Durbin using Springsteen quote in his questioning

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edit with a bold prediction: the whores, in particular Dana Milbank, will mock Durbin's use of Springsteen. We'll see...

More likely than not, of course Alito in fact is not a Springsteen fan at all. That bit of trivia is almost certainly pure fiction, with the obvious purpose of making Alito appear like a regular schmoe like us.

They knew the media was going to simply report it unchallenged. How can you question something so trivial like musical taste?

Similarly, the dems can't possibly challenge Alito on something so petty, right? How could they prove Alito isn't a Springsteen fan? When Durbin brought that up, was he going to quiz Alito on band lineups or something like that?

No, that would be impossible.

But what Durbin can do and did to is to recognize that Alito's PR people were trying to borrow the Springsteen myth in the same exact phony way that Alito's old boss Reagan did a generation ago.

So that's what Durbin goes after, the myth. Durbin did some research and found a quote that showed the real Springsteen, and used that quote repeatedly against the reality of Alito's record. And showed Alito to be a phony.

The quote was Springsteen saying "I am familiar with the crushing hand of fate" and he was answering a question about the song "Devils and Dust," about an Iraq soldier's experience.

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/songs/DevilsDust.html

I got my finger on the trigger
But I don't know who to trust
When I look into your eyes
There's just devils and dust
We're a long, long way from home, Bobbie
Home's a long, long way from us
I feel a dirty wind blowing
Devils and dust

I got God on my side
I'm just trying to survive
What if what you do to survive
Kills the things you love
Fear's a powerful thing
It can turn your heart black you can trust
It'll take your God filled soul
And fill it with devils and dust

Well I dreamed of you last night
In a field of blood and stone
The blood began to dry
The smell began to rise
Well I dreamed of you last night
In a field of mud and bone
Your blood began to dry
The smell began to rise

We've got God on our side
We're just trying to survive
What if what you do to survive
Kills the things you love
Fear's a powerful thing
It'll turn your heart black you can trust
It'll take your God filled soul
Fill it with devils and dust

Now every woman and every man
They want to take a righteous stand
Find the love that God wills
And the faith that He commands
I've got my finger on the trigger
And tonight faith just ain't enough
When I look inside my heart
There's just devils and dust

Well I've got God on my side
And I'm just trying to survive
What if what you do to survive
Kills the things you love
Fear's a dangerous thing
It can turn your heart black you can trust
It'll take your God filled soul
Fill it with devils and dust

It'll take your God filled soul

Fill it with devils and dust

[bigtree]

1. I know Bruce appreciated the senator putting his music back

into a Democratic context.