Hatch: ‘I don’t agree’ with Gingrich that Sotomayor is a ‘racist.’
By on May 27th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Hatch: ‘I don’t agree’ with Gingrich that Sotomayor is a ‘racist.’
Earlier today, ThinkProgress noted how former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) attacked Judge Sonia Sotomayor on his Twitter feed today as a “Latina woman racist” who should withdraw her nomination. On CNN this afternoon, Wolf Blitzer asked Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), who sits on the Judiciary Committee, if he agreed with Gingrich. “No, I don’t agree with that,” replied Hatch. Watch it:
ABC News’ Jake Tapper asked if the ousted speaker’s charge would “impact [his] former colleagues on Hill?” So far, it hasn’t affected Hatch, but as Media Matters has documented, much of the conservative movement has rushed to use out of context comments to tag Sotomayor as a “racist” and a “bigot.”
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Forget Gingrich. JohnM is the decider of these sorts of things…
May 27th, 2009 at 6:03 pmThe Newt is no longer in office FOR A REASON…
May 27th, 2009 at 6:05 pmTapper: ousted speaker’s charge would “impact [his] former colleagues on Hill?”
Yeah, Jake….pay attention. WHY ARE YOU IDIOTS IN THE MSM GIVING THIS “OUSTED” SPEAKER A FORUM?!!! He was driven from the Speaker’s post by ETHICS VIOLATIONS!!!! Get the picture? He’s ETHICALLY CHALLENGED! Now, quit throwing him up to us. He’s done.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:08 pmHatch: ‘I don’t agree’ with Gingrich that Sotomayor is a ‘racist.’
– - The GOP Pogo motto, “We have met the enemy and he is us.”
May 27th, 2009 at 6:09 pmWell timed announcement, Obama. No one has mentioned torture, or Nancy Pelosi for a news cycle. Calls for an independent investigation? Phhhtt.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:15 pmIt’s time to quit branding Sotomayor as a “racist” or “liberal” or “activist”. It’s time to start looking at her WORK. Hatch has the right idea here, and I will have no qualms if he votes against her nomination as long as he gives a viable judicial reason for doing so.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:17 pm…former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) attacked Judge Sonia Sotomayor on his Twitter feed today as a “Latina woman racist” who should withdraw her nomination.
Maybe it’s Newt who should withdraw from the public spotlight. IMHO, he is pathologically insane. He is incapable of accepting the fact that liberals might have better ideas than his own.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:19 pmIs Hatch under the bus or out from under the bus? I’m confused.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:20 pm—
Have you looked under the Chrysler?
There’s plenty of room for Republicans who don’t agree on every issue.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:21 pm—
Did Rush tell you to say that?
Note that the people who actually still have jobs seem to feel a need to behave responsibly. The GOP is pretty much down there with the other “third parties” by now.
I wonder what Tom DeLay thinks? Quick, somebody get him on a teevee somewhere!
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ConservativeForProgress Says:
Well how do you like that? The Republican party doesn’t have such a small tent afterall. There’s plenty of room for Republicans who don’t agree on every issue.
We’ll see – Rush hasn’t “responded” to Hatch yet, and he’s the final arbiter. Besides, it’s hardly a great victory when two Republicans disagreeing on one thing is a news story.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:21 pmConservativeForProgress Says:
Well how do you like that? The Republican party doesn’t have such a small tent afterall. There’s plenty of room for Republicans who don’t agree on every issue.
Are you sure about that? This is disagreement amongst the ranks. Who is to say that Gingrich demands a retraction? Who is to say that Rush demands Hatch become a Democrat?
But we don’t know how Hatch will vote. He will likely be pressured into voting no, much like the rest of the GOP.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:28 pmCFP, if the repugs keep going the way they are going, you’ll be able to fit the whole party in a phone booth or one of those little clown cars.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:30 pmIn related news, Grassley (R-IA) says she’ll be confirmed. Hmmm…
May 27th, 2009 at 6:32 pmNo one agrees with Gingrich, other than about 10% of lunatic, uniformed, ignorant jerks who never think for themselves.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:33 pmA$$wipe #4
Of COURSE you are confused. You are a stupid punkass troll without a single functional braincell. Get used to confusion it will be your constant companion your entire life
May 27th, 2009 at 6:34 pmI think we do know how Hatch will vote. He’s just seen the power of the internet, with the blown “empathy” meme. Once Media Matters dug up the Bush Sr. empathy quote, they dropped it like a hot crack pipe. Hatch knows he’s said a lot of smack during his tenure, and it would be very embarassing for him with constituents to endorse this line of attack, and then have an inconvienient quote surface, exposing his hypocrisy.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:35 pmdasm Says:
No one agrees with Gingrich, other than about 10% of lunatic, uniformed, ignorant jerks who never think for themselves.
– aka. the Republican Party.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:37 pmI’m so sick of hearing the Repubs’ whining, lies, stupid-stupid-stupid talking points, ridiculous dishonest comments with absolutely no facts or research to back them up. The Repubs invent criticisms, invent attacks, lie about quotes, spread their absurd talking points throughout the GOP base so quickly that we all recognize what lying, stupid, un-informed buffoons they are. But they still don’t get it. When everyone in your party spews the same lying s**t, um, duh…. we notice how stupid you are.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:38 pmAre Hatch and Gingrich playing the Good Cop-Bad Cop game? How clever!
May 27th, 2009 at 6:42 pm- aka. the Republican Party.
And The International Brotherhood of Last Barstool Crackpots …
May 27th, 2009 at 6:43 pmboywipe, you keep bringing up the closing of dealerships by Obama, even after posters have shown you that you are wrong. We have asked you to give us some links to prove your point, which you have not done. What are you, a man or a pussy? Put up or shutup.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:43 pmA$$wipe
Time for you to go back to your day job. Blowing lepers for pocketchange
May 27th, 2009 at 6:53 pmthe conservative movement has rushed to use out of context comments to tag Sotomayor as a “racist” and a “bigot.”
They are such idiots, projecting…ReichWingers are afraid of women…their mommies spanked them alot…hence the diapers, closeted gayness, and just general deviant behavior.
obamawipe$ Says: He enjoys blowing goats.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:58 pmKeep tellin’ yourself that, C4P.
I’m sure that’ll sell with the Latinos. And teh Gays. And the moderates. Yeah, I’m sure you’ll be needin’ to run out to Costco and get another event canopy to house everyone.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:59 pmTime for you to go back to your day job. Blowing lepers for pocketchange
Oh, no. He doesn’t do that for money. Just for the sheer enjoyment of it.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:01 pmI love it. C4P’s idea of a “big tent” is that not everyone agrees that a respected Judge appointed by Bush 41 is a racist.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:02 pmYeah, but Cheetos don’t grow on tress, Wayne.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:03 pmNewt has been out of public service for over 11 years,but lately he has been acting like a mad man making nasty headlines just about everybody from Pelsoi to Steele to Obama and many others.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:04 pmMay be looking to see if one of these allegations he is making will ‘hatch’..
Clarified Hatch, “We don’t follow Newt’s marching orders,
May 27th, 2009 at 7:08 pmwe follow Rush’s.
obamawipe$ Says:
Or Chrysler being closed for political reasons.
It’s fascinating how after we debunk what you say, you just go and say it again.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:15 pmYeah , let’s see how this clown votes , and then decide if he’s got any validity ; I’m betting he votes against Sotomayor , and then gives some half-assed excuse/reason ……
May 27th, 2009 at 7:19 pmsee what happens when repukies spout off at the mouth before they have their talking points straight? they eat their own. love it!
May 27th, 2009 at 7:21 pmShe drives slow in the fast lane. Sometimes she turns without signaling. And one time she totally blew through a red light, but it was late at night and nobody was around. I also heard a rumor that the check engine light has been on in her car for a while, but she hasn’t taken it in to the shop.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:37 pm***
wipey,
do you drive a chrysler?
:)
May 27th, 2009 at 7:45 pmConservativeForProgress Says:
Well how do you like that? The Republican party doesn’t have such a small tent afterall. There’s plenty of room for Republicans who don’t agree on every issue.
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are you sure?
:)
May 27th, 2009 at 7:48 pmEww, joe cantwell, I could have done very nicely without clicking on that link.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:58 pmralph the wonder locust Says:
Eww, joe cantwell, I could have done very nicely without clicking on that link.
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ralph,
heavens to murgatroyd!
:)
May 27th, 2009 at 8:04 pmHer comment about female judges and judges of color having better judgement is in reference to DECIDING SEX AND RACE DISCRIMINATION CASES. She says, since 1972, the work of such judges, Ginsburg included, has enhanced judicial thought about sex and race discrimination. But she also says that white males IN DECIDING SEX AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CASES can produce well informed decisions…however those decisions are made better by the work of judges who understand the law AND come from a place of personal experience in these specific matters.
Please read the context http://mediamatters.org/research/200905260050.
May 27th, 2009 at 8:09 pmtallisse Says:
Her comment about female judges and judges of color having better judgement is in reference to DECIDING SEX AND RACE DISCRIMINATION CASES…
An excellent debunking point, concisely and cogently presented. Now the trolls will ignore it and repeat what they said before over and over again. I think their brains literally do not parse statements that are at odds with their beliefs.
May 27th, 2009 at 8:27 pmThank you..
seslisohbet seslichat sesli sohbet sesli chat
May 27th, 2009 at 9:11 pmI’m sure that Orrin’s staff will have several apologies on his desk by morning. He might have the clout to take on Newt but, he’ll squeal like a pig if Lush or FAUX take him to task.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:12 pmtallisse Says:
those decisions are made better by the work of judges who understand the law AND come from a place of personal experience in these specific matters.
Yeah, but that would require that judges are both educated and experienced in the subject at hand -two things conservatives are allergic to.
Conservatives would much rather pick a candidate with “impeccable conservative credentials” over someone qualified.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:17 pmYes, her remarks were in the context of social justice in a forum that had gathered for the purpose of addressing this issue.
link
May 27th, 2009 at 9:47 pmIntroduction to Slur Speech, Chapter 1.
I never said that I agree with those people who said the RNC likes sheep.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:48 pmI never said that you did, but you must admit that there is something nasty about liking sheep that way.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:07 pmWe’re not saying Hatch likes sheep – if he does, that’s his own personal business, so long as he doesn’t shove his deviant lifestyle in our faces – we’re just saying that some people have said that he likes sheep.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:20 pmVery few of us care about your polls, Jeff. Do you have something to add to the conversation?
May 27th, 2009 at 10:22 pmJeffboste
May 27th, 2009 at 10:28 pmIs this like some sort of pH thing? Why not just use a modern digital probe and forget the silly color changing paper?
No thank you sesli!
May 27th, 2009 at 10:30 pmThat was some of the best sohbet I have ever had. Do you still respect me?
Imagine what the Reich wing would have done if Obama appointed a Muslim to the SCOTUS.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:11 pmIntrepid Says:
Imagine what the Reich wing would have done if Obama appointed a Muslim to the SCOTUS.
Oh, that would be awesome. He shoulda gone for it. The GOP wouldn’t even exist as an organizational entity by August at the outside.
May 28th, 2009 at 12:02 amNo. These cases should be tried as they arrive in the court and not before.
May 28th, 2009 at 1:02 amJustice is blind and to ask justice to remove the veil, before being assigned to the court is, I think, not trying the case on its merits but on a justices pre-conceived notions.
May 28th, 2009 at 1:04 amRepublicans are some twisted people. Their bizarre behavior of rushing to accuse their opponents of Republican sins they know they themselves will be called on is creepy.
These soulless freaks would probabliy claim that African-Americans were discriminating against them by drinknig from separate water fountains in the 1950’s. What a bunch of immoral freaks.
May 28th, 2009 at 5:02 amMerdad Spews:
Republicans aren’t twisted people, their leaders are just liars, criminals, obstructionists, regressive white men threatened by change (and one lone bumbling token). They rely on the underschooled, ignorance, and hatefullness of their voters by feeding them a steady diet of lies, strawmen, fear and propaganda. Their former leader, the incurious George W. Bush sat back and ignored the threat of terrorism along with every shred of intel that could have prevented 9/11, then abused the Nation’s trust and lied us into a war of choice, planned well in advance and aimed at enriching the wealth of his oil buddies and corporate war profiteers. He authorized torture while lying constantly about it to the American people and the world. He oversaw the worst economic collapse in generations while borrowing trillions of dollars from China to finance his war of aggression. He sat idly by while New orleans drowned, politicized every branch of Government by illegally hiring inept, unqualified “loyal Bushies”. He began an illegal wiretapping program well BEFORE 9/11 in order to illegaly spy on his political foes, the proof of the blackmailing now coming to light in the case of Harman with more surely to come. Seven years after 9/11 and our ports were still woefully underinspected, our food production and distribution poorly monitored, our imports of toys all but unmonitored, our forests and endangered animals safety pillaged, science and the envirement ignored all due to inept political appointments. Yeah, thank Gos for George W. Bush keeping us so safe YOU IGNORANT REPUBLICAN FCUKING FOOL!
May 28th, 2009 at 7:58 am