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Scarborough mocks Republicans for attacking Thurgood Marshall during Kagan hearing

June 29, 2010 8:14 am ET

From the June 29 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:

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    • Author by MiniTru (June 29, 2010 8:20 am ET)
         
      Somebody had to.
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    • Author by jjamele2880 (June 29, 2010 8:22 am ET)
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      Ugh- Screen shot of Willie Geist- not the way I wanted to start my morning. I think this photo should be placed in the dictionary to illustrate "vapid."
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    • Author by MickD (June 29, 2010 8:25 am ET)
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      Well, he might be the only mainstreamer to bring it up. Again, what if a Dem went after Reagan in a similar line of question. Panel stuff for 10 months.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (June 29, 2010 8:28 am ET)
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      Joe, if you REALLY had some cojones you would say why Republicans are attacking Thurgood Marshall and getting away with it...it's to appease an increasingly nutty right wing base.

      I suspect that if Joe Scarborough decided to run for office again tomorrow he would immediately begin pandering to the nut job base...it's the only way he could get elected.
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      • Author by jjamele2880 (June 29, 2010 8:41 am ET)
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        Correct- Scarborough was a gung-ho "let's impeach Bill Clinton for no reason" lunatic dirtbag when in Congress. He became "reasonable" when ousted because that was the way he could maneuver himself into his current job. If he ever decided to run for office, he'd be like Mitt Romney, denying his recent past and focusing on his "lifetime devotion to Conservative principles."

        Every once in a while he lets the mask slip, like when he slobbers all over idiots like Chris Christie ("the Ronald Reagan of New Jersey- we LOVE him!") or does a horrible Bill Clinton impression when forced to deal with a REPUBLICAN sex scandal. He's an insincere, smarmy little runt who hasn't changed his stripes one bit.
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        • Author by MiniTru (June 29, 2010 10:12 am ET)
             
          He became "reasonable" when ousted
          He wasn't "ousted," he "resigned to spend more time with his family" when an intern was found dead in his office.
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    • Author by epkklk851 (June 29, 2010 8:31 am ET)
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      Jeff Sessions is s mincing little menace. He reminds me of that nasty woman that every neighborhood seems to have. The one who spreads the dirt around about everyone in the neighborhood while pretending to be so nice and friendly. I'm sure he has no problem with the unprecedented activist decisions of the Roberts Court, the ones that have given corporations the freedom of speech rights as individuals and the ones that extend gun rights to individuals not just the group. I am sure for him, the activist activities of Conservatives are to be applauded, while those of people like Marshall are to be suppressed. Play that footage during his re-election campaign, and he wonders why Conservatives get accused of being racist.
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      • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (June 29, 2010 8:38 am ET)
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        Jeff Sessions is still angry about not getting his nomination to the courts years ago. Remember he switched from the Democratic Party when his raciest views weren't welcome any longer.
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        • Author by epkklk851 (June 29, 2010 9:01 am ET)
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          I do remember and I do agree. He just brings out the worst in me. I have this overwhelming urge to stand up and tell him to go and ef himself.
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      • Author by IRONY 101 (June 29, 2010 8:48 am ET)
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        [http://www.webpan.com/thelaughin/images/show/henry_gibson/henry_gibson_laughin.jpg]
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      • Author by blk-in-alabam (June 29, 2010 8:54 am ET)
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        Jefferson Davis Sessions was a rotten evil federal prosecutor in Mobile Alabama.Jefferson Davis Sessions broke records sending black people to federal prison on made up drug charges.He let one of the biggest crack distributors in the USA go free to settle a local personal grudge.Listening to Jeff Davis speak reveals where his heart is,and the fact that he is not very bright.
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    • Author by nerzog (June 29, 2010 8:37 am ET)
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      The Troglodytes are getting frisky. They've been pushing the envelope with their racially tinged hate speech against Obama and have yet to pay a price for it.

      Now they feel invincible enough to dig up the bones of another uppity black man from history and trash him.

      They're riding a Tiger, and I hope it turns around and bites their leg off.

      Or maybe it's a Panther...
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    • Author by YouTubeJEFF9K (June 29, 2010 8:40 am ET)
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      He had me until "...I like John Roberts..."
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    • Author by roland (June 29, 2010 9:18 am ET)
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      Scarborough: I'm a strict constructionist.

      Scarborough: I kind of like Justice Roberts.

      Aren't these two statements mutually exclusive?
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      • Author by Onyxcat (June 29, 2010 9:38 am ET)
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        Yes, since Chief Justice Roberts wants to turn the U.S. Constitution on its head. Making corporations the same as a person is outrageous.

        On Justice Marshall. I hope all the Rep suffer in their election bid for their attach on this man. Justice Marshall was one of the better judges on the Court.
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        • Author by dogbreath (June 29, 2010 9:55 am ET)
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          I think most Court historians believe Marshall to be one of the greatest Justices of the 20th century. Moreover, what he did before he was on the Court is what people like Sessions have problems with - being a lawyer on the Brown v. Board of Education case, forcing desegregation, is what these Southern clowns like Sessions and Cornyn have real problems with.

          Your racism is starting to show gentlemen (and I use that word lightly).
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          • Author by riverdog (June 29, 2010 10:55 am ET)
               
            most court historian regard justice marshall as a great lawyer and a very low ranked justice. stil was a great man.
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        • Author by MiniTru (June 29, 2010 10:23 am ET)
             
          Making corporations the same as a person is outrageous.
          Not really. All that has to be done is to tax them at the rate any other individual pays. No loopholes.
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