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05-10-2010, 02:29 PM
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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?
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05-10-2010, 02:31 PM
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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.
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For as much as your first post pissed me off, this one cracked me up.
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05-10-2010, 02:37 PM
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She isn't the first Solicitor General to be selected is she?
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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.
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05-10-2010, 02:48 PM
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hahaha, you're right
ETA: She's never been a judge. Has anyone else on the Supreme Court not been a judge?
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Apparently 41 of the 110 had not been judges before being confirmed as justices. That's a pretty good precedent.
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05-10-2010, 02:57 PM
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Apparently 41 of the 110 had not been judges before being confirmed as justices. That's a pretty good precedent.
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And honestly if a non judge is selected, I can't think of somebody better then the SG.
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05-10-2010, 03:29 PM
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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!
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05-10-2010, 03:41 PM
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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!
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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.
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05-10-2010, 03:42 PM
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Apparently 41 of the 110 had not been judges before being confirmed as justices. That's a pretty good precedent.
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Yeah that's a pretty good percentage.
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05-10-2010, 03:49 PM
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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.
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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.
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05-10-2010, 03:50 PM
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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.
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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.
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05-10-2010, 03:53 PM
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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.
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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. 
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05-10-2010, 03:55 PM
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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.
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You need to get out (no pun intended) more and expand your brain.
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05-10-2010, 03:58 PM
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05-10-2010, 03:58 PM
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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.
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Huh??? 
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05-10-2010, 04:15 PM
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It was just a joke to tease the liberals.
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