I belive Hillary would be a great SCOTUS Justice.

[yourout]

It just seems to fit.

[cynatnite]

1. Either that or Senate Majority Leader n/t

[lisa58]

2. So do I

[MessiahRp]

3. I think we have enough pro-corporate judges on the SC.

No thanks.

Rp

[DJ13]

6. Agreed

[billybob537]

9. DITTO

[intheflow]

4. I've thought that, too. n/t

[ecstatic]

5. LOL. The guy on KO said Obama should send both Hillary and Bill to the SC

I thought Bill was disbarred? :shrug:

[PBS Poll-435]

10. 5 year suspension if I remember correctly.

And you don't even need to be a lawyer.

Shit, you don't even need to have passed the 3rd grade to be on the SCOTUS.


Why bring that up again?

[blm]

7. Who believes another judge who sides with Closed Government is necessary?

I don't.

What has closed government ever given this country other than the nightmare that is BushInc?

[janetblond]

8. After that GOP video of Hillary bashing Obama hits TV ...

She will get nothing.
She deserves nothing.
She's damaged the Democratic party.
What she's done is unforgiveable.

[MonkeyFunk]

21. it's called running against him

it doesnt' need to be forgiven.

Don't believe all the lies you've heard. Irrational hate is usually based on lies - and it's never more true than when it comes to the Clintons. The Freepers drove the hate with their lies for 16 years, and it's lousy to see "democrats" continuing it.

Fuck the hate, fuck the haters.

[blm]

32. Name the freeper concerned that GHWBush and his cronies were protected by Clintons throughout 90s

Or concerned that IranContra characters returned to help cook the intel for Rumsfeld and Bush's war.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3398113

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12. Do you have another record to play?

:shrug:

[blm]

30. Read the GD thread about Rumsfeld today? Or is moving on still working for YOUR country

where everything happens in a vacuum?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3398113

[PBS Poll-435]

39. I tend to avoid the conspiracy threads

Especially on Fridays

:party:

[blm]

42. It's a NEWS story - but in YOUR world Bush and Rumsfeld and Bill sold the war HONESTLY.

.

[MonkeyFunk]

19. You're just wrong

you keep telling that lie.

Clinton ran a very open government, unlike his predecessor and his successor. The Atlantic Monthly had a graphic showing the amazing declassification of government documents under Clinton.

You need to let go of the hate. it's built on lies.

[totodeinhere]

24. OK then, why doesn't Bill release the list of the donors to his library?

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26. When did you stop beating your wife?

[blm]

34. When did Bill stop banking millions from BCCI thugs involved with GHWBush?

Oops....he did stop taking it after the last 20 million payment he got in January because he didn't want it to interfere with his wife's campaign. Someone might take it the wrong way. Like someone who remembers who staked the largest share of BCCI. Silly me, I almost forgot.

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38. They have released their tax returns

And his foundation has released its 990 every year that it has filed one with the IRS.

Please stop with the BCCI insanity.

Thanks

[blm]

41. So you HAVEN'T read the news about Rumsfeld. Insane is pretending things happen in a vacuum because

your brain can't process the information that exists.

[PBS Poll-435]

52. Stop with the insults

Seriously

[blm]

54. BCCI insanity is just a charming phrase?

What did you expect? A rose.

[MonkeyFunk]

40. Why doesn't planned parenthood release their donor list?

People donate to non-profits with the expectation of privacy.

Clinton has said that if she were the nominee, she would change the rules for the library, so that all donors would know their donations would be public. But for those who've already given, it was with the knowledge it would be private.

You guys are playing the same stupid hateful trick you did with her tax returns. For months you attacked her with "what's she hiding?!" and it turns she was hiding nothing. They made a lot of money, paid a lot of taxes. We all knew that.

It's a cheap, smearing type of attack.

Obama hasnt' released his medical records - just a note from his doctor. What's he hiding?!

[PBS Poll-435]

50. Wow

Bravo.

Fantastic post.

[blm]

29. You are wrong - there were ongoing investigations into GHWBush that were deep-sixed and you know it.

And there is a thread in GD about the same characters from IranContra helping Rumsfeld out on his war plans for Iraq - gee - the same Iraq war Bill helped sell to Dems for Bush.

You are wrong. Bill's govt. was open for much of his business, but Bill shut the door on Poppy's secrets and protected his privilege. And THAT helped BushInc thrive and strengthen and return.

Show us the resolved matters in BCCI, Monkey - show it. Those matters glew jets into NYC buildings. THAT is what Closed Government wrought and it didn't focking skip the 90s.

[Lucky 13]

11. She failed the DC bar exam...

... not an automatic disqualification, but I don't believe she's anywhere CLOSE to being the most qualified.

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15. And passed in Arkansas.

[Lucky 13]

36. hello again!

funny running into you here!
:hi:

[goldcanyonaz]

20. First election?

[Lucky 13]

37. pardon?

are you asking if I am young?

[PoliticalAmazon]

13. Great. Then she can outsource our USSC decisions to India. n/t

[terrya]

14. So do I

[Tatiana]

16. I would pay to see her take on Scalia and Clarence "Uncle" Thomas. n/t

[JFN1]

17. Agreed

She would be awesome on the bench.

[WeDidIt]

18. Obama should appoint no SCOTUS justices over 50 years old

Sorry.

[Name removed]

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[TexasObserver]

22. She lacks the skills and knowledge required, and she's untrustworthy.

There are positions she can hold. Power like the SC is not what she can have, however.

[clarkwesley]

25. Me too

Or her husband.

[hokies4ever]

27. Supreme Court = Fight for Constitution. Senate = Fight for the people.

Two COMPLETELY different causes. They don't mix well. Everybody talks about putting politicians on the bench every time there's an opening. Hillary should fight for universal health care instead fighting for interpreting if the constitution should uphold universal health care.

[JDPriestly]

28. I don't think she is qualified for SCOTUS. She knows

policy backwards and forwards, but she has been away from the legal scene too long. (And I don't think she was every that serious about law or that great a lawyer to begin with.) I have read about her foray into the role of a trial attorney. Let's just say, she probably wasn't a real fit in the courtroom. The justices have to be stellar lawyers, able to argue legal issues and analyze case law. She is brilliant but it takes more than that to be a Supreme Court Justice. It takes a lifetime developing legal skills and knowledge. No way.

[Middle finga]

31. She went too far into the gutter her rovian tactics were disgusting!

she deserve no forgiveness, she should be sidelined until she learn how to be a team player, by the new party bosses.

[JDPriestly]

33. John Edwards would be a better choice.

He practiced law for many, many years. A Supreme Court justice really should understand procedure better than Hillary would after not practicing so many years. When she did practice, she did corporate stuff, transactional stuff not trial. She would be in over head. Just being smart is not enough.

[TexasObserver]

35. Mr. Justice TexasObserver DISSENTS

Hillary is not qualified for the job, and I don't think she's trustworthy on the issues.

[SoonerPride]

43. I prefer appointing sitting judges, not politicians

Legal scholars are what we need, not people who openly favor one political viewpoint.

[sampsonblk]

44. Not trustworthy and not principled enough-nt

[Toucano]

45. I don't see it.

Although she has a great mind for law, she's never served on a bench. I think a SCOTUS justice should have more contemporary experience .

What about Attorney General? She sure is tough. On the other hand, she does like to play fast and loose with the rules, and that could spell trouble.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

46. Why? What makes her more qualified than many others?

[Honeycombe8]

47. If you think Hillary would like that job, you don't know much about her, IMO.

She is all about limelight, public appearances, politics. I don't mean that in a bad way at all.

SCOTUS is all about legal details, writing in a room by yourself, making decisions with a handful of other academic type lawyers, and avoiding public appearances as much as possible.

She's a politician. Not a legal scholar. She even failed the bar exam the first time she took it.

[FlaGranny]

48. Obama is going to

appoint extremely serious constitutional lawyers to the supreme court if he gets the chance - like the guy whose name I cannot remember right now (geez - a senior moment) who is on KO's show whenever they're discussing constitutional issues. Obama seems serious about the constitution.

[tokenlib]

49. Edwards is younger and would be a more long term presence...

He could stand up for the struggling by attacking the corporate "personhood" ideology of Scalia and his cohorts. Attorney General would be cool--but the Court would be a long term impact. Remember that Roberts is going to be around for awhile age-wise-- so we should match that with another younger presence.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

51. She can have anything she wants as long as it's not the VP spot! n/t

[helderheid]

53. Yep.

[On the Road]

55. I Would Have Agreed

until she began pounding bogus arguments near the end of the campaign. That is the LEAST desirable quality in a judge. I want a judge who will interpret the constitution.

[OzarkDem]

56. She's not ready for retirement