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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:48 PM Original message |
With 59 Democratic senators, shouldn't we get a REAL liberal for the SCOTUS? |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. I sent an email to the Whitehouse |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Cue some to attack you for suggesting a liberal. nt |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Cue some snarky troublemaker trying to induce flames |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Thems' fightin' words. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think so. nt |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. As we are all becoming painfully aware,... Democrat does not = Liberal |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 06:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. I Hear Ya (nt) |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. lol conservatives usually appoint...ta da...conservatives nt |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Of course. It's unreal that we even have to make this argument. nt |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. AGREE! Liberal as in minimum government and maximum individual freedom. n/t |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Obama is a moderate |
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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes, President Obama is definitely a moderate, |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Carter and Clinton could both be classified as moderates |
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johnnypneumatic (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. only a few of the 59 are liberals |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Obama seems to have made the pick of the conservative Kagan |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Face it: we were punked. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 03:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. "much worse than most of us imagined". What an utter crock of shit. |
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denimgirly (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. And dont forget the appeasing to the right with the Baffling Offshore Drilling BEFORE negotiating... |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. She clerked for Thurgood Marshall. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. For that you would need a liberal president. nt |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. Where are the 59 liberals in the Senate? We have about 15. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. "Me too!" Several in this thread have made this point. |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. You're equating "Democrat"—in the party-wide sense—with "liberal". And haven't we all |
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denimgirly (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Obama will always, ALWAYS look to please the Right--so NO CHANCE for a Liberal (or even slight-left) |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. What do you think of Obama's Sotomayor pick? |
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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I think the Sotomayor pick was good, |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. just like we should have gotten healthcare reform? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. moderate is a misnomer for corporate stooges |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think it's funny how people are so eager to bitch at Obama, they can't even wait for him |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Or, per some here, he HAS made his decision already. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. And they KNOW that Kagan is really just like Roberts and Alito. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well, one can hope, |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. And Thomas would've received many more Democratic votes if not for the Anita Hill scandal |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. I LIKE Kagan... a lot. But not on SCOTUS. nt |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. Are you privy to information no one else has? n/t |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. Bush didn't need 59 Republicans |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yes, I emailed the WH as well, stating that it is beyond time to |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
33. You'd think, but with 59 Democratic senators I was expecting a REAL health care plan. |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
36. Real Liberal or real Liberal until they do something |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. When we have 59 "real liberal" senators |
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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. 84 seats?? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 06:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. the largest number of Democratic senators during FDR's presidency was 76 and |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. We might if we had a REAL liberal in the WH. nt |
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