couple beers. It will be good.

Everyone try to get along till I get back.