Comments on: Quote of the Day: On Republican Opposition to Sonia Sotomayor http://themoderatevoice.com/37875/quote-of-the-day-on-republican-opposition-to-sonia-sotomayor/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 30 May 2012 12:59:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Leonidas http://themoderatevoice.com/37875/quote-of-the-day-on-republican-opposition-to-sonia-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-192294 Leonidas Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:02:09 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=37875#comment-192294 And the Democrats would have voted for anyone picked. After all they voted confirmation for a tax cheat to head the Treasury. And the Democrats would have voted for anyone picked. After all they voted confirmation for a tax cheat to head the Treasury.

]]> By: tidbits http://themoderatevoice.com/37875/quote-of-the-day-on-republican-opposition-to-sonia-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-192272 tidbits Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:45:56 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=37875#comment-192272 Leahy being Leahy. As always, one of the most partisan members of the Senate. He'll use the inscription on his tombstone to criticize Republicans.<br><br>The R's aren't putting up that much opposition to Sotomayor. Wish they would. She will be confirmed and proceed to be the same ineffectual justice of the Supreme Court that she has been on the Court of Appeals. Go ahead, I dare you, name a single opinion she wrote that you even know the name of (hint - she didn't write Ricci, she just went along). She is all process before principle, form over substance. That's her history and it will be her legacy. If Obama wanted a liberal, their are liberals worthy of the Supreme Court; she just isn't one of them. Leahy being Leahy. As always, one of the most partisan members of the Senate. He'll use the inscription on his tombstone to criticize Republicans.

The R's aren't putting up that much opposition to Sotomayor. Wish they would. She will be confirmed and proceed to be the same ineffectual justice of the Supreme Court that she has been on the Court of Appeals. Go ahead, I dare you, name a single opinion she wrote that you even know the name of (hint – she didn't write Ricci, she just went along). She is all process before principle, form over substance. That's her history and it will be her legacy. If Obama wanted a liberal, their are liberals worthy of the Supreme Court; she just isn't one of them.

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/37875/quote-of-the-day-on-republican-opposition-to-sonia-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-192254 JSpencer Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:52:00 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=37875#comment-192254 Hey Joe, the joke wasn't <i>that</i> bad. ;-) Hey Joe, the joke wasn't that bad. ;-)

]]> By: joegandelman http://themoderatevoice.com/37875/quote-of-the-day-on-republican-opposition-to-sonia-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-192244 joegandelman Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:28:12 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=37875#comment-192244 Where did I make any kind of implication or analyze anything in that quote? It was a lively quote so I posted it and used it to make a bad joke. No analysis on my part is in that post at all. We run lots of quotes and some are more analytical and sometimes I use it as a take off point. I used this as a take off point because I couldn't resist the joke (bad as it is) Where did I make any kind of implication or analyze anything in that quote? It was a lively quote so I posted it and used it to make a bad joke. No analysis on my part is in that post at all. We run lots of quotes and some are more analytical and sometimes I use it as a take off point. I used this as a take off point because I couldn't resist the joke (bad as it is)

]]> By: casualobserver http://themoderatevoice.com/37875/quote-of-the-day-on-republican-opposition-to-sonia-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-192236 casualobserver Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:31 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=37875#comment-192236 If you'd like to hold up Leahy as the arbitrer of fairness as to dealing with Supreme Court nominees, there is plenty to work with to disprove your assertion..........<br><br>In 2002 Vermont Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy, then as now the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was a vocal opponent of Bush Third Circuit Court nominee D. Brooks Smith because of Smith's former membership in an all-male fishing club in Pennsylvania. <br><br>Today, Leahy is silent on the membership of Obama Supreme Court nominee and sitting Second Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the Belizean Grove, an elite, all-female club. If you'd like to hold up Leahy as the arbitrer of fairness as to dealing with Supreme Court nominees, there is plenty to work with to disprove your assertion……….

In 2002 Vermont Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy, then as now the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was a vocal opponent of Bush Third Circuit Court nominee D. Brooks Smith because of Smith's former membership in an all-male fishing club in Pennsylvania.

Today, Leahy is silent on the membership of Obama Supreme Court nominee and sitting Second Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the Belizean Grove, an elite, all-female club.

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