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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:39 AM Original message |
A very good article on Judge Alito's shameful display at last night SOTUS |
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waiting (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. So true |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. In the interest of justice "Scalito" should resign |
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Krashkopf (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 08:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
60. At the very least . . . |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sorry I don't get it. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. This was a political event and the justices are not suppose to be involved |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Really? I mean I know they're supposed to be above politics. |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yes, really |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. I am pretty sure if you did that in his court while he was speaking... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 02:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
50. It wasn't just a head nod |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 06:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
57. Please. It was more than a nod. It was a clear expression of disagreement with the presidents words. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Ok? This is still a democracy folks. He's allowed to do that. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. The President had the floor. He didn't. As with Joe Wilson, he needs to suck it up during the |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Right, and they'd be idiots too. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. One person mutters under their breath and soon people are yelling "You Lie!" |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #82 |
90. Especially, |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #71 |
85. he's not feeling any legal consequences of his actions, merely social blow-back... |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
83. Why are you minimalizing this |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. But this wasn't a generic partisan question |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Supreme Court Justices really are supposed to be above having hurt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
63. I don't see anything improper about Obama's comment or Alito's reaction |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. I see - you don't have a problem with open bias on the Supreme Court. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #72 |
89. WTF do you mean "bias"? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-30-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
96. What audience do you think Alito was playing to? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I wasn't close enough to hear if he said anything out loud |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Slightly?? Head "nod"? Hardly. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. it was more than a head nod |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
42. CAMERAS |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. . |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. I can't stand the guy, but I think this is blown way the fuck out of |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
58. Agreed |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 08:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
66. No. He shook his head, looked straight at Obama and mouthed |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Didn't know the President was that off limits? |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
93. Well, maybe something like going on 250 years of protocol and honor |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
81. If it had been Breyer doing that to Bush, the reaction here would be different. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. I wish Justice Ginsberg had stood up and given the universal sign for "Up Yours" before |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. Very good article that makes a lot of sense. |
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ncguy (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. While I don't like all of the effects |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The right wing five's new law declaring Corporations super citizens |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Agreed. It's not only 'not right' but scary...imho. nt |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
62. The operative words |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. A corporation is not a public interest group - |
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catbyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Wow. Well said. |
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ncguy (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. The NRA, and the SIERRA club are corporations |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-30-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
94. Corporations can put virtually unlimited money into astroturf organizations |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Wish I could K&R your post. |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 03:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
51. And if corporations are people |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. What part of Corporations are people in your mind? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
41. When you say it was the "right ruling" you seem to be indicating that you know what the founders |
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ncguy (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
69. I don't have to know what the founders thought, I know what they agreed on. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #69 |
91. I disagree. Corporations differ from groups and unions in that they are given special privileges to |
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beardown (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 12:57 AM Response to Reply #69 |
98. You need to learn what the founders thought of corporations. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
45. What labor unions might raise for this would be far outweighed by corporations. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
49. That right-wing groups can raise $35 at a time is not the problem, |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. In a somewhat perverse way |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I thought he mought "that's not true" |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. What's the email to get to the supreme court |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nothing is as it has been |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Last time you had a republican congressman calling our President a liar |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yup... |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. the fascist gang of 5 on the SCOTUS have intentionally made themselves |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. and here most of us thought the Iraq war was bush's most damaging move |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Knowing it would lead to this kind of court was exactly why many of us were |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Absolutely |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. i don't see how that conclusion can be avoided. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&R! |
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concerned1 (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Fascist Five deserve zero respect from me |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. This conclusion by Greenwald makes it all the more disgusting that Senators like Schumer, not only |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. i'm with you on shumer. my senator is a piece of crap. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Agree re Schumer . . . was he ever liberal or just pretending ? Big disappointment! |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thanks for posting that, NJMaverick. Rec. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. Agree . . temperment more suited for dictatorships . .. !! |
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deek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
39. What about the female judge sitting on the end? |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
44. K&R! Thanks for posting n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
48. Alito is like Scalia, without the brains and self restraint. |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:10 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. IMO, this ruling is the worse since Bush v. Gore.... |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
53. Founding Father - Author of the Constitution |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 05:03 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Awesome quote. |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #53 |
73. Indeed an awesome quote, but... |
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NoFace (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
54. As much as I hate the guy and what he's done I think the article is overreacting a bit. NT |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #54 |
80. New here...how long have you been looking |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
55. Excellent |
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austin78704 (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
59. This is bullshit |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #59 |
79. Real issue is the Alito has made his politics known |
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austin78704 (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #79 |
97. Alito made his politics known in more substantive ways already |
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ChucktownMillie (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
61. alito reacted because obama lied |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #61 |
77. Another Republican....gee they are popping like little gophers. |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #61 |
87. Normally I'd welcome you to DU, seeing your low post count... |
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jeanmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #61 |
88. doesn't prevent subsidiaries of foreign corps on American soil |
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Vermontgrown (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
64. The American |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #64 |
76. You are a repubilican, eh? |
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BennyD (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
65. I would have preferred the President to have addressed his displeasure |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. When your house is burning |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #67 |
75. You sound like a Republican and a |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #65 |
86. Thankfully you still have 2 cents |
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anachro1 (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
68. He was a Bush appointee |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #68 |
84. we all know that Alito is a Bush appointee |
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anachro1 (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. Bush supporter? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-30-10 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
95. "Verbal outburst"? |
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