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Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« on: February 25, 2008, 10:47:20 AM »
Intresting...........

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DS1  (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-25-08 10:30 AM
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Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
 Advertisements [?]Source: WASHINGTON (AP)

Two years and 142 cases have passed since Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last spoke up at oral arguments. It is a period of unbroken silence that contrasts with the rest of the court's unceasing inquiries.

Hardly a case goes by without eight justices peppering lawyers with questions. Oral arguments offer justices the chance to resolve nagging doubts about a case, probe its weaknesses or make a point to their colleagues.

Left, right and center, the justices ask and they ask and they ask. Sometimes they debate each other, leaving the lawyer at the podium helpless to jump in. "I think you're handling these questions very well," Chief Justice John Roberts quipped to a lawyer recently in the midst of one such exchange.

Leaning back in his leather chair, often looking up at the ceiling, Thomas takes it all in, but he never joins in.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/25/thomas.silence.a...


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Old Crusoe  (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-25-08 10:32 AM
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1. Clarence is in a huff. He's mad at everybody. He's grumbly and
 irritable.

Poor Clarence.

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glenhappy (101 posts)      Mon Feb-25-08 10:33 AM
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2. But during his confirmation hearings didn't he stress how important...
 it was for Black people to have a voice.

And then he doesn't use his!

How ironic.


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thereismore  (1000+ posts)      Mon Feb-25-08 10:33 AM
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3. I think of him as a person deeply hurt by the society. He repays s with his silence,
 and votes.


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yellowcanine (1000+ posts)      Mon Feb-25-08 10:33 AM
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4. Thomas is still stewing about his confirmation hearings. Poster person for "passive aggressive".
 Besides, he doesn't need to ask any questions. He just looks over at Scalia and says "me too, Tony."


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mth44sc  (791 posts)      Mon Feb-25-08 10:35 AM
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5. He thinks he is just avoiding
 making a public fool out of himself


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underpants  (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-25-08 10:35 AM
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6. He's an incompetent place holder who doesn't want to get exposed in public
 His "decisions" are either directly from Scalia's office or he has a rightwing Federalist Society supllyside flow chart that he consults to tell him how to vote.


Amazing the way they treat this honorable man

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Hobarticus (1000+ posts)      Mon Feb-25-08 10:41 AM
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8. Why does a Scalia rubber-stamp need to speak, at all?
 Could put up a cardboard cut-out, with a word balloon that says DITTO.


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kskiska  (1000+ posts)      Mon Feb-25-08 10:45 AM
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9. He's said he can't speak standard English - speaks Geechee
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In the past, the Georgia-born Thomas has chalked up his silence to his struggle as a teenager to master standard English after having grown up speaking Geechee, a dialect that thrived among descendants of former slaves on the islands off the South Carolina, Georgia and Florida coasts.


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DS1  (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-25-08 10:47 AM
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10. Uh huh
 I haven't heard that one before. Thanks!
 

****ing IDIOTS

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Hawaii Hiker  (729 posts)      Mon Feb-25-08 10:57 AM
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11. That's because he's made up his mind, he votes on the conservative
 side NO matter what the ****ing case involves (abortion, censorship, etc.)

This is reason why all Democrats need to support whomever our nominee is, I sure as hell would feel alot better if the next SCOTUS appointment is made by either Clinton or Obama....Both Democrats would make better appointments to the high court than that broken down, bitter, mean-spirited pug John McCain...

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TOJ  (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-25-08 11:00 AM
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13. A lazy POS just like *. His only qualifications for the bench were his blacknes
 and willingness to never do anything except rubber-stamp right wing absurdity.


WOW...........

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Javaman (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-25-08 11:13 AM
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15. Thomas always struck me as a very little man...
 Trying so hard to look important when at the heart of things he's a jealous, envious individual with no voice of his own. For it was co-oped when he gave his soul over to the GOP.

He asks nothing, gives his opinion on nothing and expects to be respected because of his position alone. This is the sign of a very sad and vengeful person.

I feel very sorry for him.
 
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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2008, 10:49:20 AM »
Thanks to the DUmp for once again demonstrating what racists they are.

I don't have to make a case, they make it themselves.
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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2008, 11:14:53 AM »
And they say they aren't racist?  ::) :mental:

It especially annoys me when they talk about Thomas in such a degrading fashion because he was not willing to
be a part of their Democrat plantation.   

I would suggest to the DUmmies that they keep on spewing their racist diatribes against Thomas, Rice, etc.   
It will eventually begin to cost them very important votes.  :wink:  (Well, I hope it does, anyway).
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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2008, 11:33:56 AM »
Let's see what happens when we use their own words but change a the person they are referring to....

Here TOJ is talking about Thomas....

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TOJ  (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-25-08 11:00 AM
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13. A lazy POS just like *. His only qualifications for the bench were his blacknes
 and willingness to never do anything except rubber-stamp right wing absurdity.


Now TOJ is talking about Obama...

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TOJ  (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-25-08 11:00 AM
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13. A lazy POS just like *fill in the blank*. His only qualifications for the Presidency is his blackness
 and willingness to never do anything except rubber-stamp left wing absurdity.
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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2008, 11:37:22 AM »
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on February 25, 2008, 11:14:53 AM
And they say they aren't racist?  ::) :mental:

It especially annoys me when they talk about Thomas in such a degrading fashion because he was not willing to
be a part of their Democrat plantation.   

I would suggest to the DUmmies that they keep on spewing their racist diatribes against Thomas, Rice, etc.   
It will eventually begin to cost them very important votes.  :wink:  (Well, I hope it does, anyway).

You know them uppity house niggas -- when they gets all in they head to be thinking theys nothin but trouble.
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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2008, 11:45:21 AM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on February 25, 2008, 11:37:22 AM

You know them uppity house niggas -- when they gets all in they head to be thinking theys nothin but trouble.


 :lmao:  Exactly.  As long as they think like a Democrat, they're wonderful, but when they challenge the Dem establishment, they are the "spawn of the Devil."  :mental:
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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2008, 11:48:54 AM »
None of these DUmmies saw the interview with Justice Thomas that I saw. If they had they would have seen a brilliiant, informed person with tremendous drive. He has survived things that would kill most DUmmies.
They should be ashamed of themselves for degrading him like they have.
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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2008, 12:10:43 PM »
So much for being "tolerant" like they claim.

Scratch a leftist and find a nazi just below the surface.

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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2008, 12:17:16 PM »
Un freaking believable. Every time I think the DUmp can go no lower, somebody over there grabs a shovel.
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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2008, 12:54:37 PM »
Quote from: Attero Dominatus on February 25, 2008, 12:10:43 PM
So much for being "tolerant" like they claim.

Scratch a leftist and find a nazi just below the surface.



I don't believe they're that deep....

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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2008, 01:52:45 PM »
Not that they are racists or anything but they are.

Yet more proof that the DUmp in nothing but a hive of projectionists.
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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2008, 04:59:21 PM »
I just got done reading My Grandfather's Son, and he addresses this very thing. He makes it very clear that listening is his main objective when on the bench.

These DU a-holes know nothing about Thomas' mile-deep intellect. They can burn in Hell with Anita Hill as far as I'm concerned.
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Re: Thomas silent as Supreme Court talks on and on
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2008, 08:06:17 PM »
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Javaman (1000+ posts)       Mon Feb-25-08 11:13 AM
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15. Thomas always struck me as a very little man...
 Trying so hard to look important when at the heart of things he's a jealous, envious individual with no voice of his own. For it was co-oped when he gave his soul over to the GOP.

He asks nothing, gives his opinion on nothing and expects to be respected because of his position alone. This is the sign of a very sad and vengeful person.

I feel very sorry for him.

No you stupid son of a bi.... Justice Thomas has his own voice and because it isn`t one that you pitiful racists have commanded him to speak with you hate him with a holy vengence.
He proves everything you wish for as far a racial divide that you can exploit is a lie that you perpetuate for your own selfish reasons.
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