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Psi U MC Vito 05-10-2010 02:29 PM
She isn't the first Solicitor General to be selected is she? Also wasn't there speculation she would have been the person appointed by a democratic president, before she ended up becoming SG?

ThetaDancer 05-10-2010 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk (Post 1926868)
I think you can criticize them on both.

But I don't know the body of her work because I don't have the time to go look it up (nor do I really care, either). But all I have to do is look at her and realize she's a dude.
For as much as your first post pissed me off, this one cracked me up.

pbear19 05-10-2010 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito (Post 1926885)
She isn't the first Solicitor General to be selected is she?
Nope! There may have been others, but I read earlier this morning that Thurgood Marshall was SG before being selected, which was a trivia fact because Kagan clerked for Marshall.

AOII Angel 05-10-2010 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum (Post 1926828)
hahaha, you're right

ETA: She's never been a judge. Has anyone else on the Supreme Court not been a judge?
Apparently 41 of the 110 had not been judges before being confirmed as justices. That's a pretty good precedent.

Psi U MC Vito 05-10-2010 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel (Post 1926899)
Apparently 41 of the 110 had not been judges before being confirmed as justices. That's a pretty good precedent.
And honestly if a non judge is selected, I can't think of somebody better then the SG.

AOII Angel 05-10-2010 03:29 PM
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...ckskagangi.jpg

So Elephantwalk...she's an overweight, middle aged woman. So what, you don't want to date her. I don't think she's missing anything! I'd take her accomplishments over your approval anyday!

RU OX Alum 05-10-2010 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel (Post 1926922)
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...ckskagangi.jpg

So Elephantwalk...she's an overweight, middle aged woman. So what, you don't want to date her. I don't think she's missing anything! I'd take her accomplishments over your approval anyday!
He'd be barking up the wrong tree. I don't even think he'd be in the right forrest.

I don't get why you're so offended? People can tell she's a lesbian the same way they can tell Clarence Thomas is black.

RU OX Alum 05-10-2010 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel (Post 1926899)
Apparently 41 of the 110 had not been judges before being confirmed as justices. That's a pretty good precedent.
Yeah that's a pretty good percentage.

DrPhil 05-10-2010 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by SydneyK (Post 1926835)
I don't think this is a gender issue (criticizing the woman based on looks); I think there would be a similar response if the nominee were an effeminate male.
It is about both gender and sexual orientation. They are correlated.

She is unattractive, but she'll be in good company regarding that. I see what EW is saying and it is tongue-in-cheek (I hope there's no pun there) as far as I'm concerned. ETA: Scratch that. I think I interpreted his attempt at sarcasm differently than he meant it.

knight_shadow 05-10-2010 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum (Post 1926933)
He'd be barking up the wrong tree. I don't even think he'd be in the right forrest.

I don't get why you're so offended? People can tell she's a lesbian the same way they can tell Clarence Thomas is black.
So, this went from her being transgendered to her being a lesbian? I hope you realize that those aren't necessarily one and the same.

AOII Angel 05-10-2010 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum (Post 1926933)
He'd be barking up the wrong tree. I don't even think he'd be in the right forrest.

I don't get why you're so offended? People can tell she's a lesbian the same way they can tell Clarence Thomas is black.
I'm offended that he's criticizing her for not being attractive. Like others have pointed out, no one criticizes the male appointees for their looks. He hasn't criticized her for being a lesbian, only for being masculine which doesn't make her a lesbian. Neither of those traits would make her any less qualified than her equally unattractive male peers. It's quite insulting to have a woman's qualifications for a positions completely ignored so that her looks can be addressed instead. As for being able to "tell" she's a lesbian, she looks just like half of the moms I know. I might be able to tell if she told me she liked women. ;)

DrPhil 05-10-2010 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum (Post 1926933)
I don't get why you're so offended? People can tell she's a lesbian the same way they can tell Clarence Thomas is black.
You need to get out (no pun intended) more and expand your brain.

DrPhil 05-10-2010 03:58 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_540276.html

ThetaDancer 05-10-2010 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum (Post 1926933)
He'd be barking up the wrong tree. I don't even think he'd be in the right forrest.

I don't get why you're so offended? People can tell she's a lesbian the same way they can tell Clarence Thomas is black.
Huh??? :confused:

RU OX Alum 05-10-2010 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ThetaDancer (Post 1926948)
Huh??? :confused:
It was just a joke to tease the liberals.


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