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Today's Awkward Photo-Op: Kagan Admires Senator's 'Gorgeous' Rifle
YahooNews ^ | May 13, 2010

Posted on 05/13/2010 3:02:12 PM PDT by Steelfish

Today's Awkward Photo-Op: Kagan Admires Senator's 'Gorgeous' Rifle

One of the most curious and awkward traditions of Capitol Hill is the practice of shepherding a Supreme Court nominee to the offices of senators who will eventually vote on his or her confirmation. The visits almost always produce some discomfiting photo-ops, and Elena Kagan's gantlet has been no exception.

On Wednesday, for instance, Kagan met with Senate Judiciary Committee veteran Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). Their discussion opened by exchanging pleasantries. "It's a beautiful office," Kagan told Hatch, as they sat before dozens of photographers clamoring for the perfect shot. "Yeah, well, there's some nice stuff here," Hatch allowed.

And that's when it got weird. "You're going to get mad," Hatch said, motioning above the reporters, where a gun hung on the wall. "Man of the Year from the National Rifle Association," the senator explained. "It's a piece of art, really."

Kagan, an amused look on her face, nodded. "It's beautiful," she said, staring at the gun.

"It's a handmade flintlock, and it's beautiful," Hatch said.

"It's gorgeous," Kagan replied, as the press was hustled out of the room. One reason the gun exchange came off as a bit forced is that memos released from Kagan's tenure as a Supreme Court clerk show her saying she was "not sympathetic" to the right-to-bear-arms argument of a prospective Supreme Court plaintiff. (The appellant argued that his constitutional right was violated when he was convicted for carrying an unlicensed firearm in violation of the District of Columbia gun ban.)

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; antigun; banglist; guncontrol; kagan
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To: Steelfish

Goodbye, Oreeeeeeen Hatch


21 posted on 05/13/2010 5:02:55 PM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: Titus-Maximus

And we are one vote away from the first shot on Fort Sumter.


22 posted on 05/13/2010 6:33:06 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: italianquaker

OK, maybe. But John Fn Kerry owns several shotguns and shoots skeet; plus he has a captured AK from Nam, that he then denied having. Biden owns a shotgun or two, I think, or maybe it was a dem senator bloviating.

Obots and Clintonistas can like and have guns, they just want to limit what YOU can own since their own pieces are beautiful toys, unlike the scary black guns us dangerous people have, with those Gadsden Flag bumper stickers on our pickups.

The propaganda here may be that she says she likes guns, so she’s not a grabber. I dunno, there is very little record of her thinking.


23 posted on 05/13/2010 6:42:15 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Steelfish
Bork Kagan

bumper sticker
24 posted on 05/13/2010 6:44:03 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: Steelfish

Is there a picture of the rifle?


25 posted on 05/13/2010 6:47:34 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: dead

OK Dead, I’ll bite. What in the hell is that picure all about?


26 posted on 05/13/2010 6:48:45 PM PDT by arkady_renko
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To: Titus-Maximus

IMO it doesn’t matter who is put into this seat. The script is already written.


27 posted on 05/13/2010 6:50:13 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: DBrow

You make good points


28 posted on 05/13/2010 7:37:49 PM PDT by italianquaker (My bartender knew about the attempted Christmas attack before odumbo)
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To: italianquaker

Thanks!

You know, maybe liking flintlocks is a sign she’s a, you know, a lesbian? I mean, if softball is a dead giveaway...


29 posted on 05/13/2010 7:47:22 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: arkady_renko

I have no idea!


30 posted on 05/13/2010 8:39:25 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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