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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 04:55 PM
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Kagan praised by Obama for hiring conservatives at Harvard
President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan this morning for the Supreme Court vacancy being created by the retirement of Chicagoan John Paul Stevens.

Obama said Kagan would be the same "impartial guardian of the law" that Stevens has been over his 35-year career.

...

Obama noted that, as dean at Harvard Law School "at a time when many believed that Harvard faculty had gotten a little one-sided in its viewpoint," Kagan recruited conservative scholars to join the faculty and tried to be a bridge over the ideological divide.

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http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/05/kagan_praised_by_obama_for_hir.html

More of the reaching across the aisle that has worked so well....
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 04:57 PM
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1. Man who stands alone in the center of the road
Gets run over by a truck.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 04:57 PM
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2. So now it's wrong to try to bridge the ideological divide, and perhaps
educate people? She was an educator, was she not?
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 04:58 PM
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4. So we should embrace conservatism, even after its a proven failure?
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 05:04 PM
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9. +1
Edited on Mon May-10-10 05:09 PM by YOY
Hey "Conservatism" is the new "Liberalism"...didn't you get the memo!
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 05:35 PM
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14. Who is embracing conservatism? Being responsive to
a different ideology doesn't mean you're embracing it as your own. But you knew that.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 05:48 PM
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15.  Being responsive to a different ideology
Means the other ideology loses some of its importance.

Historically our party isnt in favor of promoting conservatism.

As long as 'we' insist on treating conservatism as a valid political alternative to liberalism the conservatives will always win, as they treat liberalism as something thats to be eradicated.
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 09:43 AM
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22. Oh come on.
Means the other ideology loses some of its importance.

Historically our party isnt in favor of promoting conservatism.

As long as 'we' insist on treating conservatism as a valid political alternative to liberalism the conservatives will always win, as they treat liberalism as something thats to be eradicated.


Is that was this is to you, some sort of game with Team Liberal vs Team Conservative, "we" win and "they" lose? To suggest that every single conservative alive treats liberalism that way is just, well, false. You have the same attitude that you accuse "them" of having.
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 05:13 PM
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11. Yes, especially if you end up hiring white people
Because you know only reason white people get jobs is if the employer is racist. True liberal employers would never hire a white person.

:sarcasm:

dg
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 04:57 PM
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3. Kumbaya, my ass.
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 04:58 PM
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5. White conservatives, in particular.
http://coloreddemos.blogspot.com/2010/05/why-elena-kagans-hiring-at-harvard.html
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 05:06 PM
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10. Predominantly white males, especially.
Diversity, not so much...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8301997
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 05:13 PM
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12. Why does President Obama hate black people so much?
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phleshdef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 09:11 AM
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20. You have a fucking problem with white people getting jobs?
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 04:58 PM
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6. In this instance, it would possibly equal a more well-rounded education
But fuck that...
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 05:00 PM
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7. Far more importantly, President Obama held up Stevens as a perfect example
of the kind of justice that is an "impartial guardian of the law". That being the case no one should doubt his choice of Kagan
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 05:01 PM
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8. All schools with liberal deans should be
Edited on Mon May-10-10 05:03 PM by ProSense
the left version of Regent University: kick conservative professors and students to the curb.

Since I'm glad that Kagan isn't Monica Goodling, better add this:


:sarcasm:
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 05:20 PM
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13. "Conservative scholars" = oxymoron.
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 08:54 AM
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16. Missed this one. Thanks for posting, JD
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 08:58 AM
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17. Something is wrong with this picture. When will it be OK to hire LIBERALS?
Something fundamental changed on November 22, 1963.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 09:04 AM
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18. I'm beginning to think Obma enjoys pandering to the right
He's become even more adept at it than Clinton was.
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phleshdef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 09:10 AM
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19. Love all this bullshit, out of context, over-reactions in this thread.
Also from the SAME article.

"The president has grown vocal in his concern that the conservative-tilting court is giving too little voice to average people."
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 09:13 AM
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21. America Needs More Raygun!
Nothing wrong with this country that a little more business friendly conservatism can't fix.

Maybe they can fix Social Security next.
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Toasterlad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 10:57 AM
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23. Of Course She Was.
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Toasterlad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 11:02 AM
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24. Meanwhile, I Guess All the People Who Yesterday Were Touting How Liberal She Is...
...will now switch tactics and talk about what a bridge-builder she is.

You guys really should wait for Obama's talking points to be released before you start spouting off. It would prevent you having to change horses in the middle of the stream.
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