tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342454496014200176.post7526074524181901078..comments2023-05-05T06:38:34.592-04:00Comments on IMHO: The Kagan NominationNiceguy Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03896896323840121445noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342454496014200176.post-7473584531959367822010-05-11T11:39:45.820-04:002010-05-11T11:39:45.820-04:00JL,
I, like ClassicLiberal to an even greater de...JL,<br /><br />I, like ClassicLiberal to an even greater degree, just wish there was a REASON for thier heads to explode.<br /><br />Classic,<br /><br />Do you have some links that you think I ought to check out RE Kagan? I don't ask as a challenge - I assume you DO have some. It's just that not only is the MSM useless - essentially calling her a "complete mystery" but even hard-core court watchers like PFAM have precious little to say about her either way. Factcheck had nothin', and Politifact only had a few things about some relatively irrelevant CLAIMS made about her, but nothing about HER specifically. MMFA defends her from outright LIES - which is as they should - but as you know they don't really advocate FOR any person or position - only against conservative lies. So I'll be honest that I'm not sure where you get such a STRONGLY negative opinion about her. Please let me know if you have any decent, relatively objective sources.Niceguy Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896896323840121445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342454496014200176.post-26950465849235819162010-05-11T05:35:41.124-04:002010-05-11T05:35:41.124-04:00I never entertained much hope for Obama in the fir...I never entertained much hope for Obama in the first place, and I more-or-less washed my hands of him before he'd ever even been sworn in (my first call for a figurative impeachment came when he picked Rick Warren to deliver the benediction at his inauguration, which was really just the culmination of a lot of BS on his part), but this nomination officially ends any support I may have given him for anything. He isn't worthy of my support, and, to put it bluntly, he's unfit to hold the office.<br /><br />Or maybe it's that he's proven himself so perfectly fit to hold the office.<br /><br />Whichever the case, I've never been one to smile and take it while I'm being fucked over, and I'm certainly not starting it for this POS.<br /><br />You're DEAD wrong about this not moving the court to the right, Eddie; Obama is, in fact, delivering up the fifth vote to the fascist block on the court on the most important matters that will be before it in the next several years. Kagan's view of "executive power" is, indeed, fascist in nature, and I don't use that word as some sort of empty curse, as so many on the left do. Stevens was a bulwark against what Bush put in place; she's a cheerleader for it, and the major cases that came before the court and were beaten back wouldn't have been beaten back if she'd been on it. The court will be rife with these continuing cases in the next several years, and having Kagan on it is totally unacceptable.<br /><br />I find myself very tempted, right now, to advocate bringing in the Republican playbook on this matter: Beat her back, slander her, politically destroy her by whatever means necessary, without regard for the truth or any sense of decency--whatever it takes to prevent her from being placed on the court. I know that down the road lies madness, and that stays my hand, but I'm going to do everything in my power (which is, admittedly, practically nothing) to keep this monstrous creature from ever being confirmed.classicliberal2https://www.blogger.com/profile/17960371221876522276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342454496014200176.post-84384267438189416602010-05-10T19:45:50.523-04:002010-05-10T19:45:50.523-04:00I have had similar thoughts to yours. I hope that ...I have had similar thoughts to yours. I hope that she is indeed a consensus builder and can pick up that fifth vote. I also like to see what the opposition says but frankly I am so tired of the Republican party right now that I am for anything that makes their heads explode. Let the fireworks begin!Janet LaRuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548074457924805219noreply@blogger.com