Would you have voted to confirm Clarence Thomas?
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« on: October 06, 2005, 02:57:57 PM »
Inspired by the Ruth Bader Ginsburg poll.

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« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2005, 03:04:16 PM »
Not on my life.
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« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2005, 03:12:09 PM »
Hell, no. 
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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2005, 03:12:48 PM »
After the crap done to Bork, yes I most certainly would.
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« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2005, 03:14:12 PM »

In the end, I probably would have.  However, I would have walked out when that whole "pubic hair" debate was going on.  That was so childish.
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« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2005, 03:24:44 PM »
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« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2005, 03:36:40 PM »
I will have to admit that he was not the most qualified or the brightest candidate. However, despite his lack of scholarly abilities, he does interpret the Constitution quite reasonably in most cases. (There are quite a few cases in which he seems to take an absurd position unsupported by the Constitution--for example, he holds that the President may detain "enemy combatants" essentially without any judicial oversight.)

But yes.
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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2005, 05:23:44 PM »
Probably
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« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2005, 05:45:35 PM »
Hell no.
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« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2005, 10:58:58 PM »
Not in a million years.
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« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2005, 05:22:11 AM »
No.  The ideology he applies at the court is diametrically opposed to my own, and additionally having an uncle tom on the court is offensive to african-americans.
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« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2005, 05:44:36 AM »
Quote from: opebo on October 07, 2005, 05:22:11 AM
No.  The ideology he applies at the court is diametrically opposed to my own, and additionally having an uncle tom on the court is offensive to african-americans.

Can't please you people!  Have a black on the court, and it's offensive to blacks... don't have one, and the court isn't diverse enough.
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« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2005, 05:48:45 AM »
Obviously, Bush should have cloned and reappointed Thurgood Marshall to make us happy. Cheesy
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« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2005, 06:11:19 AM »
Certainly.
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« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2005, 06:18:25 AM »
Quote from: Senator Ebowed on October 07, 2005, 05:44:36 AM
Quote from: opebo on October 07, 2005, 05:22:11 AM
No.  The ideology he applies at the court is diametrically opposed to my own, and additionally having an uncle tom on the court is offensive to african-americans.

Can't please you people!  Have a black on the court, and it's offensive to blacks... don't have one, and the court isn't diverse enough.

'You people'?  Your racism is miss-applied, Ebowed, as I am lilly-white.
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« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2005, 06:26:09 AM »
Quote from: opebo on October 07, 2005, 06:18:25 AM
Quote from: Senator Ebowed on October 07, 2005, 05:44:36 AM
Quote from: opebo on October 07, 2005, 05:22:11 AM
No.  The ideology he applies at the court is diametrically opposed to my own, and additionally having an uncle tom on the court is offensive to african-americans.

Can't please you people!  Have a black on the court, and it's offensive to blacks... don't have one, and the court isn't diverse enough.

'You people'?  Your racism is miss-applied, Ebowed, as I am lilly-white.
Your ancestors came from Africa.
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« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2005, 06:44:39 AM »
Quote from: opebo on October 07, 2005, 06:18:25 AM
Quote from: Senator Ebowed on October 07, 2005, 05:44:36 AM
Quote from: opebo on October 07, 2005, 05:22:11 AM
No.  The ideology he applies at the court is diametrically opposed to my own, and additionally having an uncle tom on the court is offensive to african-americans.

Can't please you people!  Have a black on the court, and it's offensive to blacks... don't have one, and the court isn't diverse enough.

'You people'?  Your racism is miss-applied, Ebowed, as I am lilly-white.

By "you people," I was not referring to blacks, but rather politically correct elites like you that think they speak for the minorites and downtrodden.
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« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2005, 11:24:50 AM »
No

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« Reply #18 on: October 07, 2005, 11:37:46 AM »
Yes.
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« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2005, 01:13:02 PM »
« Edited: October 07, 2005, 01:21:01 PM by opebo »
Quote from: Senator Ebowed on October 07, 2005, 06:44:39 AM
Quote from: opebo on October 07, 2005, 06:18:25 AM
Quote from: Senator Ebowed on October 07, 2005, 05:44:36 AM
Quote from: opebo on October 07, 2005, 05:22:11 AM
No.  The ideology he applies at the court is diametrically opposed to my own, and additionally having an uncle tom on the court is offensive to african-americans.

Can't please you people!  Have a black on the court, and it's offensive to blacks... don't have one, and the court isn't diverse enough.

'You people'?  Your racism is miss-applied, Ebowed, as I am lilly-white.

By "you people," I was not referring to blacks, but rather politically correct elites like you that think they speak for the minorites and downtrodden.

Noblesse oblige, old man, noblesse oblige.


They turned into nearly translucently pale honkeys in the meantime.
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« Reply #20 on: October 07, 2005, 01:18:31 PM »
Hell Yes. Probably one of the best decisions HW made was to appoint him.
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« Reply #21 on: October 07, 2005, 01:36:09 PM »
What is the standard by which a potential supreme court justice should be judged?

The constitution requires that they take an oath to support the constitution. But the majority of the court now doesn't give a damn about the constitution.

Thomas seems to adhere to it more than the others most of the time.
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« Reply #22 on: October 07, 2005, 03:48:36 PM »
Quote from: opebo on October 07, 2005, 06:18:25 AM
Quote from: Senator Ebowed on October 07, 2005, 05:44:36 AM
Quote from: opebo on October 07, 2005, 05:22:11 AM
No.  The ideology he applies at the court is diametrically opposed to my own, and additionally having an uncle tom on the court is offensive to african-americans.

Can't please you people!  Have a black on the court, and it's offensive to blacks... don't have one, and the court isn't diverse enough.

'You people'?  Your racism is miss-applied, Ebowed, as I am lilly-white.

opebo where do oyu get off calling people racist?

werent yout he one that said black people smelled bad?  didnt i see you refer to storebought as an 'ape'.
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« Reply #23 on: October 07, 2005, 03:50:52 PM »
Is storebought black?
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« Reply #24 on: October 07, 2005, 04:00:58 PM »
Thomas? You bet.
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