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The Same Reason I Didn’t Attend Obama’s State of the Union Speech

Posted on | February 3, 2010 | 10 Comments

“I don’t go because it has become so partisan, and it’s very uncomfortable for a judge to sit there. And there’s a lot you don’t hear on T.V. — the catcalls, the whooping and hollering, under-the-breath comments. . . . So we decided not to go. Some members continued to go and that’s fine, but one of the consequences is that now the court becomes part of the conversation, if you want to call it that, in the speech.”
— Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Category: Barack Obama, Politics

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10 Responses to “The Same Reason I Didn’t Attend Obama’s State of the Union Speech”

  1. Robert
    February 3rd, 2010 @ 6:47 pm

    Sounds like Justice Thomas has got it right. I don’t blame him one bit. Who wants to voluntarily attend their own public flogging.

  2. Robert
    February 3rd, 2010 @ 1:47 pm

    Sounds like Justice Thomas has got it right. I don’t blame him one bit. Who wants to voluntarily attend their own public flogging.

  3. Stephen Gordon
    February 3rd, 2010 @ 6:49 pm

    Thomas had some unlikely company at the no-show party.

    “In a sign of Rep. Artur Davis’ shifting priorities, the Birmingham Democrat will be back in Alabama — not at the U.S. Capitol — for tonight’s State of the Union speech by his former law school classmate, President Barack Obama.”

    Source: http://blog.al.com/live/2010/01/davis_to_miss_state_of_the_uni.html

  4. Stephen Gordon
    February 3rd, 2010 @ 1:49 pm

    Thomas had some unlikely company at the no-show party.

    “In a sign of Rep. Artur Davis’ shifting priorities, the Birmingham Democrat will be back in Alabama — not at the U.S. Capitol — for tonight’s State of the Union speech by his former law school classmate, President Barack Obama.”

    Source: http://blog.al.com/live/2010/01/davis_to_miss_state_of_the_uni.html

  5. Miss Sharon
    February 3rd, 2010 @ 7:45 pm

    I hope they all stay home next year. Screw Obama’s political pageantry.

  6. Miss Sharon
    February 3rd, 2010 @ 2:45 pm

    I hope they all stay home next year. Screw Obama’s political pageantry.

  7. Roxeanne de Luca
    February 3rd, 2010 @ 8:51 pm

    While the Justices should be free to attend, if they wish, I wouldn’t blame them at all for staying away.

    It is cowardly and pathetic that Obama would publicly criticise those who are sitting in front of him but have no opportunity to respond. It is sad that he, as one who touts his legal scholar credentials, would inject politics into a Supreme Court decision. It’s what we’ve learned to expect from the man.

  8. Roxeanne de Luca
    February 3rd, 2010 @ 3:51 pm

    While the Justices should be free to attend, if they wish, I wouldn’t blame them at all for staying away.

    It is cowardly and pathetic that Obama would publicly criticise those who are sitting in front of him but have no opportunity to respond. It is sad that he, as one who touts his legal scholar credentials, would inject politics into a Supreme Court decision. It’s what we’ve learned to expect from the man.

  9. AC Chickadee
    February 4th, 2010 @ 12:49 am

    I didn’t realize that they could skip it. That was very smart indeed.

  10. AC Chickadee
    February 3rd, 2010 @ 7:49 pm

    I didn’t realize that they could skip it. That was very smart indeed.