Lawrence O'donnell on why Kagan is a good pick: Obama chose her and he is wise

During the Ed Showe yesterday:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37149220/ns/msnbc_tv-the_ed_show/

Progressive media critic Bob Somerby comments:



http://dailyhowler.com/dh051410.shtml

the one doing the appointing could be considered a stealth republican themselves.

Look at Summers, Geithner, Salazar. It doesn't take much to make one wonder.

...stands in the way of breaking up the banks. Today he's scolding oil execs but leaves Salazar in charge.

Amazing how people keep falling for his empty words.

God only knows what his intention is with Kagan - we shouldn't have to guess at the positions of a Dem nominated for SCOTUS.

We don't know what any of these people are really going to be like. We can't fairly compare Kagan to them. I think O'Donnell makes a fair point.

form an opinion. Not so with Kagan.

unitary and executive Presidencies (which Kagan often favors) have as their principle the legality and rightness of any and everything the Leader does, since he is the receptacle, source, and criterion of all goodness. if he speaks, we must all obey.

centrist and moderate Dems (recall the "you stay in your PLACE!" Dixiecrats or "ZOMG he's such a fighter" Rahm's purges of antiwar and pro-choice Dems) have had a strong authoritarian streak, paralleling their constant warmongering (Scoop Jackson, JFK's "Losing China," the Best and the Brightest in Vietnam, Congress lambasting Nicaragua as much as Reagan did, the IWR) and the quasi-Nazism of the National Security State

tl,dr: loyalists are less levelheaded than Synanon members

ooh, I found a quote: "in comparison to (President's name) we are all pip-squeaks. Anyone who believes he can do better than the leader is stupid." --Adm. Dönitz

because of his religious delusions? Why would I? When he says my family is not 'sanctified by God' should I trust that too, Larry?
Trusting a politician is a dereliction of one's duty as a citizen.

Mr Obama has proven over and over that he will do what's best and prudent. I thank God every day that McCain/Palin were rejected. And a lot of people around here should as well.

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