"Legislate from the bench"

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Cue the Repubs rally whine cry for the week.


See also: "Repubs risk alienating the few Hispanics who still vote (R)"

[Soul Crusher]

Cue the Repubs rally whine cry for the week.


See also: "Repubs risk alienating the few Hispanics who still vote (R)"

Amazing, you shill for a hispanic lady lesbian who wants to legislate from the bench. 

What happened to you??

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Amazing, you shill for a hispanic lady lesbian who wants to legislate from the bench. 

What happened to you??

more overall judicial expeience than anyone confirmed in 70 years.

very long record, cool life story about coming up from poverty and crime neighborhood, and breaking color barrier by confirming a hispanic.

And she's LESS liberal than the guy she's replacing

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more overall judicial expeience than anyone confirmed in 70 years.

very long record, cool life story about coming up from poverty and crime neighborhood, and breaking color barrier by confirming a hispanic.

And she's LESS liberal than the guy she's replacing

She is MORE liberal,not less!!!By the Way,she is an intellectual midget compared to Roberts.You know,Obama wanted to filibuster Alito,but thats ok,if the republicans have ANY objection to the Messiahs pick they are obstructionist.What a freaking joke!!!

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she is an intellectual midget compared to Roberts.

He's the guy who runs the gig and one of the greatest minds of our time.

I didn't realize this comparison was about her vs. him... I thought it would be her vs the guy she's replacing, in terms of letting the bench get too lib or not.

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Five GOP Sens voted for Sotomayor in '98


A bit of relevant history: Five current Senate Republicans -- plus Arlen Specter -- voted for Sonia Sotomayor during her highly-contested federal appeals appointment in Oct. 1998.

Senate Republicans, led by then-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), blocked her nomination by Bill Clinton to the Second Circuit for an entire year, arguing -- presciently -- that she was being tapped in preparation for a SCOTUS appointment.

Sens. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) joined a unanimous slate of Dems in pushing Sotomayor through by a 68 to 28 margin.

Among the 28 Republican nays were current Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kent.), Minority Whip John Kyl (R-Ariz.), ranking Judiciary Committee member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.).

Past performance is no guarantee of future votes -- and Sotomayor is already being targeted by conservative groups over comments she's made suggesting an activist streak.

On the other hand, she's the first Hispanic to be nominated for the high court -- and every GOP leader with a pulse knows that opposing her could accelerate the stampede of Latinos out of the GOP in the southwest, west and Texas.

McCain, who has been extraordinarily sensitive to those trends (if unable to fight them) might be the real bellwether here: He's been a pretty reliable GOP soldier on SCOTUS, so if he breaks from his party early -- or had really nice things to say about Sotomayor -- it could be a sign that Sotomayor will have an easy time.

Also look out for what associates of Daddy Bush (Jim Baker, etc.), who first appointed her to the federal bench, have to say.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0509/Five_GOP...

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He's the guy who runs the gig and one of the greatest minds of our time.

I didn't realize this comparison was about her vs. him... I thought it would be her vs the guy she's replacing, in terms of letting the bench get too lib or not.

She is the same thing.Just another lib.Obama thinks she will be a dominant force on the court.I doubt she will have the influence of Roberts or Scalia.

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240, where do you get this stuff?  She is a certain lefty and news stations are already talking about how this nomination creates even more distance between the president and the repubs.  Obama is absolutely not someone who is bringing folks together in his presidency, nor is he governing from the middle.
Though there is a need to diversify the high court (all else being equal), look at how Sotomayor ruled in the case of the firefighters who brought suit against the city of New Haven:

As an appellate judge, she sided with the city of New Haven, Conn., in a discrimination case brought by white firefighters after the city threw out results of a promotion exam because two few minorities scored high enough. Ironically, that case is now before the Supreme Court.

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Racism is wrong no matter who is being discriminated against.  Its about time to stop government sponsored affirmative action (a racist policy to fight historical racism).  Everyone needs to be treated equally in the workplace!  Anything else is unacceptible.

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I do like the fact that she is a Yankees fan. 

Am i happy about this pick???/ No.

However, Obama won the election and this is his choice. 

This is something people like myself have to live with.  Obama won the elction and gets his choice.   

[shootfighter1]

Absolutely, but it is clearer by the day that Obama is clearly as liberal leaning as some of you thought prior to the election.  I truely hoped he'd govern from the middle.  Absolutely not.  I am most blown away by his complete disregard for our tax money in the waste that has been passed since January (and currently being proposed).

I want RON PAUL!

[Soul Crusher]

Absolutely, but it is clearer by the day that Obama is clearly as liberal leaning as some of you thought prior to the election.  I truely hoped he'd govern from the middle.  Absolutely not.  I am most blown away by his complete disregard for our tax money in the waste that has been passed since January (and currently being proposed).

I want RON PAUL!

Why Shoot?  He was very honest about who he was.  Its just that many did not want to believe him or people like myself when it was obvious what he is all about. 

The man has ZERO experience running anything and people had nothing to vote on but "Hope & Change".    "Hope & Change" are nothing but slogans to mask the real agenda which many of us saw a mile away.     

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i just like to push buttons.  he replaced a lib with a lib.  When he attempts to replace a moderate with a lib, that's when it'll get ugly.

Besides, this nominee is going to be a major headache for obama.  lots of attitude and won't reflect positively on him, with all the polarizing statements she's made about 'white men'.

You guys should be happy obama chose a candidate that will alienate some voters.

[Soul Crusher]

i just like to push buttons.  he replaced a lib with a lib.  When he attempts to replace a moderate with a lib, that's when it'll get ugly.

Besides, this nominee is going to be a major headache for obama.  lots of attitude and won't reflect positiveonly on him, with all the polarizing statements she's made about 'white men'.

You guys should be happy obama chose a candidate that will alienate some voters.

I think she is gay too.

[shootfighter1]

I hear you, but I'm not happy when polarizing figures are nominated.  We need a return to the middle soon, before these liberal policies have a lasting negative impact on our country.
You are right in that the pendulum swings in the election cycles...right now its pretty far left because of the Bush backlash but it will swing back to the center, I think.  The dangerous thing is that the Obama administration is doing a lot and committing years of deficit spending to their causes.  If we had a liberal president who didn't do much, it wouldn't be as much of an issue.  Here we have a likeable but very liberal president who is aggressive with his policies.  He is definitely a do'er.

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3333, I know what your saying but there was a lot of "middle of the road/uniter" deception coming from the campaign.  He is clearly who he was prior to the campaign and all his roots, teachers, mentors and experiences with community activist movements and the poor communities themselves have shaped the way he forms policy.
When we are taxed at least 40% of our total earnings (when all taxes are totalled up), he says many don't mind paying more taxes?  WTF!  More taxes to fund many inefficient and unnecessary programs. 
How about small buisness people who are raped with taxes.  Obama didn't find it necessary to help us...

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3333, I know what your saying but there was a lot of "middle of the road/uniter" deception coming from the campaign.  He is clearly who he was prior to the campaign and all his roots, teachers, mentors and experiences with community activist movements and the poor communities themselves have shaped the way he forms policy.
When we are taxed at least 40% of our total earnings (when all taxes are totalled up), he says many don't mind paying more taxes?  WTF!  More taxes to fund many inefficient and unnecessary programs. 
How about small buisness people who are raped with taxes.  Obama didn't find it necessary to help us...

Its not about us the smamm business guy. 

Here is Obama's priority list:

1.  Wall Street
2.  Unions
3.  Govt. employees
4.  Special interest groups likes La Raza, etc.
5.  Deadbeats and those on public assistance
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1,000,999. the average taxpayer.