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For the first (and probably only) time in history, I agree with Roland Martin! He’s writing here about the hypocrisy on the left – how if a Republican had nominated a Kagan, who of course is NOT black and who apparently has shown little interest in black civil rights, the left would be FURIOUS. But with a dem in the White House, the rent-a-mob left is now silent.
Roland Martin is an ascot-wearing idiot. If a Republican had nominated a white woman, she would have been attacked for a myriad of things – because that’s what the opposition always does in these senseless Supreme Court nominee battles – but “not being black” would not have been one of them.
Martin has done a nice job of preempting the Right Wing Crazy we know is coming. It’s hopeless. If Obama picked another minority female, he would have been attacked. Or a black guy..or a white guy.. Stop the insanity!
Yep it looks like it is going to get turned into a side show. Which is unfortunate but this is an election year, and they will try to make some kind of hay out of Kagan’s nomination. It sure would be nice if the political class – showed a little class and didn’t use her nomination to score points….but they will.
I think she is probably a moderate of sorts, and if she is qualified – competent, they ought to just confirm her nomination….but they won’t. with out turning it into some kind of political circus.
Bless you, Laree. I don’t know why we go through this circus. “What? A liberal prez isn’t going to present a right wing ‘strict constructionist’ to the bench? Shocked!”
I don’t know much about her other than what’s in her wiki and a few things I heard on the radio. Looks like she’s qualified…. and while she appears to hold liberal political views that doesn’t necessarily translate to a liberal judicial philosophy.
Our only problem with her (thus far) is that she has zero judicial experience, so nobody knows how she’d perform as a judge with a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. But we’ll read, listen, and learn.
We never expected Obama to nominate someone whose ideology we’d like, but we have heard some things about Kagan that are cause for cautious optimism regarding her not being an irrational, screechy left-winger.
I knew Dick Morris worked with her in the Clinton White House and was curious about his observations of her… so many years ago. Unfortunately I had to listen to the Bobble-head’s pointed questions on Hannity & Hannity.
“And there is plenty more Hannity straight ahead”…. shut the ‘ell up. -click-
Sounds about the way I felt when Souter was nominated. As a then-Democrat, he seemed like the best nominee we could possibly get out of Bush the older. The feminists raised a soupcon of hell over it, and I remember thinking ‘shut up, he’s the best we can hope for’.
”Plenty more bobble-headed Pez dispensers straight ahead…”
^That was awesome. He did a great job recovering, then a perfectly transparent one showing his disdain for having to interview an Australian masquerading as a country singer.
And another thing – while FNC whines that no one has really covered the devastation in Nashville, THEY are going 24/7 on the Arizona illegal alien legislation!
Here I am, a loyal Fox fan, and can’t believe their sense of priorities as of late!
May 10, 2010 at 11:32 am
FOX NEWS ALERT!!!! (w/Drudge siren, if I could post it correctly!)
“Left is mute on racial double standard in Kagan pick”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/05/10/Martin.kagan.Supreme.court/index.html?hpt=T1
For the first (and probably only) time in history, I agree with Roland Martin! He’s writing here about the hypocrisy on the left – how if a Republican had nominated a Kagan, who of course is NOT black and who apparently has shown little interest in black civil rights, the left would be FURIOUS. But with a dem in the White House, the rent-a-mob left is now silent.
May 10, 2010 at 11:33 am
not “a Kagan!” I initially wrote “a white female”. Yikes!
May 10, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Roland Martin is an ascot-wearing idiot. If a Republican had nominated a white woman, she would have been attacked for a myriad of things – because that’s what the opposition always does in these senseless Supreme Court nominee battles – but “not being black” would not have been one of them.
Martin has done a nice job of preempting the Right Wing Crazy we know is coming. It’s hopeless. If Obama picked another minority female, he would have been attacked. Or a black guy..or a white guy.. Stop the insanity!
May 10, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Yep it looks like it is going to get turned into a side show. Which is unfortunate but this is an election year, and they will try to make some kind of hay out of Kagan’s nomination. It sure would be nice if the political class – showed a little class and didn’t use her nomination to score points….but they will.
I think she is probably a moderate of sorts, and if she is qualified – competent, they ought to just confirm her nomination….but they won’t. with out turning it into some kind of political circus.
May 10, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Bless you, Laree. I don’t know why we go through this circus. “What? A liberal prez isn’t going to present a right wing ‘strict constructionist’ to the bench? Shocked!”
May 10, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I don’t know much about her other than what’s in her wiki and a few things I heard on the radio. Looks like she’s qualified…. and while she appears to hold liberal political views that doesn’t necessarily translate to a liberal judicial philosophy.
May 10, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Our only problem with her (thus far) is that she has zero judicial experience, so nobody knows how she’d perform as a judge with a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. But we’ll read, listen, and learn.
We never expected Obama to nominate someone whose ideology we’d like, but we have heard some things about Kagan that are cause for cautious optimism regarding her not being an irrational, screechy left-winger.
May 10, 2010 at 6:31 pm
I knew Dick Morris worked with her in the Clinton White House and was curious about his observations of her… so many years ago. Unfortunately I had to listen to the Bobble-head’s pointed questions on Hannity & Hannity.
“And there is plenty more Hannity straight ahead”…. shut the ‘ell up. -click-
May 10, 2010 at 6:39 pm
– irrational, screechy left-winger. –
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Sounds about the way I felt when Souter was nominated. As a then-Democrat, he seemed like the best nominee we could possibly get out of Bush the older. The feminists raised a soupcon of hell over it, and I remember thinking ‘shut up, he’s the best we can hope for’.
”Plenty more bobble-headed Pez dispensers straight ahead…”
May 10, 2010 at 8:41 pm
– irrational, screechy left-winger. –
I say if you’re gonna be a screechy left-winger, best to be irrational about it.
May 10, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Here’s your ‘moment of Rick Sanchez’. I must be going soft, but I thought he actually recovered from it pretty well.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-rick-sanchez-up-next-ad-lib-a-tease-seriously/
May 10, 2010 at 9:04 pm
^That was awesome. He did a great job recovering, then a perfectly transparent one showing his disdain for having to interview an Australian masquerading as a country singer.
May 11, 2010 at 7:06 am
No, I thought it was going to be more about Nashville than about Urban himself.
Glad SOMEONE cares about that region!
May 11, 2010 at 7:07 am
And another thing – while FNC whines that no one has really covered the devastation in Nashville, THEY are going 24/7 on the Arizona illegal alien legislation!
Here I am, a loyal Fox fan, and can’t believe their sense of priorities as of late!
May 11, 2010 at 8:49 am
^As of late?