Posted on 06/04/2009 11:24:38 AM PDT by rxsid
Oh my: Sotomayor made nearly identical “wise Latina” comment in 1994, too
Leave it to Greg Sargent to conclude that the big scoop here is that no GOP senators pressed her on the earlier remark at her ‘98 appellate confirmation hearing, where the scrutiny’s normally a fraction as intense as it is for a SCOTUS appointment. The real significance, of course, is that it puts the lie to the White House’s feeble spin about how Sotomayor supposedly misspoke in 2001, a position the nominee herself has been forced to adopt even though people on her own side admit it’s nonsense. Evidently, the idea that her biology makes her a superior judge has been with her for decades. The only wrinkle: In 1994 she insisted it was her gender that made her “better” and by 2001 that notion had evolved to include race as well. Nice to know that her progressivism became more “sophisticated” over time.
Here’s what she said in the 1994 speech:
“Justice O’Connor has often been cited as saying that “a wise old man and a wise old woman reach the same conclusion in dueling cases. I am not so sure Justice O’Connor is the author of that line since Professor Resnik attributes the line to Supreme Court Justice Coyle. I am not so sure that I agree with the statement. First, if Prof. Martha Minnow is correct, there can never be a universal definition of ‘wise.’ Second, I would hope that a wise woman with the richness of her experience would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion.”
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Rush will mention it in the next segment.
Sexist & racist. Sheesh...who’da thunkit? /sarcasm She shouldn’t even qualify as a back-up singer for the Supremes.
“Just call me Queen of the World Sonia! I make some of the greatest and wisest decisions in the entire world!
“Why, I couldn’t make a bad decision if I tired!”
“tired” s/b “tried”
Always consult a wise Latina before making any important decision in your life, espeically if you are white male dufus.
Something impossible to quantify, so you can just claim you have it and no one can argue you don't.
A truly wise individual has the wisdom to never inform everyone how wise he or she is.
Has anyone yet asked this repetitive clown to give specifics about what made her experiences so much "richer" than those of others? Was it all the private schools she attended? ...or was it the prodigious amounts of rice and beans she ate?
It wasn't until Dubya got elected that the RATS, especially Chuck the Schmuck, brought politics into it and said that now ideology was a deciding factor. The RATS 'declared war' on all appointments.
What bothers me is that she gives no credit to the country she was born in that gave her all her opportunity. Her ‘richness’ comes from Puerto Rico! And she thinks little of “Americanization’.
In College Thesis, Sotomayor Appeared to Support Puerto Rican Independence
[snip]Ms. Sotomayor was born in the Bronx of Puerto Rican parents, and her pride in her roots is evident as she dedicates her paper “to the people of my island – for the rich history that is mine.”
Ms. Sotomayor’s apparent support for Puerto Rican independence reflected her concern over preservation of the island’s culture. She wrote: “The experiences of Alaska and Hawaii since statehood with cultural destruction has been indicative of the cultural loss Puerto Rico would eventual [sic] face if statehood for the island were chosen. Under the commonwealth status, there has been a gradual deterioration of the Spanish language among the Puerto Rican populace and a growing Americanization of the island.”
And this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2262190/posts
[snip]Not only did Sonia Sotomayor not weep over Estrada’s story, but she was a member of a radical Hispanic group that sought to kill his nomination.....PRLDEF
You got it. In the view of Sotomayor and her ilk, becoming an American is essentially selling out. ....giving up one’s “richness.”
This is racist and sexist, but what did you expect from Hussein?
Tell that that to Robert Bork.
The list, ping
Google Sotomayor North American Congress
Sotomayor's Senior Thesis - 19 hours ago Judge Sonia Sotomayor said in a 1996 speech at Princeton University's Third World ... This, like the reference to the US Congress as the 'North American' or "Mainland" Congress...
We've Waived the Right to Press Sotomayor on Being a Puerto Rican Separatist Who Couldn't Bring Herself to Say "United States"? [Andy McCarthy]
Judge Sonia Sotomayor said in a 1996 speech at Princeton University’s Third World Center (now called the Carl A. Fields Center) that when she arrived at Princeton in 1972 as her high school’s valedictorian, “I found out that my Latina background had created difficulties in my writing that I needed to overcome. For example, in Spanish we do not have adjectives. A noun is described with a preposition....
Sonia Sotomayor: No empathy for campaign cash - Kenneth P. Vogel ...Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has staked a position that could have ... the line between campaign contributions and “bribes,” calling on Congress to overhaul
WHat in the hell is “richness” of experience?
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That’s libtard code-speak for “I’m allowed to wear a chip on my shoulder because I’ve never overcome anything in my life.”
That is, how can someone BORN with British citizenship be considered a Natural BORN Citizen of the United States and therefore a Constitutionally qualified POTUS?
Of course, they can't. Therefore, her being nominated by someone who isn't even Article II section 1 eligible to hold the office by which her nomination was made...isn't valid.
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