Brazen

Today I've been amazed by several things people in government are saying out loud (like "bin Laden helped me.") Here's another one:

Dear Dr. Dobson,

This is just a short note to express my heartfelt thanks to you and the entire staff of Focus on the Family for your help and support in the past few challenging months. I would also greatly appreciate it if you would convey my appreciation to the good people from all parts of the country who wrote to tell me that they were praying for me and for my family during this period.

As I said when I spoke at my formal investiture at the White House last week, the prayers of so many people from around the country were a palpable and powerful force. As long as I serve on the Supreme Court, I will keep in mind the trust that has been placed in me.

I hope that we will have the opportunity to meet personally at some point in the future. In the meantime, my entire family and I hope that you and the Focus on the Family staff know how much we appreciate all that you have done.

Sincerely Yours,
Samuel Alito

Wow. Just... wow. Officials spend months claiming that this nominee is not in the pocket of the extreme right, and within weeks of his confirmation he out and out thanks the most extreme of the extremists? James Dobson has compared federal judges to Nazis and the KKK. He's at the head of making the federal judiciary as much an arm of fundamentalist religious elements as it is in Iran. I don't see how a member of an independent judiciary can have anything to do with him.

You really don't need any more proof of where Sam Alito's loyalties lie. I hope a copy of this letter gets faxed over to every Democratic Senator that voted for cloture.