Elena Kagan Jokes About Christmas Day with Lindsey Graham

[qw2589]

As a Christian I am offended by this filth's statement about Christmas, you don't have to celebrate it, don't make a mockery of it, as if Christians are stupid to celebrate so your excluding yourself from it, that's what it sounded like. Could've said, I have many Christian friends I wish them all Merry Christmas, but that is not my faith so I was at home with my family.

[Goklayeh]

I was with my girlfriend at a Chineese Restaraunt would have been the honest answer.

[mmmmikkimac]

You're the jerk! I am NOT a liberal! Either be a Jew or a Christian but don't straddle the fence so you can lean to whichever sides suits you at the moment.

That senator purposedly asked Kagin the question in order to point out she was a Jew, & not a right wing conservative "Christian" & as far as I am concerned, he was rude & inconsiderate. Religion has NO place in our government. Seperation of church & state is the best thing about our consitution

[MenechemShaul]

mmmmikkimac,I am a Jew who has accepted Jesus Christ (My genes cannot change I am still an Observant Jew and I am still Jewish who legally can make Aliyah), My Church is part of the Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship,we are MessianicJews and nonJews within the Southern Baptist convention(Here in Canada it is the CNBC),you have no clue what Baptist are not what we believe.FredPhelps is not part of our movement!We believe in Love,Loving the Sinner and Hating the Sin,exactly what Christ taught!

[StephSilvermen]

@MenechemShaul Messianic Jews are not considered Jews in Israel. Anyone who is legally Jewish but converts to Messianic Judaism is not allowed to make aliyah either. The only way a messianic jew can make aliyah is as a non-jewish child of a jewish man and a non-jewish woman.

[Chnamanjx]

nobody cares.

[theaznfishy]

Well if anyone was actually paying attention to the beginning of the video, the senator asked her that question to reveal how robotic all Kagan's answers were. They had a preset standard of "Uh mr. senator I don't believe that ________" and how can I avoid directly answering any question so I can either a) hide my inexperience or b)not be critcized for what I truely belive. Graham asking her a simple question was enough to make all that apparent.

[mmmmikkimac]

What an idiot he is? Who cares 'where' a person is on Christmas Day? It doesn't mattter. It is NO one else's business where you are on Dec. 25th or May 15th. He's a jerk. One of the 'good ol' boys from the South - a Southern Baptist most likely, who sees his way of believing is the right way, the only way - a persons religious beliefs or lack thereof, doesn't mean they are not a moral and ethical person.

[MenechemShaul]

@mmmmikkimac Shut up! As you liberals say "Don't Judge". He was simply making the somewhat tense situation a little less tense! You should be talking about views and beliefs, you liberals claim that its our way or the Highway mentally! You do not care about the common good more so your won interests! One should not comment when ones owns words are reminiscent of what you are accusing the senator of! The whole House laughed including my fellow Jew being asked the question! You are the jerk!

[nick1364]

What a joke this Kagan appoint is I recall about 4 or 5 years ago Bush wanted to appoint a another woman Harriet Miers he wanted for the supreme court who had no bench experience at all, the major media and I to also agreed what bone headed move but now Obama is doing the same thing from the left and now it is a good idea. What the hell.

[tmac8189]

@nick1364

hey asshole..first get a degree! next do your homework before you post something like this. kagan is solicitor general and you need senate confirmation for that post just as a justice would. now go look up your right wing woman and compare. then right another dumbass post

[richmeisterg]

@nick1364 Actually, it was the right wing media who killed Harriet Meirs' nomination since they didn't know where she was at any of the hot button social issues that conservatives are fond of. Sean Hannity in particular.

[bodybuilder444444]

Elena Kagan is SCUM. She is going to be a terrible judge and will severely hurt the united states.

[MenechemShaul]

WHAT A GOOD YID! TOO BAD SHE IS IN A PERVERTED LIFESTYLE THOUGH! CHINESE FOOD, MMMMMMMMMMM!

[birdsdaword]

That's what we do every year. No place else is open. San Francisco's Chinatown is hoppin'. And every year there's Kung Pao Kosher Comedy at the New Asia restaurant, too.

[borntobewilder9]

Fucking idiots - all of them!

[TheAirplaneMaster]

Telling it like it is! Just another reason I love Elena Kagan!

[bondheli]

Holy shit, this was even better than the daily show clip. My respect and support for Kagan just went up 10,000%. Priceless.

/an agnostic

[gumako]

Are they grasping at straws? I don't understand why such questions would have to be asked.

The answer was awesome, though.

[OwnageIncBFinch]

"Like all Jews I was probably at a Chinese restaurant".

Now I'm not the religious type, but I am respectful - and she needs to realize that not "all Jews" go and eat at Chinese restaurants on Christmas. I know a few Jews who observe Christmas, although they don't celebrate it - they still join their Christian friends at dinners and such. Maybe she just doesn't have friends?

[sunrise1834]

@OwnageIncBFinch I AGREE. I HAVE A HUGE FAM, HALF JEW HALF CHRISTIAN. WE CELEBRATE ON CHRISTMAS EVE WITH A GIANT DECORATED TREE, PRESENTS, A FEAST, GAMES, WE SAY CHRISTIAN PRAYERS TO JESUS AND THE BLESSING IN HEBREW. WE DO THE SHEPHAK CEREMONY WITH THE POURING OUT OF WINE & OIL ONTO THE GROUND BEFORE THE FEAST. WE PLAY CHARADES, TELL THE NATIVITY STORY, TELL STORIES OF JACOB, ABRAHAM, DAVID. WE HAVE A KEG WITH THE SPECIAL CHRISTMAS BEER MY COUSIN BREWS WITH A STRICT BAVARIAN RECIPE. WE HAVE FUN.

[nick3812]

@OwnageIncBFinch "She needs to realize that not 'all Jews' go and eat at Chinese restaurants . . . " Geez, are you being serious or tongue-in-cheek? It's just a joke.

[MenechemShaul]

@OwnageIncBFinch ARE FOR REAL?! She was joking?! Take a Joke! Most Ashkenazim I know go for Chinese food! I on the other hand go to the movies. She knows not all go out for Chinese food! Get real!

[bloomingdedalus]

I find it pretty offensive that our leaders would be celebrating ANYTHING while so many Americans are dying for their failed war plans founded on falsified intelligence.

[TheSirJecht]

I have no problem with her answer but why was her location on X-mas day an important inquiry....? *raises eyebrow dramatically*

[B4TT3RY]

Chinese and Jews have a perfect symbiotic relationship! Chinese make discount shit, and Jews come and buy it up!

[random0815]

@B4TT3RY and the money the chinese make off the jews they will lend to your shitty country to keep it from bankrupcy, grats, you are the bottom of the symbiotic relationship

[USKilop]

@random0815 HA! thats gotta be the best comback i've seen as a comment on YouTube.... and what's sad is.... its true.... HAHAHA

[armyveteran101st]

I'm an atheistic Agnostic, and I don't celebrate Christmas. I usually go to the movies on Dec 24th, but now I'll start going to Chinese restaurants too. What a wonderful idea!

[kaysandesses]

@armyveteran101st Been there, done that! Several years ago I took my grandparent's to the Chinese Buffet on Christmas. Then, we went back to their place and opened gifts. It was a good time.

[armyveteran101st]

@kaysandesses Sounds like that's what I'll be doing from now on as well. I refuse to participate in the whole "Holiday Season" charade, particularly since it has become more and more about money and shopping for material possessions than anything else....Cheers!

[kaysandesses]

@armyveteran101st The thing I enjoy about the Holiday Season is that it tends to bring out the charitable nature in people. I love to give gifts and am much less interested in receiving any of my own. But yeah, the commercialized aspect of it makes me want to puke. Good to see you around!

[thehebrewhammer18]

That lesbian has aids!

[jimmyjames133]

@goidyeguda dumb answer aswell, this is a confirmation process

[jimisajewboy]

jews and bush did 9/11

[ashudhar2002]

like all jews she was in a chinese restaurant on christmas , LOL !

[leftwaffe]

We're cooked!

[samuelhunterdotnet]

Graham sounds pissed that Schumer is trying to explain a joke he clearly set up.  So funny.

[jlarrison]

I love her. She is brilliant and a breath of fresh air!

[mohawk5010]

Boooyaaaahh!!

[skiingpowder10]

This Woman is terrific!!!!! Great choice ....

[nydude2]

I disagree with her being on the court, and disagree with her politics...but being Jewish myself I found this funny because there is so much truth to it! 2 points for Kagan in this exchange!

[criztalinz]

Elina Kagan's awesome! She's bright and have a cool sense of humor :). Way to go!

[tylerdol]

@criztalinz I like her too. She seems to be getting a lot of flack and I'm not sure where that's coming from.

[veritasvg]

I don't like her politics, but she is very bright, very polished and will be confirmed.

[klav674]

That's what my family always did,. Chinese dinner and a movie. Nothing else was open.

[cbhagman]

Oh, I missed that part of the hearing. Thanks for posting; it's priceless!

[MusicalFan1701]

My mom is Chinese and our family also eats at a Chinese restaurant on Christmas Day. Hilarious line. No reason to take offense.

[Iber23]

shes a classic, she should definitely be on the bench!

[sns04]

Not really what think of this..anti-Semitism from the South or just plain ignorance of Jewish culture.

[klav674]

@sns04 - Maybe Senator Graham just forgot she was Jewish for a moment. It could happen.

[fignewton314159]

@sns04 Yes, because Kagan, being a Jew, and the U.S. Senate, nearly one-fourth comprised of Jews, are all anti-Semites. It's called a joke.

[tylerdol]

@fignewton314159 Jews only make up 11% of the senate seats. It will be fewer soon as Arlen Specter lost his primary. But your point is still valid!

[kaysandesses]

@sns04 I'll say a mix of both, but IMO Graham's chief goal here was to remind everyone that she is Jewish. It's the only way he can say "But yer a joo" without tipping his hand.