Give me a break. A big one. Mrs. Alito started crying when Lindsay Graham was speaking to Judge Alito. Sen. Graham is definitely not a Democratic Party Member. And Mrs. Alito cracked under the pressure. Which is all right. The labels attached to her tearful demeanor in the hearings are not so honest, truthful or right.
"The Democrats Did It--They Made Mrs. Alito Cry".
Wrong, wrong and wrong.
Mrs. Alito, like most people connected with these hearings is tired. Even those watching the hearings are tired. We are tired of non-responsive answers, and the Republicans are leading Judge Alito through a record that isn't really what the Republicans want it to be. And the leading is tiring.
My point though is different. Mrs. Alito, you have done women around the world a dis-service. Not because you were upset at what the very Republican Lindsey Graham said.
Mrs. Alito, you cried.
Think back to the Watergate hearings, when Mrs. John Dean sat behind her husband. Not a crack in her visage. And John Dean was laying out a lot of things to cry about.
Or the other Watergate wives. They had plenty on their plates to cry about. Their spouses were going to prison. It was obvious and it happened to their husbands.
The emotionalism of the hearings would probably make anyone want to run from the building and have a giant good cry. The appearance though that the hearings are unfair to your husband is wrong.
Judge Alito is an appellate judge. He has a record. He has written, spoken and made a record of his beliefs. He should be proud of the beliefs he has made public. As should you. Whatever we may say about Judge Alito, his record is his record, and if he or you are not proud, that would be an appropriate thing to cry about.
The thing of it is, those beliefs are what make your husband the person he is. Don't crumble. Be proud of his honesty in speaking of his judicial philosophy.
And, please let your husband know that during these hearings it would be entirely fitting for him to be honest about his judicial philosophy in all areas, not just the non-Roe matters.
Honesty is indeed the best policy. With a Justice, it is the only policy that counts before a confirmation vote.