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Rove Blasts Sotomayor
That didn't take long! Appearing on Fox News, Karl Rove argues Sonia Sotomayor lacks intellectual strength, has an inability to produce a consensus, and is disliked by her colleagues.
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May 26, 2009 | 10:42am
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edouglas

If Rove doesn't like her, then I like her already. He is the last person who should be evaluating one's character. He was part of the brain trust that presented the mess that was Harriet Myers.

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11:09 am, May 26, 2009

Snertly

Amen!

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6:31 pm, May 26, 2009

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11:21 pm, May 26, 2009

backpalm

Why has Rove not been arrested for ignoring federal subpoenas?

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7:31 pm, May 30, 2009

ncsteeler

I agree that is Karl doesn't like her that's good enough for me. Does he think Clarence Thomas has the intellectual strength to be on the bench?

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11:30 am, May 26, 2009

connie47

She graduated from Princeton and Yale, but she doesn't have "intellectual strength?" Rove, who has only a high-school diploma and enrolled in college for just long enough to get a Viet Nam deferment, seems to feel he has the "intellectual strength" to make that judgment.

You can't make this stuff up.

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11:32 am, May 26, 2009

JackJack

She had medicore grads and was admitted on a minority grant.

Ya can't make this stuff up!

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3:10 pm, May 26, 2009

connie47

Really? Is that why she won the Pyne Prize at Princeton, a prize that one must have high grades to qualify for?

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3:36 pm, May 26, 2009

connie47

Oops, she graduated Summa Cum Laude, too. Hmmm, got some more facts, JackJack?

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3:38 pm, May 26, 2009

Bojo10

A little hard on the "Women with Power" jackie boy?

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4:07 pm, May 26, 2009

ajsd76

How do you live with yourself? Don't you regret or are ashamed being you? You just can't get over yourself, can you? I bet my life you either have less than a college education or your grades [not to mention the school you must have gone to] were lower than mediocre. Karl rove is your intellectual fountain??? Karl rove!???

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7:36 pm, May 26, 2009

maxmagic

Correctly spelled, those words are 'mediocre grades'.
I suspect yours were.

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5:53 pm, May 28, 2009

backpalm

I think you meant 'MEDIOCRE GRADES'.And though she actually had excellent grades; we now know, JackJack, that your "grads" were "medicore".Ya can't make this stuff up!

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7:44 pm, May 30, 2009

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11:22 pm, May 26, 2009

maxmagic

LOVE those guys! They'll keep the left in power for the next 8...16?...24? years. Just by virtue of the hate they spew.

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5:58 pm, May 28, 2009

milkman57

Gee what I heard Karl say, between the lines was "I don't think this dumb, unqualified, difficult, mean, minority woman should serve on our supreme court.

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11:46 am, May 26, 2009

milkman57

Oh I forgot...she's a liar too.

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11:48 am, May 26, 2009

Redhead5050

Why would anyone consider what this guy has to say on this topic? He was involved in the sickness that permeates the justice department starting or at least including Harriet Myers. This guy is a joke...and certainly lacking in intellect, perhaps a clue as to why he cannot see it when it is presented in a competent, intelligent individual.

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12:00 pm, May 26, 2009

mindlessmissy

Faux News ..

'Nuff said ...

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1:35 pm, May 26, 2009

jus1drun

the source is obviously biased but the comments appear legit.

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12:06 pm, May 26, 2009

doko84

this is such superficial bullshit. i fucking hate these old, corrupt assholes. It doesn't matter who Obama picked, Rove would be saying the same shit. Next is Rush, then Newt, and then Cheney blasting her. Right down the line of washed- up bastards. Just watch.

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12:28 pm, May 26, 2009

hockeydog

Karl Rove, W's favorite "turdblossom" buddy, the master of the dirty trick political manuever has to open his spud about this fine woman, who is clearly a superior intellect.

These Fox news gropers are simply relentless in their "subtle" disparaging remarks. Did you catch their comments following the clip of Sotomayer's candor? The comments were not that "judges" create policy, but only "liberal" justices do so.

Well, on the bright side, perhaps she will be sitting on the Supreme Court when Karl's involvement in the Valerie Plume case comes before it.

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12:44 pm, May 26, 2009

tarryh

Funny, that is the same thing people say about you, turdblossom. You were called Bush's Brain, and we no how that worked out. Really smart decisions. You were considered divisive by insiders. There is certainly consensus there. And your co-workers definitely did not like you to judge by their public comments after you lost power and could do them little harm.

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12:52 pm, May 26, 2009

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1:16 pm, May 26, 2009

carlinho

Well, THIS was a completely predictable move - dear Republicans- it's now official - you have jumped your shark, and nuked your fridge. You are COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT to contemporary politics in America, serving only as whiny babies who cannot understand how they lost their majority. Here's a hint: - YOU SUCKED AT GOVERNING. Now please SHUT UP and fade away.

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1:46 pm, May 26, 2009

JackJack

This pick won't make it. She's a known bully, hard, closed minded woman that most of her colleagues deplore.

Rove is right!

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3:09 pm, May 26, 2009

Bojo10

A known bully?(Cheney) Hard? (Rush) Closed minded? (The GOP) It sounds like you just describe your party son. You Clowns have a real bad case of "Small Man's Disease" get over yourselves. Date a woman you don't have to pay for. It's easy. They all can't say NO.

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3:38 pm, May 26, 2009

ajsd76

Right on Bojo10. You tell him!

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7:39 pm, May 26, 2009

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11:23 pm, May 26, 2009

Meghanisgreat

Carl,

Why don't you just go hide yourself ?

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