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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 10:56 PM
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Bush Nominates Bork!
That's it, don't you see? He's going to right all the wrongs of GOP past, just like he did in Eye-Rack! He's going to get Bork on the court, where his predecessor failed! It's brilliant! Expunge the past! Employ the old Soviet airbrush!

Mark my words...
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 11:25 PM
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1. I'm thinking Ken Starr....after all, Bush is a uniter....
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-05 11:52 PM
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2. Nope! Both are too old! Shrub wants his legacy to linger on
for a very long time. Why do you think he nominated Roberts? He's probably going to be on the court for 30+ years!

Bork is way too old now. I doubt he'd choose Starr either.

I have no idea, but my guess is Gonzalez, Janice Rogers Brown, or some extreem RW nut job. We'll probably find out on Monday or Tuesday next week.
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Gemini Cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 12:22 AM
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3. I agree.
A couple of other evil possibilities are Edith Jones or Ted Olson.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 02:51 AM
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11. Let him nominate Ted.
There will be so many reporters following Teddy around that we will finally find out whether or not there's any truth to the recent rumors about his not-so-late wife.(For the record, I believe she's underground at Mt Weather, not in Poland or wherever Flocco said she was.)
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 12:51 AM
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5. Don't count your vultures before they're hatched.
There are many things that could prove you/us wrong.

He could actually become a star "liberal/progressive" on his rulings - like the other one who was expected to be a conservative and turned out anything but - we can hope.

Also, surprise fatal illnesses constantly develop in people everyday where there was not even an inkling of any such thing.

Life has a way of sending us curve balls.

There is no such thing as certainty.
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 02:35 AM
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10. Gonzalez or a woman.
Puh-leeeze not Janice Rogers Brown though!!!
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redredwine Donating Member (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 03:23 AM
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14. It will be JR Brown
Edited on Sat Oct-01-05 03:25 AM by redredwine
He's been talking about 'diversity' and with Owens out of the running... mark my words
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 06:07 AM
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16. I think it will be Gonzalez
It would be the first Hispanic justice on the Court. I have a very good feeling that Bush wants this.
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madville Donating Member (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 12:47 AM
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4. I would bet on...
it not being Gonzales. He is not liked by the RW and the advisors probably won't let him no matter how good a friend he is. It will be a minority or a woman or both for sure. Janice Rogers Brown seems to fit that bill nicely. It would be hard for our guys to oppose her without having it spun against them as well.
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ncrainbowgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 12:59 AM
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6. Hi madville! Welcome to DU!
:hi:
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 02:25 AM
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7. Priscilla Owens
would give Bush the big fight he probably wants right now. It would get all the other bad news oiff the front pages.
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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 02:30 AM
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9. RW sources on the internets are claiming she took herself out
of consideration.

Otherwise that would have been my guess too.

I think the conventional wisdom that he wouldn't nominate someone like Janice Rogers Brown or Owen because he doesn't want a huge fight in the Senate are completely wrong. What he needs right now is a fight to distract everyone from his troubles at home and abroad, and to solidify his base. Throwing some real red meat at them like that would accomplish this goal.
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dorktv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 02:27 AM
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8. I thought Bork was dead.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 02:53 AM
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13. Wishful thinking, maybe?
:evilgrin:

Nah, unfortunately he turns up on FAUX now and then as a "legal expert".
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Dulcinea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 05:28 AM
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15. He's still alive.
He's 78, though.

www.deadoraliveinfo.com
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 02:52 AM
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12. Oh, man. The way things have been going, I TOTALLY thought he had.
Edited on Sat Oct-01-05 02:55 AM by BlueIris
Thought this thread was dead serious. Glad to see it isn't.
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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 10:46 AM
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17. Sorry...
I just figured the Dim Son was going to try to re-write the GOP's legacy. I guess he's doing that already (to its detriment).
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 10:56 AM
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18. LOL.....for a split second so did I :)
Fortunately, I've had the news on all morning and this would have definitely been a *FLASHING BREAKING POPPING* moment :hi:
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 11:10 AM
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19. Bjork for Supreme Court Justice...
Because those black robes are so-o-o-o nineteenth century
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