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By: Friday’s Funnies: Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court Judge Nomination Political Cartoons « Frugal Café Blog Zone

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:32:07 +0000

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By: The Baltimore Reporter

The Baltimore Reporter — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:22:58 +0000

[...] Thomas: NYT: Political considerations, life experience only good if we like the results by Slublog Hot Air May 27, [...]

By: The Cloakroom » That’s Some Mighty Fine Reporting There Lou

The Cloakroom » That’s Some Mighty Fine Reporting There Lou — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:02:43 +0000

[...] Hot Air blog reports that the New York Times editorial (are they STILL publishing?) on Ms. Sotomayor points out how shrewd it is that President Obama is locking up the Hispanic-American vote with the nomination. Hot Air then contrasts it to what the Times said in 1991 after Clarence Thomas was nominated: The fault, in the end, is not that of the nominee but of the man who nominated him, the patron of little-known, untested or inflammatory appointments for offices reaching up to the Vice Presidency. By nominating this black conservative, President Bush serves a narrow partisan interest when the public has a right to expect him to nominate a lawyer or judge of proven distinction. [...]

By: Hot Air compares NYTimes editorials on Sotomayor vs. Clarence Thomas | Daily Danet

Thu, 28 May 2009 14:01:30 +0000

[...] . . It is God’s job to forgive the terrorists. It is our job to arrange the meeting. . . . . . . Hot Air compares NYTimes editorials on Sotomayor vs. Clarence Thomas. . . . . . . Michelle Malkin has more on Obama’s “political firings” of dealers. . . . . . . [...]

By: Will our Senate Judiciary Committee ask Sonia Sotomayor the big question? - Political Forum

Thu, 28 May 2009 02:41:40 +0000

[...] Wow, but the true qualifier for a SCOTUS nominee is "life experience". /sarcasm off NYT: Political considerations, life experience only good if we like the results [...]

By: Pundette

Pundette — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:21:37 +0000

Linked to you.

By: The Greenroom » Forum Archive » Sotomayor: Her race to the top

The Greenroom » Forum Archive » Sotomayor: Her race to the top — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:16:17 +0000

[...] [ethnicity unknown -- please report in so we can pigeonhole you] in the Green Room on the selective importance of “life experience.” He quotes the NYT’s dismissal [...]

By: maverick muse

maverick muse — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:21:53 +0000

Touché, Slublog.

By: Matticus Finch

Matticus Finch — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:15:21 +0000

Well done, Slu. Wow. There’s usually some nuance for a news outlet to hang their hat on, but this is flat-out hyporcrisy. Great, great work.

By: seejanemom

seejanemom — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:10:29 +0000

Slublog makes good.

Well done!

By: inviolet

inviolet — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:44:45 +0000

Bravo, Slublog. As I said over in Headlines, have been waiting since she was nominated for better writers than to compare the very different treatment of these two “compelling life stories”.

By: Woody's Place

Woody's Place — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:22:36 +0000

Sonia Sotomayor: White Men Can’t Judge…

Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in 2001: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a white male who hasn’t……

By: WisCon

WisCon — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:22:22 +0000

Well done.

By: momof2

momof2 — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:21:48 +0000

I can’t read newspapers or watch TV anymore, I get so angry at the double standard. I actually cancelled my local newspaper in October because they had a grandma who usually writes about local fairs, etc. that wrote a nasty, nasty editorial about President Bush and how we should all vote for Obama. I then looked for the other editorial that would counter balance this…… nothing. I have no problem reading or watching opinions, but they have to be balanced, that is gone now.

By: Kid from Brooklyn

Kid from Brooklyn — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:13:10 +0000

Miguel Estrada had a Compelling Life Story, too.

By: mchristian

mchristian — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:55:33 +0000

Justice Thomas is black but he fails to disregard the Constitution sufficiently for the NYT to find him black enough.

By: kthomas8268

kthomas8268 — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:15:57 +0000

It would be nice for a change if someone in the msm would be a journalist and report this constant hypocrisy. I can’t hardly tolerate watching anything newsworthy on tv unless it’s local news and when they get on with national news and use the msm anchor talking points on NBC,CBS etc. I just tune out. I have no idea what’s going on in the world, I have to tune out all the time, LOL……. sometimes ignorance is bliss!

By: rockmom

rockmom — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:00:50 +0000

Growing up Puerto Rican in the Bronx in the 1950s was not that bad. Even the public housing projects in the Bronx were pretty nice places to live back then. There was no KKK chapter in the Bronx and no segregated theaters or water fountains for “coloreds only.”

Growing up black in the rural Jim Crow South in the 1950s, on the other hand, was brutal. My dad grew up Jewish in Savannah and has a lot of scars from it. Jews were treated just as badly as blacks in many ways. He tells the story that there used to be a large billboard out by Pin Point that said “Jews read this and walk fast…N*****s read this and haul ass!” This was the environment Clarence Thomas grew up in. Yet he has never sought revenge or reparations from the bench; he has judged fairly and objectively based on the law.

I would love to be a fly on the wall the first time Sotomayor brings up her poor disadvantaged upbringing in a deliberation. Thomas will blast her into the Potomac.

By: conservative pilgrim

conservative pilgrim — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:12:19 +0000

Good work Slublog.

One would think the NYT, et.al., would be slightly embarassed at this blatant display of hypocrisy. They are shameless. Complete groupthink.

By: darktood

darktood — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:57:58 +0000

To the libtards anyone that is opposed to them is evil and must be destroyed. If that person happens to be from a group that they had firmly under their control, he is not only evil, he is also a dangerous example that must be discredited, as well as destroyed.

By: Michelle Malkin » The Supreme Court high hurdles contest

Michelle Malkin » The Supreme Court high hurdles contest — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:55:28 +0000

[...] in the Green Room spotlights the NYTimes editorial on Sotomayor today, which illustrates my point precisely. Posted in: Supreme Court Send to a Friend Printer Friendly comments [...]