John Cornyn, Pile of Sh*t-Texas, says there'll be "fireworks" if Obama nominates an "idealogue"

[marmar]

Republicans Urge Obama to Avoid ‘Ideologue’ for Court (Update1)
By Laura Litvan


April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Republican senators said President Barack Obama should avoid naming an “ideologue” to succeed John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court, hinting at a possible fight to replace the retiring justice.

“I don’t know whether they will show any self-restraint or whether they will just try to jam through an ideologue, which of course would provoke a lot of fireworks,” Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said in an interview.

Stevens, a leader of the court’s liberal wing, announced today he will step down when the high court term ends around the beginning of July. Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, was confirmed by the Senate last year with just nine Republican votes.

Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, signaled the stakes will be high even if Obama’s nominee doesn’t shift the balance on the closely divided court.

The departure of Stevens, who turns 90 on April 20, is “worrisome” at a time of rapid change in America, Schumer said.

“We hope the president will choose a candidate who both merits consensus support and lives up to Justice Stevens’s fine legacy,” Schumer said in a statement. “We hope both sides of the aisle in the Senate would quickly confirm such a nominee.” .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ae4DJp7yL80U&pos=9

[SoxFan]

1. Ideologue=anyone who isn't a member of the Federalist Society

Obama could nominate John Marshall himself and these knobs would still pitch a fit.

[DJ13]

2. We still owe you asshats for Alito, so sit down & shutup!

[WeDidIt]

3. Obama could nominate Robert Bork and they'd scream "LIBERAL ACTIVIST!!!" n/t

[Cronus Protagonist]

7. Ding Ding Ding

We need to quit all this bullshit appeasing tactics. We need a HARD LINE LIBERAL on the court, and even that won't go far enough!

[Grand Taurean]

4. There must be balance to Sammy The Bull Alito.

[BootinUp]

5. Bring it!

Lets rock and roll you bastard!

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. Go fuck a box turtle, Cornyn.

The last 4 Repuke nominees (Opie, Sammy the Fish, Fat Tony, and Clarence the Clown) were all corporatist/Opus Dei/right wing extremist "ideologues". Scalia (like Poppy Bush himself) was literally the son of a fascist!

Now sit down and shut the fuck up, turtle fucker. :grr:

[Ishoutandscream2]

8. Hypocrite!

How I loathe the man. My senator, ladies and gentlemen...

[cloudbase]

9. Light 'em up, Johnny.

I guess the prospect of having the tag of 'senior senator' is better than Viagra.

[Mister Ed]

10. Ooohh!! I LOVE fireworks!

[Liberal_Dog]

11. Memo To Senator Cornyn:

Elections Have Consequences

[Catshrink]

12. I heard Vile Kyl spew the same thing

so that must be the RW talking point du jour.

[DailyGrind51]

13. Even if it happens to be a conservative ideologue?

[saltpoint]

14. Cornyn is the sort of guy who has already ordered the fireworks and

may have to be physically restrained from setting them off in the weeks before a nominee is announced.

[blogslut]

15. Mr. Cornyn has never been very bright

[Bitwit1234]

16. So the minority party still thinks they are in power...Holy Batman

these guys never stop. They act like the house, the senate and the presidency is still theirs and they can do what they want. LET'S SHOW EM THEY ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HEAP AND PUT EM THERE.

[gratuitous]

19. Yep, time for the old "upper down vote"

Obama's nominee is just an expression of the Will of the People. It's not up to the minority to dictate the terms to the people's choice. You lost, Sen. Cornyn. Being in the minority is supposed to taste like a shit taco.

[DefenseLawyer]

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[UTUSN]

18. Oh. Not like ALITO, ROBERTS, not to mention the oldsters. n/t

[TomCADem]

20. Anyone Left of John Yoo Is An Idealogue According To Republicans