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  • Obama says Clarence Thomas wasn't experienced enough, tough decisions above his "pay grade"

    08/17/2008 8:33:22 AM PDT · by rightcoast · 84 replies · 289+ views
    August 17, 2008 | rightcoast
    In the two stories below on Rick Warren's Saddleback Church forum, Sen. Barack Obama made two striking comments. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/16/warren.forum/index.htmlhttp://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-saddleback17-2008aug17,0,2051277.story When asked which Supreme Court justice he would not have nominated, Obama's answer was: Clarence Thomas. Says Obama, "I don't think he was a strong enough jurist or a legal thinker at that time for that. I profoundly disagree with his interpretation [of the Constitution]." This is another way of saying that, in Obama's view, Thomas wasn't up to the job, and didn't have the experience or qualifications necessary for that high position. So, now... experience does matter? When asked to...