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Doug Miller

In article .com, wrote:
On Apr 8, 10:58 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article . com,
wrote:
On Apr 8, 1:42 pm, Doug Miller wrote:
In article om,
says...

Sixty percent of Federal Judges and seven of the nine current
Justices of the USSC, as well as seven of the nine serving when
Clinton LEFT office, were appointed by Republicans.

Just about right,

Those numbers for the USSC are _exact_ the information is
readily available in various biographical sources. The number
for Federal Judges is from other sources.

You missed the point, which was that the
numbers you cited are pretty much
what would be expected ...

No, I didn't miss the point, I was annoyed at your
use of "just about".

Obviously you *have* missed the point, and continue to miss it. Since you're
still having difficulty, let me spell it out as clearly as I can.

I don't argue with your figures for the composition of the USSC and the
Federal judiciary, and the phrase "just about" was not applied to their
accuracy (as should have been clear to anyone with a normal ability to
comprehend written English). For the sake of this discussion, I'm willing to
stipulate that the figures you presented are entirely correct.

My point is that a +/- 70% Republican-appointed judiciary is "just about" what
one would expect, if one has been paying attention to the fact that the
Republican candidate has won 70% of the Presidential elections in the last
forty years.

if you remember that seven of the last ten
Presidential elections have been won by the Republican candidate.

I wasn't questioning the accuracy of your figures, only pointing out that they
shouldn't be a surprise to anybody who's been paying attention to election
results (which of course determine who gets to appoint the judges).

But Mr Miller, if I cannot rely upon you to check my
facts whom can I trust?

The facts of this matter are not in dispute. I merely point out that no
particular significance should be attached to them, since they are "just
about" what would be expected anyway.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.