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Howard Dean Plays Mafia Card on Judge Alito Steve Malzberg Just minutes after President Bush announced that Judge Samuel Alito was his pick to succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday, the democrats went into panic mode and took action.
Senator's Schumer and Reid were among the first to issue written statements blasting the nominee as someone who is out of the mainstream and will divide the country. Neither senator would know the "mainstream" if it hit him in the face (figuratively speaking, of course).
But Howard Dean, the Chairman of the D.N.C. and his crew went a giant step further, crossing the line and stepping right into the morally bankrupt wasteland that has come to define the party. "The democrats are circulating a 'hit sheet' headed by the charge that Alito, quote, embarrassed the government by failing to obtain a crucial mafia conviction back in 1988. He failed to convict the Lucchese family in New Jersey." That revelation from Chris Matthews last night on "Hardball", who started his show by saying he received the "hit sheet" about 17 minutes after the president nominated Alito. And although Matthews repeatedly brought up the topic, he did not say which "Democrats" had sent him the sheet and were responsible for its contents. But never fear folks, Howard Dean soon came to the rescue, appearing more than happy to take the credit. Matthews, who for once was on the correct side of an issue, confronted the failed presidential candidate with the sheet late in the hour. "Somebody in the Democratic party is putting out an attack sheet ... on Sam Alito and the first attack is that he was lenient on the mob back in an '88 case ... and here's a guy who has been tough on crime. Why start off (the talking point attacks) on that issue?" Dean then claimed that he didn't put out the sheet, but he said, "Somebody did so I'll be responsible for it."
The leader of the Democratic party then went on to explain that the president had touted Mr. Alito as a "spectacular prosecutor" before becoming a judge, and it turns out that he wasn't so spectacular. Then, the man who claimed not to have put out the sheet with the accusation, all of a sudden seemed very familiar with the case that it refers to. "In that particular case all those guys got off. Twenty of them without even calling a defense witness."
No wonder Dean accepted responsibility for the sheet. If in fact he didn't put it out himself, it certainly appeared that he knew all about it and had no objections to it. But Matthews did. "You don't sense a little ethnic aspect to this, the fact he's an Italian-American? And the number one issue against this guy is that he's weak on the mob? You don't see that?" Howard Dean never smiles, but he was smiling now. It was the smile that says you caught me, I know you're right, you know that I know you're right, but I'll never admit it. He responded to Matthews through that smile with an unbelievable "No I don't." Matthews shot back that he saw it, "And so does everybody else," he said. In response Dean switched talking point memos and started in on Bush and Karl Rove. Earlier in the show Matthews had pointed out that a year after this alleged "failed" prosecution, Alito brought a major case against the Genovese crime family and scored two major convictions. The "hit list" happened to leave that part out. This isn't the first time that a prominent Italian-American has been linked in some obscene way to the mob, or victimized by some other vulgar stereotype. The left liked to call Rudy Giuliani a fascist. He laughed it off as I'm sure the good Judge will do with Dean's bigoted implications. But you and I should not laugh it off. I'm not Italian, although I do have family members who are. But even if I did not, I'd be as ticked off as I am. You should be too. Call your U.S. senator. If it's a democrat, demand that they go on the record and denounce Dean and his little bigots at the D.N.C. If your senator is a republican, demand that he or she do exactly the same. Let's not tolerate this kind of subtle racism. The next group they come out against could be your group.
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