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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:34 AM Original message |
Elena Kagan Will Be The Most Unqualified Justice In History |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Greenwald and Fire Dog Lake both hate her. That means the President MUST have gotten this right |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I respect Glenn Greenwald. NT |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Sorry Greenwald's support of the Republicans on the Supreme Court giving citizenship to corporations |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. So unless he agree's with you 100% of the time he shouldn't be respected? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Nope you got it wrong, someone that could be so utterly clueless as to support Citizens United |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. So you think Obama should come out and support a constitutional ammendment to overturn the SCOTUS? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. The President has already come out STRONGLY and FIRMLY against this ruling |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You are spinning. He is against the ruling but hasn't said how he will fix it |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. I won't get an answer from you, will I? |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
59. Did you say the same about the ACLU and the AFL-CIO? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
42. +1. eom |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. So do I. |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The DLC seems to love her---> take that for what it's worth, DU. n/t |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. what an absolute knee jerk reaction |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Sorry, but those two have more than earned their bad reputations |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It's not hard to see where you are coming from, and I am certainly not going |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. If it turns out Obama is torturing people he will support that too |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. If it turns our he is into cat juggling I will call him out as well |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I'm not making any accusations. I am pointing out a simple fact |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. That's a pretty lame fact, that is not germane to the debate |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You might think it's lame, but it is a fact. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. More than Clarence Thomas and Harriet Meirs? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I know..Obama would have to have nominated belly button lint to get someone |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. She is, however, qualified |
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whattheidonot (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. politcal choice. |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. You may be right but, |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Thomas and Meirs are the bottom - Kagan may hit the top tier. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. Call her inexperienced, okay. But to say she's incurious or unmotivated in the US Legal process? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The initial pattern is showing a surprising lack of intellectual honesty in the attacks |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I think you're wrong there |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. Obama wanted someone with real world experience. I think that is why he chose her. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Which is something that was the norm until recently |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yes it was. Which makes me kind of amused that people flip out about that. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Yup. 40 of 111 Supreme Court justices had no prior judicial experience |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. Huh? She was Counsel to Pres. Clinton & Solicitor General to Pres. Obama who has argued big cases... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Leahy is correct, she is more than qualified and a solid choice |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. what bullshit hyperbole. Since both the right and left hate her what does that say? /nt |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That the President has gotten it right, yet again |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Are you on the right board? Here, we don't cheer things that "anger the left as much as the right." |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. 'Qualified Judges' gave us Bush v Gore - nuff said about qualifications /nt |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. WRONG! Clarence Thomas (one of those you speak of) was certainly not qualified |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Hey, he was an attorney for Monsanto. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Exactly! What is Needed on the Court are Principled People |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
35. Oh, please. Slappy Thomas will own that title long |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
39. I disagree. nt |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
41. This article means Obama picked the right person |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Those of us on the left were right about both the Afghanistan and Iraq invasions ... |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. This |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Why are people on this board in support of angering the left? It's like...you're not part of us. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. lol nt |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
46. aaaah, yes but she's "Bipartisan" .... POTUS's favorite word! |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. Horrible choice Mr. President but I am not surprised in the slightest n/t |
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cadam72 (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. What a disturbing post with no understanding of history |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. Is Firedoglake batshit insane? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. They're batshit insane. |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
54. She was a clerk for the former justice Thurgood Marshall |
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maritimus49 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Kagan for POTUS? |
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cyr330 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. Nope. |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
60. Sorry, FDL, Clarence Thomas IS the most unqualified SC Justice in US history. |
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