Laugh of the day: Orrin Hatch: Obama "rude" to court

[Jennicut]

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said that President Barack Obama’s criticism of a recent Supreme Court campaign finance decision during his State of the Union address was “rude.”

Hatch, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told his hometown Salt Lake Tribune soon after the speech Wednesday night that he took offense to a line in Obama’s speech calling on Congress to “correct" the court.

“Taking on the Supreme Court like he did, I thought it was kind of rude,” Hatch told the paper.

“It's one thing to say that he differed with the court,” he said, “but another thing to demagogue the issue while the court is sitting there out of respect for his position.”


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32163.html#ixzz0dwaTqEVT

:rofl:

So Obama was the rude one, not Alito? Ha ha!

[Phx_Dem]

1. Where was Orin when a member of his party shouted "YOU LIE!"?

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. Maybe it made Mrs. Alito cry again....boo hoo!!!

[CoffeeCat]

3. Alito said, "This is bullshit" didn't he?

I kept rewinding it, but that's what it looked like.

Obama didn't "take on" the Supreme Court. He called them out
on their Fascist, anti-democratic verdict. Are these ingrates
above reproach when they roll back democracy? Screw em!

Also, Obama suggested that the legislature remedy that bad
decision. That's how our government works--Orren. The three
branches balance power and can roll back really stupid decisions
that would make our Founding Fathers roll in their graves.

Get it?

[Jennicut]

4. I think he mouthed "Not True"

but it would have been funnier had he said this is bullshit!

[derby378]

9. Either that or "That's Not Sure"

Which tells me he's been watching Idiocracy and confused President Barack Obama with President Not Sure:



:rofl:

[inna]

13. The consensus seems to be that he said "Definitely not true", here's a video btw:

http://www.dailykos.com/tv/w/002512/



From http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/alito-appears-to-mouth-definitely-not-true-after-obama-criticizes-court-decision.php :

Alito cringed, pursed his lips, shook his head from side to side in apparent disagreement and mouthed words that sure looked a lot like "definitely not true." He kept shaking his head from side to side and made a somewhat sour face while many around him stood and applauded.

What a complete douchebag.

[AndyA]

5. I found the SCOTUS rude to the Constitution, which they are supposed to honor.

What they did was not honorable. It needs to be corrected, and they deserved to be called on it.

I'll bet Justice Sotomayor was not thrilled with having to sit next to Justice Bigot Alito.

[Blue Owl]

6. The court was rude to the country

Touche.

[jkshaw]

7. What we don't know about the deplorable Hatch

is that he really was born yesterday.

A Utahan, for my sins.

[derby378]

8. Well, at least he didn't call President Obama "uppity"

That would have unleashed a whole new Circle of Hell right there. :scared:

[yellowcanine]

10. 1/22/2010 HATCH: ROE V. WADE REMAINS A TRAGEDY FOR THE UNBORN, CONSTITUTION

WASHINGTON – Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, today marked the 37th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the controversial Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, by calling it a “double tragedy for the nation.”

In his remarks that were entered into the Congressional Record, Hatch said the high court’s decision in 1973 “twisted the Constitution to create a right to kill babies before they were born” and has led to the murder of nearly 50 million babies.

Hatch’s complete remarks follow:

Mr. President, today is the 37th anniversary of a double tragedy for our nation. On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States twisted the Constitution to create a right to kill babies before they are born.

http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=584c35d9-1b78-be3e-e058-3afa74b85e91


So it is ok for Hatch in essence to say that the "SCOTUS, (in a 7-2 decision) twisted the Constitution to allow babies to be killed" but it is not ok for President Obama to mildly criticize a 5-4 SCOTUS decision in the context of asking for legislative action to correct the problems resulting from the decision.

[Posteritatis]

11. LOL, the guy who wanted to put explosive charges in PCs calling other people rude.. (nt)

[Cha]

12. Is there a whinier bunch of pissants than those who get

called on their fucking bullshit?

[uppityperson]

14. Reading Du last night, there were people here who agreed.

[onenote]

15. well, since only three members of the Citzens United majority were present

the same number of dissenters (Sotamayor, Breyer, and Ginsburg), I think its fair to say that Obama was just being supportive of the court.

[unblock]

16. it's rude of any democrat to fail to lay down at the feet of right-wing power

[Empowerer]

17. Yes - so much more honorable to grin in their faces

and then talk about them like dogs behind their backs.
:sarcasm:

I think it's wonderful to have a President who is willing to say what he thinks, clearly and respectfully.

[LiberalFighter]

18. Nobody forced the SCJ to be there. Besides the Constitution

doesn't require them to be there.

[fishwax]

19. that's pretty much what he did: express his disagreement with their decision

He didn't demagogue the issue. He didn't claim that the court acted in bad faith, that the justices sold their votes or were bought off for the decision, that the five justices care more about corporations than American democracy, or anything like that. That would be demagoguery, and (though some of these accusations might be true) wouldn't be appropriate in a SOTU.

But in spite of the framing of this, he didn't "take on" the Supreme Court. He didn't challenge their honesty, integrity, or patriotism. He outlined the consequences of a decision that he disagrees with, just as Reagan did about the school prayer decision back in the 1980s.