Posted on 05/27/2009 12:29:55 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
In every important respect Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election was a victory for racism. First there was the racist claim that his skin color made his election somehow significant for black Americans with whom he otherwise shares no common moral or historical heritage. Second, his stubborn advocacy of the parent's right to murder her child made it a victory in principle for the racist notion that "inferior" physical development leaves people with no rights that must be respected by their supposed betters. Third, the US Constitution has been openly set aside on account of fears that racist violence would result from investigating the facts regarding his citizenship at birth (lest they support the conclusion that he is constitutionally ineligible to serve as President of the United States.) Truth, right and the Constitution all sacrificed for the sake of racist fears and premises.
The reaction in some quarters to the Sotomayer selection smacks of the same racist mentality. "Janet Murguia, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza, called Sotomayor's nomination 'a monumental day for Latinos. Finally we see ourselves represented on the highest court in the land.'" There was a time when we understood that those who served on the Supreme Court had first and foremost to prove that they represented the whole people of the United States, whose sovereign will constitutes the legitimacy of the Constitution it is their duty to uphold. The notion that someone would serve as the representative of this or that race or special interest tended to disqualify them from service.
Of course, a person proposed for a seat on the bench can't be held responsible for how others see them. But in a speech she reportedly gave in 2001 "Sotomayor has said that personal experiences "affect the facts that judges choose to see….I simply do not know exactly what the difference will be in my judging…but I accept that there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage."
If her assessment of herself was correct, her own words disqualify her from serving on the Supreme Court. Unless we mean to overturn the whole idea of Constitutional government, the decisions of the justices of the Supreme Court should be based on the Constitution and the laws. No justices can be allowed to "accept" judgments based on gender or ethnicity. If they do, what becomes of the promise of liberty and justice for all, of equal rights and the equal protection of the law?
(Excerpt) Read more at LoyaltoLiberty.com ...
Luddites rule!!!
I voted for Keyes in the primary and VP Palin in the general election and yet I’m still called a “racist” in the popular press because I did not vote for Obama.
btt for later
Once again, Dr. Keyes nails it. Obama is a racist, otomayor is a racist, and they intend to turn this country into a Thrid World tyranny for their own self-aggrandizement. We’re goign to be turned into a blend of Peron’s Argentina, Chavez’s Venezuela, Fascist Italy, and the Soviet Union if B. Hussein Firefly has his way about it, and he’ll be Emperor and President for Life.
I voted for eyes at least three times (different years) but he’s apparently not teh “acceptable” kind of black — he’s wandered off the plantation, so he’s in violation of the Fugitive Politician Act, unlike B.H. Firefly, who simply bows to every whim of Massa Soros.
ping...
I remain dumbfounded at the utter inaction of those rich and powerful who have the most to lose under Obama and His Racist Clown Posse.
They think he can’t take it form them.
They want everyone to like them and they’re afraid of protests.
They know Big Brother Firefly is quite willing to destroy them if tehy cross him.
Thanks for the ping. Sums up how I feel on the matter.
Me too.
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