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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:23 AM
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Poll question: Rep. Joe "You Lie" Wilson or Judge Samual "No Way" Alito - who do you think is the bigger douchebag?
Edited on Fri Jan-29-10 10:24 AM by LynneSin
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:25 AM
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1. Wilson. There's a huge difference between saying something to
yourself that no one can hear, and shouting out something for an entire room of hundreds to hear, in a complete lack of decorum.

Huge difference.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 11:17 AM
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14. However, what Wilson did reflected only upon himself
while what Alito did reflected upon the neutrality of the Supreme Court.

I'd give it to Alito, because as an experienced jurist he KNEW that he should not do that, he is NOT some congressional back bencher who probably won't last out the decade in his seat.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:27 AM
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2. Alito... by virtue of the damage he can do to the Republic.
And if he was "saying it to himself".. why would we know about it?
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brendan120678 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:29 AM
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3. Because it was caught on camera.
If there were no cameras in the chamber for the SOTU, then nobody would have known about it.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:36 AM
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8. "to himself" can be done without external signifiers..
if one is not a child.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:32 AM
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4. I pick Joe "you lie" Wilson
For some reason that bugs me more. Maybe because it was out loud and you couldn't miss it, whereas I missed Alito.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:35 AM
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5. In general, or for their behavior in joint session?
Alito wins a lifetime achievement award, but Wilson still holds the Golden Douchebag for worst performance in a joint session.
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daleanime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:45 AM
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13. Good question,
I have to say that I agree with you, if only because Alito can do more damage being on the court.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:35 AM
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6. Doesn't matter. Even a little douchebag is still a douchebag. Both of them are douchebags.
Once you have proven yourself to be a douchebag, size doesn't matter.
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:35 AM
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7. Wilson
He was rude and disruptive.

If the camera hadn't been on Scalia, we wouldn't have known what his response was.
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:37 AM
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9. Politicians can fight. Justices should be neutral, at least in public. Alito is an asshole
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90-percent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:42 AM
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10. Alito
Edited on Fri Jan-29-10 10:42 AM by 90-percent
Single handedly bringing down Democracy in America is a stunning achievement.

Alito has reached a goal that eluded Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Stalin, and Bush/Cheney!

His accomplishment is stunning in it's impact on life as we know it. It will have the same effect on America and the World as a 10 degree Celsius rise in global temperate happening within the next month!

-90% jimmy
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RT Atlanta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:43 AM
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11. Wilson
Because sadly he is an elected "representative" from SC, although he certainly does not represent all of the interests of his district (e.g. my parents are die hard Dems and are actively working with Rob Miller's campaign to unseat the SOB).
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 11:21 AM
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16. By that same argument, Alito, because he is supposed to be neutral
in political matters and speak for the Constitution - and he is in HIS seat for LIFE. He's not going to be voted out no matter what he says or does, short of being impeached.
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RT Atlanta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 11:37 AM
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18. true dat
They're both shitstains as far as I am concerned...
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 10:45 AM
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12. photo finish
lol!
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 11:19 AM
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15. If two dogs piddle on the carpet
You're more upset by the one you thought was housebroken. 'Nuff said.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 11:31 AM
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17. Alito
because he has unfettered power as an unelected judge for life and should answer to a higher standard of decorum

Joe Wilson is just a no nothing teabagging douche
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OllieLotte Donating Member (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 11:52 AM
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19. Wilson - Obama - Alito...in that order. n/t
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