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valerief

(53,235 posts)
1. NOOOOOOO!!!! We Need Her In The Senate!!!!!
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:34 PM
Feb 2016

I'm sure there's a good justice candidate without pilfering from our Senate.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
7. Good point, but Mass elected a fuckin' GOP governor. I'm afraid of what emptying her
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:39 PM
Feb 2016

seat will bring.

There must be other good potential justices out there. I never heard of Sotomayer or Kagan until they were appointed.

berniepdx420

(1,784 posts)
8. agreed...fun to think about... I feel bad for scalia's family..but at the same
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:46 PM
Feb 2016

time I feel like singing ... ding dong the witch is dead the witch is dead...

valerief

(53,235 posts)
9. I don't give a flying fuck about Scalia's family. People die. He was elderly. He
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:49 PM
Feb 2016

wasn't an unarmed poor teenager shot by a raging killer cop who's trained to support the will of the oligarchs like Scalia was.

berniepdx420

(1,784 posts)
10. ok.. i am just sympathetic to the sadness and loss they are feeling... can't help it
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:50 PM
Feb 2016

comes with my bleeding heart

valerief

(53,235 posts)
13. Fuck his family. He was old. People die. Unless they're poor and black in America. Then they're
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:53 PM
Feb 2016

imprisoned for life or murdered.

emsimon33

(3,128 posts)
2. If Obama wouldn't put her in charge of the Consumer Protections agency...
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:35 PM
Feb 2016

I doubt that he would put her on the Supreme Court. Obama is a Third Way, corporate Democrat!

brooklynite

(94,592 posts)
3. Would the Republican Senate approve Warren?
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:36 PM
Feb 2016

And if they did who would the Republican Governor of Massachusetts appoint as a replacement?

berniepdx420

(1,784 posts)
5. The senate prolly wouldn't and good point on the appointment... but so fun to
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:38 PM
Feb 2016

think about such a progressive being on SCOTUS

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