# I just saw a campaign commercial for a Supreme Court Justice **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 15, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948 "2017-02-15T23:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948/21 "2017-02-20T11:42:44Z")
260 yuan for a cake of two-year old Ye Sheng Gucha tea, btw. It appears to rise as the tea ages. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948/22 "2017-02-20T13:58:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > What is this fascination with size? I don’t care if they’re not in the top 5000 Super PACs. It matters nothing except to accountants and list keepers. They are not a Super PAC. They do have limitations on spending. Your characterizations were wrong, I am injecting facts into the conversation. My comment on their donation base was simply to give perspective. That is all. > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > The _ **JCN** _ is what I was commenting on, based on their self-description. Do you think you’re telling me anything new by saying the liberal side does it too? What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? You originally said “Just another SuperPAC. Liberty and justice in America my ass. Liberty and justice for conservatives alone, maybe.” I didn’t read that as a comment solely on one organization, but as a general statement. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948/23 "2017-02-20T16:32:43Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > They are not a Super PAC. They do have limitations on spending. Your characterizations were wrong, I am injecting facts into the conversation. My comment on their donation base was simply to give perspective. That is all. > > You originally said “Just another SuperPAC. Liberty and justice in America my ass. Liberty and justice for conservatives alone, maybe.” I didn’t read that as a comment solely on one organization, but as a general statement. And, had you read the wiki page, you would have seen that I was quoting _verbatim_ from the organization’s self-description. Got it now? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948/24 "2017-02-20T17:43:11Z")
Here’s one of the anti-Bork commercials [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NpFe10lkF3Y/hqdefault.jpg "1987 Robert Bork TV ad, narrated by Gregory Peck") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpFe10lkF3Y) ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948/25 "2017-02-20T17:53:27Z")
[quote=“dalej42, post:24, topic:779948”] Here’s one of the anti-Bork commercials [/QUOTE] What the hell? Where’s the part where they point out that he’s a Dirty Fucking Republican, and thus politicize his nomination? I’ve been told (ad nauseum) that he was rejected for being a DFR. This ad makes no mention of this fact. It must be fake news… ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948/26 "2017-02-21T13:51:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > And, had you read the wiki page, you would have seen that I was quoting _verbatim_ from the organization’s self-description. Got it now? And Wiki is the God of information. :rolleyes: All I can do is repeat the facts, you don’t have to subscribe. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948/27 "2017-02-21T21:40:00Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > And Wiki is the God of information. :rolleyes: > > All I can do is repeat the facts, you don’t have to subscribe. HAD you bothered to read that source of information, you WOULD have understood my reference. Instead, you question its reliability as an excuse for not having read it in the first place and for not understanding the quote. Just out of curiosity, are you a Republican? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948/28 "2017-02-22T15:11:32Z")
Your reference was based on wrong information. Continued appeal to it or political party affiliation will not change the facts. See the thread on “Have you flip-flopped politically with age” to get my self described political outlook, if you wish. But now we’re just arguing junk, and I’m not interested in doing that. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948/29 "2017-02-22T15:30:06Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > To be consistent you should call for her to be thrown out first. To be consistent, I Call For Trump to be Impeached First. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948/30 "2017-02-22T18:55:29Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Your reference was based on wrong information. Continued appeal to it or political party affiliation will not change the facts. See the thread on “Have you flip-flopped politically with age” to get my self described political outlook, if you wish. > > But now we’re just arguing junk, and I’m not interested in doing that. I really couldn’t care less what your political orientation is, it just seems that you have the same inability to admit you’re wrong. The quote was not based on false info, which, if you go all the way back up the page, is what this whole thing started over. Your, and I quote, “I’m honestly not sure what you are trying to say here…” Here is a page from their own website which has the exact same wording: [About the Judicial Crisis Network](https://judicialnetwork.com/about-jcn/) Yep, _I_ got the SuperPAC thing wrong. But that had next to nothing to do with my main point, nor did it have the slightest thing to do with the reliability of wikipedia (which, btw, is pretty good). And now, having said far more than was warranted about this waste of time, last word alert in…four…three…two…one… ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-campaign-commercial-for-a-supreme-court-justice/779948/31 "2017-02-23T15:00:08Z")
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