Comments on: Sotomayor’s douchebag verdict http://newsrackblog.com/2009/07/06/sotomayors-douchebag-verdict/ a citizen's journal by Thomas Nephew Fri, 18 May 2012 00:14:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nell http://newsrackblog.com/2009/07/06/sotomayors-douchebag-verdict/#comment-5515 Nell Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:58:53 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/?p=2647#comment-5515 I'm reminded by the mention of <i>Tinker</i> that Gary Farber has an important <a href="http://amygdalagf.blogspot.com/2009/07/war-we-cant-win.html" rel="nofollow">post</a> on the politically driven nature of the Nixon-Kissinger 'decent interval' delayed exit from Viet Nam documented beyond question by the newly released tapes. There are implications for our current situation in Iraq and Afg. Gary's post points back to the excellent work of Ken Hughes at his <a href="http://fatalpolitics.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Fatal Politics</a> blog. But read both. I’m reminded by the mention of Tinker that Gary Farber has an important post on the politically driven nature of the Nixon-Kissinger ‘decent interval’ delayed exit from Viet Nam documented beyond question by the newly released tapes. There are implications for our current situation in Iraq and Afg.

Gary’s post points back to the excellent work of Ken Hughes at his Fatal Politics blog. But read both.

]]> By: Nell http://newsrackblog.com/2009/07/06/sotomayors-douchebag-verdict/#comment-5514 Nell Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:45:25 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/?p=2647#comment-5514 At Obsidian Wings, when the Souter resignation was being discussed, I <a href="http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2009/05/souter-will-resign.html?cid=6a00d834515c2369e201156f6d180f970c#comment-6a00d834515c2369e201156f6d180f970c" rel="nofollow">predicted</a> we'd wind up with a less liberal court as a result of Obama's picks, especially if he got to make as many as four nominations. The usual suspects jumped down my throat. Turns out it only took one nomination to make my point. David Souter wouldn't have ruled this way. Your concluding paragraphs echo my thoughts exactly. Hope we're both proved wrong, wrong, wrong. At Obsidian Wings, when the Souter resignation was being discussed, I predicted we’d wind up with a less liberal court as a result of Obama’s picks, especially if he got to make as many as four nominations.

The usual suspects jumped down my throat. Turns out it only took one nomination to make my point. David Souter wouldn’t have ruled this way.

Your concluding paragraphs echo my thoughts exactly. Hope we’re both proved wrong, wrong, wrong.

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