Republicans Aren't Sold on "Wise Latina" Explanation
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It’s clear that the Republican members aren’t sold on the nominee’s explanation of her now famous “Wise Latina” comment—you can hear the skepticism in their voices and see it in her faces. But she has kept to her story—which is that she was encouraging young lawyers to be proud of their heritage but wasn’t telling them to put background above impartiality.
The judge repeatedly refused to answer any of Senator Feingold’s questions about terror law issues and he accepted her demurrals over and over again. He took a very different stance when he got similar answers from Republican nominees Roberts and Alito. Then it was GOP Senators who politely accepted non-answers as answers from nominees.
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See all 24 CommentsThey could care a rat's behind about anyone but their own greedy selves. This is an obsolete party who should NEVER have any power again. They are even worse than corporate Democrats.
How this misanthrope ever got to such a position in congress is a huge disappointment in the southern voter.
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
no matter how you feel about someone or a comment, you shouldn't use the word retarded. You're not in 7th grade anymore so stop acting like it.
Grow up people.
sotomayor would swear she was a swedish bikini model if she thought it would get her nominated
Rush could convince you that you're a Swedish bikini model, by just broadcasting it on his show.
Sotomayor said she thinks the 2nd amendment is not a fundamental rigth.
It's NOT a "fundamental right". Being an American citizen DOES NOT give you the automatic privilege to own a weapon.
sorry about that, chief...
"Sotomayor is ugly"-Sara
That explains it all. Let's move on.
I love the fact that Republicans are not happy with Sotomayor answers today. This means Republicans will keep on pressing on the negatives of Sotomayor. It can only help the Democratic Party in 2010 and 2012. Gracias for making my wishes come true.
Who cares?
Welcome Judge Sotomayor!!
"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 lived that life." ? Judge Sonia Sotomayor, in her Judge Mario G. Olmos Law and Cultural Diversity Lecture at the University of California (Berkeley) School of Law in 2001
1. She started with "I would HOPE that..." which means she is NOT asserting it as definitely true, but only something she HOPES is true.
2. She was talking about cultural diversity being an ASSET, just like current Republican Supreme Court Judge Alito said his ethic background and status as the son of immigrants affected his judgement!
3. She was NOT necessarily talking about herself specifically. She was speaking to a group of latino law students, encouraging them to use their experience to help them make wise decisions.
4. She had been asked a question about deciding discrimination cases.
5. Her hope was that their experience would lead them to make better decisions than someone who hasn't had similar experiences ("a white male") -- "more often than not". Is that too scary for you imbeciles? That someone who has experience with discrimination could better understand what's involved in a discrimination case than someone who has no related experience, at least 51% of the time? God, what retarded little chickens you are!
6. And finally, this was JUST ONE SENTENCE in her talk, and if you read the whole speech, you'd see that her main point was that judges have to rule based on the law, not based on their own likes and dislikes. So, this whole uproar from the GOP is BASELESS and stupid.
And she is going to be confirmed whether you imbeciles like it or not, so why not move on to something else?
Probably because they're stupid white men
The stupid woman says she's PROUD of being handed everything from her living morst of her life, her higher education gifted to her, and every position she's had....on the affirmative action plan....while others more qualified with better grades had to stand in line and wait because of her racist behind to get everything for free....
You have GOT TO BE just about the stupidest person to ever post here. You have absolutely NO EVIDENCE to prove that Judge Sotomayor is a "lying POS", nor is there any indication in her words or demeanor that she has a "racist overbloated ego". Rush Limpboogers spews those kind of lies daily, on his "entertainment program". But we are NOT interested in having his lies repeated here, ad nauseum, by lunatic repukes who can do nothing more than regurgitate those fabrications.
You think Judge Sotomayor is "stupid"? Sotomayor graduated with an A.B., summa *** laude!, from Princeton University in 1976. Stupid people CAN'T DO THAT! She got her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979, where she was an editor at the Yale Law Journal. Stupid people CAN'T DO THAT! She worked as an Assistant District Attorney in New York for five years before entering private practice in 1984. Stupid people CAN'T DO THAT! Sotomayor was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by REPUBLICAN President George H. W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by REPUBLICANS in 1992. Well, maybe the repukes WERE the stupid ones, because NOW they seem to think they made a mistake! In 1997, she was nominated by President Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She was eventually confirmed (again, by lots of republicans!) in 1998. On the Second Circuit, Sotomayor has heard appeals in more than 3,000 cases, and has written about 380 opinions. Stupid people CAN'T DO THAT! Sotomayor has also taught at the New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School. Stupid people CAN'T DO THAT!
YOU, OTOH, Mr. IThoughtItWasFunnyNOPE, mindlessly parrot the talking points you heard that racist mysogynist, Rushed Limpboogers, spew on the radio. NOW, THAT'S SOMETHING STUPID PEOPLE REALLY CAN DO!!! Hooray for you -- NOT!
summa /c-u.m/ laude (without the extra punctuation) is censored by CBS' automatic censor program. It means, "With highest praise". It is an honor added to diplomas and degrees for work that is considered to be of the highest quality. No doubt this will come as a surprise to you, but stupid people DON'T GET THAT ADDED TO THEIR DIPLOMAS!
Here is my list - USA, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland (love the taxes there), Austria, Holland, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Japan, Singapore.
Yep, lots of latino nations on this list. How about your list?
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