more pathetic repug "defenses" of Alito

Drudge Claims Alito's Critics Are Racist
Drudge reports that the right-wing is pushing back on the nickname "Scalito" given to Samuel Alito because they see it as "ethnically insensitive':

One outraged Republican strategist claimed, "If Alito were a liberal there would be no way Democrats and Washington's media elite would use such a ethnically insensitive nickname. Italian-Americans should not have to face these types of derogatory racial slurs in 21st century America."

Actually, if Alito were a moderate, he wouldn't be given the nickname because his judicial philosophy would not invite comparisons to Antonin Scalia. As the media has been clear in indicating, the nickname given to Alito is meant to draw comparisons to Scalia's ideology, not his ethnicity

(Think Progress)
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Man, this is truly pathetic! How anyone anywhere could begin to imagine that this nickname was racially motivated just goes to show how desperate they are to have some ammunition against the Dems. They know that they have no defense for this ultra-right-wing-extremist so they have to make up a "controversy" instead.