william rehnquist was never a judge, yet the republican god ronald reagan made him chief justice

spanone

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Mon May-10-10 11:08 AM
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william rehnquist was never a judge, yet the republican god ronald reagan made him chief justice

nominated by nixon

and elevated to chief justice by reagan

...so much for that argument.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rehnquist

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hobbit709

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Mon May-10-10 11:09 AM
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1. You expect FACTS to get in the way of RW BS?

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Mon May-10-10 11:13 AM
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2. dammit, there i go again.

:rofl:

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Mon May-10-10 12:01 PM
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3. What's the argument here?

If it's good enough for Tricky Dick, it's good enough for us?

Rehnquist was a tyrant who held onto office until his dying breath, long after he was incapable of performing the duties of the post. He is not an example to follow.

I thought we were supposed to be better than that.

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spanone

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Mon May-10-10 12:03 PM
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5. the argument is that being a judge is not a benchmark for supreme court justices

Edited on Mon May-10-10 12:06 PM by spanone

not whether rhenquist was a shitty justice

the right is 'concerned' because she hasn't sat on a bench as a judge.

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Mon May-10-10 12:18 PM
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9. bullshit...what a pantload

Edited on Mon May-10-10 12:18 PM by spanone

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Mon May-10-10 12:02 PM
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4. almost half of the SCOTUS judges had no judicial experience

Yet that has not stopped conservatives I know from bombing facebook with "concern" about this. Why is it that something I Googled in 2 seconds is impossible for these people to even consider finding?

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Mon May-10-10 12:06 PM
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6. Conservatives don't want to get their brains all immersed in FACTS

That's too much to ask for them to "trouble their beautiful minds" about, as Barbara Bush would say.

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Mon May-10-10 12:58 PM
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10. Rehnquist was UNDEMOCRATIC

Know your BFEE: Vote Suppressor Supreme, the Turd Bill Rehnquist

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spanone

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Mon May-10-10 12:59 PM
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11. he was a shit

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Mon May-10-10 02:36 PM
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12. Rhenquist had an infamy all his own.

In Arizona he was known as "Our Bill", a nutcase rightwinger who made himself famous by his "constitutional tests" at voting booths in that state. Apparently he determined it was his mission to demand a voting test before citizens (usually brown ones) could cast a vote. Bill obviously didn't consider that he was committing a felony by interfering with a right like this, and when the cops finally showed up to remove him from the premises he tried to start a fist fight with them.

Yeah...THIS is the guy who was our chief justice for a time. Damn scary.

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NNN0LHI

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Mon May-10-10 02:38 PM
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13. True, but he was a Placidyl addict

Can't fault him for that I guess?

Don

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