*** Official Wednesday Sotomayor confirmation hearing thread 2 ***

[MiniMe]

After lunch break. The hearing should be starting again soon, with Specter and Franken up to finish the 1st round of questions.

cspan link: http://www.cspan.org/Supreme-Court-Sotomayor-Senate-Confirmation-Hearings.aspx

Thread 1 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6072292&mesg_id=6072292

[cal04]

1. Thank you MiniMe

Leahy, what'd you do with your mother
:hi:

[helderheid]

35. ditto!

[MiniMe]

2. And we're back. Specter up.

Please join in to post comments

[cal04]

3. Specter, wise Latino woman

making a mountain out of a mole hill

[MiniMe]

4. Specter - hearing is making a mountain out of a molehill re: wise latina woman comment

Good comment Arlen.

[defendandprotect]

48. From the Repug who spent most of his time making mountains of lies from molehills!

[MiniMe]

5. Specter talking about Bork now

Says that he wasn't approved because of his own legal philosophy. Damn, Arlen is sounding like a real dem

[Inuca]

8. Like him or hate him

(and I must confess I kind of like him) and in as much as I can judge as somebody with zero legal training, Specter is an excellent jurist, and takes legal matters, especially consititutional ones, very seriously.

[defendandprotect]

49. If you read his interviews and history with JFK assassination witnesses . . .

he's a bully --

and intentionally set out to hide information, distort information and

intimidate witnesses -

But guess that 40 or more years of betraying the law is over now -- !!

[BlooInBloo]

6. Specter: She's NOT going to commit to taking a case for you. She WASN'T responsible for earlier ones

[babylonsister]

7. Can you tell me what Specter was so rude and dismissive about just now?

"I can tell you're not going to answer-let's move on."

[BlooInBloo]

10. Wasn't paying close attention, but it seemed like Specter wanted to tell a future SC justice...

what cases to agree to hear. Sotomayor politely told him to fuck off, is how I took it.

Overall, I would guess that Specter is pissed about being the 2nd most junior questioner, and is showing off.

[Inuca]

11. That often is his manner

I am not watching by the way (at work), so I may be completely wrong. I appreciate the thread to keep me at least partially informed.

[MiniMe]

12. Specter was trying to pin her on if she agreed with the SC decision to

not hear the case on illegal wiretapping. She wouldn't answer as to if she agreed or not. Said that she hadn't read what the supreme's decided it on. Specter got frustrated, he wanted that case heard.

[babylonsister]

13. Thank you, and everyone. He did sound like a little brat who

wasn't getting his way.

[AlinPA]

9. Specter seems rude, re: a letter he sent to her and she is not giving him the answer he wants.

The subject seems to be separation of powers and how she would rule (another how would you rule question).

[MiniMe]

14. Not how she would rule, but whether the court should have taken the case or not

Sotomayor is being very careful how she answers. She doesn't want to commit either way, saying that she hadn't seen what the court had seen.

[alsame]

17. He is being rude. He seems annoyed that even though he

sent materials to her in advance, she isn't answering certain questions.

[MiniMe]

21. I'd say frustrated more than annoyed. He wasn't happy that the SCOTUS didn't take the case

He was trying to curb Bush's powers, which would have been a good thing

[alsame]

30. I know, but it seems unfair to take it out on her. But she handled it well. nt

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. Thanks again MiniMe! It's so hard for me to think of Specter as a Dem. He

sounds just like a Repuke! Some things never change.

[BlooInBloo]

16. Shorter msnbc pundits: Sotomayor doing precisely what she needs to do. It's too bad.

:cry:

[Zort]

20. I finally turned off MSNBC.

Switched to the CSPAN feed. The interruptions and commentary started to bother me.

[BlooInBloo]

18. Shorter msnbc pundits: To hell with her 17 year record - WHO'S THE REAL SOTOMAYOR????

[cal04]

19. showing Supreme court on TV

the court is un accountable
they asked to put Bush vs Gore on TV, they said no
shouldn't the American people have access to the Supreme court
why not televise the court?

[MiniMe]

22. Specter done, Franken up

[cal04]

23. Welcome Senator Franken

and condolences Leahy
Talking about Berger losing every week on Perry Mason, I remember that one Al

[BlooInBloo]

24. Franken: Net neutrality! woot!

EDIT: Glad he brought it up, but he really is going on a bit too long. He'll learn, though. All good.

[CC]

25. No sure he is going on too long, more

like he is making it so even the idiots can understand what he is talking about. He knows how many idiots there are out there.

[BlooInBloo]

32. self-delete - wrong branch

[defendandprotect]

50. That was terrific -- great to see Franken -- and he mentioned abortion which was great -- !!!

Only as long as the Repugs can make the nation feel somehow ashamed and guilty

about abortion -- and make Dems reluctant to discuss it -- can the GOP succeed.

Why should anyone be ashamed of providing women with self-defense when a fetus

is destroying her health and life?

Why should anyone be ashamed of elective abortion? Each woman decides that question

for herself and many, many millions of women have decided on abortion.

Including "pro-lifers" when their daughters or they have pregnancies they don't want

to go forward.

AND JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE HAD ALREADY BEEN SUCH SLOWING DOWN
OF THE INFO ON THE INTERNET. HOPE FRANKEN CONTINUES TO SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE!!!

We paid for it and now corporations are controlling it!

[southernleftylady]

26. I loved when Al said "And now we are sitting here.. thats pretty cool" lol such a down to earth man

:)

[GodlessBiker]

27. Yes, and I liked her little smile; like finally a breath of fresh air.

[tridim]

29. I thought this Franken guy was supposed to be a "clown"?

Turns out he's extremely smart and apparently ready on day one to be a US Senator. Why would the RW lie about that? :)

[monmouth]

28. I wish that when Cornyn went for his "Ricky Ricardo" nonsense that

Judge S would have not smiled and just given him a look, you know, the kind Latina women from the Bronx know how to do. That questioning was beyond inappropriate.

[Hepburn]

36. It could have only been worse if the fucking asshole has used the words....

..."wet back."

What a POS bigot!

[defendandprotect]

51. Missed it . . . what did he say . . .??? He was on gun issue, right?

[monmouth]

69. Yes, and then eluded to if she gave the wrong answer (in a stupid

Ricardo accent) she'd have a lot of 'splainin to do...Disgusting.

[MiniMe]

31. Franken pulls out his pocket constitution

and asks her a question on a case regarding the 15th amendment. Love his pocket constitution

[BlooInBloo]

33. Franken shows his intellectual chops! Asks a good solid question that a lawyer can appreciate!

Nice job!

[cal04]

34. what one case was Perry Mason's client guilty

didn't the white house prepare you?
LOL Al
I can hear Al laughing in the backround

[cal04]

37. they're back, Al has a mic, Leahy's not working

Al, I 'll change places with you
Leahy is pretty funny
they're all cracking up

[defendandprotect]

52. Patrick Leahy looks jubilant today -- he had a stroke after Clarence Thomas, right?

[MiniMe]

38. Leahy starts 2nd round of questions

[helderheid]

39. Oh hell back to the wise Latina quote. PLEASE SHUT UP

[Zort]

40. Really.

[Hepburn]

41. Bigot asshole Session is flapping his yap....

...:puke:

What a fucking boring asshole bigot.

[defendandprotect]

54. Finally called his office cause he refuses e-mail contact -- !!!!

Hope the GOP keeps letting America see them for what they really are --

pigs!

[Hepburn]

57. Does he have a fax number?

:evilgrin:

[defendandprotect]

59. I just called Congress switchboard and asked for his office .. ..

but as it turned out his line was busy so then asked for Boehner's office . . .

and asked them to pass the message on --

1-202-224-3121

:)

[Hepburn]

65. LOL.....

....Hey, Bone-whore, take a message!

:rofl:

[defendandprotect]

70. It wasn't a very flattering message for the Minority leader/GOP . . .

Meanwhile, if you get thru to Sessions, let us know!

[S_E_Fudd]

42. Gosh Mr. Redneck...I though the Constitution was a pact of states...

And not the People...

Funny how they will discard states rights when it suits their purpose

[Hepburn]

43. Session, the POS he is, has a law degree???

The fucking idiot has NO clue what "incorporation" means viz fundamental Const rights????

Un-fucking-believable! :wow:

[Zort]

44. You know who Jeff Sessions reminds me of?

The character Beverley Leslie from Will and Grace.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

45. How the hell does this f*ckwad even get elected? Do they spike the water in Alabama

to make the population stupid?

[Hepburn]

46. You must have gotten into my head and read my mind....

...I was wondering who in the hell would vote for the POS. :hi:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

62. ....

:rofl: :hi:

[defendandprotect]

58. Well, around the time Wm. Buckley died we found out CIA had been

financing right wing Senators/Reps -- only got two names --
Rep. Gerald Ford and Sen. Strom Thurmond.

CIA would take any right wing money to pass on -- whether KKK or whatever.

Pat Buchanan also has been financed --
Believe Jesse Helms was another --


So -- political violence, assassinations, stolen elections -- yeah . . that's how
people like this come to power --

and pre-bribed by corporate money -- from insurance, health care providers to MIC
corporations.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

63. I'm sure you're mostly correct here but I also believe that the votes that hadn't been stolen

etc were cast by incredibly ignorant, bigoted people. I have a hard time wrapping my mind around this.

[defendandprotect]

66. Also agree with that -- !!

[defendandprotect]

47. Thanks - didn't see this on the front page . . .!!!

[MiniMe]

53. Good God, Hatch is so whiny

He really likes to hear himself talk!

[Hepburn]

55. Also very boring....

...I can imagine that a few jurors fell asleep during his arguments.

yawn.........

[MiniMe]

56. Yup

I almost fell asleep during his question!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

61. I wasn't watching him but listening. He sounded extremely tired maybe ill. I normally

find him more irritating than today. :)

[MiniMe]

60. 15 minujte recess

I don't think they will get through the 2nd round today.

[SleeplessInAlabama]

64. Who did they end on?

I'm just coming back to it.

[MiniMe]

67. They haven't yet, they are on Cardin now

But at 20 minutes each, it will still take them a while

[MiniMe]

68. Recessing until 9:30 tomorrow morning

See you then

[Hepburn]

71. Thanks for your threads during these hearings!

:hi: