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elleng

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22. No, but to retire???

Reply to Scuba (Reply #8)

Thu May 10, 2012, 12:03 PM

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 79. Stephen Breyer is 72. Antonin Scalia is 76. Anthony Kennedy is 74. [View all] cali May 2012 OP

GOTV. We always say it is important. This is why. FSogol May 2012 #1

It's always been the reason. The GOP focused on this one thing for many years. freshwest May 2012 #34

Reason #1 to re-elect President Obama dbackjon May 2012 #2

i agree. nt seabeyond May 2012 #4

Absitively and posolutely. hifiguy May 2012 #9

scalia and thomas though, live unhealthy lives.... seabeyond May 2012 #3

How do you know? kirby May 2012 #10

excesses i have read and heard about. the visual.... seabeyond May 2012 #12

They've both got nothin' on Taft. (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #25

You're right about Scalia, for sure, seabeyond... Surya Gayatri May 2012 #31

i read an article about him, he smokes a lot, eats lots of carbs, drinks etc JI7 May 2012 #32

They are the undead lapislzi May 2012 #33

i sure as hell hope so. barbtries May 2012 #5

Lections do have consequences. \nt still_one May 2012 #6

And this is the biggest reason for me to vote for President Obama. This is a lifetime change if we jwirr May 2012 #7

Is it consistent with religious values to pray for some of these assholes to die? Scuba May 2012 #8

No, but to retire??? elleng May 2012 #22

A lot of the 3rd party supporters in 2000 didn't seem to think SCOTUS appointees were important. libinnyandia May 2012 #11

Lot of those 3rd party voters and sympathizers were fucking Reaganites NNN0LHI May 2012 #16

We had DU'ers claiming that in 2004. emulatorloo May 2012 #20

scalia will never retire. he would rather drop dead on the bench. Javaman May 2012 #13

From your keyboard to God's ears, my friend ... Bake May 2012 #14

And he eventually will and he will be replace. Gold Metal Flake May 2012 #30

These are the most important numbers in this campaign! Bake May 2012 #15

And what assurance do we have Pab Sungenis May 2012 #17

You act as if Sotomayor and Kagan are Scalia-style reactionary right wingers. emulatorloo May 2012 #19

Kagan: "There is no constitutional right to same sex marriage." Pab Sungenis May 2012 #21

No it "doesn't say it all" emulatorloo May 2012 #23

Not. cali May 2012 #28

I know what she says. Pab Sungenis May 2012 #29

No, but nobody seems to have any problem with Kagan being an ideologue. Chan790 May 2012 #26

Fair enough. Especially re Thurgood Marshall. emulatorloo May 2012 #27

Scalia and Kennedy were among the majority voting for Citizens United LongTomH May 2012 #18

Since SCOTUS is totally political these days, they should be subject to term limits SoCalDem May 2012 #24