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LIVE THREAD- Obama annouces SCOTUS pick (Sotomayor) at 10 AM
FOX NEWS ^ | 26 May 2009

Posted on 05/26/2009 5:09:07 AM PDT by SE Mom

Breaking on FOX- the president will announce SCOTUS pick around 10 am eastern.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhojudicialnominees; bhoscotus; obama; scotus; second100days; sotomayer; sotomayor; supremecourt
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To: SkyPilot
"I wonder Howard has regrets now - wherever he is."

Dunno about any regrets, but it's safe to assume he's nice and toasty.
281 posted on 05/26/2009 8:37:50 AM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (1st call: Abbas. 1st interview: Al Arabiya. 1st energy decision: halt drilling in UT. Arabs 1st!)
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To: romanesq

Sorry, someone who supports racial discrimination is a racist in my book. I agree that they don’t view themselves as racists, but neither did many of the pro-segregation activists. Most people think their cause is good.


282 posted on 05/26/2009 8:38:40 AM PDT by NinoFan
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To: SE Mom

From another article:

“Obama and Sotomayor stood with Vice President Joe Biden. It was a striking picture of diversity: a black president, a white vice president and a Hispanic nominee to the nation’s highest court.”

Only liberals tout what color someone is over their qualifications.


283 posted on 05/26/2009 8:41:55 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: CAluvdubya
We get to have our small amusements where we can get them with this administration.

Ain't that the truth.

284 posted on 05/26/2009 8:43:27 AM PDT by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: Fishtalk

Those who did not vote for McCain are now seeing the results of sitting on the couch.


285 posted on 05/26/2009 8:44:40 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Worthy is the Lamb)
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To: meandog
“And let us never forget who first brought her into judicial prominence: A G*d-damned Bush!”

Yes and no. Heard on the radio that Bush senior cut a deal with the RATS that they (RATS) would get to pick one out of every four appointments, otherwise the RATS would put up road blocks on Bush's picks. Apparently not too uncommon of a deal back in the day.

286 posted on 05/26/2009 8:46:27 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: ladyvet

heheheheheheh


287 posted on 05/26/2009 8:48:35 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (I will not be silenced.)
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To: romanesq
i AM A Hispanic woman and disgusted by her wrapping herself around her sad pathetic story....we have all had it hard lady.. get in line....they gave no mercy to Judge Thomas.....Try and stand on your own words and work...dont look for a handout...and If you are a strong woman than act like it....and STOP LETTING OBAMA...USE YOU AS A POSTER CHILD FOR THE WOMAN/HISPANIC WHO FINALLY MADE IT....BS...CRAP....A LOT OF PEOPLE AND HARDWORKING MONEY GOT YOU THROUGH...NOT YOUR HARD LUCK....WE ALL HAVE BEEN THERE.. TRY EXPLAINING YOU PREDJUDICE TO MEN, WHITE MEN AND THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUT COUNTRY....YOU WRETCHED FAKE!!
288 posted on 05/26/2009 8:54:18 AM PDT by Texas4ever (God is Good!)
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To: DAC21

eLDER BUSH MADE A DEAL FOR THIS CRAPPY CHOICE!


289 posted on 05/26/2009 8:57:12 AM PDT by Texas4ever (God is Good!)
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To: NinoFan
You are so wrong it ain’t funny. It’s a mistake to look at this in terms of ideology. The reason the right should be happy with this pick is her attitude. As I said before, Kagan would’ve been the smarter choice for Obama. Based on your earlier response to me in a different thread, what you fail to realize is how a justice’s personality influences Justice Kennedy. Kagan is the left’s Roberts in terms of personality. She is friendly to the other side in an attempr to win them over. Kagan could probably pull Kennedy to the left.Sotomayor, on the other hand, has an abrasive personzlity that may, over the course of a few terms, push Kennedy to the right. That is why conservatives should be pleased with this pick.

Uh, I think you have me confused with someone else. I agree completely with you. Kagan was far more dangerous. FAR FAR more dangerous, for exactly the reasons you mention.

290 posted on 05/26/2009 8:57:48 AM PDT by freedomwarrior998
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To: Bronzy
“LOL Yes, I saw that, too. There is a brief shot of a presidential teleprompter in the movie Ideocracy.”

TOTUS was a star before Obama was inaugurated. I did not watch that movie until this February, and during the TOTUS scene I was rolling on the ground in laughter.

291 posted on 05/26/2009 8:58:13 AM PDT by mickey finn
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To: huldah1776

Do you honestly think McCain would have chosen a conservative judge? BS he would have reached acrosed the freakin isle for a moderate....THAT MY FRIEND IS THE TRUTH!!!

GOD IS IN CONTROL....AMERICA WILL PAY THE PRICE....HANG ON TO YOUR HATS...JUDGMENT DAY IS HERE!!!!

STOCK...YOUR FOOD AND WATER...GET DEBT FREE!!! THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO....DO NOT OWE ANY MAN!


292 posted on 05/26/2009 8:59:28 AM PDT by Texas4ever (God is Good!)
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To: SE Mom

“Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllingssssssss...whoa, whoa, whoa, feeeeeeelinngsssssssssss....”

Lord help us!


293 posted on 05/26/2009 9:00:54 AM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: SE Mom

Looks like he outdid himself with this pick.

The ten year old is at it again...


294 posted on 05/26/2009 9:04:24 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama is mentally a child of ten. Just remember that when he makes statements and issues policy.)
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To: popdonnelly

Bound to be praised by leftist academics and their reflecting mirrors in the news media.
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I checked over at DUmmie land and they don’t seem that thrilled. Many of them think she is a centrist. lol

Some of the comments:

I Am So Not ExcitedToo much hype and hysteria in the media, too many really bad appointments already in critical offices by Obama, too much public stupidity on display in Congress.It will be a disastrous appointment, unless we are very, very lucky. I don’t think Obama knows how to play for keeps.

Centrist opinions may be more likely, if descriptions of her are correct

The media meme is that he kept the balance of the court the same. Hello! The court is not balanced. The court is hard right. O missed one of the most important opportunities of his presidency to move the court back to the center and choose a progressive, and another scary thing; Catholics do not bode well for a woman’s right to choose or gay rights for that matter and that is a known fact that is not even open to interpretation or discussion. If Obama is a centrist then the center has moved so far to the right it is no longer even recognizable as anything but an illusion through rose colored gin bottles on propaganda steroids.


295 posted on 05/26/2009 9:10:18 AM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder)
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To: NinoFan

You may indeed be correct that Sotomayor’s lack of judicial temperament may alienate her from other justices and therefore prevent her from being a 5-4 consensus builder.

There is another scenario, however, much worse: she becomes so seedy and unpleasant to work with, dumbs down the court and its traditions, that she essentially guarantees an early retirement for Thomas, Alito, Scalia, and Roberts - who don’t want to deal with her brazenness and related crap. In other words, she is the catalyst to get the good justices to quit and say the Hell with it.... life is too short for this crap.


296 posted on 05/26/2009 9:11:21 AM PDT by mwl8787
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To: MeanGreen2008

I disagree... it’s a left-leaning choice, but not horribly radical. First appointed by Bush 41, and she is replacing Souter. The balance of the court remains intact.
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I tend to agree.


297 posted on 05/26/2009 9:11:23 AM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Ayers is most probably more rational than the YoYo that Zero HUSSEIN actually picked! and that is saying something given that Ayers is an Unrepentant Terrorist and likely a Murderer to Boot! :-(


298 posted on 05/26/2009 9:15:36 AM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

It sure takes the news OFF of national security and Obama forcing his car on us
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How can a handful in DC FORCE a car on us? Answer is... they CAN’T. They can try and weak people will cave. People that believe they have choices will refuse and back the handful in DC down.


299 posted on 05/26/2009 9:16:41 AM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Save that video. It’s bound to disappear.


300 posted on 05/26/2009 9:21:11 AM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder)
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