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hifiguy

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15. He's not dumb. Far from it.

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 04:20 PM

Dec 2015

When I was a pup fresh out of Harvard Law I worked at a firm where one of Scalia's classmates was a very senior partner. Said partner was an impeccably liberal Kennedy Democrat who had been on the Law Review and clerked for Felix Frankfurter back in the day. At a meeting one of the other grand poobahs asked him about a case he would be arguing before the Supremes in a few weeks and his old "buddy" Fat Tony.

The senior partner laughed quietly and said "Nino is a very smart man. But he's only about half as smart as he thinks he is." The Democrats in the room laughed. The Repigs didn't.

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Scalia: Affirmative Action Sends Blacks To Schools Too Advanced For Them [View all] TheBlackAdder Dec 2015 OP

100%, and I hate his FN guts too. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #1

I voted 80% Funtatlaguy Dec 2015 #2

I'd go for 60%, JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #13

He ought to be impeached. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #3

Did he point to his conjoined twin as proof? lame54 Dec 2015 #4

It's disgusting that this blatant racist is on the Supreme Court and making rulings brush Dec 2015 #5

60% racist, 350% classist. n/t Orsino Dec 2015 #6

Scalia trying to divert some heat from Trump. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2015 #7

Put down that Hammas you're eating and comment on this, Ben Carson. (nt) Paladin Dec 2015 #8

Rachel Maddow nailed Scalia best when she called him a Troll... KittyWampus Dec 2015 #9

so tell me, tony boy, how did YOU manage to get a degree in anything? niyad Dec 2015 #10

He's not dumb. Far from it. hifiguy Dec 2015 #15

wonder what in the hell has happened to that brain since then? niyad Dec 2015 #17

Maybe Clarence Thomas is the only black that Fat Tony knows Doctor_J Dec 2015 #11

Knowing Uncle Ruckus doesn't count. hifiguy Dec 2015 #16

That is blatant racism on full display...can we impeach him yet? Rex Dec 2015 #12

Schools too advanced for them? Like Harvard? KamaAina Dec 2015 #14