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May 29, 2009 1:52 PM

Liz Cheney: Sotomayor Quote "Troubling"

Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, joins the ranks of several Republicans, including Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, who are criticizing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s quote on ethnicity and judgment. On today's “Washington Unplugged” with host Bob Schieffer, Cheney said she found the quote “troubling.”

In yet another, Schieffer – Cheney interview, the mother of five said, “if you switched around the designations in the quote, you know somebody's career would over.”

The Sotomayor quote in question came from a 2001 speech where the court nominee said, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

“I don't think there is place in this country for that kind of a perspective,” Cheney said, noting that President Obama himself advocates against racial preference. “I don't think we should be thinking about how judges reach determinations and reach decisions and making assertions like somebody from one ethnic group is going to be a better judge than someone from another ethnic group.”

Cheney admitted that it is politically probable that judge Sotomayor will be confirmed this summer to replace Justice David Souter on the bench, but she made clear that she will receive tough questioning.

“It is not something that I would have said,” she said. “I am sure that the judge will have to explain it in her confirmation hearings.”

Lately, Ms. Cheney has been an advocate for her father but in the future would she consider running for public office, as some conservatives have suggested?

“I don't have any plans right now but it is something that I think about and maybe one day -- we will see,” Cheney told Schieffer. She has five children and is helping her father write his memoir.

While she and her father may share a political ambition, what they do agree on is that Rush Limbaugh is more in “line” with Republican values than former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

The question was first asked to former Vice President Cheney on "Face the Nation."

“Rush really does line up more with where the Republican Party has traditionally been,” she said.

Watch this interview below as well as a debate on Sotomayor’s confirmation and an interview with the Council of Foreign Relations President Richard Haass:

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by boatdocster May 31, 2009 1:00 PM EDT
Funny how Liz and the other goose steppers let Justice Alito slide by without even a blink, when he said "...his family, his gender and his race do figure in his judgements"... during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing.

To paraphase Shawn "NeoNazi" Hannity, and his "Liberal Translation" machine:

"GOP Translation" - It's OK for a conservative white man to speak about and include his race in judicial decision process but not OK for a Hispanic woman to do the same.

Who is the real racist here???
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by SJC1701 May 31, 2009 11:13 AM EDT
Why does CBS continue to give Lynn space? What has she ever done with her life other than ridge her daddy's coat tails into a 6 figure income.
Republicans amaze me - here you have a women who went to Yale without a famous last name like Bush and made it -
Am i the only one getting totally disgusted with the GOP?
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by billcholee May 31, 2009 11:01 AM EDT
who is this woman? and why is she shooting off her mouth? oh yeh cause media gives her space. idiots and even more idiots. the equation is en endless loop. thanx for nothing.
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by HGOODGUY May 30, 2009 7:31 PM EDT
WHO GIVES A ****???
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by cydygitt1 May 30, 2009 6:16 PM EDT
All the cheneys are filled with hatred and prejudice, and with their highly-partisan viewpoints, are just as irrelevant as rush and newt -- just a bunch of venom-spewing GOP clowns.
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by not_fooled_by_Righties May 30, 2009 5:45 PM EDT
Liz Cheney is troubling. Much like her dad, I'd like to see a poll of her popularity. Probably much like her dad's rating.
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by earlysaid May 30, 2009 5:12 PM EDT
The Cheneys have proven themselves to be liars about just about anything they say. We are so sick of the hate and wickedness that comes from these two people who committed crimes when they were in charge of our government. Sonia Sotomayer is an excellent pick for the Supreme Court. She has been working hard for years and has so much experience. It is the republicans who put political hacks on the Supreme Court for there own use. President Obama has chosen for the nation a very talented woman who will be great on the Court.
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by justsane-2009 May 30, 2009 3:56 PM EDT
jones-jep---

out of over 300 rulings in over eleven years on the circuit court , only eight have been appealed to the supreme court. out of those eight, five have been overturned. not exactly the 80% that you claimed, eh?
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by justsane-2009 May 30, 2009 3:44 PM EDT
"It is not something that I would have said,? she said. L. Cheney.~ well i certainly hope not. if you're a latina woman, your momma got a whole lotta 'splaining to do!!

seriously--we are paying attention to what cheney's daughter says because....?
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by fred-mertz May 30, 2009 2:43 PM EDT
ONE MORE THING, jonesjep:

According to MediaMatters.org, the Supreme Court typically reverses about 75 percent of circuit court decisions that it chooses to rule upon. So, Sotomayors's 60 percent reversal rate is actually BELOW AVERAGE.

SHE IS NOT AN "ACTIVIST JUDGE" and you repukes are just plain SILLY for claiming she is. No wonder people are leaving the repuke party in droves!
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by fred-mertz May 30, 2009 2:36 PM EDT
"She had 80% of her rulings overruled by the Supreme Court for being un-Constitutional. That is actually the definition of a activist." - jonesjep

You HAVE JUST GOT TO STOP LISTENING TO RUSH and the other imbecillic "entertainers". Sotomayor has been over-ruled just 5 times in her entire career. That is NOT 80%. You are either an EXTRAVAGENT LIAR, or an imbecile, because you keep repeating the druggie's trashy lies on these boards.

Now, if you had ANY BRAINS AT ALL, you'd check out the real facts. They are: only 1.3% of judge Sotomayor's rulings have EVER been overturned by anybody. But three of her appellate decisions have been overturned by Scalia's ultra-conservative supreme court. The supreme court ONLY hears cases they want to hear. And Scalia likes to stick it to the "liberals" and to the moderates and so he picks cases that he can use to CREATE LAWS that he likes. SO, if you only look at Sotomayor's cases that got appealed to the supreme court, then 60% (3 of 5) were overturned. The 80% you made up doesn't even apply to those few cases.

So, jonesjep, the FACT is: ONE POINT THREE PERCENT OF HER RULINGS HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED. SHE IS NOT AN "ACTIVIST JUDGE" and you are an imbecile for believing that drug addict, Rushed ********.
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by iam4honesty May 30, 2009 2:05 PM EDT
Liz Cheney.... now there's a voice of authority for you!

LMAO!!!
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by fred-mertz May 30, 2009 1:51 PM EDT
"The issue needs to highlighted over and over how the Democratic Party of hate has decided that blatant racist comments apparently are no longer a problem" -- jonesjep

Why weren't you repukes all upset when republican supreme court member, Alito, said virtually the SAME THING?

I'll tell you why:

1. You can only say or think what that drug addict, Rush Limburger, tells you to think and say.
2. You can't find any real reason to object to Sotomayer because:

a) republicans nominated her for her current job
b) republicans approved her for her current job
c) she is very intelligent and very well educated
d) she is more qualified, based on her experience, than ANYONE on the supreme court now, or for the past 70 years!
e) she is really a very moderate "liberal", and the farthest thing possible from an "activist judge" (unlike your hero, Tony Scalia, who twists and turns the law in incredible ways to support whatever his political and religious dogmas demand of him.)

ALSO, as it turns out, if you actually read what Sotomayer said, in its entirety, rather than get your soundbites from the drug king, you'll see that she is ABSOLUTELY NOT A RACIST, and she HAS NEVER RULED ANY CASE BASED ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN HER UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW.

Whine and complain all you want, repukes... it isn't going to do you any good whatsoever. With less than 20% of the country admitting to being republican, and the number dwindling every day, thanks to your propensity for alienating large groups of the population (e.g., all the latinos don't like being called "racists"), you can bet your bottom dollar that the GOP is toast.

GOP: Dead Man Walking!
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by jonesjep May 30, 2009 1:39 PM EDT
It is also incredibly racist for people to believe that objecting to a blatant racist, socialist, anti-constitutional radical is going to turn off all Hispanic voters.

This woman was selected for 2 reason. She is a radical lib and a hispanic woman. She was not even the most qualified in her district.
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by jtleseth May 30, 2009 1:38 PM EDT
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we tawk ship where mark twain sat......oh yes,,,I feenishd seconal in the spully bea yesday...
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by jonesjep May 30, 2009 1:31 PM EDT
The issue needs to highlighted over and over how the Democratic Party of hate has decided that blatant racist comments apparently are no longer a problem. Not only are they not a problem but should not even be raised as a issue. There is not a single racist comment or action that can be placed on Dick Cheney or anyone of his family members.

Racial comments and class warfare are the hallmarks of the Democratic party.
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by jtleseth May 30, 2009 1:23 PM EDT
it is preeeety bad when a Judge loop holes her decision like she did on the FIREMAN case.......right out of LAW AND ORDER.....the begetter of '''PHILLaDELPHia lawyers.....I bet a dollar to a donut that if she thought for one moment when she rendered her biased opinion on said case,,,,,,,,that she'd be considered for the Supreme Court........it would have been different.........how do they say,,,,"COMES BACK TO BITE YA,,,,in the donkey...????
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by SanityPlease May 30, 2009 12:56 PM EDT
. . . I think if Sotomayor's single, almost decade-old comment is the worst her detractors can cite, then send her on through to the bench.
Posted by Mixolydian8X11 at 12:11 PM : May 29, 2009


You bet, Fox and the whole Republican cabal of losers, are spending a lot of money to dig up dirt on Obama's pick.

They in turn are fast losing the hispanic vote for 2010, and digging their own grave. They are already on their last legs to the trashcan of history, seems they want to get there by leaps and bounds. Pathetic losers.
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by mrzerato May 30, 2009 12:18 PM EDT
Can you believe the media thinks that a daughter of a former vice president is worthy of ink in a national story?

What happened, did they run out of men on the street interviews?
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by latinagold May 30, 2009 12:10 PM EDT
What's TROUBLING is how the Cheneys and their [really, truly racist] cronies can't read, discern, or even think clearly enough to make a valid argument or original point against Sotomayor.

Every numbnut has read the full quote by now, and knows that it was in response to Justice Day O' Connor's remark -- not some random outburst. by a woman determined to prove how much better suited she is to judge suffering, injustice and inequality than a white man protected by the color of his skin, his inherent connections, and the size of his bank account...[hmmm, even if she were accurate...it would be 'politically incorrect' to say so, right?;-) ]

Liz Cheney should keep her mouth shut [as she did all of those 8 TROUBLING years during her evil dad's rape and pillage of the American economy with his oil and war agendas.

Liz should just crawl back into bed, and stay under the covers where clearly she does her 'best' and most effective work...procreating.

And CBS, please STOP giving the Cheneys 'airtime' -- so that we can all go back to our jobs....until then we will all be obliged to blog them into oblivion...
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