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Originally Posted by Beestie
On second thought, let's nominate a judge who represents the fastest growing segment of the voting public and cash in our chips in November. Then let's pretend that's not why we nominated her.
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Yup - I think she will do just fine, thankfully. Then again she is only 54 and could potentially be there for 30 years....
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
yes, the reasoning is bullshit. Of course Obama picked her because of political reasons
What makes the section of Sotomayor any different then Bush's conservative picks?
why is Sotomayor's appointment so controversial when I have never heard anything from any other appointees in the past?
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This is not a very controversial situation. In fact she should cruise right through the process.
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
Edit - This is just another example of political slander. Obama is attempting to deceive people with the reasoning for his picks because of politics and Sotomayor is being attacked for political reasons by attempting to make her seem racist and sexist by taking quotes out of context to make a non-absolute statement seem absolute.
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Nah - she hasn't been attacked that much. This is nothing. Thomas and Anita Hill and the Coke can...
thats a whole nother story.
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