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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-30-10 10:38 AM
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15. Read his remarks.
Show me where he says what you think he says.
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  -Obama Criticizes Liberal Warren & Burger Supreme Courts as "Too Liberal" amborin  Apr-30-10 10:27 AM   #0 
  - That isn't the hope and change I thought I was going to get.  no_hypocrisy   Apr-30-10 10:28 AM   #1 
  - Read his remarks.  Richardo   Apr-30-10 10:37 AM   #10 
     - By his rationale, Brown would be overreaching as it wasn't decided by the representatives of The  no_hypocrisy   Apr-30-10 10:46 AM   #22 
     - That's NOT his rationale - he said activism USED to be defined that way.  Richardo   Apr-30-10 10:58 AM   #40 
        - he disparaged the decisions of the liberal courts  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:15 AM   #52 
           - Where do you get that?  Richardo   Apr-30-10 11:20 AM   #57 
     - I Read the Article.  Toasterlad   Apr-30-10 10:54 AM   #31 
     - Given how much the reporters mischaracterized his remarks here, I don't accept their indirect quote.  Richardo   Apr-30-10 11:03 AM   #44 
        - Your Acceptance Is Not Required  Toasterlad   Apr-30-10 11:37 AM   #76 
           - Read the rest of the article - if that's accuracy for you, then it's not a very high threshhold  Richardo   Apr-30-10 01:55 PM   #121 
              - I Read the Rest of the Article. The Fact That They Interpret Obama's Words Differently From You...  Toasterlad   Apr-30-10 02:18 PM   #123 
              - I'm kind of with you on this.  alarimer   Apr-30-10 04:02 PM   #126 
                 - he did; he said conservatives make the same error that liberal courts were guilty of  amborin   Apr-30-10 05:26 PM   #135 
     - Obama said: "conservatives make the same error" "that liberal courts made"  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:34 AM   #73 
  - Is anyone surprised?  VMI Dem   Apr-30-10 10:29 AM   #2 
  - Read his remarks.  Richardo   Apr-30-10 10:37 AM   #11 
  - Obama said, "conservatives make the same error" "that liberals were guilty of"  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:29 AM   #67 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Apr-30-10 12:00 PM   #95 
  - Nope, not at all. And I wish that weren't the case. nt  Lorien   Apr-30-10 08:44 PM   #137 
  - this makes my stomach turn  ensho   Apr-30-10 10:31 AM   #3 
  - Read his remarks.  Richardo   Apr-30-10 10:37 AM   #12 
     - Obama said: "conservatives make the same error" "that liberal courts made"  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:33 AM   #71 
  - Obama...  tallahasseedem   Apr-30-10 10:34 AM   #4 
  - Read his remarks.  Richardo   Apr-30-10 10:38 AM   #13 
  - "conservatives make the same error" "that liberal courts made"  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:29 AM   #68 
  - since you seem to feel it necessary to try a perpetuate the lie, I will simply say the OP is wrong  KittyWampus   Apr-30-10 12:02 PM   #98 
  - Why don't you post them, with your interpretation  sabrina 1   May-01-10 01:39 AM   #138 
  - God forbid the President think that maybe his strongest supporters  Arkana   Apr-30-10 05:23 PM   #132 
  - pathetic, just pathetic nt  DURHAM D   Apr-30-10 10:34 AM   #5 
  - Read his remarks.  Richardo   Apr-30-10 10:38 AM   #14 
     - Obama said, "conservatives make the same error" that liberal courts made.....  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:27 AM   #66 
        - No matter how many times you try and cast his statements the wrong way, it's still devious.  KittyWampus   Apr-30-10 12:02 PM   #99 
  - No he didn't  Richardo   Apr-30-10 10:35 AM   #6 
  - Seems you are the one who hasn't read his remarks.  DURHAM D   Apr-30-10 10:36 AM   #9 
     - Read his remarks.  Richardo   Apr-30-10 10:38 AM   #15 
     - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Apr-30-10 10:39 AM   #17 
     - OK, then what exactly does this sentence mean? Since when is 'the feeling' equal to 'my personal  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 10:43 AM   #20 
        - it's a disparagement of the liberal courts' pathbreaking decisions, which liberal praise  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:16 AM   #53 
           - Why would he say that?  Richardo   Apr-30-10 11:23 AM   #63 
           - Wow. I'm so glad that you got all this attention. I would suggest revisiting sentence structure.  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 01:43 PM   #118 
  - Stop posting this POS article. Read or listen to what Obama actually said. You people  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 10:36 AM   #7 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Apr-30-10 10:36 AM   #8 
  - actually, he didn't say that  cali   Apr-30-10 10:39 AM   #16 
  - "playing chess" ?  amborin   Apr-30-10 10:44 AM   #21 
     - 3-D chess. Us simpletons wouldn't understand. We must trust instead  Oregone   Apr-30-10 10:51 AM   #27 
        - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Apr-30-10 11:01 AM   #43 
        - .....  Skidmore   Apr-30-10 12:10 PM   #105 
  - BS reporting. "Still, his statement seemed to call into question"?  FSogol   Apr-30-10 10:39 AM   #18 
  - read his actual statement; it's the opposite of what one would hope to hear  amborin   Apr-30-10 10:46 AM   #23 
     - Your OP is the opposite of what actually was meant.  KittyWampus   Apr-30-10 12:04 PM   #100 
  - The NYT strikes again.  Rex   Apr-30-10 10:40 AM   #19 
  - it's a very good article, imo n/t  Enrique   Apr-30-10 10:49 AM   #25 
     - More like an editorial since it's loaded with the writers' comments instead of facts.  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 10:56 AM   #36 
        - and quotes from 7 people across the spectrum  Enrique   Apr-30-10 11:03 AM   #45 
        - Still there's lots of comments one is supposed to accept because the authors say so.  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 11:09 AM   #49 
           - direct quotes are not opinion  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:18 AM   #54 
           - There are exactly 4 quotes from Obama in the article.  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 11:53 AM   #85 
           - that is such a whiny way to look at it  Enrique   Apr-30-10 11:36 AM   #75 
              - I'm very comfortable with the ideas President Obama discussed, i.e. 'restraint' and the way  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 11:41 AM   #79 
        - It has has Obama's OWN WORDS.  katandmoon   Apr-30-10 11:21 AM   #58 
           - Where did he say he was making the most important 'sympathetic statement' about the Warren and  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 11:44 AM   #82 
              - Where DIDN'T Obama say the conservative court wasn't guilty of the same ERROR the liberal court was?  katandmoon   Apr-30-10 11:49 AM   #83 
                 - Answered in #92.  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 12:02 PM   #97 
                    - No, it isn't. Obama's own words are crystal clear.  katandmoon   Apr-30-10 12:07 PM   #102 
                       - OK, think whatever you like. Funny, though that every other news story on the exact same 3 quotes  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 01:10 PM   #113 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Apr-30-10 10:48 AM   #24 
  - Please reply "Read his remarks" to me  Oregone   Apr-30-10 10:50 AM   #26 
  - You have to say something uninformed first.  Richardo   Apr-30-10 10:52 AM   #28 
     - We all know he will find a judge liberal enough to approve his death panels  Oregone   Apr-30-10 10:54 AM   #30 
  - “And in the ’60s and ’70s, the feeling was — is that liberals were guilty of that kind of approach."  Cant trust em   Apr-30-10 10:53 AM   #29 
  - it's bashing the liberal Warren & Burger courts, no matter how one tries to sanitize the remarks  amborin   Apr-30-10 10:55 AM   #34 
     - It is not - he's describing how the conservatives of the 60s and 70s viewed the court's rulings.  Richardo   Apr-30-10 10:57 AM   #37 
     - And we know you can't let the truth get in the way of an opportunity to bash Obama,  Renew Deal   Apr-30-10 10:57 AM   #38 
     - Wow, 2 writers make the following statement and it's now the Gospel on how Obama feels about the  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 11:04 AM   #47 
        - direct quotations are not editorials  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:19 AM   #56 
           - Very true - which direct quotes are giving you problems?  Richardo   Apr-30-10 11:24 AM   #65 
              - Obama said: "conservatives make the same error" "that liberal courts made"  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:31 AM   #69 
              - That's two you're splicing together - do you work for the Times?  Richardo   Apr-30-10 01:47 PM   #120 
              - There are exactly 4 quotes from Obama in the article. None give me problems. Comments by the  sinkingfeeling   Apr-30-10 11:59 AM   #93 
  - I assume he's talking about busing.  DefenseLawyer   Apr-30-10 10:54 AM   #32 
  - My guess is Griswold/Eisenstadt/Roe/Casey  depakid   May-01-10 02:35 AM   #139 
  - Where does the article say that Obama said the Warren and Berger courts are "too liberal"  Renew Deal   Apr-30-10 10:55 AM   #33 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Apr-30-10 10:57 AM   #39 
  - Outrage doesn't whip itself up you know. Disinformation greases the skids.  AtomicKitten   Apr-30-10 11:34 AM   #74 
  - It sounds like he's criticizing Conservative jurisprudence, not Burger/Warren courts  tishaLA   Apr-30-10 10:55 AM   #35 
  - Bingo.  Cant trust em   Apr-30-10 10:58 AM   #41 
  - actually, his statement is softer on the conservatives; harsher on the liberal courts  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:01 AM   #42 
     - how so?  tishaLA   Apr-30-10 11:05 AM   #48 
        - just read the direct quotes; Obama criticizes liberal decisions  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:21 AM   #59 
           - I did read the direct quotes. Can you answer my question?  tishaLA   Apr-30-10 11:34 AM   #72 
  - you guys are flogging the shit out of this misrepresentation, ain't ya?  Aramchek   Apr-30-10 11:03 AM   #46 
  - I'm just a caveman  DefenseLawyer   Apr-30-10 11:12 AM   #50 
  - LOL....leave it to a defense lawyer to parse that one out  Oregone   Apr-30-10 11:21 AM   #60 
  - conservative court makes "the SAME ERROR" (as liberal courts made) incredible  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:23 AM   #64 
  - Dear Mr. President: The Repukes are NEVER going to like you. NEVER.  jgraz   Apr-30-10 11:55 AM   #88 
  - The vague part is, he doesn't mention who had/has the "feeling"  ecstatic   Apr-30-10 11:40 AM   #78 
  - Exactly. Repigs are the ones who had/have that feeling.  Aramchek   Apr-30-10 11:57 AM   #90 
  - Were that the case, why is he promoting it by repeating it?  EFerrari   Apr-30-10 12:08 PM   #103 
     - "pisses off people on the left"  ecstatic   Apr-30-10 12:11 PM   #106 
        - He needs to stop saying, both sides do it. It's gratuitous  EFerrari   Apr-30-10 12:15 PM   #110 
  - it's the feeling among Conservatives, not Barack Obama  Aramchek   Apr-30-10 11:56 AM   #89 
     - Correct.  Lord Helmet   Apr-30-10 01:32 PM   #117 
     - If that's what he meant then he should have said that.  DefenseLawyer   Apr-30-10 05:47 PM   #136 
  - It is no misrepresentation. It is Obama's own words.  katandmoon   Apr-30-10 11:19 AM   #55 
  - can you show me in his quote where says that he thinks warren and burger were too liberal  Aramchek   Apr-30-10 12:00 PM   #94 
  - Take it up with Obama. He said it. n/t  EFerrari   Apr-30-10 11:43 AM   #81 
     - the OP headline is false. Obama didn't say it.  Aramchek   Apr-30-10 12:01 PM   #96 
        - HIs quotation is in the OP. n/t  EFerrari   Apr-30-10 12:05 PM   #101 
           - yes, but nowhere in that quote does he say what's in the title of this OP  Aramchek   Apr-30-10 12:08 PM   #104 
              - And that would be a fine reading of what he said but  EFerrari   Apr-30-10 12:12 PM   #108 
                 - the only reason they don't help is because people like you who want to see the worst in him  Aramchek   Apr-30-10 12:36 PM   #112 
                    - As I said, take it up with him, he said. n/t  EFerrari   Apr-30-10 01:10 PM   #114 
  - "What you’re now seeing....is a conservative jurisprudence that oftentimes makes the same error."  katandmoon   Apr-30-10 11:13 AM   #51 
  - exactly: the "same error" as "liberals...guilty of that kind of approach"  amborin   Apr-30-10 11:22 AM   #61 
  - His words and meaning were that conservatives SAID earlier liberal courts  NYC Liberal   Apr-30-10 01:19 PM   #115 
  - Are all Democrats...  butterfly77   Apr-30-10 11:22 AM   #62 
  - Most people probably don't know as much about those courts  ecstatic   Apr-30-10 11:33 AM   #70 
  - Antonin Scalia knows much more about those courts than Obama does. Should we defer to him?  Kurt_and_Hunter   Apr-30-10 11:39 AM   #77 
  - I didn't say we should defer to anyone. I'm saying a candid remark  ecstatic   Apr-30-10 11:42 AM   #80 
  - With one comment he legitimized all conservative criticism of Roe v Wade and other landmarks  jgraz   Apr-30-10 11:57 AM   #91 
     - +10 thnks for stating it concisely! Obama affirmed conserv criticisms of landmark lib court dec'ns  amborin   Apr-30-10 05:05 PM   #127 
  - he's being honest. liberals love judicial activism when it benefits them and conservatives love it  paulsby   Apr-30-10 11:51 AM   #84 
  - Which liberal activist decision would you overturn from the 60's and 70's?  jgraz   Apr-30-10 11:54 AM   #87 
     - how about trop v. dulles?  paulsby   Apr-30-10 12:11 PM   #107 
        - Because Trop v Dulles is the first thing people think of when you mention liberal judicial activism  jgraz   Apr-30-10 12:32 PM   #111 
           - that is a perfect example of intellectual dishonest and it disgusts me  paulsby   Apr-30-10 01:46 PM   #119 
  - Someone needs to ask him what the liberal "ERRORS" were  jgraz   Apr-30-10 11:53 AM   #86 
  - "THE FEELING WAS" ... see that? "THE FEELING WAS"!  NYC Liberal   Apr-30-10 11:58 AM   #92 
  - Of course the Warren court overstepped the constitution. Thats why they could succeed.  fishbulb703   Apr-30-10 12:15 PM   #109 
  - Wow, I'm so inspired. Please, more pictures of him in his sunglasses/weeping/playing with his dog!!!  newtothegame   Apr-30-10 01:30 PM   #116 
  - And Reagan appealed to Americans put off by the "excesses of the 60s and 70s."  freddie mertz   Apr-30-10 01:56 PM   #122 
  - That quote was a real gem,  Bluebear   Apr-30-10 03:42 PM   #124 
     - And turned out to be a clear warning of what was to come.  freddie mertz   Apr-30-10 03:43 PM   #125 
  - No, he was saying the liberal court was *viewed* that way back then.  Starbucks Anarchist   Apr-30-10 05:08 PM   #128 
  - How much more evidence do the Cheerleaders need showing that Obama is a Corporatist?  Odin2005   Apr-30-10 05:15 PM   #129 
  - When you grow some reading comprehension, I'll admit that  Arkana   Apr-30-10 05:18 PM   #131 
  - Nowhere does the President say "I feel that..." or any combination of that.  Arkana   Apr-30-10 05:18 PM   #130 
  - You are correct on one point- the title is misleading  depakid   May-01-10 02:41 AM   #140 
  - I respectfully disagree with the president on this  Blue_In_AK   Apr-30-10 05:24 PM   #133 
  - I'll be writing in the name of an actual Democrat next time.  kenny blankenship   Apr-30-10 05:25 PM   #134 
 

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