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Democrats differ on 'wise Latina' defenses
Politico.com ^
| June 1, 2009
| KENNETH P. VOGEL & JOSH GERSTEIN
Posted on 05/31/2009 4:57:36 PM PDT by kennedy
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In order to get and hold onto power, Democrats have to lie about what they believe.
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posted on
05/31/2009 4:57:37 PM PDT
by
kennedy
To: kennedy
The “if a white guy said it” is deadly in this situation.
IMUS didn’t get a do over. Sotomayor disqualified herself. Icing on the cake is her flippant dismissal of the New Haven firemen case.
I hope the Republicans hammer her unmercifully.
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posted on
05/31/2009 5:01:05 PM PDT
by
y6162
(uish..)
To: y6162
I hope the Republicans hammer her unmercifully. Hey you might get your wish, Lindsey Graham wants her to apologize.
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posted on
05/31/2009 5:06:49 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: kennedy
Of course they lie. The media prints it.
As for Sotomayor, anyone capable of critical thought cannot buy the “I misspoke; I should have said something different.”
1. You said what you thought, you are stuck with it.
2. We expect you to write cogent legal opinions that have the force of law. You had better mean what you say in those opinions; there are no “do overs.”
Lack of precision in expression of thought is a professional disqualification for the nation’s highest court.
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posted on
05/31/2009 5:10:58 PM PDT
by
henkster
(The GOP is housebroken window-dressing displayed to portray the fiction of a Republic.)
To: kennedy
Too bad we don’t have a judge who considers herself an
AMERICAN
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posted on
05/31/2009 5:12:59 PM PDT
by
Carley
(OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
To: henkster
Great point, and on top of that one of the guys at National Review pointed out that she read read her remarks from a prepared text. So they weren’t exactly off the cuff.
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posted on
05/31/2009 5:15:53 PM PDT
by
Yardstick
To: kennedy
There is no defending it. Racial supremecism is bad always.
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posted on
05/31/2009 5:24:38 PM PDT
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life or nothing at all)
To: kennedy
“I am not a champion of lost causes, but of causes not yet won.”?
The above quote was selected by Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, as her college yearbook quote some thirty years ago. Because of its author, a few have attacked Justice Sotomayor as having “socialistic tendencies”. But, if you consider the content of the quote rather than its author, does it really suggest a socialist world view?
The author, by the way, was Norman Thomas, one of the leading Socialist politicians in the United States in the 1930s.
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posted on
05/31/2009 5:41:43 PM PDT
by
NavVet
( If you don't defend Conservatism in the Primaries, you won't have it to defend in November)
To: kennedy
President Obama himself addressed the bubbling controversy.......asserting on Friday Sotomayor “would have restated” the comment if given another chance.
Her comment was part of a law review article that one assumes she saw and approved. Apparently she lacks the ability to accurately express her thoughts in writing, since so many other people (like Obama) have to 'nuance' or 'interpret' them to coax out the 'true' meaning. I think it is a justifiable concern that she has or will write opinions with equal sloppiness.
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posted on
05/31/2009 5:48:12 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(I hope the Supreme Court overturns Sotomayor's incompetent 'opinion' in Ricci as hearings begin...)
To: y6162
I hope SOMEONE hammers her! Unfortunately, the members of the legislative branch calling themselves Republicans have largely rolled over and played dead on practically every issue to date. I am pessimistic about the possibility of any of them offering more than token resistance to her confirmation.
To: ChoobacKY
I am afraid that the Republicans are a name only, without backbone and courage, they are qualified RINO’s.
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posted on
05/31/2009 7:12:18 PM PDT
by
ANGGAPO
(Leyte Gulf Beach Club)
To: kennedy
She’s a racist, sexist and socialist.
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posted on
05/31/2009 7:16:08 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
Appointing Sotomayor is like throwing
a 70-yard bomb on second-and-inches from
Elway to Rice one minute into the first
quarter.
There is no way to go wrong.
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posted on
06/01/2009 12:12:20 PM PDT
by
Cyber Ninja
(His legacy is a stain OnTheDress)
To: Red_Devil 232
I think the firemen discriminated against want more than an apology. Shooting down her appointment along with her decision would be a good start.
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posted on
06/01/2009 12:16:58 PM PDT
by
uncommonsense
(liberals see what they believe and conservatives believe what they see)
To: kennedy
Trent Lott says somethinh kind about Strom Thurmond's run for president, and he's called a racist because of Thurmond's platform in the 1940's.
Dick Durbin (?) Said something nice about Robert Byrd being good for the country at any time in history, but he's not a racist.
Is there a pattern here?
-PJ
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posted on
06/01/2009 12:28:19 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(This just in... Voting Republican is a Terrorist act!)
To: Yardstick; henkster
"one of the guys at National Review pointed out that she read read her remarks from a prepared text. So they weren't exactly off the cuff." Technically, So-Toe-My-Ear did say she would "hope" that a Latina woman would make a better decision the a white man. So much for hoping!
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posted on
06/01/2009 12:28:36 PM PDT
by
uncommonsense
(liberals see what they believe and conservatives believe what they see)
To: kennedy
Somebody should ask her what wisdom from her experience led her to conclude that the remark was okay to say?
-PJ
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posted on
06/01/2009 12:30:48 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(This just in... Voting Republican is a Terrorist act!)
To: Red_Devil 232
“apologize, and we’ll put you in the most powerful lifetime appointment position in America”
I don’t agree. DON’T ask her to apologize. Make it WELL KNOWN that this type of racism and racial spoils system is what Obama wants for us.
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posted on
06/01/2009 12:34:02 PM PDT
by
MrB
(Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
To: Political Junkie Too
Dick Durbin (?) said something nice about Robert Byrd being good for the country at any time in history, but he's not a racist.Just checked, and it was Chris Dodd who said this.
-PJ
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posted on
06/01/2009 1:23:19 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(This just in... Voting Republican is a Terrorist act!)
To: Political Junkie Too
Any judge who has a 60% reversal rate is in no way “wise.”
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posted on
06/01/2009 2:56:02 PM PDT
by
Brucifer
(Proud member of the Double Secret Reloading Underground.)
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