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[RINO] Sen. Martinez says he'll support Sotomayor [who didn't see this one coming?]
The St. Petersburg Times ^ | 2009-07-17 | Alex Leary

Posted on 07/18/2009 12:52:43 AM PDT by rabscuttle385

U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez's support of Sonia Sotomayor was never in much doubt, but he made it clear today that he will vote to confirm her to the Supreme Court.

"Given her judicial record, and her testimony this week, it is my determination that Judge Sotomayor is well-qualified to serve as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court," he said in a statement. Judge Sotomayor is knowledgeable of the law, would be a fair and impartial judge, and seems to have a good understanding of the limited role the judiciary plays in our democracy.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.tampabay.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho2009; bho44; bhojudges; bhoscotus; gopenemy; martinez; rino; rinoparty; scotus; sotomayor
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1 posted on 07/18/2009 12:52:44 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: rabscuttle385

Cluck cluck cluck.


2 posted on 07/18/2009 12:54:55 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: rabscuttle385
Don't blame me, I warned freepers that Martinez had a past history as a liberal trial lawyer and "go-along-to-get-along" type political hack, but legions of freepers were promoting him as the 'true conservative' in the primary.

And they wonder why I question their judgment now...

3 posted on 07/18/2009 1:01:44 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: rabscuttle385
""Given her judicial record, and her testimony this week, it is my determination that Judge Sotomayor...

...has absolutely no business serving in any sort of judicial capacity whatsoever.

4 posted on 07/18/2009 1:02:03 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: BillyBoy
I wonder if those that supported Lindsey Graham feel similarly...
5 posted on 07/18/2009 1:04:51 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: rabscuttle385

Jews always stick together.

Rascals!


6 posted on 07/18/2009 1:06:25 AM PDT by NoLibZone (North Korea? The only buildings in Hawaii at risk of destruction are those housing ObamaÂ’s records!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Or Ahnold Kennedy


7 posted on 07/18/2009 1:06:49 AM PDT by NoLibZone (North Korea? The only buildings in Hawaii at risk of destruction are those housing ObamaÂ’s records!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

John Ziegler was mocking Lindsey yesterday, saying he’s a great date, but you don’t get a good night kiss. (I’ll leave that one alone.) He also called him the football team that roars down to the one yard line and then takes a knee.


8 posted on 07/18/2009 1:07:12 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: rabscuttle385

If the RNC can’t control these loose cannons I can see no reason to support the RNC!


9 posted on 07/18/2009 1:13:48 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: rabscuttle385

A Martinez voted to confirm a Sotamayor? I am shocked. The sooner this Rino is out of office the better.


10 posted on 07/18/2009 1:14:10 AM PDT by RebelYell1990
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To: Luke21

Lets face it...there are forty DINOs and RINOs in the senate. Most of the senate are not capable of reading more than five pages of text in one day...even if you forced them. The comprehension level of one quarter of the senate...is that of a fifth-grade class. If you truly investigated all one hundred of these folks....ten ought to be in prison.


11 posted on 07/18/2009 1:16:08 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: rabscuttle385
Joke of the day

"Judge Sotomayor is knowledgeable of the law, would be a fair and impartial judge, and seems to have a good understanding of the limited role the judiciary plays in our democracy."~ M. Martinez

12 posted on 07/18/2009 1:16:37 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (<P><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajsov1M4h50"> Thank You Satan</a><P>Rev13:3)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
>> I wonder if those that supported Lindsey Graham feel similarly... <<

Huh? I must have missed where anyone argued Lindsey Graham was the "true conservative" in the primary. He didn't have a primary opponent in 2002, and I don't recall anyone -- including myself -- claiming Lindsey Graham was soooo much more conservative than primary challenger Buddy Witherspoon in 2010, like the "McCollum's a RINO" crowd claimed about that scumbag Martinez.

Sorry field, you're compared apples to oranges here. Lindsey Graham ain't the most conservative guy in the world, but I dare say he's a hair to the right of McCain's previous bff in the Senate, Fred Thompson. :-p

13 posted on 07/18/2009 1:31:48 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: BillyBoy

Billy, you keep flogging a dead horse on Martinez. You can’t claim superiority on your opinion of him at the start when you’ve consistently defended the creepy Graham.


14 posted on 07/18/2009 1:37:41 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: RebelYell1990

He’s making sure that he’s replaced by an even bigger leftist RINO, the Orange Menace, Crist. He opposes Rubio (because he’s a Conservative).


15 posted on 07/18/2009 1:39:58 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: pepsionice

40 DINOs ? There isn’t a single DINO in the Senate, not since Zell Miller retired.


16 posted on 07/18/2009 1:40:49 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: rabscuttle385

Scum always percolates to the top....


17 posted on 07/18/2009 1:41:45 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Field, show me ANY example of a freeper claiming Lindsey Graham was much more conservative than Buddy Witherspoon and your analogy to Martinez would make sense. Go ahead, show me where I claimed Witherspoon was a RINO and Graham was a "100% solid conservative". You can't, so your anaology is B.S.

I can probably find dozens of posts from freepers who insisted RINO Martinez was an outstanding conservative candidate and far better than Bill McCollum and Johnnie Byrd.

18 posted on 07/18/2009 1:42:05 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: pepsionice
I agree with you, and I don't call for them to read anything, just to go home and leave us alone.

But I do think a lot of our people are routinely blackmailed. Both sides recruit scoundrels. Only one side pays for it.

It's no coincidence that Clinton's people took down two successive house leaders (Gingrich and Livingston) over philandering while he was frolicking with Monica.

19 posted on 07/18/2009 1:42:12 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Yeah, even Ben Nelson blows these days.


20 posted on 07/18/2009 1:43:21 AM PDT by Luke21
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