Posted on 07/13/2009 10:43:33 AM PDT by mojito
People for the American Way, the left-wing smear machine, is (In the words of McClatchy press service) quietly targeting Frank Ricci, the Connecticut firefighter whose successful lawsuit for racial discrimination has proven to be so inconvenient for Judge Sotomayor. Specifically, People for the American Way, along with other such drive-by hit artists, is urging reporters to scrutinize Ricci's allegedly "troubled and litigious work history." So far, the lefty blogosphere, at least, has taken up the call.
Ricci is on the list of witnesses Republican Senators will call at Sotomayor's confirmation hearing. But does this make his "litigious work history" an issue that deserves scrutiny? It does so only if that history has some relevance to Judge Sotomayor's fitness to serve on the Supreme Court.
And plainly, it has no such relevance. No matter how many actions Ricci may have filed in the past, the only one that pertains to Sotomayor is the one she decided. That suit, in which a substantial number of other plaintiffs joined, was found to be meritorious.
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Ricci has leveled no personal attack on Sotomayor, and surely will not do so in his testimony. All he did was file a lawsuit that eventually found its way into a courtroom where she happened to be sitting. To be sure, this ended up exposing Sotomayor as too intellectually dishonest to write a real opinion and too ideologically committed to reverse discrimination to reach a decision that a single Supreme Court Justice could agree with. But that's not Ricci's fault. I'm certain that when he filed his suit, he hoped that all judges who heard his case would get it right, or at least treat it seriously.
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I thought lefties liked litigious workers.
Just a smear, like any other smear.
The left are like the Daleks... “terminate, terminate”
White oppressors. Hoe DARE they pass the test when the homies could not?
Yes, this is the “Joe The Plumber, Part II” and the public is going to be outraged. This will blow up in the Democrats’ face.
Sean Connery said it best in the Untouchables. That is the Chicago way.
And BOTH of you meet Sarah Palin, American.
The leftist smears comnig out of these people have to be directed by a common intelligence and I believe that intelligence is from the mind of George Soros, backed by his dollars.
I hope Soros’ plane crash lands in Waziristan.
“I thought lefties liked litigious workers.”
That’s right, but I seriously believe by my observations of the Leftists only if it is themselves as the litigious.
The market on litigiousness is to be theirs only. Conservatives, or other than Lefties are not encouraged to participate. That would be unfair.
I usually refer to the scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid where Lerch challenges Butch to a knife fight, and Butch wants to get the rules straight.
“All he did was file a lawsuit that eventually found its way into a courtroom where she happened to be sitting”
AND SHE NEEDED NO HELP SHOWING EVERYONE IN THE U.S. SHE CANNOT BE TRUSTED IN MATTERS OF JUSTICE.
Joe the plumber.......
Which scummy Democrat bureaucrats are going to leak information on Frank Ricci?
They’ve been doing it long before O came along.
Stalinists using Pravda for propaganda here in the USA.
Different names _ same game!
Just like Clinton.
Welcome to the new era of American fascism. We won’t kill you for your opinions against the elite, nor will we even imprison you. We’ll just ruin your reputation and smear your name using modern media techniques as punishment for speaking out. You’ll be the example for others. An atmosphere of intimidation - or, to borrow a phrase from the earlier fascist incursion, creating a hostile cultural environment - is enough to silence most people into obedience. Hey, we’re Americans, not Germans or Russians. We can show the world that you don’t need camps or gulags to handle dissent. It can be done with discretion. At least he still has a job - for now. Keep speaking up and the boss might find something which requires dismissal. You’ll get unemployment, though, and after a few meetings with a counselor, even a new job, where you’ll no doubt be much quieter.
LOL spot on! Except you’re missing the key to open-minded Libbies that they only like XYZ IF THEY AGREE WITH THEM ON EVERY ISSUE!!
For those who don’t know just how much Ricci embodies the American dream, check this out
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=328492543737693
BEN VARGAS. A great American, who will testify against Sotomayor. Tell everyone you know about him.
Exactly.
Truth is the universal solvent for all social problems which is why the left is so invested in propagandizing lies.
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