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Old 05-31-2009, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by hi_im_god
i'd just concede she misspoke.
That's what I'm doing -- it has nothing to do with being "wise" at all. It has to do with acknowledging a unique set of circumstances and being cognizant of their existence. And it has nothing to do with her judicial philosophy, which is why I characterize it as a scare quote...because it's being pulled out of this speech to prove one point, when the point she was making is a world away.

I'm not saying she's a better judge because of them...and she doesn't seem to think so either in the context of the entire speech she gave.
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