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White House: Sotomayor says she chose word poorly
AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/29/09 | Ben Feller - ap

Posted on 05/29/2009 1:03:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON – The White House says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor acknowledges she made a poor word choice in a 2001 speech in which she said that a Latina judge would often reach a better conclusion than a white male judge who hasn't lived the same life.

That's according to presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs. He says he has not talked directly to Sotomayor about it but has spoken to people who have.

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To: tiredoflaundry

Wonder how many times they had to water board her before she admitted she was wrong and agreed to say she had chosen her words badly. ;~)


101 posted on 05/29/2009 2:23:35 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Berg is a liberal democrat. Keyes is a conservative. Obama is bringing us together already!)
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To: NormsRevenge

So, what word should she have used? Macaca?


102 posted on 05/29/2009 2:24:41 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Well, that settles it then if Gibbs says so. Republicans can all resume the pillow-biting position again.


103 posted on 05/29/2009 2:29:35 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
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To: NormsRevenge

US electorate: We chose our president poorly.


104 posted on 05/29/2009 2:29:55 PM PDT by Buck W. (The President of the United States IS named Schickelgruber...)
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To: NormsRevenge
..she made a poor word choice in a 2001..

Which word? Perhaps she didn't mean white "male", she meant white "bigot".

105 posted on 05/29/2009 2:31:28 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Deo volente

Obama didn’t even consider a man of any color.


106 posted on 05/29/2009 2:32:45 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Berg is a liberal democrat. Keyes is a conservative. Obama is bringing us together already!)
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To: NormsRevenge
..chose her words poorly

No, she chose them with careful consideration because they honestly represent her views.

107 posted on 05/29/2009 2:39:03 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: NormsRevenge
and her membership the the racist hate group la razza???
108 posted on 05/29/2009 2:41:05 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: Winstons Julia

“The right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” - Second Amendment. Obviously the Founders considered this to be very important. It is after all the Second Amendment, right after the First.

Every dictatorship in history has prohibited its citizens from having their own guns. Our Founders chose their words very carefully, to protect us from tyrants such as King George III. And they were prescient about Obama and the Socialist Party here in the United States in 2009.


109 posted on 05/29/2009 2:44:50 PM PDT by pleikumud
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To: NormsRevenge
First of all, it's offensive that this non-apology is offered by the people who didn't say the offensive comment. Where is the Judge, front and center and before the cameras apologizing for her poor choice of words? Where is the famed "If I offended anyone..." non-apology?

This is really lame. It would be as if Don Imus' housekeeper came out to apologize for Don's use of "nappy hos" a couple of years ago. It means nothing coming from the designated apologist, it must come directly from the offending party to have any meaning at all.

110 posted on 05/29/2009 3:15:35 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (YES WE CAN have a Depression.)
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To: NormsRevenge

She is an idiot, that is a resume enhancer. She’ll be confirmed. Relax, she replaces a liberal so it’s still 5 to 4. If Kennedy still reads the Constitution.


111 posted on 05/29/2009 3:20:23 PM PDT by timydnuc (I'll die on my feet before I'll live on my knees.)
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"WASHINGTON – The White House says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor acknowledges she made a poor word choice in a 2001 speech in which she said that a Latina judge 'would often reach a better conclusion than a white male judge who hasn't lived the same life.'

That's according to presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs. He says he has not talked directly to Sotomayor about it but has spoken to people who have."

Oh, well, so much for Tuck Chodd's ridiculous and amateurish "Well, teh Shite House, they think they've got this sewn up, they're ready to pivot." comment early this morning. FU and your cheesy Trekkie beard, Chodd.

112 posted on 05/29/2009 3:27:45 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Not a bigger piece of weak-ratings shit on the planet right now than Tuck Chodd.)
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To: StAnDeliver

she regrets not using the word “caucasian” instead of “white male”.


113 posted on 05/29/2009 3:33:52 PM PDT by ground_fog
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To: NormsRevenge
She had notes for her speech and knew exactly what she was saying.

And, she discriminated against those firefighters in the Northeast.

114 posted on 05/29/2009 3:38:48 PM PDT by xtinct ("There's a sucker born every minute." P.T. Barnum)
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To: NormsRevenge

No White Male appointee would survive a disclosure like that!
If this was a White Male Bush appointee the media and the whole Democrat Party would be going ape!


115 posted on 05/29/2009 3:50:29 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: NormsRevenge
Yeah, instead of “often” she really meant “always”.
116 posted on 05/29/2009 3:53:35 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (What did Obama's Teleprompter know, and when did it know it...)
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To: NormsRevenge

Did she make a poor choice when she continued her membership with La Raza after becoming a Federal Judge?


117 posted on 05/29/2009 3:55:32 PM PDT by cranked
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To: NormsRevenge

I SEE YOUR TRUE COLORS SHINING THROUGH.......PLEASE ASK MS. SANTAMAYORRRRRRRRR ARE YOU AN AMERICAN OR A LATINA FIRST?
DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF PUERTA RICAN OR AMERICAN.....TO WHICH FLAG DO YOU SHOW YOUR LOYALTY? WOULD YOU DEFEND THAT OF A WHITE PERSON OR A PERSON OF COLOR OR DOES IT MATTER?

HM,MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

wHAT EXACTLY DID YOU MEAN BY YOUR WHITE MAN COMMENT?
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM TAKE YOUR TIME MS. SOTOMAYORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR


118 posted on 05/29/2009 3:56:54 PM PDT by Texas4ever (God is Good!)
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To: NormsRevenge



POORLY CHOSEN
 

119 posted on 05/29/2009 3:58:22 PM PDT by counterpunch (In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
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To: NormsRevenge

NO, she chose her words intentionally. Republicans shouldn’t play Obama’s game. They should call a spade and spade and demand the same of Obama. Obama wins only when the opposition drops the ball.


120 posted on 05/29/2009 3:59:23 PM PDT by dr_who
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