Comments on: Lame Online Poll of the Day http://xrlq.com/2005/10/04/lame-online-poll-of-the-day-2/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Mon, 14 May 2012 18:16:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Angry Clam http://xrlq.com/2005/10/04/lame-online-poll-of-the-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-34167 The Angry Clam Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:08:02 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2005/10/04/lame-online-poll-of-the-day-2/#comment-34167 NewsMax needs you to vote in the URGENT POLL NOW! Is Hillary Clinton the daughter of Satan? A) Yes. B) No, she's his son. NewsMax needs you to vote in the URGENT POLL NOW!

Is Hillary Clinton the daughter of Satan?

A) Yes.
B) No, she’s his son.

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2005/10/04/lame-online-poll-of-the-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-34024 Xrlq Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:58:34 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2005/10/04/lame-online-poll-of-the-day-2/#comment-34024 Steve: the latter. I'm agnostic on the merits of her nomination right now, but while it's one thing to say we should appoint some Justices <i>despite</i> not having been a judge (Rehnquist, for example), it's quite another to say that the absence of judicial experience doesn't matter at all, which is what the poll asks. Kevin: if by "used to" you mean "should," I don't disagree. I don't believe for a minute that Thurgood Marshall or any of FDR's cronies were confirmed because a bunch of Senators were wowed by their judicial temperament. As for experience, Miers has plenty; the question is whether her kind of experience will make her a good/bad/great/horrible Justice. You and Patterico seem to know the answer to that already, but I don't. Steve: the latter. I’m agnostic on the merits of her nomination right now, but while it’s one thing to say we should appoint some Justices despite not having been a judge (Rehnquist, for example), it’s quite another to say that the absence of judicial experience doesn’t matter at all, which is what the poll asks.

Kevin: if by “used to” you mean “should,” I don’t disagree. I don’t believe for a minute that Thurgood Marshall or any of FDR’s cronies were confirmed because a bunch of Senators were wowed by their judicial temperament. As for experience, Miers has plenty; the question is whether her kind of experience will make her a good/bad/great/horrible Justice. You and Patterico seem to know the answer to that already, but I don’t.

]]> By: Kevin Murphy http://xrlq.com/2005/10/04/lame-online-poll-of-the-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-34022 Kevin Murphy Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:21:40 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2005/10/04/lame-online-poll-of-the-day-2/#comment-34022 It used to be that judges were approved based for experience and temperament. Judicial philosophy might have been considered in their nomination, but ratification was supposed to be based primarily on ability. This has broken down of late, but with the Miers nomination it seems to have gone out the window entirely. It used to be that judges were approved based for experience and temperament. Judicial philosophy might have been considered in their nomination, but ratification was supposed to be based primarily on ability.

This has broken down of late, but with the Miers nomination it seems to have gone out the window entirely.

]]> By: steve sturm http://xrlq.com/2005/10/04/lame-online-poll-of-the-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-34021 steve sturm Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:08:48 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2005/10/04/lame-online-poll-of-the-day-2/#comment-34021 recognizing the percentages have changed since your post, are you upset because the two didn't add up to 100% or because a not insignificant percentage of the respondents aren't concerned about her not having been a judge? recognizing the percentages have changed since your post, are you upset because the two didn’t add up to 100% or because a not insignificant percentage of the respondents aren’t concerned about her not having been a judge?

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