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Alito’s wife “molested” by Sen. Kennedy

Says Chris Matthews of "Hardball." Natch.

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Here’s Chris Matthews of “Hardball” on Judge Alito’s wife and how she’ll be presented during tonight’s State of the Union: “Won’t they say something upbeat … ‘isn’t she a great woman, didn’t she stand up’ — and then they’ll put the camera right on Ted Kennedy and show how he was the guy that molested her basically — that’s the way they’ll play it.”

See, if he’d accused Kennedy of running a “plantation,that would have crossed the line.

By Lynn Harris

Award-winning journalist Lynn Harris is author of the comic novel "Death by Chick Lit" and co-creator of BreakupGirl.net. She also writes for the New York Times, Glamour, and many others.

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