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Towlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:58 PM
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Top Senate Republican "serves notice" on Barack Obama over his choice for Supreme Court nominee.
Fair warning, Mr. President. You have been served!

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwffzEoG5jWXHJzzZCni4FGuT6XwD98051R00

Conservative to lead GOP fight on court nomination

By BEN EVANS – 2 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican in the Senate served notice on President Barack Obama Tuesday that the GOP won't rubber stamp his choice to succeed the retiring Justice David Souter.

"The president is free to nominate whomever he likes," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said. "But picking judges based on his or her perceived sympathy for certain groups or individuals undermines the faith Americans have in our judicial system."

McConnell's Republicans are turning to a conservative Southerner as their point man on Obama's nominee, signaling that they won't shy away from a protracted fight despite risks of being cast as obstructionist.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwffzEoG5jWXHJzzZCni4FGuT6XwD98051R00">more
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:59 PM
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1. Oh, you mean like Repukes picking judges who are sympathetic to fundie Christians?
'Cause ya know, that would NEVER happen.

:eyes:
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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:01 PM
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2. Like anyone expected them to do anything else?
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:02 PM
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3. "Picking judges based on perceived sympathy" -- isn't that what Republicans do?
And didn't they say, back when we went through this before, that to do anything other than rubber stamp Bush's choice is unpatriotic, unAmerican, and - yes - obstructionist?

Why, I remember the Republicans saying constantly that if the Dems even so much as filibustered, they were evil pieces of shit.

Of course, as soon as the Dems had the house, the Republicans filibustered something like 80+ times in the next two years.

"Shame", rabrrrrrr said to the Republicans, "is something that does not even come to close to sort of almost registering in your perception".
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:03 PM
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4. the republick party can pick extremist radicals -- but
the democratic part must must must grovle and kiss republick party ASS before obama can pick a nominee of his choice is what mitch is really trying to say.

remind me again -- who won the last election?
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:04 PM
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5. It'll be very interesting to see who Obama picks.
Edited on Tue May-05-09 01:05 PM by Marr
He's shown a capacity for planning a few moves in advance and letting the opposition paint themselves into a corner. I expect he's going to pick someone who is both qualified, and capable of putting obstructionists in the worst possible light. This is actually the biggest reason I expect him to choose a woman-- not because we need more females on the court, but because opposing a qualified female nominee will make Republicans look terrible and paint them once again as the "rich white males first" party.
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Blue For You Donating Member (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:07 PM
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6. What a crock. McConnell needs to STFU.
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:08 PM
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7. Exactly Who Are They Leasing The Fight Against?
Because as far as I know a nominee hasn't been picked yet. They live in a world of self fulfilling fear and battle straw men that don't even exist. How many, I wonder, conversations and meetings have they had on a non-existent problem, at least at this point? No wonder their party is failing.
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Believing Is Art Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:08 PM
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8. I'm actually considering writing McConnell over this
Particularly about Sessions. As someone from the south and, according to the DMV, a Kentucky resident, I found myself stereotyped as a racist more than a few times after I went away to college. In his new position, Sessions is going to be the chief voice of the opposition in what's sure to be a widely-covered nomination. Given his past record, the Republicans are saying racism is okay and everyone might as well stereotype southerners as bigots.
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:11 PM
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9. Hypocrite is spelled "R E P U B L I C A N"
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Imalittleteapot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:13 PM
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10. Republicans don't like
perceived sympathy for certain groups - middle class Americans.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:16 PM
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11. Not just that, but the GOP has declared war on empathy
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Someone_saved_America_from_empathy_tonight.html
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:16 PM
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12. Is that a Double-Dog Dare?
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:29 PM
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16. No, he jumped right to Triple-Dog Daring us.
Protocol means nothing to Republicans.

Tesha
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:18 PM
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13. "Certain groups" here means gays.
That's why he stuck the "undermines the faith" thing in there. No less disgusting for it's predictability.
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 01:21 PM
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14. The Republicans are showing themselves to be the hypocrites we always
knew they were. I'm sure that we aren't the only ones to see the irony of his statements.
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Q3JR4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:18 PM
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15. I'd say let them.
Something about a filibuster requiring 60 votes to override. The Democrats new how many republican votes? I can't really recall, but maybe one of you can refresh my memory....

Q3JR4.
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Kazak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 02:31 PM
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17. "undermines the faith Americans have in our judicial system."
You don't say!?? :shrug:
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