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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:11 AM Original message |
Want to Get Rid of Clarence Thomas? |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. YES! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thanks! |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. NO NEED TO IMPEACH. Clarence may be indicted and arrested, just like you or I can be. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Very Good!!! +infinity |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. MM- Your post is disinformation. Federal Judges may be arrested and convicted. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. In theory, you may be right. Don't hold your breath waiting for |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Thomas' filings are prima facie evidence he committed a criminal offense - any federal officer could |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
77. Thanks for setting the record straight. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ahem, given their performance from 2007-2010, just how many is "absolutely unstoppable"? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I cannot answer that question. Obviously we need more than |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Sure, my senator (Wyden) and rep (DeFazio) are _actual_ Progressives. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. As are my Senators and my Representative. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Yes, perhaps the OP doesn't remember the same exact promises |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. The OP remembers many things. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. I don't think they'd. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. You are correct |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. "Absolutely unstoppable" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. You know exactly what I mean by that. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I do, but there is what whole unintended consequences thing. nt |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. That's OK, WE know what you mean too. nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
65. That's good. I try to be very clear in what I write. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
66. That's good. I try to be very clear in what I write. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. Sorry, I remember this same advice before the 2006 and 2008 |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. To what end? A hearing in the current House? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The House? These are crimes. We have a DOJ don't we? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You truly do not understand the process, it seems to me. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I will defer to those who are already working on this issue and who |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I'm neither outraged by Weiner nor complacent about Thomas. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
76. We disagree, we can do something. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. So being selected to the SC is a pass to commit any criminal act you want? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. So, what's the limit? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Yes, of course there is, but those disclosure forms don't rise |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. I have no doubt you're right in your prediction |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Dismay is an appropriate response, especially if followed |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. That too. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. I agree BUT.... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Of course. We take all of those issues to the voters. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. But then how can we know what these deadbeat Democrats will |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. We can never know what any individual will do. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
12. Electing Democrats without building public support for the issue |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Using these issues to influence voters is the answer. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Reality is that elections alone never changed anything very much. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Elections have changed things many times. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. I'm old enough to remember how Nixon's thugs regrouped |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. We did that, and the Democrats protected GWBush. It doesn't make |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I guess I can count you out, then for this effort. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
75. It isn't that you can count me out. It's that I think that we have to |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. That's cute. The Dems would never do it, even with strong majorities. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I guess I won't count on your help the, either. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I still vote for them. They are still better than repukes. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Great. That's one vote. I guess I'm sort of calling on people to |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I have done much more in the past, but haven't seen enough return |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. As I said. I won't count on your help. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. Wrong. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Show me a time when that happened, then. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Show me a single Justice who has been as stupid as Clarence Thomas. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Back at you - show a SCOTUS that was accused, without indictment, |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Again, I'm dealing with reality, not theory. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. What information is available? Do YOU have information on |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. As I said, I'm dealing with realities here. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. What he is accused of is a felony, punishable by 1 year in prison |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. No, I do not believe that this felony is good. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Then why contend that this felony cannot be prosecuted. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Here's the deal. Clarence Thomas should never have been |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Arrest him and take him off the street. Indict Clarence Thomas. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. Do you have that authority? If so, then go for it. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. I'm not a federal officer - Clarence Thomas violated a federal criminal statute. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. Mis-Info in that Judge Thomas committed crimes and can and should be indicted |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. Maybe next time we should elect a Constitutional Law professor to The Presidency. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Very funny. As it turns out, constitutional law is |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. If you think it's Obama's knowledge of constitutional law holding him back then... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. As you say. How does that alter my insistence that the 2012 |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. We have about as much power to decide the outcome of the 2012 election as we do to |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I did not even mention the President. It's odd that you think I did. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
60. The problem arises that not ALL Dems are "Dems", |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. A distinction without any meaning. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
73. We have already seen that a Democratic House will not impeach an obvious criminal |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
78. No court in which to try him? |
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