CODE PINK LEADER ON SHORT LIST FOR SUPREME COURT?
It does not matter whether she gets the appointment or not.
The fact that he ADMIRES HER AT ALL, the fact that he would EVEN CONSIDER THIS, is all I need to know.
And, if he can't put her on the bench, he will find somewhere else to put her where she will be at his elbow, she will have his ear, and where we won't be able to see what she's doing.
Be afraid.
BE VERY AFRAID.
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"This would be a bold and gracious move," Benjamin said in an email response, "If I was chosen, or any other member of the anti-war movement, we can make certain that the criminal excesses of the Bush regime are not repeated."
Benjamin said that her top priority on the top court would be to "return us to a nation of laws." This would include anti-torture and anti-war rulings. When asked if members of the Bush Administration should come before the Court for war crimes trial, she said, "without [a] doubt."
Senator Obama met with Benjamin twelve times during his tenure in the US Senate, including in March 2006, when he called her a "courageous, principled leader." In 2007 he attended an anti-war dinner in which Ms. Benjamin spoke for twenty minutes. During this period, she called the United States "the new fascist hyperpower" and called President Bush a "scumbag." Senator Obama applauded at the close of her speech.
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posted by jillosophy at 5/01/2009 02:51:00 PM
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