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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:40 AM Original message |
Scalia: I Won't Go to Obama's State of The Union |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, since it isn't a secret, behind-closed-doors-type of meeting to placate... |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. "Not Appropriate" to attend State of Union? But is appropriate to... |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Clarence too. |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
55. But... |
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SugarShack (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Yes, but okey dokey to attend the Koch strategy meetings? Great opp to make noise of this again. |
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SugarShack (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. And here is the list to make your calls! |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Uh... |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. +1 |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Thje USA should be so very proud of this man..... |
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abluelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. Obviously... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. good - he won't stink up the place then |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. Of all the awful things this guy has done, this is by far the worst |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. Who the hell thinks this corrupt asshole gives ANY event "dignity"? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yeah, you're the one I'd call if I need to lend some "dignity", Scalia. |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. Good, someone else may be able |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
11. Wasn't he one of the SC judges who attended a Koch meeting of the minds? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. He doesn't want to hang out with the under paid peasants in Congress. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. NOBODY would call on SCALIA to give the State of the Union speech DIGNITY. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. +1 |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. Stunningly odd thought that his presence would "give it dignity." |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. Mobster. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. I can see him saying |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
16. First correct thing that jerk has ever done! |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. Elitist Much? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. What he calls a "juvenile spectacle" is mandated by the U. S. Constitution. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. yep, the president has no choice.....it's a constitutional requirement |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. So much for the... |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
75. I can already see how he'd reconcile that with this. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Amen, and any garden-variety Originalist ought to know it too |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Technically, he could send Congress a letter |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. True. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. I'm sure the shitflies will be devastated. |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. Then he should be recalled or impeached ... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. if not attending the SOTU is a dereliction of duty, you'd have to impeach a lot of justices |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
59. It's not an 'overtly political event' ... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I tend to agree with Justice Stevens |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
25. Hey Nino . . . . |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. perhaps he'll attend michele bachmanns rebuttal....? |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's the Republicans who have been making it a "juvenile spectacle" |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
32. sadly, the SOTU has at times been a juvenile spectacle |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Scalia and juvenille spectacle go hand in hand |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
35. Up where.....? |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
36. A lot of DU'ers are opting out as well apparently.. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
37. King Scalia. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
58. He skipped all the Bush years. Last time he was there was in 1997. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. No kidding? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. so not attending makes him "King Scalia"? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. What's their excuse? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Stevens refused to go because he felt the SOTU had become a "political" event |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. You have a well-reasoned counter point. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. That's what I was wondering |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
38. Dupe |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
40. Actually, I agree with Fat Tony... |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I agree. All the "who clapped when" nonsense tends to wear thin (nt) |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Not at all. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
41. Oh, there's something JUVENILE, Fat Tony, .......... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
42. *HE* gives "it dignity"?!1 n/t |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
44. Tony: "I'd rather be teabagging." |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
46. No one wants to sit with him? nt |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
48. Well good, 'cause I don't want the chance to see your corrupted face on my teevee |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
49. More reason to suspect him of prejudice in ALL aspects of his decision making |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
50. He's a pig, and I don't say that lightly... |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
51. "he hasn't gone to the State of the Union in at least 10 years" |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Actually, he hasn't gone since 1997 |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
52. Being smart doesn't mean you're immune to pesonality disorders. nt |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. How this sonofabitch is allowed to still serve |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. As I have written before. 15 year term limits for the supreme court members... |
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zaj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
61. If he hasn't been in 10 years, then good for him. |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #61 |
77. Agreed, he's being consistent. nt |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
63. Come on lightning bolt! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
64. Good - go address the Teabaggers |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
66. To quote CeeLo Green: |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
67. he didn't go to bush's either, apparently. do the justices typically go to sotu? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. its varied over the years. STevens, Souter, Scalia and THomas generally avoided it |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
69. Well I don't think Tony is in any position to talk about what is "appropriate". |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
70. childish attitude |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
71. LOL, Fat Tony is lecturing us on "propriety"? |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
72. YAY...More donuts for everyone else! |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
73. Autumn: Tony, I Won't Miss Seeing Your Fat Ass |
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joe the nerd (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
74. I don't think he could get a date - i hear Eric Cantor can't find one... |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
78. The hate speech in this thread is sad. nt |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
82. Tony, he contents of a thousand latrines would lend more dignity to the SOTU than you ever could. |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
83. Judge Roberts |
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