Comments on: A U.S. Senator Should Know Better

By: Joreth

Joreth — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:08:48 +0000

I like what my metamour had to say on the subject: “When’s the last time a white male supreme court nominee had to defend his ability to be objective in the face of his identity? Oh wait, never! Because white male perception = objective reality.”

I really don’t know anything about either Sotomayer or Sessions, but I do know that white male conservative judges have never been asked “are you sure you can remain objective given your identity as a white male?”

And the irony of insisting on objectivism and impartiality while referencing specific cases of political and religious agendas, teh irony, it burns!

By: Closet Atheist

Closet Atheist — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:05:37 +0000

Jeff Sessions is the brain-surgeon that came up with this little nugget:

… and that the Democratic appointees were 13 percent more liberal than Republican appointees. Well, I don’t know, it’s not a huge difference, but the suggestion that — I would just make that for the record, and –

For his next trick, he’ll find his butt with both hands and a flashlight.

By: Nik in Toronto

Nik in Toronto — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:14:09 +0000

I am an atheist, but I’m not enthused by Sotomayer. People champion her purely on her biography rather than positions.
Souter was great, but Obama’s hasn’t been a great secularist! He kept all the faith based stuff going and is staying the course on Iraq and plunging more troops in Afghanistan.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:05:35 +0000

I am actually loving this. It is a great thing for the country to watch as old white southern men attack and tell lies about an exceptionally well educated judge. People will look at this and see beyond what Sessions is saying. They will see an old white bigot attacking a hispanic woman.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:13:00 +0000

Personally, I think another 100 years should have to pass before any legislator from Alabama is permitted to even comment on what is fair, right, or legal.

By: Miko

Miko — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:30:12 +0000

Sessions is among the worst of the worst, in terms of U.S. politicians.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:47:15 +0000

Sessions knows that his voters in Alabama are poorly educated and easily frightned. His state is renowned for its terrible education system. He also know that the intelligient and well educated citisens of his state will never vote for him. So he doesn’t care. He can take advantage of the hoards of ignorant voters with outright lies and baseless scare tactics and ignore the insignicantly small portion of the Alabama electorate that is well educated and intelligient.

By: Me

Me — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:54:33 +0000

“We have seen federal judges force their own political and social agenda on the nation, dictating that the words “under God” be removed from the Pledge of Allegiance…”

Made remarkably stupid by the fact that the phrase “under God” was inserted into the pledge of allegiance by people forcing their political and social agenda on the nation.

Hell, my grandfather is older than the pledge of allegiance in its current form.

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:02:03 +0000

In re: moment of silence, he might be referring to this:

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jan/21/news/chi-ap-il-momentofsilence

By: Tyler in SoCal

Tyler in SoCal — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:00:06 +0000

Why would a moment of silence be banned? Arent they secular?