Posted on 05/27/2009 7:41:21 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
(AP) — BETHESDA, Md. -- If confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor would not only be the first Hispanic woman to sit on the court. She would also be its first member with Type 1 diabetes. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in New York says the disease shaves an average of seven to 10 years off a person's life, but experts said Wednesday that diabetics who manage their disease well can expect to live as long -- and work as hard -- as healthy Americans.
"There's absolutely no reason whatsoever that she should be less effective at all," said Dr. Peter Butler, chief of endocrinology at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center. "I'm confident she'll see off most of the other members of the Supreme Court."
Type 1 diabetes affects an estimated 3 million Americans, who typically are diagnosed during childhood.
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So what exactly is the AP trying to say?
Hey, can we PLEASE have a nominee with a thyroid problem like me? Until then, it’s not FAIR!
It’s come to this? This is news? God help us...
One would think that the most important issue with regard to her nomination is her judicial philosophy, not her diabetes.
So are they finally admitting that she isn’t the first hispanic without mentioning that? I think the left is obcessed with “firsts”?
So what’s the next “first” for the Supreme Court? A dwarf Asian hypoglycemic hermaphrodite?
I am a Type 1 diabetic and the diabetic blogs are going ga ga over SOTOMAYOR.
Like most medical oriented blogs, they have been taken over by liberals. At one point they are mad that her diabetes should be of concern to her ability to serve, and the other point is that she will cure their disease through elevation of embryonic stem cell research as a priority for funding.
Someone call O’Really: The AP is looking at her diabetes.
Is this the Onion?
She’ll also be the first openly bigoted, racist “justice” to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. That’s pretty “historical” in itself. I guess it shows how far America has regressed under Barack the Kenyan’s regime.
Dump that turkey.
I could go on and on.
I can at least understand politically why this would matter more than being a hispanic woman. GWB did well in appointing relatively young justices. If you are looking to have an effect on the court a judge with longevity is a concern.
All the same I’m tired of hearing about all this. Where are the articles summarizing her published work. Her background only matters insofar as it informs her published stances on issues. We don’t have to know about the background if we are provided with her published work.
Its all down hill from that decision. Nothing can bring back that lost freedom.
Karen Kaplan...WE DON’T CARE.
We’re far more concerned with the flaming racist attitudes this woman could bring to bear on the USSC, not to mention her poor judgment when it comes to the law.
oh give me strength
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