Posted on 05/29/2009 7:39:22 PM PDT by Mozilla
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.
That’s ‘dipolomaticspeak’ for , “Her opinion sucks. For gawd’s sake, don’t frikkin’ appoint her.”
A Dismiss black panther vote intimidation.
B Appoint a racist as SCOTUS nominee.
C Use ACORN to hire thousands of employees to do the census, but exclude
1) ‘hate’ groups;
2) LEOs; and
3) anti-immigrant groups.
Three points makes a straight line in any plane.
Sorry Liz, since you’re not an official office holder of the republican party, you must SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP. John Cornyn says so.
Thank you, Liz.
I know I’m going to be paying attention to who fights this nomination and who rolls over for the sake of....anything but the best interests of this country.
If this nomination isn’t fought, it’s the beginning of the end. We’ll see an endless string of “you can’t touch me” nominees.
we all know the media will be howling over this quote if it came from a Republican
One point that nobody has pointed out is that Sotomayor is correct, and that essentially the only real justice will come from a judge of one’s own ethnic group, why would any white male feel like they would get justice from a Justice Sotomayor when she obviously doesn’t share their experience and clearly thinks them inferior.
I would say, based on her racist comments, that your point is valid.
Wow! I didn't realize she had five kids!
Liz Cheney has impressed the heck out of me the last few weeks.
She is tough as nails and smart as a whip.
Palin/Cheney ‘12 :)
OK, Cheney has a daughter who is a lesbian? Is this that one or am I confused here?
OK I got it - Liz Cheney - very good. Mary Cheney - morally bankrupt.
A sex change and a name change would do it.
Has anyone noticed that Sonya Sotomayor is as white as Obama's mother?
I suspect that her family is descended from the European Ruling class of Spain rather than the native population of Puerto Rico.
Exactly.
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 man who hasn’t lived that life.”
If the designations were indeed switched, the quote would read:
“I would hope that a wise white man with the richness of his experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Latina woman who hasn’t lived that life."
Besides So-So and the half man who nominated her, who says this LaLaLatina racist is wise?
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