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	<title>Comments on: Inhofe worries that Sotomayor may allow &#8216;undue influence from her own personal race, gender.&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/26/sotomayor-inhofe/comment-page-3/#comment-5659122</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 02:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;DNFP Says:

There&#039;s only one simple solution to all this:

KILL WHITEY.&lt;/em&gt;

That would in fact solve everything, and therefore must be considered as a viable option.</description>
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<p>There&#8217;s only one simple solution to all this:</p>
<p>KILL WHITEY.</em></p>
<p>That would in fact solve everything, and therefore must be considered as a viable option.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5659122', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sesli</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/26/sotomayor-inhofe/comment-page-3/#comment-5659097</link>
		<dc:creator>sesli</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great thanks..

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great thanks..</p>
<p><a href="http://www.birsesver.com" title="sesliSohbet" rel="nofollow">seslisohbet</a> <a href="http://www.birsesver.com" title="SesliChat" rel="nofollow">seslichat</a> <a href="http://www.birsesver.com" title="Sesli Sohbet" rel="nofollow">sesli sohbet</a> <a href="http://www.birsesver.com" title="Sesli Chat" rel="nofollow">sesli chat</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5659097', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: blueyerock</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/26/sotomayor-inhofe/comment-page-3/#comment-5658264</link>
		<dc:creator>blueyerock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 18:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can anyone say &quot;breathalyzer&quot;?  Do they drug test these guys?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can anyone say &#8220;breathalyzer&#8221;?  Do they drug test these guys?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658264', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: blueyerock</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/26/sotomayor-inhofe/comment-page-3/#comment-5658255</link>
		<dc:creator>blueyerock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 18:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Earth to Jim Inhofe--I would have thought by now that rehab could have done you some good.  You really should not have had that last drink.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Earth to Jim Inhofe&#8211;I would have thought by now that rehab could have done you some good.  You really should not have had that last drink.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658255', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ritenow</title>
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		<dc:creator>ritenow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am so sick and tired of ignorance regardless of what color it presents itself in.  

How dare the same idiots who supported Sarah Palin for the second highest office in the nation, talk about Sotomayor not having the intellectual abilities to be on the Supreme Court. 

How dare the same white, racist, idiots talk about the fear that her race and gender might influence here decisions!  I hope to God they do!  We have seen how the influence of white, mediocre, males decisions have impacted our nation - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!  The people need to be called out for their ignorance and their disgusting ways.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am so sick and tired of ignorance regardless of what color it presents itself in.  </p>
<p>How dare the same idiots who supported Sarah Palin for the second highest office in the nation, talk about Sotomayor not having the intellectual abilities to be on the Supreme Court. </p>
<p>How dare the same white, racist, idiots talk about the fear that her race and gender might influence here decisions!  I hope to God they do!  We have seen how the influence of white, mediocre, males decisions have impacted our nation &#8211; ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!  The people need to be called out for their ignorance and their disgusting ways.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657895', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/26/sotomayor-inhofe/comment-page-3/#comment-5657886</link>
		<dc:creator>Bilbo Hussein Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 15:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good for Inhofe.  The more the right says things like this the more they will be alienating women and Hispanics.

It&#039;s not like the right wingers on the court don&#039;t make decisions that favor white men.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good for Inhofe.  The more the right says things like this the more they will be alienating women and Hispanics.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not like the right wingers on the court don&#8217;t make decisions that favor white men.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657886', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lvdragonlady</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/26/sotomayor-inhofe/comment-page-3/#comment-5657832</link>
		<dc:creator>lvdragonlady</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 15:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Like the right-wing conservatives don&#039;t do the same thing.
There are very few people anywhere that could judge without being influenced by their own beliefs, sex or political following.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like the right-wing conservatives don&#8217;t do the same thing.<br />
There are very few people anywhere that could judge without being influenced by their own beliefs, sex or political following.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657832', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbschell</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbschell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 14:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m convinced that Ihhofe is paid by the right to say really provocative, stupid things. Look at his face. He&#039;s a menace to a mirror.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m convinced that Ihhofe is paid by the right to say really provocative, stupid things. Look at his face. He&#8217;s a menace to a mirror.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657772', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jjcomet</title>
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		<dc:creator>jjcomet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 13:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Read Malthus...&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Um...Malthus was &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt;. He failed utterly to consider the effects of industrialization and the demographic shift on population growth. The doom-and-gloom scenarios he predicted have not come to pass. His analysis - like yours - was oversimplified and based on a rather significant lack of real-world data or knowledge of economics. Might try a better model next time you want to make a point...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Read Malthus&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>Um&#8230;Malthus was <em>wrong</em>. He failed utterly to consider the effects of industrialization and the demographic shift on population growth. The doom-and-gloom scenarios he predicted have not come to pass. His analysis &#8211; like yours &#8211; was oversimplified and based on a rather significant lack of real-world data or knowledge of economics. Might try a better model next time you want to make a point&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657747', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: barfly</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/26/sotomayor-inhofe/comment-page-3/#comment-5657714</link>
		<dc:creator>barfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry if it&#039;s already been posted, but Media Matters has dug up a Bush senior quote that explodes the &quot;empathy&quot; meme:

&lt;em&gt;After graduation from Yale Law School, he worked for then Missouri attorney general John Danforth, and spent 2 1/2 years litigating cases of all descriptions. In 1977, Judge Thomas practiced law in the private sector, and in 1979, he rejoined Senator Danforth as a legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate. In 1981, President Reagan appointed him Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Department of Education. From 1982 to 1990, he served as President Reagan&#039;s Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. And I appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1990.

I have followed this man&#039;s career for some time, and he has excelled in everything that he has attempted. He is a delightful and warm, intelligent person who has great empathy and a wonderful sense of humor. He&#039;s also a fiercely independent thinker with an excellent legal mind, who believes passionately in equal opportunity for all Americans. He will approach the cases that come before the Court with a commitment to deciding them fairly, as the facts and the law require.

Judge Thomas&#039; life is a model for all Americans, and he&#039;s earned the right to sit on this nation&#039;s highest Court. And I am very proud, indeed, to nominate him for this position, and I trust that the Senate will confirm this able man promptly.&lt;/em&gt;

Heh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry if it&#8217;s already been posted, but Media Matters has dug up a Bush senior quote that explodes the &#8220;empathy&#8221; meme:</p>
<p><em>After graduation from Yale Law School, he worked for then Missouri attorney general John Danforth, and spent 2 1/2 years litigating cases of all descriptions. In 1977, Judge Thomas practiced law in the private sector, and in 1979, he rejoined Senator Danforth as a legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate. In 1981, President Reagan appointed him Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Department of Education. From 1982 to 1990, he served as President Reagan&#8217;s Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. And I appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1990.</p>
<p>I have followed this man&#8217;s career for some time, and he has excelled in everything that he has attempted. He is a delightful and warm, intelligent person who has great empathy and a wonderful sense of humor. He&#8217;s also a fiercely independent thinker with an excellent legal mind, who believes passionately in equal opportunity for all Americans. He will approach the cases that come before the Court with a commitment to deciding them fairly, as the facts and the law require.</p>
<p>Judge Thomas&#8217; life is a model for all Americans, and he&#8217;s earned the right to sit on this nation&#8217;s highest Court. And I am very proud, indeed, to nominate him for this position, and I trust that the Senate will confirm this able man promptly.</em></p>
<p>Heh.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657714', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: skeletor</title>
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		<dc:creator>skeletor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 11:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So (us) white men have been allowing our race and gender to define decisions more or less unfettered since the founding of the nation,

But a Hispanic woman is to be denied the same privilege,

and everybody is ok with this?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So (us) white men have been allowing our race and gender to define decisions more or less unfettered since the founding of the nation,</p>
<p>But a Hispanic woman is to be denied the same privilege,</p>
<p>and everybody is ok with this?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657711', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: barfly</title>
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		<dc:creator>barfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 11:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>guzide Says: 

&lt;em&gt;Meanwhile Senator In-hoax is unduly influenced by his ignorance and unwillingness to learn. web tasar?m? l Tabldot Yemek l yüz esteti?i&lt;/em&gt;

Now, if you could just make comments of your own, we wouldn&#039;t slam you so much for spamming us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>guzide Says: </p>
<p><em>Meanwhile Senator In-hoax is unduly influenced by his ignorance and unwillingness to learn. web tasar?m? l Tabldot Yemek l yüz esteti?i</em></p>
<p>Now, if you could just make comments of your own, we wouldn&#8217;t slam you so much for spamming us.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657710', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DNFP</title>
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		<dc:creator>DNFP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 11:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s only one simple solution to all this:

KILL WHITEY.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s only one simple solution to all this:</p>
<p>KILL WHITEY.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657708', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: guzide</title>
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		<dc:creator>guzide</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Meanwhile Senator In-hoax is unduly influenced by his ignorance and unwillingness to learn. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.teknettasarim.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;web tasar&#305;m&#305;&lt;/a&gt; l &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yemek-tabldot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tabldot Yemek&lt;/a&gt; l &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.magicplast.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;yüz esteti&#287;i&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meanwhile Senator In-hoax is unduly influenced by his ignorance and unwillingness to learn. <a href="http://www.teknettasarim.com" rel="nofollow">web tasar&#305;m&#305;</a> l <a href="http://www.yemek-tabldot.com" rel="nofollow">Tabldot Yemek</a> l <a href="http://www.magicplast.com" rel="nofollow">yüz esteti&#287;i</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657698', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: republicanSScareme</title>
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		<dc:creator>republicanSScareme</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 08:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One thing we know for sure: There are a lot of spineless white men. It takes exceptional men and women to make the difference, not average white morons, Supreme Court judges not withstanding.

I like the idea of having different races, sexes, and ethic groups represented in a democracy. They all have their own special talents and points of view. &quot;Humanistic ideas&quot; that rich white men can&#039;t fathom or want to contemplate. More people with a greater sense of morality(?). Not just money guys? Maybe we&#039;ll have some judges who look out for the little guy because they know what it&#039;s like to be trampled.

But the criminal rich don&#039;t like it because it means giving up more of their power. So they want more rich white guys.

I hope someday we will get a Native American on the Supreme Court. There&#039;s a lot to be said about common sense, whether lawyers like it or not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One thing we know for sure: There are a lot of spineless white men. It takes exceptional men and women to make the difference, not average white morons, Supreme Court judges not withstanding.</p>
<p>I like the idea of having different races, sexes, and ethic groups represented in a democracy. They all have their own special talents and points of view. &#8220;Humanistic ideas&#8221; that rich white men can&#8217;t fathom or want to contemplate. More people with a greater sense of morality(?). Not just money guys? Maybe we&#8217;ll have some judges who look out for the little guy because they know what it&#8217;s like to be trampled.</p>
<p>But the criminal rich don&#8217;t like it because it means giving up more of their power. So they want more rich white guys.</p>
<p>I hope someday we will get a Native American on the Supreme Court. There&#8217;s a lot to be said about common sense, whether lawyers like it or not.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657694', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ukeman123</title>
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		<dc:creator>ukeman123</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 08:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Inhofe is a pig as is Hannity Limbaugh etc... those people get paid millions to spout bigotry and hate.
I pray all will get enlightened and stop letting these unsrupulous white bigoted greedy ba-tards pull the wool over their eyes before this country is whacked with Karma; bad karma.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Inhofe is a pig as is Hannity Limbaugh etc&#8230; those people get paid millions to spout bigotry and hate.<br />
I pray all will get enlightened and stop letting these unsrupulous white bigoted greedy ba-tards pull the wool over their eyes before this country is whacked with Karma; bad karma.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657692', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lora</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 04:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Meanwhile Senator In-hoax is unduly influenced by his ignorance and unwillingness to learn.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meanwhile Senator In-hoax is unduly influenced by his ignorance and unwillingness to learn.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657664', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/26/sotomayor-inhofe/comment-page-2/#comment-5657661</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 04:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;akindependent Says:

Imagine how different the laws in this country would be if we could apply this standard to Congress.&lt;/em&gt;

You mean if we were actually able to get rid of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gerrymandering&lt;/a&gt; in every state, as it has been ruled illegal by numerous courts?  Yeah, that would go a long way towards fixing democracy.  Let&#039;s start with Texas...</description>
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<p>Imagine how different the laws in this country would be if we could apply this standard to Congress.</em></p>
<p>You mean if we were actually able to get rid of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering" rel="nofollow">Gerrymandering</a> in every state, as it has been ruled illegal by numerous courts?  Yeah, that would go a long way towards fixing democracy.  Let&#8217;s start with Texas&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657661', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: akindependent</title>
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		<dc:creator>akindependent</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 04:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Imagine how different the laws in this country would be if we could apply this standard to Congress.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Imagine how different the laws in this country would be if we could apply this standard to Congress.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657658', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/26/sotomayor-inhofe/comment-page-2/#comment-5657654</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 04:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Eugene Debs Says:

Let us not forget that wise men like Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Cardozo voted on cases which upheld both sex and race discrimination in our society. Until 1972, no Supreme Court case ever upheld the claim of a woman in a gender discrimination case. I, like Professor Carter, believe that we should not be so myopic as to believe that others of different experiences or backgrounds are incapable of understanding the values and needs of people from a different group. Many are so capable. As Judge Cedarbaum pointed out to me, nine white men on the Supreme Court in the past have done so on many occasions and on many issues including Brown.&lt;/em&gt;

Hey, I&#039;m a white male past middle-age myself.  I&#039;d like to think that I could judge such cases fairly, in the tradition of Oliver W. Holmes and Justice Cardozo.  And I probably could.  But that&#039;s besides the point.  Given a wide variety of qualified folks that Obama could/not choose from, there&#039;s no reason why he should &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; select someone who brings the demographics of the SCOTUS more in line with the demographics of the nation.  The degree to which personal experience &quot;colors&quot; judicial rulings is arguable: if a qualified jurist can completely exclude their own experience from their ruling, then fine, Sotomayor fits as she&#039;s a qualified jurist.  However, if they can&#039;t, then she fits just fine anwyas since her experience would bring the SCOTUS more in line with the mass of people over which it rules.  Either way, she&#039;s the right person for the job.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Eugene Debs Says:</p>
<p>Let us not forget that wise men like Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Cardozo voted on cases which upheld both sex and race discrimination in our society. Until 1972, no Supreme Court case ever upheld the claim of a woman in a gender discrimination case. I, like Professor Carter, believe that we should not be so myopic as to believe that others of different experiences or backgrounds are incapable of understanding the values and needs of people from a different group. Many are so capable. As Judge Cedarbaum pointed out to me, nine white men on the Supreme Court in the past have done so on many occasions and on many issues including Brown.</em></p>
<p>Hey, I&#8217;m a white male past middle-age myself.  I&#8217;d like to think that I could judge such cases fairly, in the tradition of Oliver W. Holmes and Justice Cardozo.  And I probably could.  But that&#8217;s besides the point.  Given a wide variety of qualified folks that Obama could/not choose from, there&#8217;s no reason why he should <strong>not</strong> select someone who brings the demographics of the SCOTUS more in line with the demographics of the nation.  The degree to which personal experience &#8220;colors&#8221; judicial rulings is arguable: if a qualified jurist can completely exclude their own experience from their ruling, then fine, Sotomayor fits as she&#8217;s a qualified jurist.  However, if they can&#8217;t, then she fits just fine anwyas since her experience would bring the SCOTUS more in line with the mass of people over which it rules.  Either way, she&#8217;s the right person for the job.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5657654', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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