George H.W. Bush condemns right-wing attacks on Sotomayor: Those ‘radical’ statements are ‘not right.’
George H.W. Bush condemns right-wing attacks on Sotomayor: Those ‘radical’ statements are ‘not right.’
Today in an interview with CNN, President George H.W. Bush condemned the right-wing attacks on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Specifically, he took issue with the assertion that Sotomayor is “racist,” which has been made by Newt Gingrich, Tom Tancredo, and Rush Limbaugh:
“I don’t know her that well but I think she’s had a distinguished record on the bench and she should be entitled to fair hearings. Not – [it's] like the senator John Cornyn said it,” he told CNN. “He may vote for it, he may not. But he’s been backing away from these…backing off from those radical statements to describe her, to attribute things to her that may or may not be true.
“And she was called by somebody a racist once. That’s not right. I mean that’s not fair. It doesn’t help the process. You’re out there name-calling. So let them decide who they want to vote for and get on with it.”
In 1991, Bush nominated Sotomayor as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, making her “the youngest judge in the Southern District of New York and the first Hispanic federal judge in the state.”
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June 12th, 2009 at 2:48 pmWay to jump in to defend the judge you once nominated, Poppy, as soon as the right wing decided that their opposition was doomed.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:48 pmhmm…trying to decide whether intra-party bickering is better than partisan bickering.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:51 pmIf we hadn’t beaten the freaks into submission I would have betted on one being here in 5 minutes to post “HW was not/is not a conservative”
June 12th, 2009 at 2:51 pmAnnie- you beat me to it.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:53 pmLeftside Annie Says:
Cue apology to Rush Limbaugh in 3… 2… 1…
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i would be surprised if Bush Sr. apologized to Rush. say what you will about his tenure as president, but in comparison to the two boobs who just left office, he’s managed to hold onto his dignity pretty well.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:54 pmNow there’s a sight you don’t see everyday… a Republican with a brain. Good for Bush 41.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:54 pmdbadass Says:
If we hadn’t beaten the freaks into submission I would have betted on one being here in 5 minutes to post “HW was not/is not a conservative”
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i wouldn’t rule that out. is it more preposterous for rush to argue that bush sr isn’t a conservative than it is for him to argue that a white supremecist/militia-type is inspired by left-wing propaganda?
June 12th, 2009 at 2:55 pmI don’t know about you guys, but I don’t ever want to see a Bush family memeber again. After what Bush Jr. did to this country, I wish they would fade away into the backround.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:55 pmwhy can’t these bushes and cheneys just go away? why do they hog the limelight for every freaking second? why can’t they STFU already? narcissistic attention-whores.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:55 pmstjack says…
It is fun watching the intra-party bickering.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:56 pmHey 41, while we’re on the subject of race-baiting for political games, let’s talk about Willie Horton…
June 12th, 2009 at 2:57 pmLeftside Annie Says:
Cue apology to Rush Limbaugh in 3… 2… 1…
Nah. This hopefully is shaping up as a neo/paleocon grudgematch, because the Paleos have become fed up with being marginalized within the party.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:02 pmCareful there #41. You run the risk of having imprecatory prayers cast against you, by those God fearing Xtianists that you so lovingly manipulated.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:05 pmWhen the Bush family represents the only sanity and civility, this extremist party’s minority status is settling in for a good long time.
PEACE
June 12th, 2009 at 3:08 pmThe master of the non-apology apology (I’m sorry if I offended any pussie who couldn’t handle the truth…) now turns his hand to the non-prohibitive prohibition: “He may vote for it, he may not. But he’s been backing away from these…backing off from those radical statements to describe her, to attribute things to her that may or may not be true.”
Cannot bring himself to just say it, he’s gotta hedge.
GHWB has probably killed people, personally, so it probably cannot be said that he is ‘gutless.’ But he seems never to have retrieved his manhood from the blind-trust he deposited in when he went to wet-nurse Raygun…
June 12th, 2009 at 3:08 pmIt’s very, very unusual for a Republican, like Bush, to defend a non-caucasian. Rush Limbaugh isn’t going to like this.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:10 pmHey 41, while we’re on the subject of race-baiting for political games, let’s talk about Willie Horton…
June 12th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
GHWB has to live with Babs, in comparison to which, the rest of his punishments are infinitissemal…it’s all the comfort I can take, and it isn’t enough, but whathehell
June 12th, 2009 at 3:10 pmNote that he did not say this on FOX News. It seems that whenever someone in the GOP decides it’s time to tell an uncomfortable truth, they turn to one of the other networks in order to minimize the fallout.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:11 pmDear Mister President Bush,
Too bad that you didn’t “pull it out” in time to save us the misery of eight long years of torture, treason and tyranny under the misrule of your miserable offspring.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:17 pmSkydiving at 85 is impressive, H.W.
Flydiving at 55 isn’t, Mr. Rove.
It’s Friday…
H.W. Bush: Karl, there’s a fly in my soup, what should I do?
Rove: Open it!
June 12th, 2009 at 3:18 pmi suppose when you get to the age of “poppy” it really doesn’t matter what sacks-o-sheeyat like tub-o-lard limpballs think about you and you can speak your mind. good on ya, george.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:19 pmHaven’t heard from Jeb yet; wonder what he thinks since he is married to a Hispanic.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:24 pmAnd what a screw job your off spring did to our country… 41.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:29 pmAnyone else seeing #41’s parachute jump today as a little more of the competition between him and #43?
As for Sotomayor, since he nominated her in the past, he must defend her today — whereas Dumbya has to keep a low profile and pray he doesn’t get indicted, much less have a word to say about judges, considering what happened to the DoJ under his administration.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:32 pmSorry, Bush Senior, but the Republican Party has morphed into the Republic Fascist Party of Bigotry, Hate, Corruption, War Criminals, and Racists, who lie, threaten, steal, kill and terrorize the country.
Good luck with trying to bring them back into the real world, they are at present – psychoic.
Fcuk the Republic Fascist Party
June 12th, 2009 at 3:33 pmThe recent footage that has come out of Congress of Sotomayor saying she is a product of affirmative action, is making the GOP thik that they finally got something on her.
Watch this clip and read this post to see that they are actually validating affirmative action by revealing this this footage.
Check out this post from another progressive blog, where Hannity and the GOP think they finally found they missing piece that is going to bury Sotomayor. After reading this article, they are doing the exact opposite.
http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=1771
June 12th, 2009 at 3:34 pmIn 1991, Bush nominated Sotomayor as a judge for the U.S. District Court…
Today he says “I don’t know her that well ……”
Oooops! Anyone else sees a problems with these two statments?
June 12th, 2009 at 3:55 pmkrystalview Says:
In 1991, Bush nominated Sotomayor as a judge for the U.S. District Court…
Today he says “I don’t know her that well ……”
Oooops! Anyone else sees a problems with these two statments?
A Republican wasn’t doing his job? I don’t see a problem there, at least not a logical problem.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:58 pmDo you think the republicans will even ADMIT to this incompetence? HA!
June 12th, 2009 at 4:00 pmI’ll take any Republican calling for rationality and civility. Even an old fart. In fact, the old guard should step up and smack the latest nasty critters down and tell them to behave.
Not that it will happen or the new crew will listen.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:07 pmWonder if Papa Bush called limbaugh on his birthday this year ? Boy, first little mealy mouth laura praising Sotomayer and now Papa Bush, maybe the sky is falling.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:10 pmHey guys,
Not that this is pertinent to the article but I wanted to point this out for the trolls :)
Pappa Bush has held his voice and criticism of his loser son and how he has mucked up the Country long enough.
Get ready for a whole string of comments…I can feel them bubbling out of him hehehehe…
Baby Bush didn’t even show up today for Pappas 85th Birthday party where he of all things…tandem skydived out of a plane.
Love or hate Bush Sr. at 85 that was a nervy thing to do.
So was speaking out in support of Sotamayer.
Run and hide little cockroaches run and hide…
Cue Limbaugh apology 3 2 1…
June 12th, 2009 at 4:48 pmkevsters Says:
The recent footage that has come out of Congress of Sotomayor saying she is a product of affirmative action, is making the GOP thik that they finally got something on her.
I think it’d be impossible to find a non-white/male at that age who was not a product of affirmative action. If it weren’t for affirmative action, the only qualified people would still be 100% white/male. That was kind of the entire point.
Colin Powell is also a product of affirmative action. So’s Michael Steele.
Besides, it matters a lot less how she got into college than how she did by graduation.
June 12th, 2009 at 4:55 pmOh please,
She qualified the entire affirmative action statement already…
Yes it probably HELPED her get into IVY league School but then she specifically states that she EARNED her grades herself…
So she was an affirmative action applicant…so what…she graduated SUMMA CUM-LAUDE Not many can say that…
June 12th, 2009 at 5:12 pmLet me add to 36, I believe that she graudated 2nd in her class.
This as opposed to the rich kids that got in because daddy could donate money to the school – and then barely squeaked through.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:53 pmI’m wondering if he’s speaking as the Godfather of the Republican party. They can’t bring Reagan back, as much as they want to.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:49 pmI see a fracture coming. The party of Lincoln, and the party of Rush.
June 12th, 2009 at 8:01 pmI see a fracture coming. The party of Lincoln, and the party of Rush.
June 12th, 2009 at 8:14 pmWhat Papa Bush is telling the GOP is that Obama is on the very same mission as the Neocons, the New World Order, and all that rot. Many of the GOP don’t even notice they are on the same team on the forever wars of terror.
June 12th, 2009 at 8:16 pmen son videolar
June 14th, 2009 at 12:35 pmen son videolar