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Re: Quote of the Day: On Republican Opposition to Sonia Sotomayor

Leonidas — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:02:09 -0000

And the Democrats would have voted for anyone picked. After all they voted confirmation for a tax cheat to head the Treasury.

Re: Quote of the Day: On Republican Opposition to Sonia Sotomayor

tidbits — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:45:56 -0000

Leahy being Leahy. As always, one of the most partisan members of the Senate. He&#39ll use the inscription on his tombstone to criticize Republicans.

The R&#39s aren&#39t putting up that much opposition to Sotomayor. Wish they would. She will be confirmed and proceed to be the same ineffectual justice of the Supreme Court that she has been on the Court of Appeals. Go ahead, I dare you, name a single opinion she wrote that you even know the name of (hint - she didn&#39t write Ricci, she just went along). She is all process before principle, form over substance. That&#39s her history and it will be her legacy. If Obama wanted a liberal, their are liberals worthy of the Supreme Court; she just isn&#39t one of them.

Re: Quote of the Day: On Republican Opposition to Sonia Sotomayor

Leonidas — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:02:09 -0000

And the Democrats would have voted for anyone picked. After all they voted confirmation for a tax cheat to head the Treasury.

Re: Quote of the Day: On Republican Opposition to Sonia Sotomayor

JSpencer — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:52:00 -0000

Hey Joe, the joke wasn&#39t that bad. ;-)

Re: Quote of the Day: On Republican Opposition to Sonia Sotomayor

joegandelman — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:28:12 -0000

Where did I make any kind of implication or analyze anything in that quote? It was a lively quote so I posted it and used it to make a bad joke. No analysis on my part is in that post at all. We run lots of quotes and some are more analytical and sometimes I use it as a take off point. I used this as a take off point because I couldn&#39t resist the joke (bad as it is)

Re: Quote of the Day: On Republican Opposition to Sonia Sotomayor

casualobserver — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:31 -0000

If you&#39d like to hold up Leahy as the arbitrer of fairness as to dealing with Supreme Court nominees, there is plenty to work with to disprove your assertion..........

In 2002 Vermont Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy, then as now the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was a vocal opponent of Bush Third Circuit Court nominee D. Brooks Smith because of Smith&#39s former membership in an all-male fishing club in Pennsylvania.

Today, Leahy is silent on the membership of Obama Supreme Court nominee and sitting Second Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the Belizean Grove, an elite, all-female club.

Re: Quote of the Day: On Republican Opposition to Sonia Sotomayor

tidbits — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:56 -0000

Leahy being Leahy. As always, one of the most partisan members of the Senate. He'll use the inscription on his tombstone to criticize Republicans.

The R's aren't putting up that much opposition to Sotomayor. Wish they would. She will be confirmed and proceed to be the same ineffectual justice of the Supreme Court that she has been on the Court of Appeals. Go ahead, I dare you, name a single opinion she wrote that you even know the name of (hint - she didn't write Ricci, she just went along). She is all process before principle, form over substance. That's her history and it will be her legacy. If Obama wanted a liberal, their are liberals worthy of the Supreme Court; she just isn't one of them.

Re: Quote of the Day: On Republican Opposition to Sonia Sotomayor

JSpencer — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:52:00 -0000

Hey Joe, the joke wasn't that bad. ;-)

Re: Quote of the Day: On Republican Opposition to Sonia Sotomayor

joegandelman — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:28:12 -0000

Re: Quote of the Day: On Republican Opposition to Sonia Sotomayor

casualobserver — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:36:31 -0000

If you'd like to hold up Leahy as the arbitrer of fairness as to dealing with judicial nominees, there is plenty to work with to disprove your implication..........

In 2002 Vermont Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy, then as now the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was a vocal opponent of Bush Third Circuit Court nominee D. Brooks Smith because of Smith's former membership in an all-male fishing club in Pennsylvania.

Today, Leahy is silent on the membership of Obama Supreme Court nominee and sitting Second Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the Belizean Grove, an elite, all-female club.