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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Schumer is hammering Alito and Roberts????
Good stuff Chucky, glad we aren’t being partisan.
Odie1941 on July 13, 2009 at 11:22 AM
But, she didn’t grow up in poverty. Therefore, KP is a liar and Sotomayor is not especially qualified.
Blake on July 13, 2009 at 11:23 AM
grahamnesty is talking now… here comes the big sell-out
gatorboy on July 13, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Graham…telling it like it is.
Of course, he’s a racist.
Thunderstorm129 on July 13, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Lindsey Graham just said, “A Republican wouldn’t have picked you, Sotomayor. We would have chosen Miguel Estrada.”
And goes into Democrats filibustering Estrada.
That was amusing.
Enoxo on July 13, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Ha, Graham just pointed out Eric Estrada’s “stellar background” that the Democrats rejected.
And Estrada certainly had a hardship background (immigrant at fourteen from deprived circumstances).
Sotomayor never suffered any deprivation as did Estrada. Estrada was not a radical Leftist so the Democrats rejected him.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Come on, meltdown.
Ronnie on July 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM
I’m tired of hearing about historic nominations from Democrats (Schumer just declared Sotomayor’s nomination as such). Where was the historic label when Estrada was nominated? Oh wait, he was a conservative judge, never mind.
smfoushee on July 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Ha, sorry, not Eric Estrada, but Miguel Estrada.
‘Scuze.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:26 AM
And thus the Hispanic ‘minority’ once again reaffirms themselves as useless leeches, their votes paid for by Democrat-sponsored robbery of productive taxpayers.
At this point not even stocking the Rio Grande with piranhas and designating UAV freefire zones are going to stop the coming race/economic strife. There are already too many who REFUSE to assimilate in the slightest fashion, and we haven’t the spine to kick them out.
Dark-Star on July 13, 2009 at 11:26 AM
One thing to remember is that this is just day one of a multi-day process. It’s probably a bad strategy to open fire when first sighting the enemy (and I consider Sotomayor a racist enemy of the Constitution will in all likelihood be confirmed). Opening statements are where everybody pretends to be civil while sharpening the knives for the “fun” to come.
The only thing that can de-rail this is the Ricci testimony but I think it’s so much of a done deal, she’d have to be pretty far out there to get the kind of reaction that would poison her as a nominee.
Wonder if the WP is going to critique her fashion sense the way they attacked Roberts kids and Alito’s wife.
highhopes on July 13, 2009 at 11:27 AM
W00T! for Graham for mentioning Estrada!
Rae on July 13, 2009 at 11:27 AM
I was referring to a statement by Cornyn on his website, I’ll go check my browser history and see if I can find a link for the quote…
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Graham sellout and GOP ‘hall pass’ to support Sotamayor in 3…. 2…. 1….
gatorboy on July 13, 2009 at 11:29 AM
What part was amusing? McCain’s mini-me speaking for Republicans when he is as big a RINO as they come or the idea that Miguel Estrada would have been the right fit for the SCOTUS. Fact of the matter was that GWB backed into two pretty good choices when he didn’t engage in minority politics. He ran afoul of Republicans and Democrats with Meirs and when he was floating Estrada’s name. That’s not to say that there are not competent females/minorities more compatible with GOP ideology of not engaging in judicial activism but I don’t rate Estrada as one of those individuals.
highhopes on July 13, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Sessions saving Graham’s butt.
Thunderstorm129 on July 13, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Everyone seems to be missing the dumbest part of Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” statement. The biggest problem is that coming to better decisions is what would qualify someone as being “wiser”. Sotomayor doesn’t seem to understand what the word “wise” means as she uses it and THEN talks about coming to better decisions. If one judge comes to better decisions than another, then the one is wiser than the other. Period. That is the measure.
Sotomayor seems kind of stupid, to me, but I really don’t understand why no one has jumped on the true idiocy of the “wise Latina” statement. Let me give a different a different version as a clear example of what I’m saying:
“I would think that a strong Latina would generally be able to lift more weight than a white male.”
The lifting of weight is the measure of strength, so the statement is just meaningless and confused. Sotomayor made this same mistake with “wise” … and made it over and over and over. At least, now I can see why she thought that there were no adjectives in Spanish. She is not a wise person. Not one bit.
progressoverpeace on July 13, 2009 at 11:33 AM
outburst by the chair.
Ronnie on July 13, 2009 at 11:34 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”
The real problem for the GOP is that whites don’t vote in racist identity blocks, as hispanics and blacks do.
Star20 on July 13, 2009 at 11:35 AM
I’m sorry. I know this is important, but I was just watching some of this on Fox News and…..Zzzzzzz
vcferlita on July 13, 2009 at 11:35 AM
pathetic political theater.. .gag me. these guys are so self-inflated… disghusting to see that this is how our ‘government’ operates
gatorboy on July 13, 2009 at 11:36 AM
What happened? Fox went to commercial and by the time I flipped to C-Span it was over.
Enoxo on July 13, 2009 at 11:36 AM
The democrats with the help of a liberal media have done a great job of projecting their racism onto our party.
4shoes on July 13, 2009 at 11:37 AM
One of my close friends was an orphan in Mexico. He snuck across the border at 15 and entered the army at 16 so he could get citizenship. He was went o Korea at 17 and was on the front lines for two years in combat. All his life he worked hard at manual labor. He has had one wife for 40 years and one daughter who got a masters at a local college. Her thesis was on how “immigrants” get depressed and need more(state funded) psychiatric care. My friend never voted Republican in his life, nor will he ever. He hated Bush because hew was a Republican and represented the “uncaring” upper crust in his mind. Pandering to Hispanics is an endless loser for Republicans.Instead, they should stick to principles. If those principles are effective, they will help Hispanics as well as everybody else. Eventually self interest will bring them over. Buying votes has not helped Republicans. Soto should be revealed for what she is, an astute political pick with no creative spirit who always votes present. A hack, like her master.
mytralman on July 13, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Hispanic interest groups have Hispanic interest at heart only in the sense of a transplant surgery.
Hispanics falling for the DNC line are as obtuse as any stubbornly ignorant population supporting Obama.
New Black Panther, meet New Pancho Villa. Wilson, behold your legacy.
maverick muse on July 13, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Al Franken was back in the Twin Cities this weekend for the first time as a U.S. Senator.He got right to business getting ready for tomorrows confirmation hearingsFranken assembled a panel of legal experts from business, government, and even the University of Minnesota law school to help form a list of questions to ask Judge Sotomayor.
That should give you some idea of the depth of HIS knowledge.
franksalterego on July 13, 2009 at 11:39 AM
I’m streaming online – so no commercials.
Leahy tried to put the Estrada failure on Republicans (defending democrats) but Sessions shut him up reminding him they were turned down 7 times.
Thunderstorm129 on July 13, 2009 at 11:40 AM
The statement by Cornyn was found in an emailed newsletter that I’ve since read and deleted, sorry.
But it was his recent statement about Sotomayor, which he framed in a very generally “caving in” perspective by “reminding” readers that his state “has a Hispanic population of” (then he quoted a percentage), making it appear that there’s One Giant Hispanic Mind making it impossible for him to reason without endorsing ethnic supremacy or some such perspective in supporting Sotomayor (as swayed by this percentage of Hispanics in Texas).
I MAINTAIN that though there are high percentages of Hispanics in some areas, that simply opting to go with Sotomayor (or any nominee who may be Hispanic/Latino by that criteria alone) is endorsing ethnic-supremacy evaluation and process.
Same would apply if someone was, say, advising ” because my state has 55% (whatever) White people, then I have to support Mr. Whitey in the process…”
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Nice.
Enoxo on July 13, 2009 at 11:43 AM
C-Span is reshowing the Graham/Leahy/Sessions thing. Yay C-Span!
Enoxo on July 13, 2009 at 11:45 AM
They had a discussion about this on FNC last night. The general concensus was that she could have gotten away with saying that a wise Latina would bring a different perspective to the bench (hardly controversial) it was that she said a Latina would make better decisions. Which is another way of saying that she doesn’t think whites capable of making the right decisions.
The other thing that I learned last night was that this wasn’t a one-time deal as the filthy liar’s people were playing it off. They have her at 5-6 different occassions making the same claim that a Latina would make better decisions than whites would. That’s racism no matter who you are. This is all a done deal but I hope they grill her up one side and down the other over her racist tendencies and comments with the Ricci case.
highhopes on July 13, 2009 at 11:45 AM
So they only want to protect liberal Hispanics? No one here should be surprised.
Identity groups by definition are not about equality.
Besides, everyone “knows” that minorities and women who lean Right are “real” minorities or women anyway.
Esthier on July 13, 2009 at 11:46 AM
What you’re saying is that the Latinos now pick our judges. We have nothing to lose by going after Sotowhatever. We’re not getting the Leftist Central American Latino vote. We have the Cuban and South American Latino vote. So we might as well make friends with groups that are concerned about th Latino take over you infer.
CCRWM on July 13, 2009 at 11:46 AM
I agree with that take on that statement, I, too, think it was and is a very stupid thing for anyone to have said, and Sotomayor not only said it but has repeated it — what — seven times in seven distinct appearances she’s made.
So the line is meaningful to HER while it is also quite stupid, illiterate even, intellectually, to say.
She says it for emotional crowd appeal, she courts racists at racist meetings among racists and then throws that line out to them inorder to get that laugh and snide agreement thing going, to prove she’s got some racist-cred before her racist audience. THAT’s the ONLY reason she repeats it.
And it IS very significant to her state of mind and character and quite meaningful to how she arrives at decisions (badly, in my view, and it has nothing to do with her DNA but with her racism and sexism among other offensive characteristics she displays).
A woman (attorney) wrote a great article in, of all places, Mother Jones, analyzing Sotomayor’s written decisions and it was an excellent expose on how badly (poorly, terribly) Sotomayor formulates written content.
I’ll see if I can find THAT link…one minute…
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:49 AM
American Power tracked-back with, “Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill: ‘Give Her Some Bork!’”.
Donald Douglas on July 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM
She’s made that “wise Latina woman” statement SEVEN times as per Karl Rove, who said as much yesterday on FOX.
P.S.: it’s even an illiterate statement because “Latina” MEANS FEMALE in Spanish. So saying “Latina woman” is like saying, in English, “woman woman”.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:51 AM
I was wondering down in Mexico on how many Supreme Court Justices are non hispanic? I was also wondering how many senators and other representatives are non-hispanic? Is the USA the only nation that has to have a percent of each group in government? Does anyone know why its so repressive here? sarcassam
garydt on July 13, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Right, but that is just saying that Latinas are “wiser” than white males. The way she framed her statement shows that she has no idea what the heck she’s talking about. She meant to say, simply, “Latinas are generally wiser than white males,” since that is the sum total of what she actually said.
Something like 5 speeches that are well-known, along with a few others. And she let people lie for her about this when the story first broke, very publicly and very often, without setting the record straight, which should certainly be enough evidence of her underhanded character to not let her near the SCOTUS and try to get her removed from her appellate seat.
Yep. I loved Sessions’ remarks and I thought that Kyl and Grahamnesty (even) did well, too.
progressoverpeace on July 13, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Or, rather, “latina” in Spanish means “girl” so saying “Latina woman” would be, in English, like saying “girl woman”.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Cornyn’s senate webpage lists his proposed questions for Sotomayor, following this statement from May:
It is my HOPE. I assured her that she would enjoy the respect not afforded GOP SCOTUS nominees.
sheesh
maverick muse on July 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM
As long as the Republicans think that the way to power is by pandering to minorities more effectively than do the Democrats, the Republicans will be doomed to failure.
When given a choice between a real Democrat and a fake Democrat, the voters will always choose the real Democrat.
MarkTheGreat on July 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Considering they haven’t voted 70+ Republican in any recent election, and we actually have won those states without them, you’re clearly wrong but not at all for the first time on this site or even the last time.
Still, adding the fact that they didn’t care when a Republican Hispanic was treated to blatant racism, I think we already lost them quite some time ago.
Esthier on July 13, 2009 at 11:53 AM
And of course Fox has cut in with another speech from our lovely Precedent.
WTF? Can we have at least one Obama free day on the boob tube?
Knucklehead on July 13, 2009 at 11:53 AM
HERE, an excellent expose and from a Liberal female attorney at that:
SONIA SOTOMAYOR’S PROSE PROBLEM
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Hispanics are like blacks. There are ‘good Hispanics’ = liberals and ‘bad’ ones = Conservatives. The ‘bad’ ones get no support.
Seriously though, the problem is with the Hispanic media. They are the gateway to what’s happening in American for the millions who don’t speak English. They NEVER present the Conservative viewpoint. If you think the English MSM is bad, the Hispanic MSM is their twin.
SilentWatcher on July 13, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Go with C-Span instead.
Esthier on July 13, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Liberal group-think fascism at its worst: some shades of brown are more politically expedient than others.
Paging Alberto Gonzales.
locomotivebreath1901 on July 13, 2009 at 11:58 AM
I found Orrin Hatch’s opening statement to be truly inspired, which isn’t to say that Sessions’ or Kyl’s were not — but Hatch made a very clear, supported case (using Barack Obama’s voting history and statements made in relationship with him refusing to support specific previous judicial nominees, among them a black female from CA’s Supreme Court) as to why Sotomayor’s entire statements are necessary and germaine, immediately applicable, to this nomination (not limited to just her juducial decisions but her “off the bench” statements, also).
Hatch’s points were excellent in greatly specific terms. Sessions, though, he’s truly a gift from God, that guy is super.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Good Lord. What was the media whore shilling today?
Rae on July 13, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Using my best Palin analysis skills, I think Dodomayor did pretty good, for a wise Latina. She didn’t talk, which she doesn’t do very well. She didn’t write, which she dones’t do very well. And thinking and indepth judical analysis, well that’s just not her strong suit.
A racial bigot is a racial bigot no matter who says it.
All in all, I think every Supreme Court ought to have their wise Latina racial bigot.
tarpon on July 13, 2009 at 12:01 PM
This is truly sad: shows the lack of responsible curiosity among many Americans…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl513
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 12:02 PM
All of which, is of course, racist because we are supposed to be nominating the most qualified to the bench and without bias towards race or gender. Sotomayor is not the most blatant case of affirmative action trumping ability out there but what bothers me is that she’s the one making it clear that everybody knows she’s Hispanic and thinks that she’s somehow a martyr here because there haven’t been any Hispanics on the court until now. And that is the more offensive act of racism in this situation.
highhopes on July 13, 2009 at 12:07 PM
The real problem for the GOP is that whites don’t vote in racist identity blocks, as hispanics and blacks do.
Star20 on July 13, 2009
The thought of doing so is distasteful to most of us. Given that, who are the real racists? I think we know. We just aren’t allowed to say it.
SKYFOX on July 13, 2009 at 12:09 PM
We can’t even have an Obama-free All Star game. The filthy liar is all set to make an appearance in the announcer’s booth sometime around the third inning. What’s next, Obama showing up at the Westminster Dog Show or Girl Scout troop 1160′s bake sale? Hey Obama! You have a job and it ain’t flitting all over the planet giving away America!!!
highhopes on July 13, 2009 at 12:10 PM
I missed Hatch. I’ll have to check out the vid later.
That Mother Jones article was scathing. Even the article had to go a long way to try to defend the idea that a great thinker might be an awful writer. Frankly, that’s a bit of a stretch for me. Clear thinkers are clear writers, almost without exception.
I liked this part:
This went back to her “we don’t have adjectives in Spanish” [my paraphrase, by memory]. And this idea that “she clearly had other talents” is quite baffling, especially as it is given without any support, at all. I can’t even begin to guess what those other talents might be.
If she gets on the SCOTUS, she’ll have a lasting influence, even though she’ll write her opinions at a 5th grade level. That’s the beauty of being a SCOTUS justice; one doesn’t have to be eloquent to screw things up beyond repair.
progressoverpeace on July 13, 2009 at 12:10 PM
He’s proud to see her there but not so proud to see Estrada there. Odd.
Thunderstorm129 on July 13, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Great link. If Diane Wood is indeed the femme-fatale of the SCOTUS, that would explain why she’s only been alluded to rather than frequently named in right-wing “defense of Sotomayor” it-could-be-worse.
maverick muse on July 13, 2009 at 12:11 PM
More often than not, it’s the crudity of wording that provides those damned loop-holes. Devil in the details, whether committed or omitted, by intent or lack thereof.
maverick muse on July 13, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Now they’re putting down the right wing justices. Lord.
Thunderstorm129 on July 13, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Wow, this Whitehouse guy is even more repulsive than Lincoln Chaffee! Never heard him talk until now.
Speedwagon82 on July 13, 2009 at 12:13 PM
ESPN may as well cover this. Seems to be more about baseball than anything.
Ronnie on July 13, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Himself.
massrighty on July 13, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Whitehouse uses his time to bash all the rightwing justices as some defense of Sotomayor.
Thunderstorm129 on July 13, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Likewise with the POTUS vote for Obama.
maverick muse on July 13, 2009 at 12:15 PM
CHANGE, yes we can.
maverick muse on July 13, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Yes, but it will be interesting to watch his “first pitch.”
He’s turned down at least three first pitch invitations since becoming President.
This can only mean one thing – he doesn’t want to be compared to a certain former President who consistently threw 65+ mph shots over the plate. The last one he threw, at a Rangers game after his term was over, was a righteous curve.
massrighty on July 13, 2009 at 12:18 PM
She has a “diverse life experience?” Just how many lives has this woman led? How in the hell can one person be diverse?
Ronnie on July 13, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Yes, I completely agree with you, but, I was also pointing out the ILLITERACY (nonsense) of her very statement as she has made it, repeatedly.
Since she says she “thinks in Spanish,” then, she’s also illiterate IN Spanish from that reused, often used statement of hers.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 12:20 PM
My latina cousins all want Sotomayer to fail.
OmahaConservative on July 13, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Here is Dahlia Lithwick, the author of the PFAW inspired hit piece.
You tell me. Which one is the lesbo?
pabarge on July 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Oh! The polls won’t show it but the number is, in reality much higher than that. Part of the reason you have the racist WaPo style editor trashing Roberts’ kids as too white is that these hearings are deadly dull and have to do with an awful lot of legal philosophy about the role of the justice system, the latitude in interpreting the laws, and all sorts of other stuff that just doesn’t make good viewing. They’ve dumbed it down but, in reality, few people have done the kind of in-depth research into Sotomayor’s rulings and statements to have anything other than an impression that (for most) is nothing more but a poor Hispanic makes it to the SCOTUS despite the GOP being mean to her by calling her a racist.
highhopes on July 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Based on Sotomayor’s racist comments, couldn’t any caucasian litigant before the SC request that she recuse herself?
18-1 on July 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Wrong answer. His poll numbers are tanking, he’s needs more exposure, don’t ya know?
But I bet he throws the ball like a girly.
Knucklehead on July 13, 2009 at 12:23 PM
No because, in theory, the fact that the Wise Latina is a radical liberal who hates whites shouldn’t matter. The Scotus isn’t hearing the case, it is hearing the appeal from the lower court rulings. So, in theory, the only thing that matters is if the trial was procedurally correct and correctly interpreted the applicable laws.
highhopes on July 13, 2009 at 12:24 PM
This nomination was decided by the Hart-Cellar Immigration Reform Act of 1965, which was championed by Teddy Kennedy.
You have to give it to the Dems – they saw even then that white, middle class voters would shut them out on the national level, so they pushed through a bill that has imported tens of millions of minority – mostly Hispanic – voters.
Republicans, as usual, acquiesced, because they feared the “racist” label. Even the blind could see the end game, but guys like GW Bush kept insisting that Hispanic family values and work ethic made them natural conservatives.
But Hispanics were quick learners, realizing which party would consistently buy their votes with welfare benefits, racial preferences and government funding of groups like La Raza
And now, 44 years later, Mexico’s chickens have come (to our) home to roost.
guntotinglibertarian on July 13, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Yep, yep, I am certain he would/does. His little pony-dance up and down a plane entrance/exit ramp captures Obama swinging his hips just a tad too much for my comfort zone. Guy’s a girly man, like Sotomayor’s a girl-woman.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Based on Ginsburg’s eugenecist comments, couldn’t any litigant who managed to make it out of the womb in once piece be entitled to demand that she recuse?
guntotinglibertarian on July 13, 2009 at 12:27 PM
She appears to be a true leftist and will eliminate all opposition once she is seated on the bench. As for her diversity she has none. She was raised in one life and thats how she wants all of the USA and the world for that matter to follow. She will be up against Muslims someday who won’t fold under her threats because they are more stubborn then she is.
garydt on July 13, 2009 at 12:29 PM
This is the message that the GOP needs to be pounding at every opportunity. The Democrats got memos to filibuster Estrada specifically because they wanted to stop a Republican Hispanic from getting on the Court. You then go back and say that 1 of the firefighters who got screwed in Ricci was Hispanic!
Outlander on July 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM
I can’t understand how it is that Ginsberg’s ghastly statement has not rendered her incompetent to remain on the Supreme Court. Truly, the statement she made is deplorable, utterly depraved.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Mass, you didn’t see what you thought you saw. You see, what you saw was this: Bush killed several Al Qaeda volunteers through waterboarding right before he threw out the first pitch, which happened to be controlled remotely by Cheney. So it may have been 65+ MPH but it was evil and Hitler was involved.
Here’s the play by play from Chris Matthews:
Obama threw a level 10 butterfly curve. It had rainbows in it’s wake and increased peace and wonderfulness across the nation as skittles flew from his glove of righteousness. His unique physique filled out his shirt like no one before him and his toned arms even briefly outshone Michelle’s though only for a moment. A single bead of sweat feel from his forehead and from that point forward, the grass on the field was notedly greener. Across the nation, women (and myself) moaned and writhed at the incredible display of athleticism put forth by Obama. I think the lights shone a little brighter afterwords.
Reality:
Obama threw a pitch into the dirt, 10 feet from the plate, which squirted off the catcher’s glove and struck a female fan in the head, causing blindness.
Thunderstorm129 on July 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Excellent point, mm.
progressoverpeace on July 13, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Three fingers point back.
unclesmrgol on July 13, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Dahlia Lithwick was a regular on the Al franken show…you expected better from this bottom dwelling mouth breather only given significance because the Dems run everything now?
PatriotPete on July 13, 2009 at 12:42 PM
I can’t understand how it is that Ginsberg’s ghastly statement has not rendered her incompetent to remain on the Supreme Court. Truly, the statement she made is deplorable, utterly depraved.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Leftists NEVER pay a price for their comments. Sotomayor will be appointed baring some major blowout irrespective of her racism. Heck, the Dems went after Estrada on explicitly racial grounds…
Without a media to go after them for their racist, fascist, etc comments, the statements disappear before they ever really enter the consciousness of the voting public.
18-1 on July 13, 2009 at 12:45 PM
YAWN
Hispanic(insert any) interest groups say they will watch the GOP “like hawks” for any hint of racism:And if they can’t find any, they’ll make some up.
I’m bored with it all. It’s time all these clowns just start calling themselves Americans, not African-, Latino-, Mexican-, Muslim-, etc… You know, just like the Irish, Italian, Polish, Russian, German, Swedish… did.
I’m just so sick of it.
reaganaut on July 13, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Yeah, BUT, Ginsberg’s were in reference to genocide, sympathetic to, the use of to justify Roe v. Wade and her support of that (so, therefore, both).
Especially since Ginsberg’s of Jewish ethnicity, one would expect just a tad more outcry among others of her relationship on that, particularly, outrageous, disgusting perspective (as voiced by Ginsberg).
When I wrote earlier (up in the comments here ^^) that the statement suggests Ginsberg’s mentally incompetent to remain on the Bench, I meant it.
That statement was so far beyond anything reasonable, conscientious or responsible as to indicate that her mind is badly affected. Something is gravely wrong with her.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 12:55 PM
We are paying for the sins of the Frito Bandito.
guntotinglibertarian on July 13, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Which Obama instantly turned into a teaching moment as to why his socialized medicine scheme needs to be enacted by the August recess.
highhopes on July 13, 2009 at 12:59 PM
You miss the objective by those who engage in this self-labelling (they’re African Americans, they’re Black Americans, they’re Hispanic, etc.):
their objective is to get “white people” to adopt the “Anglo” term for ourselves. They WANT “white people” to become a marginalized subset of the U.S.A. and a step in accomplishing that is to get “White people” to start declaring we’re “White Americans” or “Anglo Americans” or some such nonsense.
Signed, an American in North America by my DNA since the middle of the sixteenth century (middle of the 1500′s).
So call me an Aborigine or Native American, in that sense, as Native as just about anyone.
Lourdes on July 13, 2009 at 12:59 PM
To Hispanic “interest groups” may you slide down a banister only to have it suddenly turn into a razor blade.
Hispanic “interest groups” have only one interest-the nonstop hate and bias against anyone not Hispanic and they have their champion in the totally bigoted Sotomayor.Even though Sotomayor’s confirmation is a foregone conclusion it would be a big big big mistake to not grill her intensely on her prior racial judicial decisions.
MaiDee on July 13, 2009 at 1:00 PM
All the camera work will emphasize the throw – none will show the ball across the plate. Unless it goes across the plate; then, we’ll get breathless reporting of his awesome! athletic! prowess!
massrighty on July 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM
These Hispanic groups are such prostitutes. They could care less about “racism.” They just want their handouts. Utter scum.
Grayson on July 13, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Whiteman….the first species on the planet to commit suicide.
Limerick on July 13, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Should that happen, all the PC idiots who sneer at DOWM’s are going to learn really fast why white men feature so prominently in so many ways, both past and present.
Dark-Star on July 13, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Question: When did this memo come to light and why aren’t these things shouted from the roof tops? I have been a news and politics junkie for years. This is the first I have heard of this memo. It is down right disgusting!
paraff on July 13, 2009 at 6:28 PM
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