BUCHANAN: Jews Are 2% Of Pop., If Kagan Is Confirmed, THEY Will Have 33% Of The Supreme Court Seats

[Segami]

My question is why does MSNBC continue to use Pat BUKKKANAN for commentary? :puke:



" From Pat Buchanan's May 14 syndicated column (emphasis added):



Indeed, of the last seven justices nominated by Democrats JFK, LBJ, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, one was black, Marshall; one was Puerto Rican, Sonia Sotomayor. The other five were Jews: Arthur Goldberg, Abe Fortas, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan.


If Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats.


Is this the Democrats' idea of diversity?


But while leaders in the black community may be upset, the folks who look more like the real targets of liberal bias are white Protestants and Catholics, who still constitute well over half of the U.S. population.


Not in living memory has a Democratic president nominated an Irish, Italian or Polish Catholic, though these ethnic communities once gave the party its greatest victories in the cities and states of the North.


What happened to the party of the Daleys, Rizzos and Rostenkowskis?


And not in nearly half a century has a Democratic president nominated a white Protestant or white Catholic man or woman.


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If Kagan is confirmed, the Court will consist of three Jews and six Catholics (who represent not quite a fourth of the country), but not a single Protestant, though Protestants remain half the nation and our founding faith.



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[HughMoran]

1. Once an anti-Semite

...always an anti-Semite.

Can't change the stripes on a racist.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. What about all those Catholics?

I thought the Supreme Court was all Catholics.

[Bitwit1234]

38. What about 60% of the court is made up of republicans.

[Blue_In_AK]

62. That, too.

There is NOTHING representative about the Supreme Court.

[Arugula Latte]

75. Yeah, funny he doesn't object to that.

Hmmm, I wonder why ...

[mitchum]

3. Yet old Paddy has no problem with the overwhelming Papist representation?

Of course he doesn't

[NoGOPZone]

16. Or the overwhelming male representation nt

[Lasher]

33. I was concerned about that, so I looked up the gender breakdown of people who have law degrees.

About 1/3 of US lawyers are female. Since you would assume a law degree would be necessary for a SCOTUS justice, the Court's future female representation seems about right to me.

[NoGOPZone]

40. I don't think that's the argument Buchanan is making, however

His concern is how the Supreme Court reflects the makeup of the population, not the legal profession. That, and his concern about the 'founding faith', whatever that's supposed to mean.

[Lasher]

51. Yes, you are obviously right.

And another thing obvious to me is, the framers of the Constitution had a deliberate intention that there would be no such thing as a founding faith.

[The Damned]

22. Yeah, actually, he does

"...but not a single Protestant, though Protestants remain half the nation and our founding faith."

[Richardo]

4. ...and Catholics will have the other 67% of the "representation".

I do know that the US is not 67% Catholic.

Bottom line: What the hell are you talking about, Pat?

1) The Supreme Court is not a representative body, and 2) you're a fucking idiot.

[Overseas]

17. +1

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Sue and take it to the Supreme Court, Pat . . . . .

[Donnachaidh]

6. So who on msnbc is going to call out this racist on his comments?

Any thoughts?

[The Damned]

27. Joe Scarborough, of course!

We've all seen what a hard time he gives Buchanan every time they're on together! I swear to God that Joe once told Pat--eye to eye--that his tie clashed with his suit!

[Donnachaidh]

32. Scarborough is my bulimia trigger

I can't watch him, because my gorge goes on automatic.

How about Rachel? She's laid into him on at least one other occasion (it was within the last year, but my brain fart just kicked in, so I can't tell you exactly when or why).

[Bluebear]

7. For a minute, I almost forgot she was Jewish.

Right, Tweety?

[Xipe Totec]

10. Until now, I didn't even know she was

Kind of a yawner for me.

[jberryhill]

29. Seriously

People are really obsessing over things that fall into the "don't know, don't care, don't care to know" category relative to the Kagan nomination.

[bullwinkle428]

57. Um, pretty sure Bluebear was taking a shot at Tweety, and his

ridiculous & pathetic comment several weeks back or so about Obama : "I almost forgot he was black!" :crazy:

[Bluebear]

68. That was the one!

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. Why am I not surprised

that Buchanan has a problem with the three Jews, but NOT the six Catholics?

As I've said previously, both groups are over represented here, and I don't think there's anything wrong in saying so in and of itself. There should be a Protestant. And a Muslim. And a Native American. And an Atheist. And a Wiccan. I'm sure I'm leaving some folks out there, but I counted up to 5. Which is coincidentally the number of "justices" who really need to be replaced. (and Stevens ain't one of those 5)

[wizstars]

49. yeah if we could just find a Muslim Wiccan Jew......

:sarcasm:


(sorry, just couldn't resist the joke!) :evilgrin:

[Sebastian Doyle]

50. Hey why the Hell not?

I'd rather have a judge on the court that was confused about his or her spirituality, than another "Democrat" enacting a bunch of right wing corporatist horseshit.

[Behind the Aegis]

9. Always nice to see why the "broken clock" is broken.

His comments are not unexpected and are more common than one might think. I have even heard that argument here in regards to Jews in the Congress. There are lots of people who take his stance...one Jew too many.

Edit to add his "opinion" summed up in a single picture:

[NoGOPZone]

11. Our founding faith? I must have missed that part of the Constitution, Pat. nt

[Chulanowa]

12. Buchanan's such a charming little leprechaun

[sakabatou]

13. It's already known that he's antisemitic.

[Segami]

19. Maybe someone should inform MSNBC of that little nugget.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

14. Oh no!! Jooooooos!

[BeyondGeography]

15. Overrepresented in so many fields...Their commitment to civilization and wisdom is indeed disturbing

:dunce:

[WeDidIt]

18. Give Pat a break. He lost an uncle in Auschwitz.

The uncle fell out of a guard tower and died instantly on impact.

[Segami]

20. LOL

<>

[jberryhill]

30. Tragic

Too bad it wasn't his father.

[Codeine]

34. LMAO!

I guarantee you that I WILL be stealing that one. :rofl:

[racaulk]

58. !!!

Nice! :thumbsup:

[Aramchek]

21. Buchanan is a Nazi. There's nothing new about that

[The Damned]

31. Destructive language

Buchanan is a boob! Let's keep our eyes open for genuine Nazis. They're here: You can see 'em marching every day on Fox!

[Aramchek]

65. if Pat had lived in 1940s Germany, he would've be shining his boots and straightening his medals

and you know it.

[wizstars]

56. there you go giving Nazis a bad name

[Warren Stupidity]

23. Cherish your inner-nazi Pat, it is always a pleasure to see it again.

[malaise]

24. Pat Buchanan is the guru for

the Nixon and post-Nixon ReTHUG philosophical and ideological approach to power and governance. He is a nasty racist piece of scum.

[Hannah Bell]

25. same rationale folks here used to recommend kagan: "she's a woman, it's about time the old boys

club was broken up"

identity politics = dead end & double-edged sword

[Codeine]

35. +1

The only identity politics that works is class identity.

[Toucano]

76. +2 n/t

[Dappleganger]

26. Actually, racists and sexists dominate the court

So he got that one wrong.

[jberryhill]

28. So what?

Why anyone hands a microphone to that awful man is a mystery.

But another veil drops....

These people are always fond of calling our heritage "Judeo-Christian" when they don't want to reveal themselves as anti-semites.

But it is refreshing, at least, to see Buchanan drop the pretense and say that they don't really mean to include Jews, or even Catholics.

[Arkana]

36. Pat Buchanan wants to talk to us about diversity?

:rofl:

[mzmolly]

37. So, is Obama a Nazi

or not? I'm so confused! :crazy:

[dionysus]

39. lol, there goes crazy uncle pat again, goin on about his "joos"

[pintobean]

41. Pat Buchanan is only one in

over 300 million. No one would miss him if he went away.

[femrap]

42. Buchanan is a twit.....

hell, look at how many Catholics and those weird Opus Dei jerks are on the SCOTUS.

[Me.]

43. 44% Will Hail From NY

22% From New Jersey

22% From Ca.

11% From Ga.

Numbers...

[Sheepshank]

44. Hiring based on religion and race?

Yikes, I smell law suit that goes all the way to the Supreme Court. Wait, how that does that work when Kagan will be a Supreme Court Judge?

[suston96]

45. Italian Americans are 6% of the population - USSC is 22% Italian-American......

dupe.

[suston96]

46. Italian Americans are 6% of the population - USSC is 22% Italian-American......

Uh, never mind......

http://www.answers.com/topic/italian-american

[Iggo]

47. So? What's wrong with Jews?

[MajorChode]

48. Sez the Hitler apologist

What an asshole.

[political_Dem]

52. Did the man ignore the fact that seven whites sit on the SCOTUS?

And if you count Benedict Thomas, that makes "eight".

:sarcasm:

[MajorChode]

59. The race makeup of the court isn't that far off from the general population

White:
US, 75%
SCOTUS, 75%

Black:
US, 12.4%
SCOTUS, 12.5%

Hispanic:
US, 15.4%
SCOTUS, 12.5%

Now gender representation is another story, obviously.

[unabelladonna]

53. interesting concept...

but at this point in time mr buchanan doesn't even try to disguise his anti-semitism. at one point, he wrapped it in anti-israel rants (but almost all anti-israelis(zionists) are not anti-semitic). he doesn't hide it anymore. there's beginning to be an undercurrent in these terrible economic times to scapegoat...and we all know where that leads (although i don't believe it will be embraced by america at large). i'm as anti-banker as anyone (and i'm jewish).

but, who knows.

[bullwinkle428]

54. Pat's crying about the lack of Nazi war criminal representation on the Court!!

Here's a phone, Pat - call someone who cares!

[bullwinkle428]

55. Delete - duplicate.

[ceile]

60. I thought the SCOTUS represented the US as a whole.

Not certain ethnic groups, races or religions.
Thanks, Pat! I have seen the light!
:sarcasm:

[ljm2002]

61. Well by his, er, "reasoning"...

...you cannot have even one Jewish person on the Supreme Court since that would be 11% of the court rather than the required 2%.

Hmmm, wasn't Buchanan against quotas? Why yes, indeed, he was.

What an ass.

[Marr]

63. How much of the country is old, fat, white men?

[blueworld]

64. Also there are no gay bald women Protestant or Catholic, no one in a wheelchair

No Rastafarians, no Muslims, no Wiccans, only 1 fat-ass...how many vegetarians?

Since the GOP nominated and passed an Italian like Scalia I don't blame the Dems for avoiding THAT. But what's their excuse for ignoring Black Polish American atheists???? Good griefy Jeebers.

A mummified Irish-American (Catholic?) like Buchanan is offended because the white, male "founding faith" W.A.S.P.S. aren't holding the majority on the Supreme Court AND haven't been nominated by the Dems.

This is why Americans can't express outrage anymore - our brain cells are paralyzed with this stupid shit. Up his medication.

[Segami]

66. I concur but the sad reality is that we have allowed ourselves to be duped by such

hate discourse. By watching MSNBC programming such as ' Morning Joe & Hardball ' ( who continue to host rodents like Buchanan, providing him a REGULAR soap box to spew his ignorant hate rants against groups ) we directly partake in that program's marketshare success without outrage or protest.

[proteus_lives]

67. What a D-bag.

[MilesColtrane]

69. Surprised he had time to write this column.

I heard that he's been out, double dating every night with Jesse James.

[NightHawk63]

70. Suck it up Buchanan!

I'm Black and I have NO representation on the High Court. :)

[Jefferson23]

71. POS Buchanan, why does anyone employ this asshole? n/t

[Segami]

72. LOLOL. Good one!

[marmar]

73. Herr Buchanan doesn't try to hide his White Christian Hetero Supremacism

[gmoney]

74. I'll settle for 9 athiests... for impartiality's sake.

Or Pastafarians. How about a few years off from the talking-snake crowd?

[mmonk]

77. I was unaware we had a founding faith.

[nichomachus]

79. I have a founding faith: I believe

I'll have another beer.

[mmonk]

80. Have one on me.

:toast:

[nichomachus]

78. Headline: Pat Buchanan comes out in favor of quotas

The Buchanan family is about as sane as the Fred Phelps family.

[RamboLiberal]

81. When the hell is MSNBC going to fire this bigot?

KO must seethe inside he can't make Pat the worst person in the world. KO, Rachel, Ed and even Tweety would be ripping Pat a new one if he worked for Faux.

I got so sick of Pat's whites won't vote for Obama crap in 2008!

[mucifer]

82. Does Rachel still have him on her show sometimes? She has some Jewish ancestry.