Posted on 05/11/2010 5:12:58 PM PDT by george76
The left-wing blogosphere hates Elena Kagan. Really. The venom percolating up from the depths of the nutroots is getting pretty toxic.
For the most part, the right-wing blogosphere is sitting back and enjoying how people like Glenn Greenwald are tripping all over themselves to attack Kagan before right-wingers get a chance to do so:
Digby examines what a Kagan selection would reveal about Obama, and she particularly focuses on Kagan's relationship to Goldman Sachs...
But by far the most noxious attack on Kagan is the charge that Kagan was not committed to diversity because she did not hire a single tenured or tenure-track minority law professor.
Why all the hate from the left? True hostility, or simply bait so that Kagan will appear more moderate?
(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.blogspot.com ...
Who said we hate her? We just don’t think she’s qualified to be a Supreme. Lots of people are in that category.
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BINGO...been saying that since her name was mentioned......there was no hint of a problem from the bots......now when she is to go under questioning, all of a sudden they get the fleas
Bait. It allows them to sell her as a “moderate”.
They’ll hit her from the Left, and then they’ll play games in the press about her sexuality, and make it look like its “us” going after her on that score.
They’ll make her into a middle-of-the-roader and into a victim at the same time.
None of it matters. The only question should be, is she a constitutionalist. And, of course, if she was, the O would never have nominated her in the first place. She hates the military, she hates the cross, she hates conservatives, she hates free speech. She has no business sitting on any court which is fortunate because, until now, she never has. Until now.
Democrats should be embarrassed of her, but they won’t be. Most are going to be thrilled at whatever misfit Obama nominates.
Well, the article is centered on the curious claim that it's the left that "hates" her.
Personally, I find that claim to be suspicious. As far as I can tell, she's a perfect fit for the left.
I don’t hate her.
I hate the communist ideology that she embraces, that Obammie the Commie embraces, and that she will support as a USSC justice if she is seated.
This article is about the left hating her.
And I don’t think the left hates her...this is just an attempt to get her to seem more moderate than she really is.
Unable to post at the site of the article so I’ll do it here.
Eventhough both Kagan and Obama had an almost non-existent legal writing trail to look at, look where Obama is now.
Kagan is an Chicago Law School Obama-lite legal lapdog, who is anti-military, pro-feminism, is for selective diversity when it suits her, and like Sotomayor, has said that she will use personal feelings and experiences as guides for her decisions instead of rational legal reasoning and legal precedence.
In the words of the late Gene Siskel, “I give her two thumbs down” because if elected, she will be in a lifetime untouchable position to do great harm to America.
Let her go wreck another law school or get bitchslapped again by the Supreme Court (8-0 is not something you put on your job resume’).
OReilly claims she will be just fine and for everyone to calm down.
THAT consoles me.
Not.
p.s. : WTH happened to O’Reilly? He used to be an actual “real” person. With common sense.
Why all the hate from the left? True hostility, or simply bait so that Kagan will appear more moderate?
and I got my answer.
Several reasons why the nutroots hate her:
(1) The primary “thought process” in the nutroots is groupthink. The site owners and a few others set the tone based on Dem talking points, then the groupthinkers pile on.
Why would the Dem talking point be against her? Simple rope-a-dope of the American public. But the resulting hate is the nutroots is probably very real. They’re playing with fire here.
(2) She has little record and no judicial record (because she’s never been a judge). She’s a blank slate that the nutroots can project whatever they want on. That makes (1) above particularly easy.
(3) The primary emotion in the nutroots is hate. Foaming at the mouth bashing the keyboard with their faces hate comes naturally to them. That also makes (1) above particularly easy.
There are probably more, but those are the major ones.
The list, ping
She used to be a dean. As an honest academician, I find that reason enough to object to her. (^_^)
(And see how multicultural I am: I use East Asian style smilies. (^_^) )
not qualified...lol
BTW, before some zot-bait shows up to say we engage in groupthink here, I say to them, “Don’t waste your time.” Sure, Mr. Robinson makes it very clear that this is a conservative site and lays down some broad boundaries. But within those boundaries, we argue pretty vehemently. Just go on a religious (open) or Palin thread to see some prime examples.
You will see NOTHING like that in the nutroots. Just not permitted.
Yeah, that is the kind of thing the leftists say to persuade you that she’s not one of them, so that you’ll take the head fake.
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