Ah, what happened to having some class?

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<p>okay, he only flipped the press corps the finger, but still…</p>

<p>Justice Scalia Gives the Press the Finger </p>

<p>By E&P Staff </p>

<p>Published: March 27, 2006 2:40 PM ET
Emerging from mass in Boston on Sunday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia flipped a middle finger to the press. </p>

<p>A Boston Herald reporter outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross had asked Scalia, 70, if he faces much questioning over impartiality when it comes to issues separating church and state.</p>

<p>“You know what I say to those people?” Scalia replied, making the obscene gesture. He explained, “That’s Sicilian.”</p>

<p>A photographer with The Pilot, the Archdiocese of Boston’s newspaper, caught the moment. </p>

<p>“Don’t publish that,” Scalia told the photographer, the Herald said.</p>

<p>The Herald today calls it “conduct unbecoming a 20-year veteran of the country’s highest court - and just feet from the Mother Church’s altar.” </p>

<p>Noting his “don’t publish that” statement, it noted that “one of his sworn duties is to uphold the freedom of the press.” </p>

<p>So a man of professes to be a good Christian acts like that? And one of the most important people on the planet acts like that? Hey, good thing we have people with class on the right</p>

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<p>As well, its a good thing he hasn’t prejudged the case yet, open and fairminded that he is"</p>

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<p>I thought they were supposed to be openminded and hear the case, but guess not, sounds like he has already decided</p>

<p>is this guy losing it or feeling cocky?</p>

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<p>You mean like the class that John Kerry exhibited when he called the Secret Service agent who would take a bullet for him a Son of a B*tch for having the audacity of colliding with his presumptive majesty on a ski slope?</p>

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<p>Can you EVER stay on topic? John Kerry, nice deflection effort</p>

<p>But as usual FF tries to ignore the topic at hand because he has no answer</p>

<p>Can you justify this behavior? If not, then guess you have to go and try to find some liberal you hate to compare</p>

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<p>What about Clinton?</p>

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<p>this is discussing a supreme court justice, but hey, he can act anyway he likes so long as he is a conservative</p>

<p>he gives the finger to people who question him about the separation of church and state?</p>

<p>guess he has no agenda</p>

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<p>CGM, just in case you forgot your own topic it was “what happened to having class”. If you wanted to narrow the topic to “this is my daily slam against anything conservative/Republican, all those who agree, please chime in; all those who disagree, keep your silence” you should have said so.</p>

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<p>and mini, yup, at least Clinton learned something, to at least hide his classlessness, not flaunt his disdain by giving the bird to people with cameras</p>

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<p>Still, no taling about Scalia…suprise suprise</p>

<p>and Kerry, that was a while ago, can you keep to the topic at hand</p>

<p>I haven’t brought in Delay or any of the others, have i, no, just a current event that you can’t handle</p>

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<p>OK, let’s keep it topical and related to the Supreme Court: how much class did Ruth Bader Ginsberg show when she fell asleep on the bench while hearing a case?</p>

<p>The funny thing is that when you open these conservative bashing slams, you are so incredibly obtuse to the hypocrisy of your positions. The bottom line is that all people, both Republicans and Democrats do things that may not be totally classy - yet it is always you who brings it up when you can find some silly little thing to slur a conservative with. However, when presented with evidence that both sides do these things, you start whining about “changing the topic”.</p>

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<p>Ruth G should not have fallen asleep that was very very bad</p>

<p>Your turn</p>

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<p>Clinton was bad to do that nasty with Monica</p>

<p>Kerry should have been nicer when he was skiing</p>

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<p>This is not just someone, this is a Supreme Court Justice, who makes laws for the land, who espouses Christian values every chance he gets, who is know discussing current cases before him and telling the public what his decision is already</p>

<p>Beside having little class, he is kind of being a bad judge by pre-judging a case before he hears it</p>

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<p>And let’s not forget our distinguished president who brings high moral character to the White House calling the NY Times reporter an a**hole when he didn’t realize his mic was on…and didn’t Cheney also hurl an expletive at a senator in the past year? …a real classy bunch!</p>

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<p>So, you’re saying what we have is a partial judge flipping off a partial press? Speaking as someone who spent more than 25 years in the news business (check out my username), I don’t blame him. </p>

<p>It might be unbecoming of a Supreme Court judge to act that way, but it seems to me he was making a pretty clear statement about the media.</p>

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<p>Most Presidents were known to swear like longshoremen. It’s close to the last thing I’d worry about. You would not want to go near a Wall Street firm when things get hot. Pretty much every other word is %&#@$</p>

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<p>Scalia has always been known for his bluntness. He’s sarcastic and scathing. </p>

<p>He has also been known to insist that his speeches not be recorded by members of the press</p>

<p>Anyway, all this to say, this is just how the guy is. Hearing he flipped someone off? Isn’t really all that shocking to me.</p>

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<p>Sad to see them liberals resort to nitpicking a man’s language to critique his views.</p>

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<p>whoa nellie, hold the phone… can I see the videotape please?? I just researched this, hoping to find a pic of Scalia FLIPPING THE BIRD, and I find this:</p>

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<p>honestly! It’s not that difficult. What did he actually do???</p>

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