Sotomayor, Day 1: Hispanics promise lots of scrutiny of GOP
posted at 10:11 am on July 13, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
The confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor begin today, in the wake of the reversal of Ricci in which none of Sotomayor’s future colleagues concurred with her reading of the law. Republicans plan a robust attack on Sotomayor’s Ricci reasoning and a slew of statements that she has made over the last twenty years. However, as ABC reports, Hispanic interest groups say they will watch the GOP “like hawks” for any hint of racism:
Latinos will be watching Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings “like hawks” for evidence that senators on the Judiciary Committee are mistreating the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge, or are mischaracterizing her record, leaders of Latino political, professional and advocacy groups tell ABC News.
“We accept tough questions. But what we are going to object to are questions that misrepresent the judge or that distort her record,” says Estuardo V. Rodriguez, director of Hispanics for a Fair Judiciary. The nonpartisan umbrella organization includes the Hispanic National Bar Association, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Judiciary Committee member John Cornyn, R-Texas, said on “Fox News Sunday” that Sotomayor’s nomination won’t be blocked because Republicans don’t have the numbers. But she is expected to explain her 2001 comment that she hoped “a wise Latina” was more likely to reach better conclusions than a white male without comparable experiences.
Fair game, but for many Latino political groups the game is, and has been, on. Earlier this month when Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., the top GOP lawmaker on the Judiciary Committee, called some of the decisions made by the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) “extreme,” the Hispanic National Bar Association fired off a letter to this panel’s chair, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. The document expresses “deep dismay” and warns that this kind of “mischaracterization” by Sessions or others will not be tolerated. A similar letter was sent to the Alabama Republican.
No one expects otherwise. Well, maybe one man does. Miguel Estrada was nominated to the DC Appellate Court by George Bush in 2001, and got filibustered by Democrats in 2003. The reason for their opposition was explicitly racist, as this memo to Senator Dick Durbin in 2001 shows:
Second, yesterday’s meeting focused on identifying the most controversial and/or vulnerable judicial nominees, and a strategy for targeting them. The group singled out three — Jeffrey Sutton (6th Circuit); Priscilla Owen (5th Circuit); and Caroline Kuhl (9th Circuit) — as a potential nominee for a contentious hearing early next year, with an eye to voting him or her down in Committee. They also identified Miguel Estrada (D.C. Circuit) as especially dangerous, because he has a minimal paper trail, he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment. They want to hold off Estrada as long as possible.
Democrats explicitly opposed Estrada because he was Latino. Do you remember the huge outcry this created from these Hispanic interest groups at the time this memo got revealed, and how they protested Democratic racism and bigotry?
Yeah, neither do I, and neither does Miguel Estrada.
Update: Meanwhile, People for the American Chicago Way organizes a smear campaign against Frank Ricci, and Slate obligingly delivers.
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You’d better not point out her flaws, GOP, and by the way, we know where you live.
Signed, La Raza
Vashta.Nerada on July 13, 2009 at 10:15 AM
I don’t think Hispanics ever got into CHIPS. I think they were more into Chico and the Man.
Caper29 on July 13, 2009 at 10:15 AM
If the Democrat Senators smear Ricci on national television I think it is going to do far more damage to their national brand than if the Republicans rough up the wise Latina.
myrenovations on July 13, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Estas personas necesitan para callarse y sentarse el infierno hacia abajo. Pase las palomitas de maíz.
txag92 on July 13, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Chicago pizza, anyone?
Thunderstorm129 on July 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Who is going to care what the Hispanics groups say. They’re never going to vote Republican as it’d go against their new found, I’ve got my hand out and I deserve something because I’m a minority mentally.
Jeff from WI on July 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Clearly Miguel Estrada wasn’t hispanic.
Duh.
Enoxo on July 13, 2009 at 10:17 AM
You know she’s going to be confirmed. In this pantomime political freakshow environment, it’s a fait accomplis.
Let it burn.
LimeyGeek on July 13, 2009 at 10:18 AM
So is Obama racist for voting against Roberts? He must be by the logic of these organizations. Ooooo right..he is a Democrat, so his intentions are always good.
WashJeff on July 13, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Yes and we know how anathema it is for democraps to distort and smear GOP candidates for the Court. Why it’s almost like the media and democraps and Latino front groups have a double standard and bias.
As for Judge Sotomayor, while her handling of Ricci and the Second Amendment cases are cause for concern, her board membership on PRLDF and on the racist imperialist La Raza organization should have been disqualifying in and of themselves. Imagine if a white candidate had been on the board of a white group called ‘Our Race’ that urged special treatment and damaging and dangerous policies for the country.
He or she wouldn’t have lasted five minutes.
eaglewingz08 on July 13, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Last minute La Raza Drive By. The NAACP sent Sessions a warning too. When the dust settles and the usual suspects of GOP senators are enjoying their photo ops after having rolled for the Latina racist, La Raza and the NAACP will proudly take responsibility for wielding their threats.
Fletch54 on July 13, 2009 at 10:19 AM
The GOP should expose thoroughly Sotomayor for the leftist affirmative action hire she would be, and let the chips fall where they may. Since the Democrats hold nothing back, the GOP shouldn’t either, especially since the Hispanic vote already goes Democrat due to handouts. The GOP has nothing to lose by calling her on her racist underpinnings, and proving them with videos, etc as needed. At least she’ll be exposed as the fraud she is, while exposing the Democrats for pandering and hypocrisy.
bradley11 on July 13, 2009 at 10:19 AM
I live in Alabama and as a conservative I hope Sen. Sessions gives this witch hell. And Americans better wake up soon. Our country is slowly being eroded away.
Alex Martinez on July 13, 2009 at 10:20 AM
“Hispanic interest groups say they will watch the GOP “like hawks” for any hint of racism”
Takes a racist to know a racist.
barberik on July 13, 2009 at 10:20 AM
These groups can go eff themselves and their racial pimping; this banana-republicanization of the the country is getting out of hand when we can’t point out the obvious flaws of people being appointed to our most powerful institutions.
The U.S. is on the path that Yugoslavia took and these racial interest groups are facilitating it.
Bishop on July 13, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Its not the GOP they should be focusing on.
Speakup on July 13, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Yesterday Yahoo had a headline, I am paraphrasing, “How the GOP will Attack Sotomayor.” I cannot remmeber the headline, “How the Democrats will Attack Roberts,” except on conservative blogs.
WashJeff on July 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Ahh, the new McCarthyism.
bluelightbrigade on July 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM
I’m Latina and I’m watching the GOP to see if they screw things up by not interrogating this woman as she should be.
I am sick of the pandering. These Latino groups are left wing and don’t represent all Latinos, only the leftists/ illegal ones.
GOP needs to suck it up. This is a dangerous person to have in the court. Pandering doesn’t get you anywhere. Ask John McCain about that.
jencab on July 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Video of NAACP warning the GOP to back off.
http://www.breitbart.tv/naacp-warns-key-gop-senator-to-tone-down-rhetoric-about-sotomayor-supporters/
katy on July 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Republicans better walk a fine line here. Unless they plan on not winning election again. States like Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and CA cannot be won without Hispanics voting 70+ for you
equality on July 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Liberals don’t engage in self-reflection…just projection.
bluelightbrigade on July 13, 2009 at 10:23 AM
I’ll be watching Hispanic interest groups like a hawk for racism and false allegations of racism. I’m sure they won’t disappoint me.
Hey! I thought republican insiders, aka RINOS, were only allowed to smear conservatives?
Blake on July 13, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Yesterday on Fox, I think it was KP, she tried to make the case that Sotomayor was especially qualified because she came up from poverty. When liberals use poverty as an excuse for criminal activity and an excuse for being qualified to serve on the Supreme Court, you know why they promote poverty.
fourdeucer on July 13, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Please. Bush and McCain tried to push an amnesty bill through and Hispanics still voted overwhelmingly for Dems in the last election, despite McCain being the GOP nominee.
I’m tired of the notion that the GOP should pander to Hispanics or blacks or any other demographic. All we end up with is a Democrat-lite party that wants to increase the size of government and spend more on entitlements. Appeal to the individual, not the group the media tries to shoehorn them into.
Doughboy on July 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM
From Michelle Malkin’s blog:
(emphasis mine)
So Ricci sued over his dyslexia and also sued because he was retaliated against as a whistleblower. And most recently he sued over (and won) over racial discrimination.
Shouldn’t those three instances make Ricci a liberal hero?
BuckeyeSam on July 13, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Thanks for confirming that you are a racist. But, we’ve already know that for some time now.
Blake on July 13, 2009 at 10:27 AM
How does blind justice see your financial status? Arrrrghh! This pols and Washington commentators drive me nuts.
WashJeff on July 13, 2009 at 10:27 AM
For the better part of 50 years I could have cared less about race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation and strongly believed in equal opportunity for all. Now thanks to the liberal media, the mindless drone of diversity and programs like affirmative action I have become bigoted, if not racist. Thank you oh enlightened liberals and tyrannical minority groups for forcing me to wake up.
Enough is enough!
dmann on July 13, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Very true eagle – but in a sane world – any Presidential candidate who said there are 57 states wouldn’t have made it to Iowa…
Odie1941 on July 13, 2009 at 10:28 AM
WTF is wrong with these people. Roberts and Alito were far more qualified, but received significant voting opposition. What happened to good faith opposition in this country?
BuckeyeSam on July 13, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Oh don’t worry, the GOP is going to be very careful on how they approach Soto, but in the end it won’t matter anyway because she will be approved.
Of course the left will swoon in ecstasy about the enlightened choice while they willfully ignore Soto’s racist rhetoric and questionable grasp of Constitutional issues.
I look forward to Ogabe’s first speech to the full Congress after the Soto appointment (when the SCOTUS is in attendance), just to see Soto jump to her feet and clapping and completely demolishing her pretense of impartiality.
Bishop on July 13, 2009 at 10:30 AM
So I guess this means the senators should hold off on any discussions about pubic hairs on coke cans.
fogw on July 13, 2009 at 10:30 AM
That’s because to a leftie, poverty is noble. Wealth or success, on the other hand, must be punished. Basically, they believe that whatever your economic status, you don’t deserve it.
trubble on July 13, 2009 at 10:30 AM
How does blind justice see your financial status?
In Obama land Empathy trumps everything. Blind justice is a mask with 20/20 night vision. Or should I say brown wise Latina vision.
fourdeucer on July 13, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Sessions was very firm in his opening statement. Leahy was a typical douche IMO. The second Dem (I didn’t catch the name) was pretty reasonable. Hatch is speaking now.
BuckeyeSam on July 13, 2009 at 10:32 AM
When did “Latinos” become such hothouse flowers? I suppose Carlos Mencia makes them cry or something. For Pete’s sake, the woman was nominated SPECIFICALLY because of her gender and race… but… er… ah… you better not mention anything about race?
Sugar Land on July 13, 2009 at 10:32 AM
It may have died when Teddy Kennedy took to the floor and created the new verb “to Bork.”
The politics of personal destruction is standard operating procedure with the Democrat Party now.
Wethal on July 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Sotomayor is a done deal. The opposition to Sotomayor, however valid their arguments, will not be heard. The media will see to it. They will characterize any opposition to Sotomayor as being hatched by a bunch of neanderthal GOP racists.
Face it, they own the media, they own the courts.
We own guns, and cling to religion out of bitterness. Hell, many of us don’t even own guns or a religion anymore. We got NUTHIN’.
jay12 on July 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2009/07/13/open-thread
joeswampy on July 13, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Can anyone be a member of these groups? I mean, do they accept a white man/woman? How many of these groups are out there? And if I start a Whites for a Fair Judiciary, will it be deemed racist? How about we stop using African American, Mexican American and just use American? Isn’t that the goal? If not, I want to be referred to as an American American.
Sue on July 13, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Well, I guess that one group, having had its day in the sun, it’s now time for another group to gather the sunshine.
OldEnglish on July 13, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Defining moments, GOP. This is where you show a spine, or cower, and conservative Indpendents like myself look at 3rd party candidates real hard based on your positions.
Sotomayers statements were racist. Her ruling against the firemen were racist. I wonder if Estuardo V. Rodriguez, director of Hispanics for a Fair Judiciary, would like to admit it, while he’s watching that like a hawk.
You don’t have to call her a racist, because in the end you can’t prove it, but the statements stand as racist, no matter what.
Show us, GOP. You don’t have the Hispanic vote to lose anyway, but you do risk the Independent conservative vote.
To his credit, Senator McConnell posed tough questions prior on the matter prior to this day, let’s see if he follows through, or folds.
shades_of_gasden on July 13, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Hispanics are not necessarily a monolithic voting bloc. I lived in Miami for about three years. That area has Hispanics from all over, but I found the Cubans to be very conservative. Hispanics, on the whole, seem very family oriented and oriented toward merit-based achievement. Whatever the case, I hope that Hispanics look at how Dems have improved the lives of blacks in the past 40 years as they determine which way they want to go with their votes.
BuckeyeSam on July 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM
I hope for the country’s sake this libtard racist fails nomination approval.
Sweet_Thang on July 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Screw all of these interest groups. ALWAYS do what is RIGHT, stand up for principles, and whatever happens happens. Just like so called feminists who only support women if they share ideology, these Hispanic groups only support Hispanics who are liberal.
ReaganConservative3 on July 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM
What happened? Saul Alinski happened via Barak Obama and the practice of power by force and intimidation.
katy on July 13, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Are we to beleave that Hispanics are to be given more respect than anyone else.Or is it that liberal Hispanics like all libs.are above scrutiny and just given a pass on ever thing they have said or did .MLK is turning in his grave.
thmcbb on July 13, 2009 at 10:38 AM
She is the Racist and should be voted down. Why appoint someone to the Court when 80% of all of her decisions got over turned by Appeals Courts.
HAGGS99 on July 13, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Meanwhile, our side is attacking Palin and waiting for Powell and Meghan McCain to tell us how to be better Republicans!
WhatsRight on July 13, 2009 at 10:39 AM
If you oppose any of the Messiah’s grand schemes, you’re already a racist, so form any group you want. On the other hand, if you can wield the might hyphen, you, too, can be a victim, and therefore entitled to empathy, deference, quotas, other people’s money and many other parting gifts as well.
trubble on July 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Hatch is pointing out that a group is directing a smear campaign against Ricci. He also pointed out the opposition to Alito even though he voted with liberal colleagues in the Third Circuit 99%.
Hatch and Sessions have both delivered firm and mature opening statements.
Feinstein is up.
BuckeyeSam on July 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM
in the end when all the dust settles it’s one lib replaceing a other. all’s the gop can do is hurt itself here if they push to hard…
SHARPTOOTH on July 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Is this what was meant when everyone was going around talking about how Obama was going to usher in a “post-racial” era? It seems that everything is more racial now.
Obama himself was trying to comfort himself just last week that the Ricci decision didn’t necessarily mean an end to affirmative action policies. That sets quite an example for the country, don’t you think?
Every ethnic group now tries to intimidate and send out thinly veiled threats to make sure that their group gets their piece of the action. Talk about the Balkanization of America.
This is your new post-racial era, America. No American identity, no American culture, no common thread. Just a bunch of different ethnic groups all jockeying for position.
JohnInCA on July 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM
In the mind of a liberal (stop laughing) there is no such thing as a good faith opposition to liberalism.
MarkTheGreat on July 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM
There fixed it for ya. We have to stop caring what these racist groups have to say.
dogsoldier on July 13, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Just as unemployment rates are a lagging indicator of the economy’s health, Sotomayor’s likely confirmation is a lagging indicator. It tells us where we’ve been, not where we’re headed. Have faith. She could end up very alone, with her entire life’s ideology in ruins, discarded by changing times.
JiangxiDad on July 13, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Look at the bright side…
We’ll get to see the full depth of Al Franken’s Judicial Knowledge.
franksalterego on July 13, 2009 at 10:44 AM
I’m eager to get a transcript of both Senator Sessions’ and Senator Hatch’s opening statements from moments ago.
Both were remarkable. Hatch quite pointedly, calmly and sanely pointed out — with illustrations from of all people Barack Obama’s history of objecting to another judge’s confirmation — why Sotomayor’s “statements made outside her court decisions” is important and will be (and must be) considered.
Excellent speeches by both.
But Leehy was entirely creepy and Feinstein is now waxing on emotionally about feelings.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Someone just shouted an interruption during Feinstein’s statement. I missed what was said.
BuckeyeSam on July 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Another parody headline that makes a point about true bias: “Obama’s First Nominee for Supreme Court Justice Dismissed from Jury Duty Under Anti-Bias Rules”: http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/05/updated-obamas-first-nominee-for.html
Mervis Winter on July 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM
at least they have the courtesy to “look for any racism’. Other special interest groups don’t even wait for any racism to happen, they just make it up.
RR
ramrants on July 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Soto, The Magic Latino
fourdeucer on July 13, 2009 at 10:47 AM
I’m waiting for Chris Farley to play Senator Heflin and for Phil Hartman to play Ted Kennedy.
BuckeyeSam on July 13, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Welcome to the proceedings ladies and gentlement. We’d like personally welcome Judge Sotomayor to the conformation hearings, where we hope for a robust and open conversation.
Racist!
Before we begin, would you like anything? Water? Anything at all?
Racist!
For the record, please state your name.
Racist!!!
so on and so on…
Thunderstorm129 on July 13, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Well, they’re already smearing Ricci otherwise.
And Sotomayor is looking very awful this morning, can’t see how anyone would be eager for her to be on the Supreme Court, for any reason. Makes no sense. If Sotomayor is some Super Duper Hispanic (“latina woman” — an oxymoron but those are her super duper words), then the activist Hispanics have a losing hand, overall, in our society.
Surely there are more reputable, credible and intelligent “Latinos” and/or “Latinas” than this…
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Excellent point. I guess growing up in poverty now is a blank check.
Dianne Feinstein was on Fox News Sunday yesterday. She kept gushing about Sotomayor’s personal story. What the hell does that have to do with anything? They didn’t care that Clarence Thomas or Miguel Estrada overcame poverty. What a double standard.
JohnInCA on July 13, 2009 at 10:49 AM
I muted the set when Feinstein started her weepy, squishy-feely intro. statement, so I missed that interruption, too, unfortunately (would be interested to know what it was).
Feinstein’s now reading another statement though she’s remained on a Martha Stewart bit, unfortunately. Feinstein is completely disappointing as a Senator, utterly disappointing, without objectivity or intellect, reduced herself to simpering about gender.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Video Feinstein saying she doesn’t need hearings to vote for Soto http://snurl.com/n4pmj
JiangxiDad on July 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM
What did that guy shout over Feinstein say?
Enoxo on July 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Megyn Kelly said he shouted “What about abortion, Senator!”
Enoxo on July 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
I COMPLETELY AGREE with you there. Completely.
Feinstein sounds and looks like she’s on some sort of “Feelings” Drug as to her weird emotionalism and overall weepy renditions about Sotomayor. It’d make sense if Sotomayor was her daughter or mother or otherwise, but Feinstein is SUPPOSED TO BE a U.S. Senator. Her weepiness and entirely subjective weirdness challenges even the Civil Rights premise, while Feinstein is stuck in her dedicated discrimination mode (and is weepy about it) in promoting (and weeping over) Sotomayor’s gender. Makes no logical sense. Is awful behavior from any Senator.
And the background bit, Sotomayor was not underprivileged, and even is she had been, it’s irrelevant to her qualifications to this issue.
The Democrats are using entirely unsupportable and irrational terms to promote Sotomayor and justify supporting her confirmation.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Hispanics aren’t all behind Sotomayor. Many, like my wife, see her for what she is, a bigoted race hustler with a thirst for the power to somehow right perceived wrongs. The GOP should have been rallying hispanic groups against Sotomayor before today’s start of her confirmation to balance the left wing hispanic organizations like La Raza. However, I don’t think anyone in the Republican leadership has enough brains to pull that off.
smfoushee on July 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM
And you guys want to continue to court us? We will continue to vote majority Democrat no matter what the Republicans do.
True_King on July 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM
A-HA, thanks for that.
Asking Feinstein to account for abortion is a lost notion. She’ll never do so, she’s eager to see that more are funded by the American taxpayers and I venture to guess that Sotomayor will not object to that, either.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Huh?
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 10:57 AM
i’m white. even worse, i am a white MALE. i have no say in this and must simply look the other way because i have obviously spent my entire life crushing the dreams and souls of every other race.
Ghoul aid on July 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Big deal, they do that anyway, even inventing racism where there is none.
Here’s a suggestion, quit classifying people by race (which biologically is meaningless anyway) or ethnicity. Instead, consider people to be individuals.
rbj on July 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM
MANY OF US have been making that same point (as has your wife) for a while now, and even moreso what with Sotomayor’s emergence on the scene.
I’m not Hispanic but I’ve long held that there are more Hispanics and otherwise who see truths clearly while what we hear and read, instead, is the margin who don’t. As they demand that the Democrats in Congress act on their (radical, irrational) behalf, unfortunately for our nation — there are undoubtedly, I am nearly certain, Hispanics/Latinos who are not fans of Sotomayor NOR of the issues Sotomayor is involved in.
The GOP, you’re right, does not do enough to communicate clearly with all people, Hispanics included. The Left takes the fringe element and fans it up, runs with it, makes it out to appear that that’s “all of them” in any “kind” of human being.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM
The
HispanicWhite National Bar Association, U.S.HispanicWhite Chamber of Commerce, and theMexicanWhite American Legal Defense and Education Fund will be watching Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings “like hawks” for evidence thatsenatorsrace baiters on the Judiciary Committee are mistreating theSecond Circuit Court of Appeals JudgeWhite Firefighters, or are mischaracterizinghertheir record, leaders ofLatinoWhite political, professional and advocacy groups tell ABC News.And in other news… AG Eric Holder wants to prosecute white Bush Administration officials for their supposed “crimes”… Obama. Holder. Sotomayor. Michelle. Wright. etc. etc. It’s all about taking down the white man now, isn’t it? They’re not even hiding it anymore.
Fishoutofwater on July 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM
That should be more than enough, right there, to boot Feinstein from even voting on any Supreme Court judge nomination/confirmation.
Feinstein appears to have degenerated into mental incompetency.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:02 AM
I always wondered why I was so happy as a child; never quite understood the screams i heard coming from beneath my sandaled feet.
And the lamentations of the women…
austinnelly on July 13, 2009 at 11:02 AM
I AGREE. After hearing Cornyn’s wishy-washy statement, however, about Sotomayor, I see that he’s caving to his “my state’s population” sway as to the “Hispanic” thing.
It’s as if no one understands that, like other races and ethnicities, there is not ONE GIANT PERSON who is “all this and all that” — there are a myriad of opinions and insights into/about Sotomayor, among other things, by Hispanics, by everyone else. It’s not as if Texas has one giant Hispanic with one giant brain thinking one giant thought.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:04 AM
If the Democrats confirm Sotomayor, they have erased all excuses not to confirm a David Duke in the future.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:07 AM
My daughter is a young hispanic and thinks Sotomayer is an all around joke, from her stupid latina remarks to the majority of rulings being overturned. Some hispanics actually like facts over pretend victimization.
This is a LIFE TIME appointment, not a joke. SS’s race-card antics and apparent pride in being an affirmative action baby are pathetic. I hope she fails and ocommie in turn, also fails.
Ris4victory on July 13, 2009 at 11:08 AM
I have no doubt the GOP hacks won’t even dare mention that.
This broad is Obama’s Harriet Miers — an embarrassment. But unlike Miers, Sotomayor will be embarrassing Barry and his Democrats for the rest of her life.
Useful idiots.
You come and get me for my “hate speech and raaaacsim” now, you collectivist tools.
Rae on July 13, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Sotomayor looks like a female version of Jackie Chan without any super awesome martial arts skills
CMonster on July 13, 2009 at 11:08 AM
This declaration of backlash against republicans is a paper tiger argument being fomented by small groups and categorization voices. Their whiney cries should be dismissed by these actions of being overly disingenuous. Many of my friends believe as I do that these small groups of “me first mentality” has to be extiguished and diminished from all the communiqué of American’s thinking. We are Americans first not any other. Whining because you don’t feel life is fair is very immature. They need to grow up and behave as honorable adults. It is written that you should love your neighbor as you would yourself. Moreover, for the stength of our nation alone we must honor those who have behaved honorably and these outlandish disenfranchised groups are misinformed if they think you can whine about something and get it handed to you without working hard for it. Only through the labor of educational merits and laudable deeds shall they be respectably recognized.
I really don’t like it when groups that identify themselves as Hispanics, African, Asian, Martian or whatever. The people of all these aforementioned psuedo-groups do themselves a disservice and injury to the higher calling of equality for all things earned and not given IMHO. This is America for Americans first and foremost where the individual should be honored or dishonored on the content of their character and not the notion of a groups ethic history belabored by sterotypical labels (no dashes). Hence, my handle name here at Hot Air says it all “Americannodash.” Once they get that notion that we are ‘Americans first” through their heads, progress and success will surely manifest itself in their daily lives. Behave honorably and you will be treated honorably.
Americannodash on July 13, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Chime in, True King? What’s your beef? Look at Sotomayor’s handling of the Ricci decision. Whatever your position on the merits, procedurally, she undermined a U.S. citizen’s opportunity to pursue his right to appeal. It took a liberal, Hispanic colleague to point this out, to insist on a rehearing en banc, and to write a dissent so scathing that SCOTUS almost had to take Ricci’s case.
So, please, speak up.
BuckeyeSam on July 13, 2009 at 11:10 AM
I hope the GOP grows a pair and thoroughly questions Sotomayer on the record. They may not be able to prevent her confirmation, but they can open the eyes of the public. As for La Raza and their ilk, aren’t they having their conference later this month in Chicago? Someone up there needs to throw a Tea Party in protest!
http://www.teapartynation.com
tnmama on July 13, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Kyl is laying out a case against Obama… hahahah … gotta love it
gatorboy on July 13, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Sounds like a threat to me.
Which is why we have our U.S. Constitution to follow and not the demands and petulant threats of one ethnicity or another. Racialism and ethnic supremacy are not the standard, the Constitution is.
This is the problem when the U.S. has allowed too many people into our midst from countries that are other than our own, while they remain in the mindset of their former countries and continue to expect the U.S. to be remade into these other countries, most of which have failed forms of government.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Just more evidence of the double standard. Who gives a rat’s behind if she is hispanic, oriental, WASP, brown, yellow, green or blue. If our “representatives” were REALLY doing what they are supposed to do, they would verify that she would uphold the Constitution and not try to rewrite it. Too much to hope for, I guess. Leahy….. What a maroon!
ultracon on July 13, 2009 at 11:13 AM
The look right now on Sotomayor’s face: she doesn’t respect what Kyl just stated, she gave an irreverant, sarcastic look after he concluded his speech.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Argh, the monster Schumer is now snearing his speech. I have to mute the set, can’t stand his acerbic, hateful state of mind.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Schumer is such a ass bag.
Thunderstorm129 on July 13, 2009 at 11:18 AM
I wish people would stop viewing people who don’t come from super rich families as disadvantage.
At the time Sotomayor (and Michelle O.) was growing, up working class provided you with food, clothes on your back, a roof over your head, and an education. More importantly, her mother gave her and her brother a home where education was valued and encouraged her children to study and work hard. Any minority kid that shows promise and the willingness to work hard, will find people more than willing to help them along the way.
Blake on July 13, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Caucasian Legal Defense and Education Fund
Caucasians for a Fair Judiciary
Caucasian National Bar Association
U.S. Caucasian Chamber of Commerce
Caucasian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
So, where are these groups that I can support? Oh, they don’t exist because that would be racist? Sorry, how silly of me to expect consistent standards and representation!
aelhues on July 13, 2009 at 11:20 AM
The promblem is the race specific groups: Hispanic Bar Assoc, Latino Peace Officers, Black Firefighters, etc… They should name themselves what they are and add the word “LIBERAL” in front of the name.
This is just another example of the racism from the left. As most conservatives would agree, I care about the ideas in the persons head, not the color of it.
If I ever run for office, I would refuse to meet with any organization that had a specific race in the name until they explaned the diffirent needs between a latino, black, white, asian police officer (for example).
Texican Ben on July 13, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Schumer should have his @ss in jail for the criminal activities which led to the downfall of IndyMac bank
gatorboy on July 13, 2009 at 11:21 AM
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