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The Velveteen Ocelot

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76. Exactly right.

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 07:36 PM

Feb 2021

Somebody with a law degree goes on tv and says stuff we agree with, preferably intensely partisan stuff, and all of a sudden it's "Ooh! Ooh! He/she should be on the Supreme Court!! He/she would really piss off the righties!" IIRC, the disgraced former lawyer Michael Avenatti was one of the names that was being briefly kicked around here as being Supreme Court material (he actually wanted to run for president, and some thought that was a good idea, too) - until he turned out to be a grifting ambulance chaser who's about to do a long and well-deserved prison term (something many of us figured out pretty fast but were slagged for pointing it out).

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Anita Hill is exactly who we need right now at SCOTUS [View all] Always Randy Feb 2021 OP

Hill is a conservative Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #1

Not to my knowledge. Popcorn 51 Feb 2021 #4

Well now you know Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #12

I actually know her. nt Popcorn 51 Feb 2021 #15

And I'm best friends with Beyonc Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #17

That is what I thought. Popcorn 51 Feb 2021 #19

Whatever you say Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #20

dont be a jerk. mopinko Feb 2021 #40

I'm not the one Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #43

would you make that crack mopinko Feb 2021 #47

Yes I would Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #51

good to know. mopinko Feb 2021 #54

Buh bye Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #60

Thank you for this post. femmedem Feb 2021 #69

yeah, but i've been there. mopinko Feb 2021 #71

Ten bucks says you fail to see the irony in your having said that. LanternWaste Feb 2021 #46

So there were political parties in 1700? Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #52

Britain had a Parliament. They had politics. They had political parties. Hekate Feb 2021 #57

Yes in Britain Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #61

Most of settled America was British then. People here ... Whiskeytide Feb 2021 #63

So all that "no taxation without representation" stuff Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #65

welcome to du mopinko Feb 2021 #32

Is she a conservative? A right wing conservative or a moderate conservative? OregonBlue Feb 2021 #35

Neither. nt Popcorn 51 Feb 2021 #37

I don't know her but it's clear from interviews that she isn't conservative. femmedem Feb 2021 #70

I am actually shocked at the number of lies Popcorn 51 Feb 2021 #73

Never heard she was s conservative. SharonClark Feb 2021 #28

That was common knowledge StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #29

Her testimony was compelling because she worked SharonClark Feb 2021 #62

Let me explain again StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #72

She worked for the Reagan administration Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #38

She had a federal job during the Reagan years. SharonClark Feb 2021 #53

She had multiple jobs in the Reagan administration Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #59

Bill C is a self-declared conservative and there are SharonClark Feb 2021 #64

Her background and Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #66

Anita Hill is 64 years old and a conservative StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #2

She's 64. She was born in 1956. rsdsharp Feb 2021 #3

well Always Randy Feb 2021 #6

Wasn't your point supposed to be that she's fairly young? StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #7

No! I didn't know that! rsdsharp Feb 2021 #11

Exactly. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #23

Kagan was also Solicitor General ... StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #31

That's true. She is the rare exception to the general trend The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #36

Hill joined the faculty at Brandeis in the late 90's. SharonClark Feb 2021 #67

Anita Hill isn't 56, she's 64. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #5

Thank you StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #8

That was suggested almost thirty years ago csziggy Feb 2021 #9

I remember that; they had "He did it" and "She lied" t-shirts :D LongtimeAZDem Feb 2021 #22

I'm not sure anything can "make Thomas step down"... regnaD kciN Feb 2021 #10

Even assuming she's more qualified for the Supreme Court than others, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #13

I think you have her age wrong. cwydro Feb 2021 #14

She is a conservative and that is why she worked for Thomas...and she worked for Conservatives Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #26

She worked for the EEOC not Thomas. nt Popcorn 51 Feb 2021 #42

Brandeis University is conservative? SharonClark Feb 2021 #68

I love the idea leftieNanner Feb 2021 #16

Nope. We need to follow the Mitch McConnel plan and confirm flamin lib Feb 2021 #18

Merrick Garland sarcasmo Feb 2021 #21

Garland is about to become USAG, quite the professional prize The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #30

Supreme Court is a lifetime appointment. sarcasmo Feb 2021 #41

NO, too old krawhitham Feb 2021 #24

No, Anita Hill is conservative and has worked for conservatives and is too old...we need to put Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #25

What conservatives did she work for? nt Popcorn 51 Feb 2021 #34

There you go. Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #48

Her longest employer was Brandeis and UC Berkley. Popcorn 51 Feb 2021 #50

She was a conservative that is why she worked for Thomas when he worked for Reagan... Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #56

Don't you know that a few years at Oral Roberts SharonClark Feb 2021 #58

Not Hill, not Garland, not Obama. Move. On. tman Feb 2021 #27

Thank you! StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #33

The best candidates for most positions are often people we've never heard of. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #44

Some people think the Supreme Court is a popularity contest StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #75

Exactly right. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #76

What about Stacey Abrams? Yale educated attorney ecstatic Feb 2021 #39

She wants to run for governor of GA again. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #45

Gonna scroll on by this one. SlogginThroughIt Feb 2021 #49

I'm rooting for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson In It to Win It Feb 2021 #55

Why would she want to work along side the guy that she accused? Rice4VP Feb 2021 #74

Anita Hill has virtually no courtroom experience Tarc Feb 2021 #77