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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:42 AM Original message |
Why Didn't Obama Appoint Jonathan Turley, Self-Proclaimed "Academic", to the Court?? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well Put! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Mama Sotomayor raised two children; her 'boy' is a |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. Used to love Turley, but you're right he's become an arrogant asshole these past few years. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'm dying to know if he's going to be on Keith and Rachel with this tonight. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I do love listening him make a case against torture, but he just lost my ear with this crap. Never |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. He's been doing it all year. I noticed when he would praise Obama with a put down. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. I thought her name was Sonia Sotomayor |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The poster is talking about Sonia's mother. n/t |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. By the way, for anyone who's having cognitive dissonance from reading the OP... |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Thanks.. I better do a quick edit. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No worries, just thought some people would be confused. :) |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. Darn. I thought you were looking for an answer. I was going to say that and more! |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Oh.. I'd LOVE to see ALL the reasons Turley wasn't picked, LOL ! |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. If I remember correctly, Turley didn't cut Bill Clinton any slack either... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. Turley was just on MSNBC again. What he said --> |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. He's parroting the r/w. Makes me wonder... nt |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Me too. Maybe he's auditioning for a Faux News gig. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Sexist and called her stupid. ~sigh~ What an ass?! n/t |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. And dissed Thurgood Marshall. Basically implied they were both affirmative action picks. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Dissing Thurgood Marshall? Them's fightin' words, Turley! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. Yep. Hope he never gets anywhere near a court |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
17. Turley is a jackass. n/t |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
22. Anyone who loves Scalia that much... I do not want on the SCOTUS |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. It makes me wonder how brilliant he really is when talks about the rule of law. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. who loves scalia? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
23. That picture is amazing: Two people that our children can look up to and admire |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I understand now why Obama was so "taken" with her. Look how much they have in common - and both of |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
25. Did you catch what the other gentleman said... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
27. and Turley now is concerned with the "controversial" nature of the pick |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. And Revealing Yet Again, Sir, His Purpose Is Attacking Democrats, And Nothing More.... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I figured it was a God complex considering his pompous air. However, hating Dems fit better. n/t |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. His purpose, Sir is promoting Turley, or as you might call him Turdley. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. You should have a *spew alert* on that one, Grant, ROFL ! |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. That and there's the fact that... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. And since when has Turley mentioned "politics" as a sound basis for deciding anything? |
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hawaiibra (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
36. re: b/c this arrogant patronizing white man was rejected by Yale law (while sotomayor made law revie |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
37. Why do people act like jerks and post ridiculous things |
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