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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:12 PM
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John Roberts left Justice Taney of Dred Scott in the dust
according to KO. I think both were equally bad.

Fuck you John Roberts - I expected nothing less from a ReTHUG hack who whored for Bush in Florida 2000.
I wish you all that is bad. Fuck you! fuck Alito, fuck Thomas, fuck Kennedy! fuck fuck fuck!!
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rgbecker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:16 PM
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1. Two turds left by W in Washington.
Turd #1....Roberts
Turd #2....Alito.

We'll be smelling that shit for years to come.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:19 PM
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2. Well one has a health condition
Who knows what lies ahead.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:20 PM
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3. Confirmed by the usual suspects in the Democratic party
-in an adversarial process criticized by the current President, when he was still in his first years as a Senator.

Jan. 30--WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barack Obama said he would vote Monday to filibuster Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court, but he conceded the effort would be futile and criticized Democrats for failing to persuade Americans to take notice of the court's changing ideological face.

"The Democrats have to do a much better job in making their case on these issues," Obama (D-Ill.) said Sunday on ABC News' "This Week." "These last-minute efforts--using procedural maneuvers inside the Beltway--I think has been the wrong way of going about it."

Despite his criticism, Obama announced his intention to support the ...

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-141442394.html


Bit of foreshadowing there....
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:22 PM
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5. It's fugging crazy but
lots of Dems helped to create this RW court.

Elizabeth Warren on Rachel now dealing with the other big story - the bank regulations. She says Obama's reforms are very important.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:32 PM
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7. Unfortunately- these cats don't change their stripes
and the same "Democrats" will be fighting tooth and nail against the Presidents reforms, right alonside Republicans.

Perhaps this go around they won't succeed in blurring the contrast, and tarnishing most of the Democratic party in the process.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:21 PM
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4. I still remember the "keep our powder dry" meme a lot of DUers were promoting
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:27 PM
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6. One Supreme Court found an African American not to be a person
and another finds an inhuman entity to be a person.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 10:03 PM
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8. Profound isn't it
Slavery could find its way back with this court.
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