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**moedrabowsky** · 09-22-2005, 07:55 AM

QUOTE(phantom @ Sep 22 2005, 07:54 AM) Quoted post

From what I can tell this guy is just a rhetoric machine. He claims to be fighting for the little man all the time.

Here's what he said about judge John Roberts:

After a 45-minute meeting with Roberts on Wednesday, Illinois' other Democratic senator, Barack Obama, said he had not yet decided whether he would support the nominee.

"I'll be arriving at a decision in the next couple of days," Obama said. "I found him very intelligent, very capable. I still did not get a clear sense of where his heart is in understanding the role of the court in protecting the little guy."

Huh? His job is to protect/uphold the Constitution. If anyone should be protecting the "little guy", it's legislators. Now STFU.
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I like him a lot.

And upholding the Constitution entails protecting the little guy, which is the whole point of the Bill of Rights.

**Moon Man** · 09-22-2005, 07:56 AM

Many argue that the Court serves to counter the potential "tyranny of the majority" that could result from actions of the legislature. That it is the Court, as protector of the Constitution, should serve to check the potential abuse of civil liberties that a runaway legislature might enact.

Moon

**dredbyrd** · 09-22-2005, 07:56 AM

QUOTE(moedrabowsky @ Sep 22 2005, 07:55 AM) Quoted post

QUOTE(phantom @ Sep 22 2005, 07:54 AM) Quoted post

From what I can tell this guy is just a rhetoric machine. He claims to be fighting for the little man all the time.

Here's what he said about judge John Roberts:

After a 45-minute meeting with Roberts on Wednesday, Illinois' other Democratic senator, Barack Obama, said he had not yet decided whether he would support the nominee.

"I'll be arriving at a decision in the next couple of days," Obama said. "I found him very intelligent, very capable. I still did not get a clear sense of where his heart is in understanding the role of the court in protecting the little guy."

Huh? His job is to protect/uphold the Constitution. If anyone should be protecting the "little guy", it's legislators. Now STFU.
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I like him a lot.

And upholding the Constitution entails protecting the little guy, which is the whole point of the Bill of Rights.
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Damn these electric sex pants!

26+31+34+42+44+46+64+67+82+06 = 10

Bring back the death penalty for corporations!

**AWSmith98** · 09-22-2005, 07:56 AM

I can't stand him....

And no, it's not because he's black [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

**jhuegy** · 09-22-2005, 07:57 AM

QUOTE(moedrabowsky @ Sep 22 2005, 08:55 AM) Quoted post

QUOTE(phantom @ Sep 22 2005, 07:54 AM) Quoted post

From what I can tell this guy is just a rhetoric machine. He claims to be fighting for the little man all the time.

Here's what he said about judge John Roberts:

After a 45-minute meeting with Roberts on Wednesday, Illinois' other Democratic senator, Barack Obama, said he had not yet decided whether he would support the nominee.

"I'll be arriving at a decision in the next couple of days," Obama said. "I found him very intelligent, very capable. I still did not get a clear sense of where his heart is in understanding the role of the court in protecting the little guy."

Huh? His job is to protect/uphold the Constitution. If anyone should be protecting the "little guy", it's legislators. Now STFU.
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I like him a lot.

And upholding the Constitution entails protecting the little guy, which is the whole point of the Bill of Rights.
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I second the motion. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]

I'm in favor of the little guy, too.

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**phantom** · 09-22-2005, 07:58 AM

QUOTE(moedrabowsky @ Sep 22 2005, 08:55 AM) Quoted post

I like him a lot.

And upholding the Constitution entails protecting the little guy, which is the whole point of the Bill of Rights.
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That's fine if upholding the Constitution results in protecting the little guy. But the focus is the Constitution -- not protecting the little guy. Sounds like Mr. Obama MAY be a fan of judicial activism. Or maybe I'm reading to much into it. Regardless, I don't think it was the right thing to say. But that's all I hear out of that guy.

**Moon Man** · 09-22-2005, 08:00 AM

QUOTE(AWSmith98 @ Sep 22 2005, 07:56 AM) Quoted post

I can't stand him....

And no, it's not because he's black [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]
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Because he's Hawaiian?

Moon

**moedrabowsky** · 09-22-2005, 08:01 AM

QUOTE(phantom @ Sep 22 2005, 07:58 AM) Quoted post

QUOTE(moedrabowsky @ Sep 22 2005, 08:55 AM) Quoted post

I like him a lot.

And upholding the Constitution entails protecting the little guy, which is the whole point of the Bill of Rights.
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That's fine if upholding the Constitution results in protecting the little guy. But the focus is the Constitution -- not protecting the little guy. Sounds like Mr. Obama MAY be a fan of judicial activism. Or maybe I'm reading to much into it. Regardless, I don't think it was the right thing to say. But that's all I hear out of that guy.
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It's called "activism" if the other guy's doing it.

His mind is not for rent, to any god or government.
Pointless debate is what we do here -- lvr

**slow groove** · 09-22-2005, 08:03 AM

QUOTE(phantom @ Sep 22 2005, 08:58 AM) Quoted post

QUOTE(moedrabowsky @ Sep 22 2005, 08:55 AM) Quoted post

I like him a lot.

And upholding the Constitution entails protecting the little guy, which is the whole point of the Bill of Rights.
[/b][/quote]

That's fine if upholding the Constitution results in protecting the little guy. But the focus is the Constitution -- not protecting the little guy. Sounds like Mr. Obama MAY be a fan of judicial activism. Or maybe I'm reading to much into it. Regardless, I don't think it was the right thing to say. But that's all I hear out of that guy.
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Better that than politicians continuously promising to protect big business -- something few of us "little guys" have stake in.

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**phantom** · 09-22-2005, 08:06 AM

QUOTE(slow groove @ Sep 22 2005, 09:03 AM) Quoted post

QUOTE(phantom @ Sep 22 2005, 08:58 AM) Quoted post

QUOTE(moedrabowsky @ Sep 22 2005, 08:55 AM) Quoted post

I like him a lot.

And upholding the Constitution entails protecting the little guy, which is the whole point of the Bill of Rights.
[/b][/quote]

That's fine if upholding the Constitution results in protecting the little guy. But the focus is the Constitution -- not protecting the little guy. Sounds like Mr. Obama MAY be a fan of judicial activism. Or maybe I'm reading to much into it. Regardless, I don't think it was the right thing to say. But that's all I hear out of that guy.
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Better that than politicians continuously promising to protect big business -- something few of us "little guys" have stake in.
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I'm not saying it's a bad thing to protect the "little guy" -- in fact, I love midgets. But he really comes across as a person who's trying hard to craft an image. I don't know how much substance is there. Time will tell. But when he interjects that stuff into everything he says, it's annoying. Roberts job will be to interpret the Constitution. That's it.

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**lazydaze** · 09-22-2005, 08:09 AM

QUOTE(Moon Man @ Sep 22 2005, 07:00 AM) Quoted post

QUOTE(AWSmith98 @ Sep 22 2005, 07:56 AM) Quoted post

I can't stand him....

And no, it's not because he's black [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]
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Because he's Hawaiian?

Moon
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**Moon Man** · 09-22-2005, 08:09 AM

QUOTE(phantom @ Sep 22 2005, 08:06 AM) Quoted post

Roberts job will be to interpret the Constitution. That's it.
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And statutory interpretation.

Moon

**moedrabowsky** · 09-22-2005, 08:10 AM

QUOTE(phantom @ Sep 22 2005, 08:06 AM) Quoted post

I'm not saying it's a bad thing to protect the "little guy" -- in fact, I love midgets. But he really comes across as a person who's trying hard to craft an image. I don't know how much substance is there. Time will tell. But when he interjects that stuff into everything he says, it's annoying. Roberts job will be to interpret the Constitution. That's it.
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Of course he's trying to craft an image. He's a politician. You don't think every pol of every party has tried to "craft an image?" You really think Bush is a brush-clearing ranch hand? The guy's a fucking Northeastern preppy, but he has folks convinced he's staright Texan.

Obama is a threat, thus all the hand-wringing.

**lazydaze** · 09-22-2005, 08:11 AM

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No doubt, like all of them

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