tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post3626117902632176170..comments2023-12-29T10:13:54.118-07:00Comments on <center>Walled-In Pond</center>: The Sotomayor "Syndrome"Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post-42127804584794540482009-06-06T10:10:56.595-06:002009-06-06T10:10:56.595-06:00I'd really prefer it if Obama were to try to p...I'd really prefer it if Obama were to try to put a "real" progressive voice on the Court.<br /><br />But that's not gonna happen.<br /><br />Gutless (spelled "encrementalist") fucker chose somebody who SHOULD have been a slam dunk for the White/Right.<br /><br />I was pretty confident she'd get approved. But this aslos seems like an apr moment for the Bosses to reein-in the Mocha Messiah, lest he get to thinking he's 'better' than he is. Torpedoing this nomination wpould surely send such a message...Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post-23475621026390658692009-06-06T09:42:38.930-06:002009-06-06T09:42:38.930-06:00So are you for her confirmation because she is a d...So are you for her confirmation because she is a double minority, and as such stands as a dual stick-in-the-eye for white male hegemony or agin' it because she is a lap dog for insurance industry?<br />Frankly, her opinions, such as have been synthesized on The Pond and on NPR ( really the only two places for intelligent assessment of such things) she her to be too much in the pocket of Korporate Amerika. As you said a couple of days ago, are the republikans ( and I mean the sneaky uber-rich ones who control the country, not the brainless bible-thumpers)silently stunned that O would choose someone who so quietly but effectively promotes their agenda? Probably.<br />What is needed is someone from the 9th District Court, say, Fletcher, Gould or Paez, someone to really set the rightards on their phuqin' ears.Mr. Pelicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13806404745132042148noreply@blogger.com