Supremo Court-a-Rama

I have a few theories about why George Bush nominated Samuel A. Alito for the Supreme Court Monday. You could listen to the regular pundits who would tell you that he is pandering to the religious right in his party whoose only real issue is to move the Supreme Court to the far right and make us into some kind of Theocracy.

I don't believe all that - I think he made a mistake and he thought he was nominating Judge Lawrence ITO. I can just hear him saying:
"I really liked him back when he was on that OJ T.V. program. Why did that ever go off the air?" He couldn't get another woman on the court so he was going for the first Japanese American. "I like his judicial-ary philososophy and I like his neat beard" he reportedly told Karl Rove.

The other "real" reason Alito was nominated is just so obvious I hate to point it out. Everyone knows Bush loves nicknames (Scooter?) - what about his now infamous "You're doin' a great job Brownie" to former FEMA director Mike Brown in the middle of the Katrina fiasco. Alito already has a cool nickname given to him by the lefty-press "Scalito" for his following of Justice Scalia's philosophy (only a bit nuttier). But I think Bush was already coming up with more nickname ideas even as he was announcing the nomination. My money goes on either "Judgalito" (like some kind of mexican soda) or the more informal "Samalito". Either one is kind of close to his name but sufficiently folksy for a regular guy Justice. You've got to do something to soften his image when apparently his plan is to move the country to the right of Saudi Arabia.