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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:15 PM Original message |
Kagan in Context: Shafting Progressive Values |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Since when was strongly standing up for gay rights, not a progressive value? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Well, she did --- and then when it was going to cost Harvard $$, then she didn't .. . |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yet I am pretty sure she wasn't Queen of Harvard so she didn't have the authority to give up the |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Are you talking about her being Dean at Harvard/stopping cooperation with recruiters ...??? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The problem is you are blaming her for something she had no control over |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. You're saying it was just a pragmatic decision . . . why lose money and sleep over it? Okay ... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. No that's your spin, the fact is should stood up for gay rights |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. OK . . . so you're saying when it comes to $$, the Dean doesn't count . . . Okay . . . |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Since When Do You Give a Shit About Gay Rights? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Your statements are contradictory and illogical |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Oh, I See You're Still Trying To Pretend Obama Gives a Shit About Gay Equality. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Yep . . . that's been a really sad affair . . . just saw some comments by Barney Frank... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Guess you two skipped the article where Sec Gates said he is planning to end DADT |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. No . . never saw it -- evidently Barney Franks may have been making |
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Kitsune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Standing up for it by denying that marriage equality is a constitutional right? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Wow . . that would be a shame . . . |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. I dont understand where Sonia Sotomayor fits into this "pattern" |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Always the same liberaller than thou assholes always writing the same tired bullshit |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Let's first hear what everyone has to say -- positive and negative . . . |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's not only about the Justice's values it's also about their ability to win the other |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Well, Scalia has been the bully of the Court . . . so I think we need a good liberal bully . . . |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. she has a history of being very persuasive and building coalitions |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Was just reading that in another article .... |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I've noticed all you have posted |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. You must have missed this one . . . |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. +1...nt |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yawn - this shit came out on Sotomayor when she was up for consideration |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I've noticed the playbook and talking points are identical |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Exactly |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Did we have this much disappointment with Sotomayer from the left? Don't recall -- |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. There were some really nasty shots from "liberal" professor Turley |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. People were angry, but yes, she's one of us |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. The president seems intent on proving he's not that good at picking people. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Again, where does Sonia Sotomayor fit into that pattern? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The alternative is that you are a poor evaluator of talent |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. That would be likely if we were talking about your opinion. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. As am I, so what's your point? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. My point is you're not informed. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. and you just proved my point about being a poor evaluator of people |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. No, but your posts do prove mine. |
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habitual (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. not by any stretch of the imagination.... if this is the kind of logic you |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. FDR and LBJ are dead. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Your sensitivity to others having a different opinion is your problem. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I believe President Obama is picking people who share his political views and values. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. "millions"? more like hundreds |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yep, sadly the Court continues to move to the right, |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. It was all over when SCOTUS gave the country |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. "Unless the Senate refuses to approve Kagan for the Supreme Court |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. The latest exaggeration and extrapolation. |
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