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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 07:42 AM
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The man who "could not recall" says---- Sotomayor should explain herself to GOP
Edited on Tue Jul-14-09 07:43 AM by trumad
The sheer nerve of this guy....

WASHINGTON (AP) — The country's first Hispanic attorney general said Tuesday that the woman who would be its first Hispanic Supreme Court justice still has some convincing to do if she wishes to get Republican support.

"We're all affected by our experiences ... . A good judge, I believe, comes to the bench very sensitive to those biases, and when they analyze a case they try to set those biases aside," Alberto Gonzales said in a nationally broadcast television interview.

Gonzales, who resigned under pressure during the second term of George W. Bush's presidency, said he thinks that Sonia Sotomayor's answers to GOP questions starting Tuesday "will be quite revealing."

Gonzales said that Sotomayor's promise of "fidelity to the law" won't be sufficient to set aside Republican concerns that she would be a liberal activist on the high court.

Gonzales resigned amid a controversy over the firings of federal prosecutors.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJkdYC89GL_afmr7AV5Y9GwoY4IwD99E6QD81
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lazer47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 07:47 AM
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1. Sotomayor's promise of "fidelity to the law", is just the opposite
of Gonzo's Whoring of the law,,
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 07:49 AM
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2. This would be like Cheney demanding an explanation from someone
who shot their friend in the face during a hunting trip.

What a piece of shit.

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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 08:03 AM
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3. Maybe lying like Thomas would make him happy
She could say I've never given X much thought, I don't have a legal opinion on X, for a stress-free hearing. It got Thomas appointed as Scalia's turd polisher, so the Goopers should be tickled to hear it again today.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 08:05 AM
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4. Republicans don't believe in fidelity to the law, that's why they need judges who will COVER UP
for them and their crimes.
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 08:35 AM
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5. I "cannot recall" ever having a shred of respect for Gonzo. I can see his hypocrisy from my house.
Edited on Tue Jul-14-09 08:36 AM by NRaleighLiberal
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