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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:45 PM Original message |
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said something quite alarming: |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. well, I long proclaimed two words as the reason not to elect |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
63. No just Christmas. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. RLOL |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. priorities |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Too much is at stake if we elect the wrong person from either side |
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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. HRC is not even my prefered candiate, but I absolutely trust her |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. valid points about her voting record |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. On this issue, there is NO wrong person on the Democratic side. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
77. Exactly which is why we need someone besides a DLCer to be our candidate! |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. similar to 04 and Bush's 2 appointments to the USSC - we lost because of a stolen election and |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. The best way to make Progress is to win the White House. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Amen. Grow-up people. This is important. |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not to mention Scalia may croak. |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. but isn't confirmation up to the senate? eom |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. If that were true, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia wouldn't be on the court |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. no it's not. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
74. ummm. take a look at how well that has been working...Alito? Roberts? |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. yeah, well, we were still in the minority then. hopefully, things |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Yeah, so we need to retain the Democratic Senate, too -- |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. i'm thinking we should be able to pick up more senate seats in 2008. eom |
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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
62. I'm hoping Democrats can get 55+ Senate seats |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. All the more reason to make sure our nominee is one who will |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. There is no such perfect person. It's our job to unite behind whoever |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is just one more MAJOR REASON a Democrat MUST BE elected! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. Except that the last three Neanderthals could have been stopped had the Dems shown some spine |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. How are Alito and Roberts "unqualified"? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Both also lied in their confirmation hearings re: Roe and stare decisis |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You'll have to do better than that. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. OK...you're defending Roberts and Alito... |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'll always call BS when I see it. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Someone hasn't been paying attention lately |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Shouldn't have to research every accusation you make. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. This has become common knowledge on this site and other progressive blogs |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. I think that "qualified" and "philosophically inclined in a liberal direction" are two different |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Yeah, and where has that gotten us? Nowhere. Which is why |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. man o man |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. quite the little sideshow |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. And Thanks for Playing: Completely Missing the Point |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Deleted sub-thread |
pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. We need choices a lot better than Justice Roberts vs. Justice Kennedy. |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. I agree, and it will be |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. Going Nowhere Fast |
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JMDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yea, this is why I'll vote for Hillary, if she's the nominee. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. Ooh, the "threat" du jour. I'm soooo scared. n/t |
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JMDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You should be. We're teetering on the edge as it is... nt. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Ooh, I'm shaking in my boots. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Spoken like the Naderites of old. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I would think people would have learned by now that the Senate needs to confirm judges. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. As long as we're relying on the Senate -- and not a Democratic President -- |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. then we have a problem WITH THE SENATE -- are you working to oust those Senators who |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. The Senate has always, historically, given the President the benefit |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Who said anything on this thread about confirming based on "purely political factors"? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. That would be the only way to avoid a complete takeover by |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Nope. Nice try. They can simply not confirm. n/t |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. And a pro-corporate Dem pres can appoint pro-corporate judges. N/t |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. IMO, I think at least 3 more justices for a total of 6 will be replaced in the next first term . n/t |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. Who says Hillary would appoint the right people? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Her actual voting record makes her one of the most liberal people in the Senate. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Oh, please! How much "progressive" legislation was passed by Congress when it was controlled by |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. She only has control of her own votes, not those of the |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Then don't try to make her out as a "liberal". N/t |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. I heard him and he made sense. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. President Hillary's Supreme Court justices - after the Iran war. PIC> |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
55. Hillary is about my last choice, but I'll hold my nose and vote for her |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I agree - Hillary is not my first choice |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. We have to remember to press this point in the fall, |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. Why? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I guess that I didn't make myself clear. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Thanks for clarification |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. My pleasure. n/t |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
58. K&R |
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CyberPieHole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
61. Agreed. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
64. here's the solution |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
65. I don't care who the dem candidate is, I'll vote for them. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
66. Don't assume any Dem will appoint fair and qualified justices |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
70. This is just one of the reasons why |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
72. He said this on Charlie Rose earlier this week AND also said that |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
76. but... but... Hillary = DLC = BAD BAD BAD! |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
78. PEOPLE: READ TOOBIN'S BOOK "THE NINE" |
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