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20. I don't think we should idolize anyone, including RBG. If her ego hadn't been so large

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 10:39 PM

Oct 2021

she would have retired during Obama's first term, and made it possible for him to appoint a young replacement.

But she refused, saying he wouldn't be able to find anyone better than she was -- which wasn't the point. She had already had cancer twice by then, including a very serious pancreatic cancer. We would have been better off if she'd retired when she could have been replaced by Obama.

But she thought she was essential. And now look where we are. Instead of having her, we got Amy Coney Barrett.

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Katie Couric Exposes RBG After 'Protecting' Her from Scolding National Anthem Kneelers Like Colin Ka [View all] Calista241 Oct 2021 OP

I wonder about Katie Couric. Just saying. Joinfortmill Oct 2021 #1

What do you wonder? brooklynite Oct 2021 #15

There's something wrong about editing out key elements of an interview Champp Oct 2021 #29

I don't think we should idolize anyone, including RBG. If her ego hadn't been so large pnwmom Oct 2021 #20

Yes, I believe you are right. Sadly, it wasn't her finest moment. CTyankee Oct 2021 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author Joinfortmill Oct 2021 #2

Mediaite is now considered LBN? PSPS Oct 2021 #3

It's Mediaite regurgitating UK Daily Mail which also isn't exactly LBN. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2021 #6

not LBN. its a press release for her book n t msongs Oct 2021 #4

So she's "going there" milestogo Oct 2021 #5

She's really going after some beloved figures tulipsandroses Oct 2021 #7

I haven't liked Couric for awhile. And definitely won't.. ananda Oct 2021 #8

'Protecting' an interview subject. I'll bet she wonders why she's not taken as a serious journalist. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2021 #9

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you nail it Skittles Oct 2021 #14

What would make her a "saint"? BradAllison Oct 2021 #18

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RGB as a "white privileged" selfish woman who you feel didn't know her place? Devil Child Oct 2021 #34

RBG did not need protecting Freethinker65 Oct 2021 #11

Well said. SharonClark Oct 2021 #21

Yep. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #27

I wonder if RBG was aware that Kaepernick's parents and grandparents are white? Autumn Oct 2021 #12

How would that change things? GulfCoast66 Oct 2021 #23

My post was in response to what RBG supposedly said Autumn Oct 2021 #30

(Sorry) who the fuck cares? We have bigger problems! (Sorry) CapnSteve Oct 2021 #13

Justice Ginsburg wasn't perfect. madaboutharry Oct 2021 #16

What's the big deal? BradAllison Oct 2021 #17

Wow!! That great intellectual powerhouse Katie Couric was protecting weak little RGB!!! NNadir Oct 2021 #22

I agree with RBG. When did liberals begin to participate in groupthink? GulfCoast66 Oct 2021 #24

If Kaepernick had only connected his kneeling to prayer for the disproportionate killing summer_in_TX Oct 2021 #25

I totally agree with you. 👍 nt Raine Oct 2021 #26

then... myohmy2 Oct 2021 #28

RBG is and was one of the most interesting and intelligent people Orinocojhon Oct 2021 #31

She was Democrat but you wouldn't know it from her SCOTUS record. That's what we need ... marble falls Oct 2021 #32

RGB doesn't need Katie Couric "protecting" anyone from RGB's liberty to have an independent thought Devil Child Oct 2021 #33

Katie so shady (Nt) FreepFryer Oct 2021 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Oct 2021 #36