Schumer to GOP: Oppose Sotomayor at your peril
posted at 6:30 pm on May 26, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Greg Hengler. So mindlessly is he regurgitating talking points here about Sotomayor’s alleged moderation — which seems to be based entirely on cases about criminal law — that he actually congratulates Obama at the end for not choosing, and I quote, a “far-out liberal.” Because if there’s anyone whose heart would break at the thought of a hardcore lefty on the Supreme Court, it’s Chuck Schumer’s. As for Republican opposition, he’s worried over nothing. The head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus has already sent up a racial flare warning them away from opposing her; the GOP contingent on the Senate Judiciary Committee consists entirely of white men, too, making the identity politics optics especially unfavorable. (Marco Rubio’s doing his best on their behalf from Florida.) I’ll be surprised if she gets less than 75 votes. Note also Schumer’s reference to the hardline “five percent” of Republicans who’ll agitate to try to block her. As I suggested in the Rush post, if any serious opposition to her does mount in the Senate, no doubt the party will be accused of doing Limbaugh’s bidding yet again. I’m sure they’ll press her on the “policy” quote and on the “wise Latina woman” bit from her speech, but given the identity politics here and the fact that they’re surely not going to filibuster her, what’s the political upside to them from a party-line “no” vote?
Don’t be too bummed, though. Frum may have found the silver lining here.
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I see nothing scary about this appointment.
It’s ridiculous to oppose her.
AnninCA on May 26, 2009 at 6:32 PM
OOOHHH. He is so scary. Piss on this lying sack of shit.
echosyst on May 26, 2009 at 6:32 PM
They won’t oppose her and you aren’t intelligent enough to see what is scary about her appointment.
ladyingray on May 26, 2009 at 6:33 PM
How much lead paint do you have to guzzle to take anything Schumer says seriously?
frankj on May 26, 2009 at 6:33 PM
I don’t think the Republicans should try to shoot down the nomination, but they should use the hearings to show the American people who she is and why she was chosen.
myrenovations on May 26, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Exactly, and this is the chance to vet Obama before the people because the MSM refused to do so.
ladyingray on May 26, 2009 at 6:36 PM
“The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly – it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over”- Joseph Goebbels
Schmuck Shumer is the biggest & best propagandist of our times (Except for Obambo).
portlandon on May 26, 2009 at 6:36 PM
I don’t care how many votes she gets, it’s a done deal anyway but I want the questions to make it obvious who we are getting. And I am not pre-judging because I haven’t a clue.
Cindy Munford on May 26, 2009 at 6:36 PM
That’s because you’re a commie pinko bastard, just like her.
Gregor on May 26, 2009 at 6:37 PM
I bet Allah voted for Chucky twice and I think he’s developing a crush on Sotomayor.
Percy_Peabody on May 26, 2009 at 6:37 PM
he spoke at our school last fri for commencement
I heard he was good
He’s still ignorant tho on some issues
blatantblue on May 26, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Well, perspective is everything. If I’m “pinko” to you, so be it, to you.
But in reality, nah*
Not even close.
AnninCA on May 26, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Yes, you are. I’ve seen your comments on the blogs over the last week or so. There’s no mystery what you’re about. You’re not fooling anyone.
Gregor on May 26, 2009 at 6:41 PM
I agree. I also want it constantly pointed out that Obama voted against Roberts and Alito for purely ideological reasons. Obama is also highly critical of Thomas, who has a biography that could beat Sotomayor’s biography.
The best I can hope from this is they call out Obama and the Dems for what they’ve done to Republican nominees JUST BECAUSE.
MayBee on May 26, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Uh, what?
nickj116 on May 26, 2009 at 6:42 PM
So thats what the 50′s sounded like. I want a time machine.
portlandon on May 26, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Remember, AP, you draw the blade from left to right, not right to left.
Jim Treacher on May 26, 2009 at 6:43 PM
If justice is blind — as it should be– then diversity is irrelevant, Chuckie. It’s all politics all the time with the Dems. Let’s talk about Sotomayar’s positions on Consitutional law.
onlineanalyst on May 26, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Oh my. She says she is more qualified than white men to adjudicate. Is she going to adjudicate a constitution written by white males or draft her own?
seven on May 26, 2009 at 6:44 PM
I don’t care how many votes she gets, it’s a done deal anyway but I want the questions to make it obvious who we are getting. And I am not pre-judging because I haven’t a clue.
Cindy Munford on May 26, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Then you are one of the very few Cindy.
trailboss on May 26, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Yea: Shumer and Sotomayor have been doing the horizontal bop!
Cybergeezer on May 26, 2009 at 6:46 PM
AnninCA,
Kind of like that whole forest and tree thingy huh?
milwife88 on May 26, 2009 at 6:46 PM
If Chucky Scumbag gives advice, it’s best for Republicans to do the opposite.
Anyone who falls for the Race Card on this would not vote Republican if Obama switched parties.
Right_of_Attila on May 26, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Hey Chuckie,
look at the “birdie”.
annoyinglittletwerp on May 26, 2009 at 6:48 PM
You nailed it.
portlandon on May 26, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Yeah,, we’re all suppose to bend over and shut up because the Marxist dimwit Obama nominated to destroy our constitution is an Hispanic woman. Well,, woo dee do do!
Defending the constitution is defending all minorities of every color, faith and gender! I do not give a freaking rip what package the Marxist dimwits come in!!! Nor should any other Republican or freedom loving American!! To defend our freedoms from all these idiots is to stand up for for all the rest of the Hispanics, Latinos, Asians, Germans, Indians, white, black, red, Christian, Atheist, Muslim, Jewish and every other religion that wants to continue to live in a free country!! Any Republican that remains silent on this nomination should be kicked out of the party!!
JellyToast on May 26, 2009 at 6:48 PM
ridiculous to oppose her based on her record and things that she has said?
ok. whatever you say…
homesickamerican on May 26, 2009 at 6:48 PM
I’m skeered. Very skeered. That damn Donkey might just pull me out from under my comforter and and force me to listen to the Witchy-Chicks or somethin’.
Limerick on May 26, 2009 at 6:48 PM
OK, your tent is way small, Gregor.
That’s really OK.
So is the tent on the far-left.
Way small, too.
AnninCA on May 26, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Lady Justice, take a hike, of and yeah, lose the blindfold.
She is a racist kook, not hard to figure that out. A short word play will show you.
I would hope that a wise
Latinawhitewomanman with the richness of his experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than awhiteLatinamalewoman who hasn’t lived that life.Racist, no?
tarpon on May 26, 2009 at 6:49 PM
No,, the message to the Pubs should be,,, remain silent at your own peril!!
JellyToast on May 26, 2009 at 6:50 PM
That race card needs to be thrown right back in their face.
INC on May 26, 2009 at 6:51 PM
So it doesn’t bother you that she’s racist and sexist?
And while she might have book larnin’, she says dumb things.
Bring her on. I look forward to her getting sliced and diced by Thomas and Scalia in particular. They take no prisoners.
misterpeasea on May 26, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Lol
Asher on May 26, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Do as you’re told repubs or all hell will rain down on you from the media and watch groups. My questions for these dopes would be CAN SHE DO THE JOB ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION. Another question would be, is she going to be the only supreme to be confirmed and overturned on the same day?
Kissmygrits on May 26, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Forget race for the moment, isn’t she on record for favoring a living constitution, incorporating foreign law, and jokingly implying that judges make policy (forget the whole legislature)?
AnotherOpinion on May 26, 2009 at 6:52 PM
some pigs are more equal than others
y’all just need to learn to love big brother!!
right4life on May 26, 2009 at 6:52 PM
You say that but you won’t answer the challenges given to you.
Do you support racial gerrymandering?
Do you support illegals receiving more “rights”?
Do you support bi-lingual education?
Do you think LaRaza is an organization that is out for the best interests of America?
If you support these four items, just four of many, then she is your “man”.
Racial gerrymandering? Good luck in California…
right2bright on May 26, 2009 at 6:52 PM
INC on May 26, 2009 at 6:51 PM
I agree totally. But who is going to do it?
FontanaConservative on May 26, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Ask yourself, why did Obama pick her?
faraway on May 26, 2009 at 6:53 PM
the left is big into groups, this is just another step to white males becoming KULAKS…
right4life on May 26, 2009 at 6:53 PM
grape Kool Aid spiked with cheap tequila do you have to guzzle to take anything Schumer says seriously?
frankj on May 26, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Del Dolemonte on May 26, 2009 at 6:53 PM
And we don’t need to “oppose” her, just have her go through the same scrutiny as Bork, Thomas, Roberts…no more, no less.
Why would you be against that?
right2bright on May 26, 2009 at 6:54 PM
I know, huh? I mean, we should really try to be nice to those who want to destroy us. We’re soooooooooooo mean and intolerant!
Yet another lefty troll? And from Portland too. SHOCKER!
MEGHAN?! Is that you? Aren’t you supposed to be somewhere celebrating with your brother?
Hey, how did that “big tent” thing work out for your father? What? He lost?
Oh. Forgot.
Gregor on May 26, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Resistance is futile! Well, almost. At least the focus of the resistance gets all red-faced and blows steam out it’s ears. Sure Sotomayor probably has it locked up. That doesn’t mean we quit digging potholes.
Limerick on May 26, 2009 at 6:55 PM
AnninCa,
Wouldn’t it be a novel idea to put the best person we can find on the Supreme Court instead of someone who obviously deals with reality with an emotional perception. If you seen nothing wrong, why has so many of her decisions been overturned on appeal? Even her own clerks say that she is not intelligent enough to be a Supreme Court judge.
volsense on May 26, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Shumer takes a laxative and it works backward! This guy farts from his esophagus!
Cybergeezer on May 26, 2009 at 6:55 PM
I see no reason to oppose a racist man hater.
liberal mode off.
sonofdy on May 26, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Krauthammer just said minutes ago on Fox that the Repubs should call Richie as their first witness and get all the race crap out in the open right now.
Rovin on May 26, 2009 at 6:56 PM
If the dems hold the party line (plus Liebs and Sanders) as well as the same repubs that voted for her in ’98 (plus Grahamnesty), that’s 65 according to my math. I expect further (R) yays from both Texans, and Mel Martinez. If McCain flips, you may have a shot at 70. Otherwise, I can’t smell it.
Kid from Brooklyn on May 26, 2009 at 6:56 PM
I don’t know. Maybe Sessions will.
It’s past time for the Republicans to care about this kind of stuff.
It’s time to tell the truth and shame the devil. (Funny how that popped into my mind!).
INC on May 26, 2009 at 6:57 PM
No
no
yes
yes
And I have no crystal ball about her future decisions.
Thank you.
AnninCA on May 26, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Good.
I hope someone!!! is paying attention.
INC on May 26, 2009 at 6:58 PM
No, you’re just a leftwing, liberal, moonbat troll. Now tell us again how that socialized healthcare is going to be a blessing to small business owners. You seem to have skipped out before you answered.
Knucklehead on May 26, 2009 at 6:58 PM
What has this country come to? We’re no longer allowed to oppose the appointment of a judicial candidate because he/she is a minority? I’m a minority and would never want to be judged, appointed, or given any kind of special treatment based on the color of my skin.
Callie C. on May 26, 2009 at 6:58 PM
how new are you here? portlandon is nothing of the kind.
homesickamerican on May 26, 2009 at 6:59 PM
This insane , prejudicial , leftist hack, couldn’t find the constitution with two hands and a flashlight.
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on May 26, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Schmucky Schumer is about as tough and scary as a bad cow fart in the wind.
pilamaye on May 26, 2009 at 7:00 PM
faraway on May 26, 2009 at 6:53 PM
I think your question is rhetorical but I’ll shoot.
She’s a woman
She’s a minority
She’s a liberal
She’s quick with playing the cards, i.e. Race card, Sex card, etc.
Basically the epitome of what the left calls “the oppressed”
Did I win?
FontanaConservative on May 26, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Wait, she is Puerto Rican?
Maybe she can get a part in the new Broadway show… The Left Side Story…
I want to be in America, everthing free in America, for a small fee in America…
Sonia, I just nominated a liberal named Sonia, the most liberal judge I could find…
right2bright on May 26, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Frum couldn’t find his own *ss if it walked up to him, jumped in his arms, broke wind and said “Here I am, David! I’m your *ss!”
Kensington on May 26, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Actually..no. Perspective is just that ..perspective. It may have importance to PoMo relativists, but to objective standards and rational conclusions, it has little use.
Just curious…to your perspective, what are the type of positions a “pinko” might have on social issues? The military? The free market?, and how are they different than your positions?
Itchee Dryback on May 26, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Not all minorities, Callie. If the so-called minority person is a conservative, h/she is a fair game.
promachus on May 26, 2009 at 7:03 PM
“she has a lot of tough opinions”
NEWS FLASH to Chuck- U- Schumer
the Supreme Court is not based on opinions…..
alexraye on May 26, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Deep breaths Gregor…..deep breaths.
I actually ENJOYED you calling it a “commie pinko bastard”. I found it rather Nostalgic. =) Hoola hoops, malt shops, Sock hops & commie pinko bastard.
portlandon on May 26, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Push that life story, Chuckie, and gloss over the fact that she thinks it’s okay to legislate from the bench and says out loud that “wise Latina women with richness of experiences” will “reach better conclusions” than white males – because that kind of thing is only important to us crazies in the hard-right faction, right? Just 5% of us care about that! Yep … the American people don’t really care about that stuff (or pork). It’s all about compelling life stories when picking lifelong Supreme Court justices.
eucher on May 26, 2009 at 7:05 PM
He’s just a member of the…(pompous wrist roll)..”chattering classes”.
Itchee Dryback on May 26, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Kensington on May 26, 2009 at 7:01 PM
bwahahahaha.
FontanaConservative on May 26, 2009 at 7:05 PM
You support bi-lingual education? So you hate little latino kids? Want them to never get ahead? Got to have that endless supply of cheap nannys and gardeners, huh?
Bi-lingual education keeps kids from from becoming fluent in english as soon as possible. It was banned by voters in California. Of course,the results of improved test scores was barely reported in the leftard press. Same for LaRaza who also supports making latino children second class citizens so LaRaza has some relevancy.
Shame on all of you!
Blake on May 26, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Elections have consequences, isn’t that what we used to say around here? Short of having killed Natalie Holloway, she’ll be confirmed. The best that the GOP can hope for is to land a few shots and make Obama expend some political capital to drag her across the finish line. Give her 75+ votes as a qualified but not ideal candidate and be done with it.
By all means, make her squirm in the hearings, but there is no sense in going nuclear in a fight that cannot be won. Even if she does get bounced, there’ll be another liberal waiting to replace her.
rw on May 26, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Turkey.
kirkill on May 26, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Put it this way. You’re an infant compared to me. I’ve been on here since the groundbreaking. How about you? I’d say … a few months?
Hmmm. Imagine that. AnninCA believes La Raza is out for the best interests of America.
Comments such as those you routinely post do nothing but turn HotAir into a comic strip.
Gregor on May 26, 2009 at 7:07 PM
How far will white guilt take us into the toilet?
F them all and F identity politics.
reaganaut on May 26, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Well she is for racial gerrymandering…a most insidious idea, and you don’t consider that a problem.
And you think LaRaza is a reputable organization?
Here is there motto:
And this is summed up by one of their leaders:
So you have no problem with LaRaza…why doesn’t that surprise me?
right2bright on May 26, 2009 at 7:08 PM
My grandparents were racists in the true sense of the word. My parents left that and were sort of into the patronizing type of soft bigotry.
I had hoped that by now we would be over and done with this kind of garbage. But, no, now the Left is busy making sure the walls are being built higher and taller and plastered over with a smearing of greasy lard of “moral superiority” to try to make them unassailable; however, they themselves have their own set of bigotry–but it’s OK because it’s PC bigotry, don’t you know! And the Left is, of course, the only ones capable of being the final arbiter of what real tolerance is!!!
It’s time to take a sledge hammer and knock those walls down.
INC on May 26, 2009 at 7:08 PM
So, what’s up? Allah have a man crush on Frum?
Blake on May 26, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Oh, you don’t even know what it means, do you?
Clue – everything you say here confirms that you are.
vapig on May 26, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I misread your intent. I apologize. We DO need a time machine.
Gregor on May 26, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I want two things first:
1. Her tax records
2. Her FICA witholding records for her servants
Then, and only then, will I want to know about her opinions.
I’m only following the Bork/Thomas/Meyers pattern. All is fair in love and SCOTUS.
Limerick on May 26, 2009 at 7:09 PM
She does?
La Raza is out for the best interest of La Raza.
Oh Ann … hahaha hahahahahahahaha
darwin on May 26, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Blake on May 26, 2009 at 7:08 PM
he, bromance?
:o
FontanaConservative on May 26, 2009 at 7:10 PM
After awhile these little troll liberals finally break down and you learn the truth…a communist sympathizer at heart.
Or she doesn’t understand the ultimate goal of LaRaza…or she is Hispanic and will accept anything that she thinks will give her a free ride…I bank on the last statement, living in Calif. supporting LaRaza, looking for a free ride…
right2bright on May 26, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Fox News:
No more compromises with leftists. They are anti-constitutionalists by nature. Do what it takes to stop these quacks and keep doing it.
Feedie on May 26, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Levin has Frum’s number.
INC on May 26, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Nothing more, nothing less…the same treatment as Bork, Estrada, Thomas, Meirs, Roberts.
The same, no less, no more…just the same is all I ask.
right2bright on May 26, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Hey Schumer you f*cking C*ckmunch. Why don’t you start another financial panic by announcing that oh i don’t know, that a bank is going to fail.
I really am growing to despise the jerks that we have in washington. Time for another revolution. throw all the dirty lying thieving jerks out.
BillaryMcBush on May 26, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Heard Cavuto say something to the effect that the unions are very happy with this pick … that’s never good.
eucher on May 26, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Almost every decision Obama seems to make benefits unions in one way or another.
darwin on May 26, 2009 at 7:17 PM
The republican party will never beat the democrat party when it comes to identity politics, and they should even try.
They should oppose her nomination based on principles, and her very evident lack of judicial temperament. Then let the chips fall where they may.
Rebar on May 26, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Here’s Schumer’s case for her being a moderate.
We know the hard left is in love with child rapists and Tuki Williams type people, but that’s about the lamest excuse I’ve heard in a while…
Glenn Jericho on May 26, 2009 at 7:19 PM
It’s time to go after Schumer and investigate his role in the failure of Indy Bank. It’s time to smack this disgraceful bully down once and for all.
Stalling this USSC nomination as long as possible, fighting it as long as possible is just a start.
BottomLine5 on May 26, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Go screw yourself, maggot.
MB4 on May 26, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Curious to see if Ricci v DeStefano will be adjuducated while Sotomayer is in the midst of nomination. THAT would be interesting.
irongrampa on May 26, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Testosterone patch, extra strength, would cure that. If not spinal transplants.
MB4 on May 26, 2009 at 7:23 PM
And Alito. Too bad she’s not married. They could’ve made her husband cry.
vapig on May 26, 2009 at 7:23 PM
The Corner has a long post saying she is really anti-business.
promachus on May 26, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Bork is now a nomenclature. The Dems would never have a chance to confirm anyone if the Bork method was employed.
Not to be picky but please enlighten us on how a good cow fart works………..
Rovin on May 26, 2009 at 7:25 PM
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