Sessions ‘uneasy’ with Gingrich’s ‘rhetoric’ against Sotomayor.
Sessions ‘uneasy’ with Gingrich’s ‘rhetoric’ against Sotomayor.
On Wednesday, Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich drew attention to himself when he tweeted that Judge Sonia Sotomayor should “withdraw” her nomination for the Supreme Court because she’s a “Latina woman racist.” Since then, some Senate Republicans have sought to distance themselves from Gingrich. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said he disagreed while Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) called it “terrible.” Now, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has told the Washington Post that he is “uneasy” with the rhetoric:
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said today he was “uneasy” over allegations by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and talk-show host Rush Limbaugh that Sotomayor is racist. Sessions, who lost a 1986 bid for a federal judgeship amid concerns over his own racial sensitivity, said Republicans should focus on Sotomayor’s legal record to try to divine what sort of a Supreme Court justice she would make.
“I’m uneasy,” Sessions said in a 30-minute interview in his office in the Russell Senate Office Building. “I don’t think that’s good rhetoric. The question is, has the judge gone too far or not, given the established law of the land?”
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Why would she thank the welfare system. After her father died her mother worked two jobs while raising two children by herself. Princeton scholarships are not part of the welfare system. Do you know anything about anything Merdad?
May 29th, 2009 at 8:20 pm“I’m uneasy,” Sessions said in a 30-minute interview in his office in the Russell Senate Office Building. “I don’t think that’s good rhetoric . . . “`
Translation — Little Newtie uses too many big words and Jeffy doesn’t know how to use a dictionary.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:21 pmCutting taxes to create jobs. Ha ha ha. It’s an obsession, isn’t it?
May 29th, 2009 at 8:24 pmWith all the moronic vitriol spewed forth by the right over a moderate/right Supreme Court nominee, I wonder why President Obama didn’t just appoint a liberal in the first place.
The court has been out of balance for far too long.
By the way, don’t waste your time reading the troll who posted at 1. I took one for the team and read his post. It’s the same old moronic anti-socialist diatribe that you hear from all Limhawg fans.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:26 pmHey, Doodlebug. Merdad should not be blamed in this. He is a product of the “republican welfare system”. His thoughts are given to him daily by the likes of Limpballs and Little Seanie Vanity. He has been raised to believe that government is incompetent when, in fact, the key problem is that his idols (GDumbya, Ronnie RayGun, etc.) are incompetent.
He is fed a constant diet of half-truths and is too lazy to evaluate them or think for himself. Confusing “welfare” with “scholarships” earned on the merits of a person’s achievements is an understandable point of confusion for morons like Merdad.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:26 pmMerdad is a fraud…
May 29th, 2009 at 8:33 pmMerdad Says:
this nominee judge…
That’s the fourth thread you’ve spammed this into. Kind of makes it pointless to respond to you, much less waste time reading it again.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:34 pmwiley Says:
Cutting taxes to create jobs. Ha ha ha. It’s an obsession, isn’t it?
Imagine if you ran a business that way – controlling costs to spur growth? Go ask any MBA how that works.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:35 pmJeeze, Merdad, you are really infatuated with Rush Limbaugh.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:40 pmI think Merdad started Happy Hour a little early today.
Frankly, Merdad, Dudley Moore was a much funnier drunk. I see what you’re going for, it’s just not working.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:51 pmMerdad Says:
ElBruce tell me if you know of any poor man created a job.
Ooh, pop quiz! I’ll say Thomas Edison off the top of my head – wait, now you’re saying there’s no economic opportunity in America?
My point was simply this: you don’t make money by saving money, you make money by investing money. This is a fundamental principle of all business.
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Merdad Says:
we need to renew Bush’s tax cut, eliminate capital gains, marriage taxes, change the law and allow GW Bush to run again, and bring stability and respect to this once a great nation.
I look forward to the Republican Party running on exactly this platform in 2012.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:51 pmI’ve found work on my own. Posted a flyer. You’se sure love yer masssa giving you work don’t ya, merdad? Standing out waiting for that hand-out you call “a job”, huh? From the the golden loins of the man? Who “gives people jobs” out of the kindness of their hearts.
Let’s pretend like labor doesn’t produce wealth, that’s always fun, isn’t it?
May 29th, 2009 at 8:51 pmDidn’t you already say this?
May 29th, 2009 at 8:55 pmDidn’t you already say this?
May 29th, 2009 at 8:55 pmMerdad makes the average troll seem intelligent.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:56 pmGee, come to a progressive website, spout wingnuttia and then complain when you get “whacked”. Poor little titty-baby. Can’t take the heat, get out of our kitchen. This is a progressive website. All that crap you’ve heard about liberals being universally inclusive, tolerant to the point of tolerating bigotry and injustice, and open-minded to the point of not being able to take one’s own side in an argument is a right-wing strawman.
PAY YOUR NICKEL, TAKE YOUR CHANCES. YOU DON’T LIKE IT, LEAVE.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:57 pmA “Limbaugh school graduate” ?
You’re a chemist/pharmacist , d-bag ?
May 29th, 2009 at 8:57 pmMerdad Says:
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this nominee judge never thanked the greatness of this nation making her what she is now.
What in hell does Judge Sotomayor have to do with welfare? Her mother worked two jobs, she worked her way through Princeton and Yale. You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. I’m a liberal and I don’t hate America. I don’t like hypocrites like you or the Bush Crime Family. You are the ones who are Anti-American. Your demagogue Rush wants America to fail.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:00 pmMerdad, is that like mermaid? How sweet.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:00 pmMerdad=Dumba$$fool!
May 29th, 2009 at 9:00 pmMerdad Says:
I did not say to thank the welfare- libs always defended welfare and ….why not if someone loves the welfare system as libs do, tahnks it. libs hate this nation- did not forget what libs did to an honorable man name GW bush
Well, Bush did to the USA what you do to the English language.
Trash it completely.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:01 pmMerdad:
May 29th, 2009 at 9:03 pmAriel is hot…
Sessions needs to be more than just “uneasy”. He needs to take a stand and reign in the “over the top” spew coming from these powerless windbags like Tancredo, Rove and even Steele. Oh my bad, I forgot that Sessions has a reputation for being a rascist too.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:07 pmwiley Says:
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Gee, come to a progressive website, spout wingnuttia and then complain when you get “whacked”.
AMEN AND AWOMEN TO THAT!
May 29th, 2009 at 9:09 pmI don’t know if I’d go THAT far, Shayne, but he sure makes them seem less wasted.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:09 pmI’m pretty sure the term “merdad” has something to do with shit…
May 29th, 2009 at 9:10 pmYawwwwn! Another week another call from Gingrich demanding some Democrat step down!
May 29th, 2009 at 9:13 pmIs this what the GOP have come to? Sending clown trolls to liberal websites to defend the “honor” of disgraced and shameless hacks like Gingrich and Tancredo?
May 29th, 2009 at 9:15 pmMerdad Says:
Someone tell me- who loves USA more than the man, the legend, the way of life, libs nite mare, great American, and America’s Piñata Rush Limbaugh. give one lib name
Wayne A. Schneider
I love this country more than Rush does.
Go to Hell.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:18 pm‘Uneasy’.. That’s it? WTF? Sotomayor is being called a premenstrual, lefist, activist, racist, unintelligent Latina woman. And Sessions is ‘Uneasy.’ Christ! I wonder what the righties would have to call her before he gets disgusted.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:18 pmMerdad Says:
Someone tell me- who loves USA more than the man, the legend, the way of life, libs nite mare, great American, and America’s Piñata Rush Limbaugh. give one lib name- libs hate this country. they always in bed with dictators, hello Fidel Catro, hello Hugo
I could name thousands of people that love the USA more than Rush.
I doubt you’d be able to meet them personally, since most of them died on the battlefield trying to defend this country with their bodies and blood.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:19 pmThe feeble attempt to cast Sotomayor as a racist and the juvenile, misogynistic comments being made by social conservative pundits, is going to backfire on the far right-wing base of the GOP and provide further proof that the Repubigot Party is out of touch with the vast majority of the American public.
Yet another reason why the GOP is rapidly become irrelevant.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:23 pmYOU do NOT get to tell me, or anyone else for that matter, what they do or do not like. Stop projecting your falsehoods onto other people to rationalize your bias.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:31 pmRush ranted for years about how drug addicts should be deported to other nations…then refused to deport himself, which he probably loathes.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:32 pmBlaming other people for societies ills doesnt mean Limbaugh loves the USA more than anyone else…and how exactly do you measure how much one loves the USA more than another? Rush hates 2/3rds of the USAs population, which he constantly points fingers at. I would say Rush loves Rush, not the USA.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:37 pmSo, stupid troll. How many jobs have you been fired from? Is that why you are so contemptuous of your betters? Do all those “libruls” keep figuring out that you’re useless?
May 29th, 2009 at 9:37 pmlooks like Merdad retired to sleep it off…
May 29th, 2009 at 9:41 pmMerdad Says:
America’s Piñata Rush Limbaugh
So, if I whack him with a stick what will some out? A little shower of oxy pills, or the same foul bile he emits on a daily basis?
May 29th, 2009 at 9:43 pmRush loves the USA soooooo much, he let an ingrown butt hair stop him from serving the country he loves.
Yeh, he loves the USA because it allows cowards like him to talk about how patriotic they are while sitting safely at home, or jabbering endlessly into a microphone, then stuffs a giant phallic cigar in his mouth and worries oh so much about our troops while carting his 650 lb gorilla ass around some golf course like the country club republican he is.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:46 pmMerdad Says:
I’m getting a little tired of getting whacked by everybody out there…
WHACK!
Say that again. SAY IT!
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ralph the wonder locust Says:
I’m pretty sure the term “merdad” has something to do with shit…
It could be some variation on “merde,” which is French for poo-poos.
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eyeswideopen1 Says:
Yawwwwn! Another week another call from Gingrich demanding some Democrat step down!
It’s lonely out there with just him and Tom DeLay.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:53 pmAs for Gingrich…anyone that tries to make themselves look better by making everyone else seem worse deserves no respect.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:10 pmOT
More teabagger repugs’ mentality from the teabagger referred to as hannity:
He was doing a countdown on the Stimulus Package wasteful spending. He said, and I kid you not, that a project to repair a boardwalk wasn’t job ready. He denounced the spending while showing pics and vids of a raggedy broadwalk.
The kicker, he said the project will begin this fall. Then he said “good luck” to the people who will use it in the fall.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
WHAT A FREAKIN DUMBASS!
May 29th, 2009 at 10:15 pmMaking America Better, right Merdad?
May 29th, 2009 at 10:17 pmThe irony of that comment, is that Newt tweeted it while visiting a nazi crematorium.
The man has no shame.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:19 pmMathazar Says:
The irony of that comment, is that Newt tweeted it while visiting a nazi crematorium.
Holy crap, you’re not kidding! So those are his thoughts on racism while touring Auschwitz? Wow.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:37 pm“Someone tell me- who loves USA more than the man, the legend, the way of life, libs nite mare, great American, and America’s Piñata Rush Limbaugh”
You’re right, he fought so heroically to avoid nam. Chickhawk Dick Chaney was the deferment champ but ol boil but rush ran a close second.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:37 pmThe republics are scared they’ll lose the Latino vote. That is the only reason they’re softening their attack on Sotomayor.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:42 pmI read Newts twitter site the other day…I though it was quite juvenile
May 29th, 2009 at 10:42 pmif Rush is a Pinata he needs to hang himself from a tree.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:43 pmMathazar Says:
The irony of that comment, is that Newt tweeted it while visiting a nazi crematorium.
Is Newt incapable of introspection, or does he simply have no soul?
May 29th, 2009 at 10:45 pmMerdad Says:
As a graduate of Limbaugh school of policy and advanced democracy, I here by declare that the welfare system has failed for good.
*****
May 29th, 2009 at 10:45 pmYeah, that’s probably the only school you graduated from…loser!
Trolls and the Dunning-Kruger effect.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:46 pmmerdad does not know how to make a point. at all. he’s trying to burn ice. GW should be elected again? he wasn’t even elected the first time.
I don’t like GW and I think he took america for a ride. while he was drunk. therefore I don’t like when people say they like GW but fail to mention 1 single thing that he did that was good. and no, 9/11 is not something he can take credit for. (GW always claims he kept america safe, but people forget 9/11 happened on HIS watch.)
Burrr, Merdad is a troll that actually pushed my buttons. I fell like such a “conservative” now.(because my buttons are so easily pushed). Frown face.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:48 pmMerdad
My GOD you are a moron. Who feeds you this idiocy? Could you POSSIBLY have been any stupider? Try to get your matching pair of braincells firing in unison before you attempt another post. I mean it will STILL be stupid you are never going to be able to do any better than abject stupidity but you wont embarass yourself quite so pitifully.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:51 pmMerdad do you even have a CLUE as to how stupid you are? Take a pill and this time leave the stupid pills alone. You have obviously had enough of them
May 29th, 2009 at 10:54 pmOT, but I am sure that Tim Vaculik is beside himself because of this unjust act. Bondholders first!
May 29th, 2009 at 10:56 pmMerdad Says:
Someone tell me- who loves USA more than the man, the legend, the way of life, libs nite mare, great American, and America’s Piñata Rush Limbaugh.
Merdad you ignorant scum. If Rush Limbaugh raped babies while under the influence of oxy-contin inside his radio studio and miked it so it can be heard over the airwaves. You’d call it a patriotic noble act. STFU.
Oh here. Looks like another Repuke like yourself won’t get to vote in the next election cycle and beyond.
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_148235500.html
Your kind of guy.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:59 pmI’m just still astounded at how many things scare our pet trolls. If I was afraid of half that wacky crap I’d have to just off myself cause there’s no way I could live with that kind of fear.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:04 pmIm trying to find something that doesnt scare them
May 29th, 2009 at 11:10 pmOh, here it is. Overweight drug addicts and men who have diaper fetishes
May 29th, 2009 at 11:12 pmNo matter who was nominated, no matter what he or she ever said at any point in his/her life, these vicious insane simulacrums of humanity would be
SHRIEKING, SQUEALING, SQUALLING, WHINING, SLOBBERING, INSULTING AND DEMANDING APOLOGIES, AND OTHERWISE CARRYING ON LIKE PRE-SENTIENT CHIMPANZEES IN A PARTICULARLY MALODOROUS AND POLLUTED ZOO.
One should never give even a crumb of credence to Limbaugh, Gingrinch, or Cheney, an unholy trinity if ever there was one. They should be shunned, forced to carry a clanging bell wherever they go, crying “UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!”
May 29th, 2009 at 11:14 pmMerdad Says:
America’s Piñata Rush Limbaugh…
I totally agree with that description. And I’m sure he’s chock full of delicious (prescription) candy. But the “libs night mare” thing I can’t get behind. I’m very glad he’s out there rallying all of the evil idiotic filth together so that we can more easily identify them. Apparently my “wingnut tag and release” idea was unconstitutional or something… grumble grumble.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:14 pmSome GNOPers, looking at the very real possibility of losing their seats, are suddenly finding “Principles Through Polling”.
The latest Research 2000 poll showing Congressional Republicans with a 12% favorable/73% unfavorable rating.
Ooops.
PEACE
May 29th, 2009 at 11:15 pmThats better 8]
May 29th, 2009 at 11:15 pmMe either, heck we all know Limbaugh and his antics didnt help any GnOPers to get elected — hes not a nightmare he is a laughingstock
May 29th, 2009 at 11:16 pmXisithrus Says:
Oh, here it is. Overweight drug addicts and men who have diaper fetishes.
and doughnuts…I don’t think they’re afraid of doughnuts.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:17 pmEugeneDebs Says:
Merdad do you even have a CLUE as to how stupid you are? Take a pill and this time leave the stupid pills alone. You have obviously had enough of them
I hope cyanide is part of “it’s” battery of medications.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:18 pmThey love dognuts
May 29th, 2009 at 11:18 pmMerdad Says:
. . . did not forget what libs did to an honorable man name GW bush
You’re probably right; there probably is another GW [B]ush or two, completely unrelated to our former president and whose lives have been ruined. . . but it wasn’t by the “libs.”
May 29th, 2009 at 11:21 pmThe original GW accomplished that demise with only the help of his most trusted advisers.
That would be El-Rush-Bo
May 29th, 2009 at 11:21 pmIt is easy for Gingrich to say this sort of stupid stuff; he has no constituents, nor is he ever likely to have any again. Even Sessions won’t insult all Hispanics this openly.
Why does Gingrich have a soapbox? Who cares what a disgraced former-congressman thinks, anyway?
The fact thay he gets any airtime at all says a lot about the sorry state of the media.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:25 pmWe need to send dictionaries to Sessions and Merdad, et. al. When you learn to read and think and understand there are women and stupid like you and smart people who might have a thought other than your pure Rushbo factoids, then maybe we will listen to you.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:30 pm#1. Merdad
Don’t you get it yet – those talking points are so far from the truth they are even scaring away many of the goppers…. the goppers left that is…what – only 17% claim to be of the GOP.
#2. Doodlebug Shayne
Thank you.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:39 pmspencers mom Says:
The latest Research 2000 poll showing Congressional Republicans with a 12% favorable/73% unfavorable rating.
They drag down the favorability rating of Congress overall by sucking so hard, and then they go out screaming about the low favorability rating of the “Democrat-controlled Congress.” This is an old tactic. We need to keep exposing it.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:39 pmI am wondering if there are some Republicans who are having second thoughts about limbaugh,gingrich and cheney? The polls are telling quite a story about the present state of the Republican party. You can’t play the roll of “village idiots” too long before it sticks for good (we can only hope!).
May 29th, 2009 at 11:49 pmYou must be a parody
May 29th, 2009 at 11:52 pmI don’t know if the Republican Party stands for denouncing bigotry while openly practicing it or just plain going full out racist. Rush?
May 29th, 2009 at 11:52 pmMerdad Says:
. . . did not forget what libs did to an honorable man name GW bush
You can’t mean the GW Bush
- that blew up firecrackers in frogs,
- who had many drunk driving offenses,
- hit his dad while drunk,
- lied us into a war,
- crippled our country by lowering taxes of the wealthy and turned his back on banking regulations
you do realize Guatemalan Priests purified sites where Bush visited.
It’s no wonder your party is on life support as your judgment of an honorable man is in question.
May 30th, 2009 at 12:03 amA conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.
Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons, Mar. 3, 1845 British politician (1804 – 1881)
So, in effect, you are correct BullSmith
May 30th, 2009 at 12:04 amBullsmith Says:
I don’t know if the Republican Party stands for denouncing bigotry while openly practicing it or just plain going full out racist. Rush?
They have a record of strongly denouncing the gay community and yet recent history revealed that some of the biggest complainers were gay. I will never understand that mind set.
May 30th, 2009 at 12:15 amI think that can be explained by a will to power, and followers who are easy marks.
May 30th, 2009 at 12:19 amhad enough Says:
They have a record of strongly denouncing the gay community and yet recent history revealed that some of the biggest complainers were gay. I will never understand that mind set.
I remember hearing from someone who was gay who was a previous young-Republican vocal homophobe. He said it had a lot to do with self-hatred, as well as a desparate desire to take suspicion off of himself by casting it on others. After all, nobody expects the witch-hunter to be the witch.
May 30th, 2009 at 1:06 amAfter all, nobody expects the witch-hunter to be the witch.
ElBruce,
After a lifetime of watching and reading sci-fi, I have learned to always suspect that the witch-hunter is the witch. ;)
May 30th, 2009 at 1:22 amMerdad, save up so you can get your daughters some real legs.
May 30th, 2009 at 1:49 amYou should be working at a real job instead of hanging out here providing comic relief.
The root word for merdad says it all.
May 30th, 2009 at 8:42 amDid someone call me.?……LOL….Looks like another trollathon day…..Happy posting all…..P,B, & J
May 30th, 2009 at 9:00 amsea?
May 30th, 2009 at 9:00 amMy question to the re-pukes that are uncomfortable with this kind of talk have personally said so to the Newtster, Becky and Flush, or are they just blowing hot air?
May 30th, 2009 at 9:09 amHow come it seems that only former GOOPers(Newt and Tancredo) are the only ones who seem to be slamming Sotamayor and not current office holders who seem uneasy over the kinds of things being said about her by these formers GOOPers, are these guys just in it for the attention or are they two of the many GOOPers that voted to put her on the Appeals court or are they really live RACISTS? The problem here is that no one has the BALLS to tell them to shut the PHUCK up.
May 30th, 2009 at 9:21 amDid we forget about or are we being Hypocrits?
I’m guessing the second is most accurate.
We recognize that this is likely too much to ask of the oh so “racially sensitive” Democrats who want us to ignore their racist past and failed socialism that have caused so much harm to black Americans. So we will not hold our breath waiting for their response.
http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.DYK-OBAMA-CanYouSpareAPROCLAMATION
In 2001,
President George W. Bush nominated former Justice Department lawyer Miguel Estrada to a seat on the federal courts of appeals. In that instance, as today, the nominee was was a Hispanic with a compelling story and impressive qualifications. And some of the very people who are today praising Sotomayor spent their time devising extraordinary measures to kill Estrada’s chances.
Born in Honduras, Estrada came to the United States at 17, not knowing a word of English. He learned the language almost instantly, and within a few years was graduating with honors from Columbia University and heading off to Harvard Law School. He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, was a prosecutor in New York, and worked at the Justice Department in Washington before entering private practice.
Estrada’s nomination for a federal judgeship set off alarm bells among Democrats. There is a group of left-leaning organizations — People for the American Way, NARAL, the Alliance for Justice, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the NAACP, and others — that work closely with Senate Democrats to promote Democratic judicial nominations and kill Republican ones. They were particularly concerned about Estrada.
May 30th, 2009 at 11:14 amIt’s nice to know that the racist sessions is being tempered by his bitter memories of being smacked down during confirmation hearing for his racism. I think Jeffy-Boy is not so emboldened to spew his hate anymore and now prefers to burn his crosses privately.
May 30th, 2009 at 11:54 amOk, I get their strategy now. They have has-been politicians and right wing talking heads trash Sonia Sotomayor and the sitting politicians will take a more moderate position. You will notice that Sessions didn’t say that what Gingrich said was wrong, just that he shouldn’t be saying it.
May 30th, 2009 at 11:55 amNationalBlackRepublicans?
Now there’s a completely self-loathing group.
LOL!
May 30th, 2009 at 12:18 pmIs the point you’re trying to make supposed to be that people who support Sotomayor are hypocrites for not supporting another Latino nominee, even though his politics were in direct conflict with theirs?
Wouldn’t that mean that you’re criticizing people for NOT treating all Latinos the same because of their ethnic identity?
Kinda sounds like it.
May 30th, 2009 at 12:54 pmDemocratic Senators opposed the nomination of Estrada, noting his lack of any prior judicial experience at the local, state, or federal level. Democratic Senators also objected to the refusal by the Office of the Solicitor General to release samples of Estrada’s writings while employed there. To the best of my knowledge he was never accused of being a stupid, affirmative action, racist who intended to make law from the bench. He was simply not qualified on any level. Bushco tried to fly a nominee who didn’t have any qualifications beyond his loyalty to Bushco.
On the other hand, even the most rabid Reichwhiner isn’t foolish enough to say that Judge Sotomayor lacks the professional acumen and experience to sit on the Supreme Court. That’s why they are making sh!t up to screech about.
Seriously, stupid trolls. One can’t legitimately compare Estrada and Sotomayor.
May 30th, 2009 at 4:31 pmFirmMarci Says:
…Democrats who want us to ignore their racist past and failed socialism that have caused so much harm to black Americans.
Absolutely not. The Democratic party prior to the passage of the Civil Rights act was the standard-bearer for institutional racism in the U.S. We don’t want that ignored, because we want to prevent it from happening again.
We also concede that LBJ’s “Great Society” and “War on Poverty” were abysmal failures, largely due to the racist assumptions underlying their application. For the most obvious example, putting thousands of black people into sky-rise housing projects was extremely detrimental to their chances at opportunity down the road.
Again, we don’t deny any of this. We openly admit it all. We don’t want to sweep it under the rug. We’re trying to do better today. How about you?
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FirmMarci Says:
Estrada’s nomination for a federal judgeship set off alarm bells among Democrats. There is a group of left-leaning organizations — People for the American Way, NARAL, the Alliance for Justice, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the NAACP, and others — that work closely with Senate Democrats to promote Democratic judicial nominations and kill Republican ones. They were particularly concerned about Estrada.
It seems obvious that they opposed him due to his qualifications, and not because of his ethnicity.
What is also obvious is that you can’t tell the difference.
May 30th, 2009 at 4:53 pmthe problem with both sides is they get so caught up in rhetoric that no honest discussion can take place. Sotomayor will be confirmed…however, had a white male made the comment she made in 2001 and reversed the roles….he would be labeled a racist…and definitely not confirmed.
Liddy isn’t a conservative….he’s an entertainer(supposedly)…remember?
May 31st, 2009 at 8:52 amI can’t personally speak to “what kind of man” Alberto Gonzales is, but I think I can say with absolute confidence that he is a crappy attorney, with no understanding of the Constitution or its proper interpretation.
May 31st, 2009 at 3:28 pmI think the GOPers are sendng out the Coulters, Rushs, Becks et al to purposely be extreme far right that it will allow Sessions and other republicans to be able to appear as if they are rational people. In comparison to the Hannitys and Ingrams. They probably feel that Rush makes Michelle Backman sound normal.
June 1st, 2009 at 1:32 amUneasy? But not enough for any of them to come right out and say STOP IT. Not that upset. Not upset enough to take control of their own party and make it stand for something other then the last eight years. Not enough to take it away from the Limbaugh’s, and Gingrich, a man who had to leave as speaker because of ethics violations. Not enough to tell Liddy that he is a felon and a man of no morals and a dirty mind. They let him speak for them too.
Upset, uneasy? Not really, and not enough. They are allowing their own party to be destroyed, because they are afraid to take on the very spokespeople that represent their party. Going, going, gone. You cannot have it both ways. You cannot allow the slime to rule, and then claim some minor distress at what they say and do.
June 1st, 2009 at 1:39 amThank You
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