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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-04 01:46 PM
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Excuse me while I pick up my jaw from the floor. Quack!
http://www.salon.com/opinion/scheer/2004/02/17/quack/

Quack, quack. So much for the constitutionally mandated separation of powers.

Quack, quack. Say goodbye to judicial integrity. Quack, quack. Forget about holding the nation's vice president accountable for his dealings. Quack, quack. Trash the right of citizens to transparent government. Quack, quack.

Bizarre as it sounds, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia quacked like a duck last week during his defensive denial that a duck-hunting trip with Vice President Dick Cheney was improper. According to Scalia, the visit of the two men to the private game reserve of a top oil executive was merely a pleasant social engagement.

But Scalia's glib response was disingenuous, coming shortly before the Supremes will rule on a White House appeal in a case involving private meetings of Cheney's energy task force. It's outrageous that he does not intend to recuse himself.(...)
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jean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-04 01:54 PM
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1. my jaw hit the floor as well. These guys need a new lapel pin
not only because I'm sick of seeing our flag on their chests, but so we can all be reminded of their corruption.

http://store6.yimg.com/I/nichenet-store_1763_11334180
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TheRedMan Donating Member (588 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-04 01:56 PM
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2. Amazing that he does not hold the recusal record...many times over
His big mouth has already forced him out of a number of cases. We're lucky he's on that side if he wants to be a damned fool.

Just remember, Scalia was at the end of the Robert Bork rainbow.
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lovedems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-04 02:03 PM
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3. "Quack Kills " Mr. Scalia. n/t
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