That letter states that “capital punishment represents ongoing racism in our society,” a virtually identical statement to the one Long accuses Sotomayor of hiding. Sotomayor’s 1981 letter can be viewed at the Senate Judicary Committee’s website.

“virtually identical”

Is that like “except for the stuff that would make her appear to be a racist loon” identical?

Is it time to take those red bows out of your hair yet?

It is obvious she is no intellectual. She makes so many category errors one wonders if she has invented some new kind of logic that only Latinas understand.

She blurs race, ethnicity and gender as if they were mutually exclusive sets in the strict sense. How can anyone expect to arrive at rational jurisprudence with such biases on full display in the public forum?

She is unfit for SCOTUS. Maybe she could be the grand imperial wizard of La Raza.

I don’t think you and I have been reading the same Ed posts.

myrenovations on June 5, 2009 at 9:21 PM

I want a full vetting of Sotomayor. Ed, obviously has different ideas. Since I agree with him about 90% of the time I don’t understand why he supports a fast-track nomination of this nominee and is defending her racist record.

A wise Latina would STFU and make her case for the job based on her ability and accomplishments. Not resorting to play the race card and suggesting that she needs the job to fill a quota.

Sotomayor seems utterly qualified on her record. Why in the hell is her handlers playing the race card here instead of letting her nomination go forward without all this suggesiton of racism if one dares question a woman who has repeatedly made racist statements and has belonged to organizations akin to the KKK. Let the bitch defend all this instead of squelching real debate. Special shame to those who are supporting the bitch because she is yet another Catholic on the SCOTUS.

I don’t think you and I have been reading the same Ed posts.

You clearly are giving Sotomayor a a complete pass on her racist commentary and record because she’s a Catholic like you. Sorry pal but the Vatican shouldn’t control the SCOTUS without a valid vetting of all you people that get nominated. This and any nominee deserves a real vetting before taking on a lifetime appointment. I find it incomprehensible that that “C” behind Sotomayor’s name leaves you demanding a less than thorough vetting process.

So if SHE says labels herself as a Hispanic woman and wiser than a white man, it is fine, but if somebody else calls her Hispanic, it is racist?

Kind of like staying away from Barry’s middle name and Muslim heritage until he chose to do it after he was elected.

Guess seeing that makes me a racist.

BuckeyeSam on June 5, 2009 at 7:37 PM

In our Brave New World, Buckeye Sam, feelings and opinions based not on logic or credible education on a subject but on those same feelings apparently carry more weight…that other stuff, the technicalities, the science, the actual understanding of complex systems? That’s old fashioned bigotry, you know. /s

- The Cat

What a tool-ette!

For he is God’s servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God’s servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.

That’s some New Testament wrath right there, not Old.

So does she think she is a conservative or a moderate? Hmmmmm. Either of those is surprising coming from the most liberal President ever.

I still think she is just not that bad for us. Her reasoning is so bad that no one is ever going to change their mind using her logic.

I don’t want Obama to have the chance to nominate a truly smart liberal who can make their arguments palatable.

I’m picturing some decision where she writes the dissenting opinion… a mishmash of weird arguments and cases totally off point… and a TV reporter scratching his head and saying “and Sotomayor disagrees, but we aren’t sure why… her logic is hard to follow… back to you, Keith.”

Dumb and inarticulate. Sounds fine to me… more power to the brainy conservative guys.

Some of those same Republicans are in the Senate and on the Judiciary Committee now, and I suspect they’ll relish the opportunity to challenge that statement and demand that she call them bigots to their faces. I suspect that she will have a walkback already planned, but it will make for interesting viewing.

For that she will have another face
Her real self will for a moment erase
With all the newly concocted lies
That will be dancing in her eyes!

If capital punishment is against our values, surely she thinks abortion is too.

If the lefties come to this conclusion, she may be sunk anyway.

mike_NC9 on June 5, 2009 at 6:51 PM

Capital punishment is a state response to a crime against society. Abortion is an act committed simply because someone “is.” Now, which one has merit?

The lefties are on thin ice on this issue…and always have been.