Comments on: Republicans: Gender, Ethnicity and Empathy Shouldn’t Matter for Judges, Unless They’re Conservatives http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:28:03 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: smartalek http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907727 smartalek Wed, 27 May 2009 21:21:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907727 <p>“working for FOX-kind of like working for the Weekly World News”</p> <p>Ooo, ooo, does that mean we’ll get to follow Bat Boy again???</p> “working for FOX-kind of like working for the Weekly World News”

Ooo, ooo, does that mean we’ll get to follow Bat Boy again???

]]> By: Blue Texan http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907718 Blue Texan Wed, 27 May 2009 21:12:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907718 <p>The sense of humor part is also funny.</p> <p>“He’s great with making up porn titles and saying funny shit about Coke cans!”</p> The sense of humor part is also funny.

“He’s great with making up porn titles and saying funny shit about Coke cans!”

]]> By: mui1 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907704 mui1 Wed, 27 May 2009 20:58:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907704 <blockquote> <p>PRESIDENT BUSH: I have followed this man’s career for some time, and he has excelled in everything that he has attempted. He is a delightful and warm, intelligent person who has great empathy and a wonderful sense of humor.</p></blockquote> <p>Sorry, this quote has me laughing. I am pretty sure there is at least one person who would disagree with Thomas being a paragon of empathy. Oh but hell, we’re all “feminazis”& etc.</p>

PRESIDENT BUSH: I have followed this man’s career for some time, and he has excelled in everything that he has attempted. He is a delightful and warm, intelligent person who has great empathy and a wonderful sense of humor.

Sorry, this quote has me laughing. I am pretty sure there is at least one person who would disagree with Thomas being a paragon of empathy. Oh but hell, we’re all “feminazis”& etc.

]]> By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907598 dmac Wed, 27 May 2009 19:23:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907598 <p>epu’d, again.</p> epu’d, again.

]]> By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907578 dmac Wed, 27 May 2009 19:03:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907578 <p>i will dedicate that one to you, ecahn.</p> i will dedicate that one to you, ecahn.

]]> By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907577 dmac Wed, 27 May 2009 19:00:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907577 <p>well, he’s got a lot of time on his hands now.gotta stay busy…</p> <p>him and newt, grazin’ and escaped from the corral…it’s sad really…gop’ers aren’t laying out the big bucks for speaking engagements, in fact i bet it’s hard to fill up the conference room since the ticket of admission can’t buy anything anymore.</p> <p>lotta time to read and reflect. and change history if he can help it.</p> <p>wonder what dubya’s doing?<br /> oh, forgot, he’s fine with it. he’s outta there. got-er-done.</p> well, he’s got a lot of time on his hands now.gotta stay busy…

him and newt, grazin’ and escaped from the corral…it’s sad really…gop’ers aren’t laying out the big bucks for speaking engagements, in fact i bet it’s hard to fill up the conference room since the ticket of admission can’t buy anything anymore.

lotta time to read and reflect. and change history if he can help it.

wonder what dubya’s doing?
oh, forgot, he’s fine with it. he’s outta there. got-er-done.

]]> By: TheLurkingMod http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907576 TheLurkingMod Wed, 27 May 2009 18:59:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907576 <p>Welcome Roberto Lovato, upstairs!<br /><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/sotomayors-confirmation-hearings-will-be-a-trial-for-the-gop/" rel="nofollow">Sotomayor’s Confirmation Hearings Will be a Trial — for the GOP</a></p> Welcome Roberto Lovato, upstairs!
Sotomayor’s Confirmation Hearings Will be a Trial — for the GOP

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907575 eCAHNomics Wed, 27 May 2009 18:56:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907575 <p>Thanks. We needed that.</p> Thanks. We needed that.

]]> By: RonD http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907574 RonD Wed, 27 May 2009 18:52:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907574 <p>As for Dick, his parents did a stellar job on naming him.<br /> And he’s been taking it out on people ever since.<br /> Laptop battery dying-see everyone later. Thank you for the good wishes, and my best to you as well. You too, Loo Hoo.</p> As for Dick, his parents did a stellar job on naming him.
And he’s been taking it out on people ever since.
Laptop battery dying-see everyone later. Thank you for the good wishes, and my best to you as well. You too, Loo Hoo.

]]> By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907573 dmac Wed, 27 May 2009 18:51:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/republicans-gender-ethnicity-and-empathy-shouldn%e2%80%99t-matter-for-judges-unless-they%e2%80%99re-conservatives/#comment-1907573 <p>oh woe to be called empathetic<br /> while being a pawn of rhetoric<br /> you do what you’re told<br /> hide being bold<br /> while others promote<br /> what you’re ‘better at’.</p> <p>(can’t help it, it’s a disease…)</p> oh woe to be called empathetic
while being a pawn of rhetoric
you do what you’re told
hide being bold
while others promote
what you’re ‘better at’.

(can’t help it, it’s a disease…)

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