Martinez dismisses uproar over Sotomayor’s ‘wise Latina’ comment: ‘I understand what she is trying to say.’
By on Jun 9th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Martinez dismisses uproar over Sotomayor’s ‘wise Latina’ comment: ‘I understand what she is trying to say.’
CNN reports Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) is now predicting the successful confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, although he stopped short of endorsing her. Dismissing the controversy over Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” statement, Martinez said:
For someone who is of Latin background, personally, I understand what she is trying to say. Which is, the richness of her experience forms who she is. It forms who I am.
Sen. Martinez’s comments come following a one-on-one meeting he had with Sotomayor.
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good thing mel’s not running for re-election or he’d be facing a primary challenger promoted by the fringe group “assclowns for growth” people and have to contend with tub-o-lard rush.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:38 pmFunny how talking to people prevents one from making wild assumptions. Kudos to Martinez for not listening to other conservatives.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:38 pmCue BOSS Limbaugh:
“Mel Martinez is a racist! He’s only saying that because he’s a Latino and Sotomayor is a Latina!”
Etc., etc.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:44 pmYou got that right, J. Fred, give it 1 day at the most and I am sure the ReichWing Pigs will have their “thought pattern” implanted.
Fcuk the Republic Fascist Party
June 9th, 2009 at 3:46 pmOoops.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:50 pmOMG Sen Martinez hates white people too!
June 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pmHe actually knows he needs the hispanic vote to survive, so signing on board the “we hate all non-white people” bandwagon is suicide. Of course it’s suicide for them too, they’re just too blind to see it.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:59 pmIn other words, “now can I get some of that Latino vote action back again?”
June 9th, 2009 at 4:02 pmRepublicans have been making openly racists comments about Sotomayor since she was nominated two weeks ago, but when the vote comes, they’ll vote for her, even giving her faint praise as they do.
Then, when the 2010 mid-terms approach, they’ll tout their vote for “the first Hispanic SC justice in history” in an attempt to appeal to Hispanic voters. Question is, how many will fall for it?
June 9th, 2009 at 4:04 pmMugsy Says:
Then, when the 2010 mid-terms approach, they’ll tout their vote for “the first Hispanic SC justice in history” in an attempt to appeal to Hispanic voters. Question is, how many will fall for it?
Unfortunately as with any and everything else too many will fall for this BS.
RIP
June 9th, 2009 at 4:08 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
I knew there was a reasonable Republican out there somewhere. I just knew it.
Now the $64,000 question – will they let him stay in the party, or will they run him out, and if they let him stay, will he have to apologize to someone fat and loud whose name we won’t mention?
June 9th, 2009 at 4:08 pmSo…….Mel Martinez decided to stop beating a dead horse? Wow!
June 9th, 2009 at 4:10 pmI’m pretty sure that everybody in the GOP understood what she was SAYING. But they needed to pretend she said something else, so they could complain about it.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:10 pmMartinez aplogy to Flush Limpdick in 3…2…1…
BTW: what’s with these comment numbers- or the lack thereof.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:11 pmjosquen: BUSTED FOR SPAMMING PORN> FLAGGED TO BE BANISHED>
June 9th, 2009 at 4:13 pmGreetings, fellow mortal posters. I Am, the Highest of Gods posting.
I must commend the senator for rising above the words of his fellow constituents and speaking his mind on the matter. That he spoke to Judge Sotomayor shows he is able to resist such hateful and foolish rhetoric, which is the last thing the United States needs in these times.
Hopefully there will be others who will aproach this in the same objective manner as the senators has.
-God
June 9th, 2009 at 4:16 pmHopefully there will be others who will aproach this in the same objective manner as the senators has.
It appears that even with My omniscience, My command of the English language and the function known as “Preview”, I have made what you may call a boo-boo.
Allow me to say…oops!
June 9th, 2009 at 4:20 pmwe never thought you were infallible
we’ve all seen a platypus (or at least a picture)
besides, if you were real, there would be no religion
June 9th, 2009 at 4:38 pmlooks like the day shift cut out early at troll central
night crew isn’t here yet
June 9th, 2009 at 4:41 pmWell, unfortunately for Mel, he just admitted that he isn’t a white guy AND that he empathizes with a SCOTUS nominee who is a “racialist“. Guess that means that he’ll have to quit being a Republican.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:47 pmOMG! A Republican who is willing to deal with that most Liberal Evil Thing…Reality! Banish him! Banish him! Call in the Spanish Inquisition and subject him to… The Comfey Chair!
June 9th, 2009 at 4:48 pmMartinez understands what Sotomayor meant. Most Americans who are not white Anglo-Saxon Protestants also understand what she meant. The problem is, the GOP officials who complained about her statement deliberately misconstrued what she said in order to appeal to their constituents, the majority of whom they think are still WASPs. Just one more reason the GOP is an endangered species.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:00 pmMartinez to get thrown under the bus by “President” Limbaugh in 3… 2… 1…
June 9th, 2009 at 5:04 pmMartinez probably finally realized he’d better do something to insure his job and appeal to his voters – women, people of color – rather than continue to felate RushHannityGlenn.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:31 pmAfter all, it didn’t do the other “brown” folks much good – they tossed MC Steele and Alberto Gonzales under the bus long ago.
I’d like to see the people who badgered Sotomayor to also go after Martinez for saying this.
I won’t hold my breath, though…
June 9th, 2009 at 5:31 pmGod of Gods Prattles:
Greetings, fellow mortal posters. I Am, the Highest of Gods posting.
It also seems that, even with your omniscience, you don’t quite understand the meaning of the word fellow, or the proper use of punctuation marks.
And funny you should admit there are other gods, as opposed to being the only one as stated in the book you supposedly inspired.
Goes to show omniscience has lost much of its value over the centuries…
June 9th, 2009 at 5:41 pmThough I am not religious, I have a natural aversion to reading a post by “God”. Maybe it’s a side-effect of Brothabill, but I’m just really averse to reading anything by someone who uses “God” as a screen name. I allow myself jaunts into the narrow-minded when it’s of no consequence.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:36 pmwe’ve all seen a platypus (or at least a picture)
And what is wrong with the Platypus, My child?
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It also seems that, even with your omniscience, you don’t quite understand the meaning of the word fellow, or the proper use of punctuation marks.
And funny you should admit there are other gods, as opposed to being the only one as stated in the book you supposedly inspired.
Goes to show omniscience has lost much of its value over the centuries.
Omnipotence is not all it is quite made out to be, mortal poster. When one is setting about with work all around the universe, many things can fall by the wayside. Such as My comprehension of basic English grammar, to name one thing. It’s not intentional, I can assure you, but unfortunately, it happens.
As for ‘admitting’ to there being other gods, I have always been aware of other gods and dieties who have jockeyed for recognition, particularly in that part of the world where worship of My Self began. I just happened, in the long run, to have the greatest amount of worshippers. And those worshippers happened to omit this fact, unfortunately.
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Though I am not religious, I have a natural aversion to reading a post by “God”. Maybe it’s a side-effect of Brothabill, but I’m just really averse to reading anything by someone who uses “God” as a screen name. I allow myself jaunts into the narrow-minded when it’s of no consequence.
You should not feel uncomfortable around me, My child. I promise, I am simply here to speak My mind. :)
June 10th, 2009 at 9:29 amwiley Says:
Though I am not religious, I have a natural aversion to reading a post by “God”.
I pretty much skip those. He may be saying something interesting, but I wouldn’t know due to the pretention.
June 10th, 2009 at 10:12 am