Sotomayor: My women-only club isn’t discriminatory but I’m quitting it anyway
posted at 8:41 pm on June 19, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Makes sense. Who among us hasn’t distanced themselves from something they personally have no problem with?
Sotomayor said she resigned from the Belizean Grove to prevent the issue from becoming a distraction in her confirmation hearings.
In a letter to Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the federal appeals court judge said she is convinced that the club does not practice “invidious discrimination” and that her membership in it did not violate judicial ethics.
But she said she didn’t want questions about it to “distract anyone from my qualifications and record.”
Federal judges are bound by a code that says they shouldn’t join any organization that discriminates by race, sex, religion or nationality.
I get that the uproar over this is a reprisal for the left wetting itself over Alito belonging to a men-only club, but isn’t this kind of … stupid? The hallmark of true discrimination is the shared sentiment that those who don’t belong to the empowered group are somehow inferior. Is that really what’s going on with (most) clubs that are restrictive by gender? It’s not a superiority/inferiority thing, it’s a gender-differences-are-relevant-to-comfort-levels thing. And before anyone yells at me, bear in mind that even our Equal Protection jurisprudence observes that distinction: Racially discriminatory laws are analyzed with “strict scrutiny, meaning that they’re (almost) always unconstitutional, whereas laws that discriminate by gender are analyzed with “intermediate scrutiny,” meaning they need to have a good reason to discriminate for a court to uphold them. Aside from the Alito “quid pro quo” aspect of this, does anyone really have a problem with Sotomayor belonging to this dopey elitist group?
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Stupid cow. How do these crapweasels get away with being such pieces of human debris?
skree on June 19, 2009 at 8:43 PM
I didn’t inhale.
BobMbx on June 19, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Ah, principles.
RobCon on June 19, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Take away point here: The club merely practices normal discrimination.
Move along, nothing to see here.
BobMbx on June 19, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Oops! You caught me, so I’ll
–pay my back taxes
–quit that club
or whatever else I need to do to GET THAT JOB!
jgapinoy on June 19, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I guess not Allah. To disagree with you would be unreasonable and fringy.
RobCon on June 19, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Sigh. It’s never a good sign when your would-be leaders suddenly find a need to make substantial changes to their lives to their lives after they come under public scrutiny.
kc8ukw on June 19, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose. Period.
sondiehl on June 19, 2009 at 8:46 PM
20 years with Rev. Wright.
the_nile on June 19, 2009 at 8:50 PM
WTF? So if you murdered someone in the past as long as you stop a month before confirmation hearings it shouldn’t become a distraction.
wise Latina Logic is FUBAR
Geochelone on June 19, 2009 at 8:50 PM
This is kinda like when Obama quit Trinity United Church of Christ.
When in guilt, quit.
misslizzi on June 19, 2009 at 8:50 PM
I’d rather see her quit La Raza.
Disturb the Universe on June 19, 2009 at 8:51 PM
These clubs are good
not discriminatory
PrezHussein on June 19, 2009 at 8:52 PM
I guess that means the DAR is evil on two counts.
The point is that it’s an ethics code. If the “discrimination” isn’t due to bigotry but, rather, due simply to the whole point of the club, I don’t have any problem with it.
Tuning Spork on June 19, 2009 at 8:53 PM
How can any male expect justice from a woman who thinks herself superior to men?
It’s bad enough in divorce law that some young men pass on marriage. What would a member of an Elite-Super-Biotch-Club member do to males once she is on the SCOTUS?
Right_of_Attila on June 19, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Liberals will need some ‘Consensus’
on this,I think!!
canopfor on June 19, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Neither are right. But the rule is clear and the girls only club is clearly against the rule.
My problem is the rules only apply against the white guy while they are running things. The real test of progress is when the rules apply to everybody, including the thugs running the White House now.
JAW on June 19, 2009 at 8:55 PM
She joined this club to get away from all the men calling her for dates.
Mark1971 on June 19, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Not at all.
The problem is her membership in the Supreme Court.
Chris_Balsz on June 19, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Gambling is illegal at Belizean Grove – and I never slice.
Ted Torgerson on June 19, 2009 at 8:59 PM
I’d rather see her quit La Raza, who cares about the all women’s groups.. BROTHER.
reshas1 on June 19, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Now if it was a radical lesbian group we would have a story!
:~)
patrick neid on June 19, 2009 at 9:00 PM
People should be able to belong to whatever club they choose and those clubs should have whatever membership criteria they choose. The government and PIA grievance mongers should mind their own GD business.
TheBigOldDog on June 19, 2009 at 9:01 PM
You can’t change the fabric of who you are by quitting a club. Additionally, she didn’t adhere to the code. What’s going to be the next skeleton to fall out of the closet?
txag92 on June 19, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Wait a tic,if she was wise,sumpin tells
me,that she wouldn’t have joined this
particular club!
See,she made a bad decision already!!(Sarc).
canopfor on June 19, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Check out Fox New right now. Obama is doing stand-up comedy.
SoulGlo on June 19, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Now if it was a radical lesbian group we would have a story!
patrick neid on June 19, 2009 at 9:00 PM
With liberals, that group would have a large membership.
txag92 on June 19, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Remember Palin. Tear her a new one.
THE CHOSEN ONE on June 19, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Check out Fox New right now. Obama is doing stand-up comedy.
SoulGlo on June 19, 2009 at 9:01 PM
WILL NOT WATCH THAT MAN…… EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
txag92 on June 19, 2009 at 9:03 PM
A photo of her listening intently (in the crowd) at a Castro speech?
Jesse Jackson love child?
BobMbx on June 19, 2009 at 9:04 PM
I’ve got no problem with a women only club, if the left would give up whining about men only clubs.
Men and women are different. And thank God for that. :-)
rbj on June 19, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Picture of her in a Che Guevara shirt.
Mark1971 on June 19, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Not wanting to be seen defending El Judge, but, what if she was a member of the Red Hat Lady Club?
It’s certainly women only, and you have to wear a Red Hat. It’s right in the name of the club for heavens sake.
Issue?
BobMbx on June 19, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Really………
Seven Percent Solution on June 19, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Yes, I am so relieved she quit. It makes me feel so much better about her future as a SCJ. I know she will be fair and just in her opinions now that she is no longer a member. Besides, all these silly little clubs she belongs to are for the tea and cookies they serve at each meeting.
Miss Molly on June 19, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Everything this woman does reeks of hatred and discrimination. Her court bias, her group affiliation, and the club she hangs out in.
Rode Werk on June 19, 2009 at 9:18 PM
I was already distracted by her “wise Latina woman” remark and her membership in LaRaza.
TN Mom on June 19, 2009 at 9:22 PM
I personally don’t care, but it does boil down to the Left shrieking about Alito. What’s good for the goose and all that…
changer1701 on June 19, 2009 at 9:24 PM
But she said she didn’t want questions about it to “distract anyone from my qualifications and record.”
I would think she would grasp at anything that might distract people from examining her “qualifications and record.” Ya know, seeing as how there’s friggin’ doughnuts in both those columns.
Then again, I suffer from a genetic latinawisdom deficiency so whad’a I know.
I take medication for it and all, but, alas, I am still only a shabby white male… sans wisdom.
Lamontyoubigdummy on June 19, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Is she our first “Anchor Baby” Supreme Court Justice?
M-14 2go on June 19, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Federal judges are expected to follow the code:
Federal judges are bound by a code that says they shouldn’t join any organization that discriminates by race, sex, religion or nationality.
In keeping with said code, no red hats for Sotomayor..
TN Mom on June 19, 2009 at 9:28 PM
How so? It seemed to work for the Democrats. They have the House, Senate, and White House.
18 months ago I was all for principled arguements. But the truth is, most American’s only read the headlines. I wish it wasn’t so, but it is.
American’s don’t have to pass an intelligence test to vote. They just need to be a citizen and 18, unless they go to ACORN.
Fling the same crap back at the Dem’s. It worked more than once.
Hog Wild on June 19, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Girls playing football
Boys playing field hockey
Cats living with dogs….
faol on June 19, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Get married and you’ll find yourself distancing yourself from all sorts of things that are probably OK but disrupt the peaceful functioning of the relationship.
dedalus on June 19, 2009 at 9:45 PM
If it were a hot lesbian group it could be a movie.
dedalus on June 19, 2009 at 9:50 PM
patrick neid on June 19, 2009 at 9:00 PM
If it were a hot lesbian group it could be a movie.
dedalus on June 19, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Hillary has a movie?
faol on June 19, 2009 at 9:52 PM
wise latina knows best
BPD on June 19, 2009 at 9:54 PM
If it were a hot lesbian group it could be a movie.
dedalus on June 19,2009 at 9:50PM.
dedalus: I’m just trying to help out! Tee-Hee:)
If it were a hot lesbian group it could be on Broadway!hehe.
canopfor on June 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM
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Buy more paper towels to clean tea from monitor…
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RalphyBoy on June 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM
I went to an all boys high school. I think there are times and situations when it’s good for the sexes to be separated. Whether Sotomayer’s club is one of those situations, I don’t know.
Loxodonta on June 19, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Even as a member of the SC she can’t join Augusta.
BHO Jonestown on June 19, 2009 at 10:05 PM
In spite of her lack of qualifications, you know she will be the next justice of the SC. Therefore, I am wondering if it will be possible for her to do something with that frumpy hairdo or will she continue with it like ginsburg has with hers?
Oleta on June 19, 2009 at 10:07 PM
O/T Bolton is on Fox,talking about Iran!:)
canopfor on June 19, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Please, please please stop posting that photo of Sotomayor. She looks like a bulldog chewing a wasp.
Sharke on June 19, 2009 at 10:13 PM
+1 Allah.
I realize that political hay needs to be made out of this, but honestly… who actually cares?
Lehosh on June 19, 2009 at 10:15 PM
The government and PIA grievance mongers should mind their own GD business.
Well Dog, I would be glad to stay out of her business but as she is already in the judging business it is too late for her to stay out of mine.
UT Cowboy on June 19, 2009 at 10:43 PM
My children and I belong to a discriminatory club..
It’s called the Boy Scouts.
Move on here and leave it alone
HarryStar on June 19, 2009 at 10:50 PM
I don’t, though it’s (another) good opportunity to show how hypocritcal they were with Alito.
Sometimes Fred Flistone wants to go bowling with the guys or head out to the local Royal Order of the Buffalo meetings, yaknow?
eforhan on June 19, 2009 at 10:53 PM
While testifying, put a bowl of chips and salsa in front of her. If she eats = La Razza, If she passes = well disciplined La Razza.
THE CHOSEN ONE on June 19, 2009 at 10:56 PM
AP,
Heh I read that with a Bill O’Reilly voice and it sounded exactly like him in my head :)
But to your earlier assertion:
I agree. I was a member of a cigar club that was only men and we wouldn’t allow women to be in the club because we were telling stories and someitmes using locker room language and humor. We didn’t want to have to watch our mouth because women were around. It was a catharsis of sorts because we could be men doing manly things. Eventually women were allowed to join, and it was fine at first, but then it happened where someone got offended and ruined the whole thing for me and a few others so we quit.
I hear they are a garden club now though; which is nice.
alohapundit on June 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Phony wise Latina.
nor on June 19, 2009 at 11:21 PM
That sounds pretty stupid. This would mean that a federal judge can’t be a member of any organization that has separate bathrooms or locker rooms (as we have seen with some of the incredibly stupid rulings concerning locker rooms, bathrooms and “gender identity”). There would also seem to be problems with any religion (which must, by definition, almost, discriminate agains those outside). It would also lead to the sort of moronic rulings that yield our open border policies and the “illegality” or “immorality” of naitonal citizenship.
This country is being swallowed by abject stupidity and hyper-sensitivity. Unreal. What the heck ever happened to the right of association?
It is beyond stupid.
This is stupid, too. The inferior/superior idea has nothing to do with discrimination. That is the left’s idiotic way of trying to keep it so that only whites can be discriminatory.
It doesn’t matter if anyone or any group considers themselves superior. This whole problem with some group thinking themselves superior is beyond idiotic. Every religion believes that it is correct and everyone else is incorrect. That part of the point of it, and there is nothing wrong with this. There is something wrong with anyone who demands that all groups must be considered equal and there’s something really wrong with someone who thinks all groups are equal.
People have really confused the idea of “equal under the law” with “equal in any and all respects”. It’s pathetic and silly.
Equal Protection is the most abused and misunderstood area of law we have. It is a mockery of law, in the ways our courts have let it be abused, and intellectually offensive.
This is due to selective interpretation and reactions to hyper-sensitivity. The fact that affirmative action and minority set-asides are clearly racially discriminatory laws (or set of laws) proves this. The existence of the COngressional Black Caucus shows that these “interpretations” are merely one dimensional and without any actual meaning other than “whitey is always bad”.
Same thing with males. Women are always allowed to enter male leagues, but males are never allowed to enter female leagues. There is no “law” behind this, just stupidity and the need to exact “social justice” in the most twisted and moronic way.
Not at all. I have a problem with affirmative action and officially sanctioned laws that discriminate in favor of inferiority, just to “even things out”. I have no problems with any private orgs that do whatever they want, as freedom of association is a fundamental freedom which we have all had stripped from us in order to make some feel better about themselves.
progressoverpeace on June 20, 2009 at 1:17 AM
The problem is that not only did she join this club, but she also joined La Raza. Along the way she made multiple speeches which clarified why she likes joining said clubs. She also made legal decisions which reflected aspects of these clubs, her public speaking, and her writings.
It all melds together AP and forms a picture of a Lantina who has a lot of empathy for select ethnic groups, select financial groups, select political groups, select sex groups, and to some degree select national groups. Justice is not blind in her case. Quite frankly, I am not so sure she likes America as a whole. Most people who love, or like America are all about wanting to function as one, and this woman seems to be like Obama, and is all about herself.
freeus on June 20, 2009 at 1:48 AM
Why do you keep putting up Rosanne Barr’s picture on these threads?
tbear44 on June 20, 2009 at 2:16 AM
Wait, I was supposed to be upset about this?
Like other commenters said, the really impressive act would be dropping from La Raza. Or… dropping from the Democratic Party!
Nethicus on June 20, 2009 at 2:24 AM
Has anyone heard Sotomayor speak? She has an exceptionally offensive voice. When I heard her, I dropped something and looked at whoever it was speaking (on the T.V.), was horrified to see that it was Sotomayor with this hideous voice. I can’t find one quality about her that makes her Supreme Court worthy and that voice, well, I’d leave any room in which she was speaking.
Lourdes on June 20, 2009 at 2:55 AM
She calls herself Hispanic. I call her chameleon
entagor on June 20, 2009 at 2:58 AM
Yeah, most definitely. Yet, she’s still there with La Raza, guiding or board member or whatever the title is (though any membership in my view would be extremely offensive).
I’ve asked several Senators and a few Congressmen why the U.S. taxpayers are funding groups such as La Raza (specifically, them) and they all fall silent. I’ve pointed out to each of them that La Raza is an ethnic-supremacy organization and they all remain silent. Utter silence.
The awful reality is that the government, OUR government, has no business being involved in any degree with ANY of these ethnic (and racial) supremacy organizations, to include the Black versions and the other Hispanic/Latino ones. I’ve asked Senators and Congressmen why it is they aren’t funding (and meeting with, being consulted by) the Aryan Nation and similiar, why it is they’re selecting out for these ethnic supremacy organizations and excluding the other ones (as I just mentioned).
Again, silence.
The point is, no one can explain why it is that these racial and ethnic supremacy organizations are funded by our government and worse, why they’re advisers or even given appointments in our public offices on any policy of any kind.
My preference would be that none of these groups was given any degree of time and resources by the public (taxpayer funded) and that includes a place in our government. Yet there they are, the Hispanic/Latino and Black racial and ethnic supremacy organizations, being paid to exercise their skewered, damaging, destructive perspectives. It’s truly a terrible misbehavior by our Congress that these groups are allowed to be involved, much moreso are funded by the taxpayers.
Lourdes on June 20, 2009 at 3:03 AM
Guilty as charged.
Loser pick from an inept junior senator who’s prentending he’s a leader.
Pathetic.
StockOption on June 20, 2009 at 3:08 AM
That’s really well stated (and about which, I agree, completely).
Sotomayor has repeated her “wise Latina woman…(smarter) than a White male)” line verbatim (same quote, same statement) on numerous occasions before and with many other venues. It was not an isolated statement by Sotomayor at this one meeting of La Raza; she actually has repeated it, word for word, on numerous occasions.
All of which cements her as either an intellectual nincompoop or someone of serious deviations on a human and civilization level — it’s shocking that someone with even a decent education and who is entrusted to represent the Justice system would even make such a remark as she has even in joking, much moreso have repeated it in all seriousness on many occasions (indicates a fixed perspective that is highly intellectually irregular, also).
Obama’s nominated what appears to be “just anyone” to fulfill skin color and gender, which I believe is setting back standards of expectations and behavior by centuries.
Lourdes on June 20, 2009 at 3:09 AM
It’s like her statement about being “a wise Latina woman…”
“Latina” MEANS female of Latin DNA. Thus, even her ridiculous sexist and racist statement in puffing herself up was verbally, grammatically nonsensical (an oxymoron, in other words).
Lourdes on June 20, 2009 at 3:13 AM
The bigger problems as to Sotomayor and the Constitution (the U.S. one) is that she’s already displayed an intolerance of both the Second Amendment and right-to-life.
Lourdes on June 20, 2009 at 3:16 AM
That should disqualify her from working for the Federal government.
infidel4life on June 20, 2009 at 3:37 AM
She would be immediately disqualified from serving on a jury.
I mean La Raza, come on. And saying she is wiser than a white male because she is a Latina, come on.
Geochelone on June 20, 2009 at 4:26 AM
That should disqualify her from working for the Federal government.
infidel4life on June 20, 2009 at 3:37 AM
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Your point is taken. I would question her during the nomination process. If indeed your bid to be confirmed is denied, will you reunite with this club of elitist again? Why not? I can not think of any past failed SC nominations for the Supreme Court that ever got a second shot at the prize. Will Sonya provide a wise answer? Will she feel the condescension and derision of this question being beyond the pale of a sitting Appellate Court Judge? If she feels in such a way then it could also be pejorative of the senators if they imply disapproval or contempt of her previous membership to this elitist group of women. The senate must discover how Sonya Sotomayor’s mind operated before she got the nod. We the people should not be denied placing only our best and brightest in such an exalted position that shall have consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problems, plans, or statements from this indiviual with the ramifications of a USSC. The people deserve a Supreme Court justice that will adhere to the U.S. Constitutional laws and not how you feel these laws should be interpreted or represented.
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Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
Americannodash on June 20, 2009 at 5:14 AM
That’s a little extreme. Just because you don’t like the man doesn’t mean you can’t watch him from time to time.
I wasn’t fond of our last President. But I watched his stand-up comedy routines, which was pretty much every speech he ever gave.
greggish on June 20, 2009 at 5:23 AM
Obama is GREAT at impersonations. I love his impersonation of a President. It’s hilarious.
Jeff from WI on June 20, 2009 at 6:06 AM
This bears repeating. Again and again and again.
DrMagnolias on June 20, 2009 at 6:21 AM
That’s a little extreme. Just because you don’t like the man doesn’t mean you can’t watch him from time to time.
I wasn’t fond of our last President. But I watched his stand-up comedy routines, which was pretty much every speech he ever gave.
greggish on June 20, 2009 at 5:23 AM
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Ladies and gentlemen may I introduce Mr. Greg Gish. Greg has been a member of the Huffington post blog since 2006.
He hails from New York City. It also looks like he is a 9-11 truther.
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For more information on Mr. Gish all you need to do is read his profile:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/profile/greggish
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On this page you’ll find where greg’s mindset is by his comments of news articles and from blogs posted.
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Hot Air will looking forward to your comments here Greg.
I’m sure they will be not be any different than the one posted today at 5:23 AM on this thread.
Americannodash on June 20, 2009 at 6:24 AM
Get used to her mug, gang. She is going to be a sitting Supreme Court Justice, and will impose her “hispanic-minority-victim-empathy” viewpoint, making serious issues facing the Court a mockery.
Viva La Sonya!
Are you still liking your hope and change?
Cleveland Steamer on June 20, 2009 at 6:59 AM
Only liberals get to discriminate and only moronic liberals believe lying moronic liberals when they might say “in a letter to Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the federal appeals court judge said she is convinced that the club does not practice “invidious discrimination” and that her membership in it did not violate judicial ethics.”
Liberals paint themselves into corners with their hypocrisy and have the nerve to whine when they’re called on it. Most conservatives don’t care if there are all men or all women clubs.
Liberals, i.e., NOW came up with that faux outrage back in the 70s. Then, minorities took their turn at the guilt trough for their social welfare from the guilty white man. Now, apparently only women and minorities are allowed to discriminate, and be discriminated against simultaneously. Their also allowed to lie through their judicial teeth without challenge.
orlandocajun on June 20, 2009 at 7:07 AM
Disturb the Universe on June 19, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Lourdes
Geochelone
reshas1
et.al.
+1
Until she quits La Raza, this means nada.
Even thereafter, nothing’s changed.
She puts Wise Latina Women to shame.
I repudiate those prostituting the term “empathy” superimposed upon antipathy.
maverick muse on June 20, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Americannodash on June 20, 2009 at 6:24 AM
a Huffapuffer
maverick muse on June 20, 2009 at 7:55 AM
A club full of old bitty’s sitting around complaining about men? She needs the comfort after all the guys who kept calling her 3 times for dates…bwaaaaaaaaa!
sabbott on June 20, 2009 at 8:25 AM
CHANGE! yeah thats about right. Thats all I have left in my friggin pocket. CHANGE!
While all this stupid sh*t is going on North Korea is loading up another one.
johnnyU on June 20, 2009 at 8:27 AM
I thought she quit La Raza a few years ago. Is that not true?
Missy on June 20, 2009 at 8:46 AM
If men weren’t so horribly discriminatory, maybe one or two might have called this woman for a date. Wait…a pudgy feminist harridan can’t get a date? Who would have thought it?
bradley11 on June 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Has she given up her support/membership is La Rosa?
MSGTAS on June 20, 2009 at 9:41 AM
It’s called a culture war.
If you’re not up for the fight, please spend your time in a dark room away from a keyboard.
Oh wait. Except for the keyboard, that’s what you’re doing isn’t it?
pabarge on June 20, 2009 at 10:31 AM
I thought it was bovine excrement in Alito’s case and I think the same thing here. I don’t care that they belong to a boy’s/girl’s club. It’s a freaking non-issue except for the hysterical bedwetting demagogues on the left.
Physics Geek on June 20, 2009 at 10:33 AM
The club abides by the rules of freedom of association, so I don’t have an issue with it. She didn’t need to resign the club.
She’s extremely unqualified for a host of other reasons.
She’s incompetent.
She’s a socialist.
She’s a bigot.
dogsoldier on June 20, 2009 at 10:44 AM
All true…and we’re stuck with her on SCOTUS.
ladyingray on June 20, 2009 at 11:27 AM
OK, I think y’all are way off base here. First, in case you missed it, men and women are different. It’s a male-female species thing. Are we really getting to the point that if a man belongs to an all men’s golf club that he should be disqualified for public office? If women have a social or political club that discusses female issues, should they now be disqualified. How about someone that goes to a Christian church that only allows Christians to attend and participate? Should that person now be exculded from public office? Gheesh…I am not a supporter of Sotomayor for Justice, but, come’on, complaining about this is becoming like the progressives and libs.
georgealbert on June 20, 2009 at 11:29 AM
If I understand the point of the article, she quit so that it wouldn’t be a distraction for her confirmation hearings…the way the Dems were distrated by Alito’s club membership. I do believe the libs “started this” at that time.
Personally, I don’t give a rip who belongs to what club…sometimes men want to talk to other men, sometimes women want to talk to women, without the distraction or interruption of the opposite gender.
I’m not the most confident person in the world, but I certainly am not threatened by the thought that there is a male-only club out there that I can’t join simply because I’m a female.
ladyingray on June 20, 2009 at 11:38 AM
you cannot use Hillary and hot in the same paragraph, unless its used as “hot flashes”
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on June 20, 2009 at 11:56 AM
With the mediocre quality of her qualifications and work, she should be happy to have the distraction.
Cicero43 on June 20, 2009 at 12:04 PM
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