Sotomayor = Highly Qualified

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The group calls Sotomayor exceptionally qualified on all its key criteria for a high court nominee. It says she has a formidable intellect, approaches her decisions carefully, is unbiased, and respects the powers of the legislative and executive branches.
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LOL!

This country needs a good kick in the bucket!
 
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according to the Constitution, Obama is qualified to be President and we see where that's gotten us.
 
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#11
hush, you know how LG goes into hysterics when you mention that.
 
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She was the most qualified female, hispanic, liberal considered.

What bothers me about her, she couldn't have gotten into the schools she graduated from based on her grades alone, she got in because she was a minority. The same way she is getting on the SC.
 
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oklavol said:
She was the most qualified female, hispanic, liberal considered.

What bothers me about her, she couldn't have gotten into the schools she graduated from based on her grades alone, she got in because she was a minority. The same way she is getting on the SC.
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And she openly admits and seems to revel in the fact that she is the product of affirmative action.

She doesn't understand that this is a position that should be filled by the best and brightest, which she openly admits she is not.
 
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My view on advise and consent is that if the person is qualified to serve (which by all accounts she is) then she should be voted in unless there is some serious issue (crime, major conflict of interest, etc.) that comes out in confirmation hearings.

I don't agree with her views but at this point if I were a Senator I'd vote to confirm.
 
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volinbham said:
My view on advise and consent is that if the person is qualified to serve (which by all accounts she is) then she should be voted in unless there is some serious issue (crime, major conflict of interest, etc.) that comes out in confirmation hearings.

I don't agree with her views but at this point if I were a Senator I'd vote to confirm.
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If I was a senator I would have to agree with you here.

I would also remind my democratic colleagues that this is the way it was supposed to work a few years ago as well.

My concerns over her would still stand but after all she is qualified.
 
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volinbham said:
My view on advise and consent is that if the person is qualified to serve (which by all accounts she is) then she should be voted in unless there is some serious issue (crime, major conflict of interest, etc.) that comes out in confirmation hearings.

I don't agree with her views but at this point if I were a Senator I'd vote to confirm.
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KB5252 said:
If I was a senator I would have to agree with you here.

I would also remind my democratic colleagues that this is the way it was supposed to work a few years ago as well.

My concerns over her would still stand but after all she is qualified.
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That seems generally to be the way these things are going. No one wants a repeat of the Bork situation. Either side.
 
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Roberts and Alito should have been voted for, IMO. They were legitimate nominees...but I'm throwing advise and consent out the window on Harriet Myers...that was batshit crazy.
 
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oklavol said:
She was the most qualified female, hispanic, liberal considered.

What bothers me about her, she couldn't have gotten into the schools she graduated from based on her grades alone, she got in because she was a minority. The same way she is getting on the SC.
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we haven't seen obama's grades either. . .
 
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TennTradition said:
Roberts and Alito should have been voted for, IMO. They were legitimate nominees...but I'm throwing advise and consent out the window on Harriet Myers...that was batshit crazy.
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was it crazy or brilliant. Bush nominates someone remotely not qualified. repubs go crazy, she quits. then bush nominates a qualified judge and it seemed the fight wasn't as tough as it would have been if myers were to go before confirmation hearings.
 
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joevol320 said:
was it crazy or brilliant. Bush nominates someone remotely not qualified. repubs go crazy, she quits. then bush nominates a qualified judge and it seemed the fight wasn't as tough as it would have been if myers were to go before confirmation hearings.
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Would he really do that to a long-time friend? It marginalized her like crazy.

If he was willing to do that, and that was his goal, then I would say it worked....

...but I don't think that was what he was doing.
 
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TennTradition said:
Would he really do that to a long-time friend? It marginalized her like crazy.

If he was willing to do that, and that was his goal, then I would say it worked....

...but I don't think that was what he was doing.
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Believing it was a larger strategery is like believing Coke did the "New Coke" thing on purpose to boost sales of Coke Classic when they brought it back (the company actually grew market share with this harebrained scheme).
 
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