Moron VP to cops: Don’t worry, Sotomayor “has your back”
posted at 8:56 pm on June 9, 2009 by Allahpundit
No, in case you’re wondering, it’s not standard protocol to hint to interested parties that a judge is on their side. But in fairness to Biden, he is a moron.
“I think what Biden said was foolish,” said Stephen Gillers, a law professor at New York University who is a prominent legal ethicist. “She’s not there to ‘have their back.’ She’s there to interpret the law as she sees fit. . .
“It’ll be embarrassing to her when she learns of it,” Gillers said. “Biden crosses the line when he starts representing to interest groups that she would be voting in their favor.”…
The president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, John Wesley Hall, complained that Biden’s comment made it sound like she would overlook police misconduct.
“To say that a judge ‘has your back’ is an activist judge,” Hall said. “They’re raising doubts for everybody who’s concerned about the Bill of Rights. . . .‘She’s got your back’ is just the worst possible thing he could have said.”
But another legal ethics specialist, Stephen Lubet of Northwestern, said he was not troubled by Biden’s remarks. “If Judge Sotomayor had said that, perhaps [it would be problematic], but the fact that her supporters think she’s more disposed toward law enforcement does not suggest bias. Everybody’s in favor of law enforcement, no one’s opposed to law enforcement,” Lubet said. “This lacks the sort of specificity that would suggest bias.”
Most conservatives aren’t going to pitch a fit at the thought of a Supreme Court appointee giving cops the benefit of the doubt, especially when they’re terrified of The One building Warren Court II. But the principle remains: Imagine if Greasy Joe had told a group of public defenders that Sotomayor “has your back.” Sweet bloggy content for the next week, baby!
Oh, speaking of our wise Latina justice, a wise Latino senator evidently agrees that “the richness of her experience” gives her a leg up jurisprudentially on those who are less “rich.” And no, he’s not a Democrat.
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He probably will sometime next week. Joe’s got all the angles covered baby…he may be a moron, but he’s a brilliant moron.
AUINSC on June 9, 2009 at 8:59 PM
And I thought Monday was good.
Go Joe… keep ‘em coming!
Ugly on June 9, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Martinez is a moron. He might as well be a Democrat.
progressoverpeace on June 9, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Ain’t it the truth.
msmveritas on June 9, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Could’ve fooled me.
TheQuestion on June 9, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Worst VP since Gore.
Dr. Manhattan on June 9, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Yeah but he is THEIR moron not ours.
William Amos on June 9, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Again I say. Bo Bo da Clownnnnnnn !
Hummer53 on June 9, 2009 at 9:03 PM
It’s like he’s trying to give glad handing blowhards a bad name or something.
trubble on June 9, 2009 at 9:03 PM
She has their back…in her crosshairs.
SouthernGent on June 9, 2009 at 9:04 PM
I have no doubt that Biden is addicted to some form of narcotics. He’s just too stupid to not be on something.
Thunderstorm129 on June 9, 2009 at 9:04 PM
In Pennsylvania, judges run for election and re-election, on a party basis. (Yes, even the appellate courts.) It is not uncommon to hear radio ads by judges saying how they’ll stand up for the crime victim, the injured worker, etc. An argument for merit selection, considering some of the party hacks that we occasionally get on the bench.
Wethal on June 9, 2009 at 9:05 PM
But in fairness to Biden, he is a moron.
no, he is a moron wrapped in a idiot!
SHARPTOOTH on June 9, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Now now..he’s a compassionate, big-tent conservative who knows what it takes to save the GOP…it’s entirely coincidental that it looks identical to the Democrat position…
AUINSC on June 9, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Joe Biden is special.
The candlepower of his intellect forces me to offer a prayer for Obama’s health every day.
cruadin on June 9, 2009 at 9:07 PM
They said if I voted for McCain that we would have an idiot for a VP…I guess they were right!
zekero on June 9, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Of all of the things that one could pick on “special needs” Vice President Biden for this ranks among the most petty.
paulsur on June 9, 2009 at 9:08 PM
um, no she’s not there to interpret the law as she sees fit. She’s there to interpret the law in a manner consistent with the constitution and federal statute.
patriette on June 9, 2009 at 9:10 PM
That’ll be his topic tomorrow on the morning talk shows.
tru2tx on June 9, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Yawn.. Nothing to see here. Cons are just looking for anything to suck on this week.
Afrolib on June 9, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Thank God Palin didn`t become our VP, huh?
/sarc
ThePrez on June 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM
I have a picture of Joe Biden next to my bed on my nightstand.
Whenever I’ve had a bad night, or a few bad days, and I wake up feeling down in the dumps..
I slowly roll over in the light of the morning sun, and look at that smiling portrait of Joe, with the dust particles dancing about his face in a beam of light.
Then, I’m reminded things aren’t so bad, and that they could be so much worse.
I could be Joe.
blatantblue on June 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Heh.
progressoverpeace on June 9, 2009 at 9:12 PM
I don’t feel so bad after I look at Joe.
blatantblue on June 9, 2009 at 9:12 PM
VP Biden’s remarks here are absolutely absurd.
The real point here is why he would say this at all? Is it because the opposite is true?
brennan251 on June 9, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Joe Biden is proof that Obama isnt as intelligent as everyone else makes him out to be.
William Amos on June 9, 2009 at 9:12 PM
…I’m just a white boy
from a white famileeee
I guess I’m not “rich” enough to deserve equal justice under the law and constitution.
To me, that says all I need to know about Sotomayer.
Spiritk9 on June 9, 2009 at 9:12 PM
I think Nice is back,
William Amos on June 9, 2009 at 9:13 PM
You all need to understand that our side won! And nothing is going to change that in 2012
Obama/Biden- 2012
Pelosi/Boxer-2016
Afrolib on June 9, 2009 at 9:13 PM
So true. lol
bluelightbrigade on June 9, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Emanating penumbras on top of penumbrating emanations!
hit and run on June 9, 2009 at 9:13 PM
William Amos on June 9, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Sounds like getaclue to me.
tru2tx on June 9, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Martinez is a peepee. He’s been a disaster. Glad he’s leaving.
elduende on June 9, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Hell, we don’t have to go looking for anything with the circus clowns running the show. They’re the gift that keeps on giving.
Thunderstorm129 on June 9, 2009 at 9:14 PM
I’m beginning to think he is on the take from a wealthy conservative. There’s no other explanation. No one is that careless or stupid.
sherry on June 9, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Every day that Joe Biden’s location is disclosed is a good day.
Jim Treacher on June 9, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Let me guess………….
………….. he started the speech by telling everyone that he has a higher IQ than anyone in the room?
Seven Percent Solution on June 9, 2009 at 9:15 PM
But we do enjoy it…thank you so much for giving us Joe!…he’s the one bright spot in the hell your Dear Leader has created.
AUINSC on June 9, 2009 at 9:15 PM
What ever get’s it up for you, there, Buck Rogers.
bluelightbrigade on June 9, 2009 at 9:15 PM
True I could almost always hear Getalife sigh and eyerolling whenever she used the word “Cons”
William Amos on June 9, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Oh, you poor delusional child.
tru2tx on June 9, 2009 at 9:16 PM
How can you all mock the experience and gravitas half of the Obama/Biden ticket?
trubble on June 9, 2009 at 9:17 PM
My guess is getalife. (cons gives her away)
thomasaur on June 9, 2009 at 9:17 PM
You all need to understand that our side won! And nothing is going to change that in 2012
Obama/Biden- 2012
Pelosi/Boxer-2016
Afrolib on June 9, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Keep it up idiot and you’ll be in Biden territory.
txag92 on June 9, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Afrolib on June 9, 2009 at 9:10 PM
you want to suck on what?
SHARPTOOTH on June 9, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Hey, Mel, how about a wise Latino for the 2010 GOP nominee for senator from FL?
Wethal on June 9, 2009 at 9:17 PM
I’m wondering if The Vice President, or Justice Sotomayor (or anyone else in DC for that matter) will have the back of The Library Of Congress Investigations Unit…..
Congress disarmed them.
Really.
Congress disarmed sworn law enforcement officers……. as part of the Stimulus package.
Fox News’ website has the story……. You didn’t think the article would be anywhere else, did you ?
Cheers !
Kenny Solomon
Locked and loaded in South Flori-duh.
E T Cartman on June 9, 2009 at 9:18 PM
RIP.
*moment of silence*
not! — SUCKA!
blatantblue on June 9, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Too slow
thomasaur on June 9, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Was this before or after Joe proved he can’t tell a hole in the ground from his butt? [via Ace's headlines]
andycanuck on June 9, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Getalife
Khon !
William Amos on June 9, 2009 at 9:19 PM
How about double digit unemployment, hyper-inflation and Iran with a nuclear bomb?
ThePrez on June 9, 2009 at 9:20 PM
……….. and look what a fine job they are doing.
By the way, what is the name of your party, and why are you afraid of using it…….?
Seven Percent Solution on June 9, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Right,in Liberal Speak,GaffeBiden actually means
(has your _ss)!!
canopfor on June 9, 2009 at 9:21 PM
You all need to understand that our side won! And nothing is going to change that in 2012
Obama/Biden- 2012
Pelosi/Boxer-2016
Afrolib on June 9, 2009 at 9:13 PM
oh we know who won,just look around and see all the hope and change.
SHARPTOOTH on June 9, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Attack of the Troll Zombies!
AHHH!
blatantblue on June 9, 2009 at 9:23 PM
I think we need to do a study of Biden’s schedule and the timing of your posts. This could explain many things.
Loxodonta on June 9, 2009 at 9:23 PM
No, there is a problem if someone who was supposedly a part of the nominating process said that. Biden is not merely a supporter. He helped pick her.
redshirt on June 9, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Please, not from a lack of trying.
Cindy Munford on June 9, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Keep saying THIS in public more and more so we can win in landslides! LMAO!
freeus on June 9, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Is there any choice but to call Biden to testify regarding the basis for his statement?
EconomicNeocon on June 9, 2009 at 9:25 PM
LOL
I am Joe Biden and you are Allah Pundit?
blatantblue on June 9, 2009 at 9:26 PM
I can’t believe anybody pointed out the obvious here. Biden is claiming that Sotomayor will look out after cops after she bitch slapped those New Haven firefighters whose only “crime” was not being the right race for her liking.
Biden may be a moron but he is also a liar if he thinks that this nominee listens to the facts of the case. She is a closet racist chomping at the bit to attack whites and others that get in her way.
highhopes on June 9, 2009 at 9:27 PM
I really can tell AP dislikes this guy
It’s not usual that AP calls people morons
or morans, for that matter
blatantblue on June 9, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Wait a tic,
Wearing blue=Good Guy!
Wearing White=Good Guy!
Wearing Black,was what the Bad Guys wore!(Sarc).
canopfor on June 9, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Damned open registration!
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on June 9, 2009 at 9:28 PM
What could go wrong………?
Seven Percent Solution on June 9, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Pulease what if I had been drinking something it would have gone straight up my nose :)
Too Funny
Dr Evil on June 9, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Damned open registration!
Attila(Pillage Idiot) on June 9,2009 at 9:28PM.
Attila(Pillage Idiot):You can say that again!:)
canopfor on June 9, 2009 at 9:32 PM
You’ve got it WRONG about Biden telling cops that she,”has their back” when it comes to law enforcement.He meant, she has their back as UNION MEMBERS
Jeff from WI on June 9, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Every time Crazy Joe tells the truth, they call it a gaffe.
d1carter on June 9, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Enjoying the command economy are we?
lorien1973 on June 9, 2009 at 9:32 PM
DId they remove part of Plugs’ brain when the implanted the pubes on his head?
Monica on June 9, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Joe doesn’t know when he is using his inside voice does he?
Dr Evil on June 9, 2009 at 9:33 PM
OT a bit, the Supreme Court declined to intervene in the Chrysler case – apparently they don’t care about the constitution, either.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98NEVL80&show_article=1
Vashta.Nerada on June 9, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Good Lord Sotomayer wants to stay out of that circle jerk.
Dr Evil on June 9, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I hope I bite the dust in 2015 if this happens. You would have to search far and wide to find anyone dumber then these two ladies.
Cindy Munford on June 9, 2009 at 9:36 PM
If Obama were really as smart as the dopes who supported him think he is, Joey Plugs would spend all of his time locked in the “Secure Location” and would only be brought out for occasional “Meet and Greets” with little league teams, girl scout cookie selling champs and to occasionally cut the ribbon at the grand opening of a Piggly Wiggly.
SuperCool on June 9, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I suppose that since the Vice president of the United States made this statement, it has to be taken seriously and Sotomayor has to be grilled on this issue during the confirmation hearings.
But I swear, somebody is going to have to be electroshocking Republican Senators to keep them from laughing out loud. Or something.
I think this is the first time I’ve really gotten worried about Obama’s health.
Loxodonta on June 9, 2009 at 9:38 PM
afrolib is a moby-moby. It is trolling the trolls…I think.
daesleeper on June 9, 2009 at 9:39 PM
So Sotomayor has their backs,,,,,who had Biden’s? Wow every day this guy takes your breath away
General America on June 9, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Not to take this crap too seriously, but you do know, don’t you, that the President and VP have to be from different states?
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on June 9, 2009 at 9:40 PM
You missed some of the good comments from Biden:
We got your back. Screw the firefighters. GO BLUE.
We got your back. Unless you are white and looking for a promotion.
We got your back. Where’s that vaseline.
djaymick on June 9, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Are you crazy?!!!! You could lobotomize either one of them and she’d be twice as smart as Joe Biden any day!
Loxodonta on June 9, 2009 at 9:41 PM
NOOOOOO! I hate zombies! They freak me out!
What I couldn’t do to a zombie with my arsenal…
ladyingray on June 9, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Of course that wasn’t my post but I did not know they had to be from different states. Thanks for the info. I was wondering why any lib would even venture to make such a silly post. Both of these women will be 77 years old in 2016. Makes McCain look like a spring chicken and nullifies the “too old” drivel coming from their side.
sherry on June 9, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Ditto. If it came to that combo, I just might buy an idiotic Smart Car and slam it at its highest speed into the nearest brick wall.
tru2tx on June 9, 2009 at 9:43 PM
lol
blatantblue on June 9, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Well, they’re pretty obviously in need of brains.
andycanuck on June 9, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Not true
William Amos on June 9, 2009 at 9:46 PM
I don’t know, he’s at least smart enough to lie. Not well and with no problem being caught but he’s smart enough to know that without embellishment he’s nothing. The ladies are deluded, they appear to believe that they are the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Cindy Munford on June 9, 2009 at 9:47 PM
William Amos on June 9, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Oh, come on! We’re talking reality here.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on June 9, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Do any old hands know if hawkdriver got the M-4 and Beretta mags he needed?
McBride on June 9, 2009 at 9:48 PM
But they are both happily past menopause. Our first lady on the other hand,has that to look forward to. I hope we don’t have to live through it with her. Just saying it could explain some of those looks she gives other women.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama
Dr Evil on June 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Do you wish Sarah Palin was VP? New Haven firefighters do. Zombies to left, Ginrich/Palin to the right.
casey92 on June 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
The name Spiro Agnew mean anything?
RobCon on June 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
IMHO; Martinez is a slimy piece of backstabbing shit. I’d like to see him and Crist take a trip to the Arctic and never return. Used car salesmen and lawyers think they are scum. And, yes I’m from Florida.
I’d like to order a couple of principled conservatives to go, please? Florida would love to see some real Republicans represent Fla. Cubans around here are pretty staunch conservatives too, they hung up signs about Cuba getting “change” in 1959 all over the place during the race last year, and a few of them are still up.
I’m not saying anything bad about Sotomayor, but if Martinez gives her the nod, I know she has to be awful.
Geministorm on June 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
What? Did that come out wrong?
ladyingray on June 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Joe won’t be Obama’s VP for the 2012 race.
Hillary will.
artist on June 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
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