Sen. Jeff Sessions Slams Sotomayor For Not Voting Like Other Puerto Ricans
Sen. Jeff Sessions Slams Sotomayor For Not Voting Like Other Puerto Ricans
This morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) castigated Sotomayor for not ruling with her fellow Puerto Rican colleague, conservative Judge José A. Cabranes, when she decided to deny an en banc appeal in Ricci v. DeStefano, a process in which all judges of a court hear a case (as opposed to a three-judge panel of them). Sessions seemed to indicate that people of the same ancestry should vote the same way:
SESSIONS: You voted not to reconsider the prior case. You voted to stay with the decision of the circuit. And in fact your vote was the key vote. Had you voted with Judge Cabranes, himself of Puerto Rican ancestry, had you voted with him, you could’ve changed that case.
Watch it:
Sessions slammed Sotomayor as being “unsuitable for the bench” due to her past affiliation with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF). Apparently, Sessions didn’t realize that Judge Cabranes also served on PRLDEF’s board.
Sessions, a former prosecutor and attorney general in his home state, was nominated to serve as a federal judge by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. Maybe he’s just bitter that he was denied a seat on the federal bench by the Senate Judiciary Committee in a 9-9 vote which deemed him “grossly insensitive” on racial issues. During his own hearings, Sessions admitted to “frequently joking in an off-color sort of way.” Looks like not much has changed.
TP’s Ian Millhiser is live-blogging today’s hearings. Check out his coverage here.
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is it just me or does jeff sessions look like one of the keebler elves?
July 14th, 2009 at 1:38 pmMaybe he’s just bitter that he was denied a seat on the federal bench
Or maybe this is his Homer Simpson moment which, as a Republican and conservative, he is prone to have on a daily basis.
“Mayor of Springfield: Nobody wold be stupid enough to do such a thing…
Homer: Doh!”
July 14th, 2009 at 1:39 pmAnd there goes whatever chance the GNOP had of capturing anymore of the Hispanic Vote. I’ve seen tone deaf in my day but its usually of the musical kind. This type of political deafness is really something else.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:39 pmApparently, Sessions has learned nothing from his own experience in the nominating process.
Sessions forgot to mention that all Puerto Ricans look alike, too…
I’d give this guy a buck to go buy a clue, but it would be money wasted.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:41 pmAnd I give Judge Sotomayor tremendous props for comporting herself with extreme grace and class while dealing with the idiot. Something that is very foreign to the clowns on the right.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:42 pmhe is a southern boy
the civil war is still on down there
justice in america is about politics
give me my pickup truck, my gun, and my trailer and I am as happy as can be.
oh and more federal money than my state pays in
July 14th, 2009 at 1:42 pmSessions is an unrepentant lifelong racist. It seems like he’s trying to provoke the “meltdown” referred to by Lindsey Graham.
As if something as puny and insignificant as a Jeff Sessions could take down a woman of integrity like Judge Sotomayor. Ha!
July 14th, 2009 at 1:42 pmSESSIONS: You voted not to reconsider the prior case. You voted to stay with the decision of the circuit. And in fact your vote was the key vote. Had you voted with Judge Cabranes, himself of Puerto Rican ancestry, had you voted with him, you could’ve changed that case.
Gee Jeff
If Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 was voted upon correctly , that case probably would have had a slightly larger impact on future events , jackass……….
July 14th, 2009 at 1:45 pmis it just me or does jeff sessions look like one of the keebler elves?
That’s an insult to the elves! At least they’re useful.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:45 pmhad you voted with him, you could’ve changed that case.
Yes, but she didn’t.
What’s your point, Mr. Sessions? That she didn’t vote the way you wanted? That’s hardly a disqualifier….
July 14th, 2009 at 1:45 pmso in the fantasy world that jeff sessions inhabits, i should have voted for grampy mclame? that’s pretty funny.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:46 pmSweet. A racist complaining that someone else doesn’t act like a racist.
Careful, Jeff, you almost had a real thought there.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:46 pmI like how subtle she is in the clip. Her face never changes when Sessions makes his comment, her pen simply stops moving and she looks up. Were I in her place, I’d have been snorting uncontrollably with derision while rolling my eyes. I have to say her technique placed emphasis on his idiocy while being totally unobjectionable.
You can tell she is appalled though.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:47 pmJim Wolf359 says
July 14th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
And I give Judge Sotomayor tremendous props for comporting herself with extreme grace and class while dealing with the idiot. Something that is very foreign to the clowns on the right.
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This process will do more than anything else to debunk the GOP talking point that Sotomayor is “difficult to get along with” and has a “bad temper”.
If she can deal with this circus while maintaining her dignity, I’m sure she can deal with anything thrown her way in the SCOTUS.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:47 pmSessions: Why don’t you rule more like Judge Cedarbaum?
Sotomayor: My friend Judge Cedarbaum is here. We are good friends, and she agrees with me.
Sessions: Doh!
July 14th, 2009 at 1:48 pmlemmie get this straight. first, the cancervatives were attacking sotomayor because she stated she’s a strong latina woman. now they’re attacking her because she’s not latin enough and didn’t side with a fellow puerto rican in a ruling? these assclowns need to pick a lane and stay in it
July 14th, 2009 at 1:49 pmWillWrite4Food says:
That’s an insult to the elves! At least they’re useful.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Mmmmm, cookies…
July 14th, 2009 at 1:50 pmJudge Sotomayor has played these backward racist repugs like a fine violin. They ask their race baiting questions, and then when she answer’s them you can watch their eye’s glaze over. This women has more brains, class and legal experience then all of them put together.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:51 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Jeff Sessions
Attempting to convince people from different groups to behave exactly like all others from their group.
Hate to inform you of this , Jeffy , but not everyone wants to follow the GOP’s useless blueprint………..
July 14th, 2009 at 1:51 pmI agree Molly. Seems to me that the rethugs on the committee are just flailing about, trying to find something, anything to hit her with. Doesn’t matter how inane, stupid, or just plain inappropiate it is. they’ve got nothing.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:51 pmSomeone once told me:
“You can’t reason with unreasonable people”.
What a complete waste of mental energy!
July 14th, 2009 at 1:55 pmMr. Cobb says:
It’s never bothered me too much she’s Roman Catholic by religion. You wouldn’t be able to find a Hispanic who wasn’t.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
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Unless, of course, you actually bothered to look.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:55 pmSessions was denied a federal judgeship because he was deemed “grossly insensitive,” even during a time when the Dems were abject pu$$ie$ in the face of Reagan’s (bewildering) popularity.
And yet AP just described him thusly:
In what alternate universe is he known as such? He’s famous for being a bigot, so is it OK if he’s a jocular bigot? This guy didn’t think so during Sessions’ judicial confirmation hearing:
It’s a disgrace to the system that Sessions is even in the Senate, much less in a position to question SCOTUS nominees.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:56 pmYeah Jeff , what in the hell is wrong with Ms Sotomayor ?
Imagine the NERVE of a Hispanic woman not taking advice from an anti-Hispanic racist like yourself ………..That’s truly puzzling , isn’t it ?
What a jackass……….
July 14th, 2009 at 1:57 pmMr. Cobb says:
I would hope that Sotomayor may now have a deeper appreciation for the intransient ignorant hate out there for certain folks. It’s never bothered me too much she’s Roman Catholic by religion. You wouldn’t be able to find a Hispanic who wasn’t.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Wow.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:58 pmMr. Cobb says:
You wouldn’t be able to find a Hispanic who wasn’t.
I have. Jehova’s Witnesses, Methodists, Muslim, Jewish, and even one or two Buddhists.
Then again, in order to find out, you cannot be afraid of meeting and talking to Hispanics…
July 14th, 2009 at 1:58 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Sen. Jeff Sessions Slams Sotomayor For Not Voting Like Other Puerto Ricans
The same argument could be made for Senator Sessions not voting like other white males in the Senate. They do have the majority, and the majority of that majority are Democrats, so Sessions voting with his ‘pub buds is not voting with the majority of his race and sex.
Just sayin’…
PEACE
July 14th, 2009 at 2:00 pmMr Cobb says,
July 14th, 2009 at 2:00 pmHey Cobbler, I think she’s already figured that one out. And as a point of refernce, does being Catholic serve as a diqualifier for you?
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Wha…wha…wha???
First it’s that she’s the racist.
Then it’s that she’s too empathetic.
Now it’s that she doesn’t vote like a Latino?
Hummm…
… Too racist, too empathetic to women and Latino community, and not acting enough like a Latino?
What next, slamming her for NOT showing her birth certificate?
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July 14th, 2009 at 2:00 pmi sure hope the people of alabama are proud of their shining star senator’s performance this week…
July 14th, 2009 at 2:01 pmDuring his questioning, Sessions said he wished Sotomayor acted more like Judge Miriam Cedarbaum, who “believes that judges must transcend their personal sympathies and prejudices.”
Well Jeff , I wish you weren’t short , stupid and a racist ; do I win/get a cookie for that , Keebler Elf ?
July 14th, 2009 at 2:02 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
UPDATE: Yglesias writes, “I would pay good money to hear Sonia Sotomayor say, ‘Senator Sessions, I think it’s ironic to be facing these questions from a man whose judicial nomination was rejected by this very committee on the grounds that he’s a huge racist.’”
That would be AWESOME! :D
July 14th, 2009 at 2:03 pmMr Cobb says,
Nothing, but appparently, its a problem for you.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:03 pmToday’s exchanges demonstrate how poor the Alabama school system is. Sessions had to come the whole way to DC to get schooled — by a wise Latina no less.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:03 pmMr. Cobb says:
Why don’t you look that up?
July 14th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
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What? The fact that not all Hispanics are Roman Catholic?
How would you like me to look it up? Should I call up some of my evangelical Cuban in-laws and have them confirm it for you?
July 14th, 2009 at 2:03 pmIt is handy when bigots explain their lack of prejudice by displaying their bigotry. Sort of like the high society dame walking out of the bathroom with the toilet paper stuck in her pantyhose.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:04 pmMr. Cobb says:
What’s wrong with being Hipanic Roman Catholic?
July 14th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
There’s nothing wrong with it, Mr Cobb.
Personally, my problem is that you’re making a rather sweeping generalization regarding a certain group, which is dangerously close to stereotyping.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:05 pmOh lookie,
Mr Cobb has got nothing but creamed corn.
Does Mr Cobb care to substantiate his Racism?
…Oh, sorry. Was racist too strong? Then lets try, bigotry instead.
When one categorizes a group of people, be it by their Race, Religion, sex, ect. so as to demonize them, know they do it because they are being Racist, sexist, anti Religion(insert belief), etc.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:06 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
So, now he is comparing her to other Hispanic judges? Is he nuts? Did they compare Alito with Italian judges? How about Roberts? WTF?
July 14th, 2009 at 2:08 pmMr. Cobb says:
Sotomayor is an evengelical?
July 14th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Maybe we could just move on…?
July 14th, 2009 at 2:09 pmUh, I’m not gonna be put in a position where I have to speak well of the RCC.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:11 pmMr. Cobb says:
Sotomayor is an evengelical?
July 14th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
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No, but Cobb is a moron.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:11 pmLet us try it this way, Mr. Cobb. Not all Hispanics are Roman Catholic. That idea ranks up there with the idea that all Irish people like corned beef and cabbage, all Polynesians can hula dance and all Republicans are middle aged white male bigots.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:12 pmHoodathunktick says:
… and all Republicans are middle aged white male bigots.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
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So true. Some of them are MUCH older.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:13 pmI know with this new thumbs up and down rating system introduced here today, I have misplaced a few thumbs up as inadvertent thumbs down. Sorry peeps. A few of you should have a few more thumbs up than what it shows… :/
But I’m paying careful attention to the thumb I’ll be placing on Mr. Cobb today. His thumb may be up(his @ss) but my thumb is a big downer on that racial/religious stereotyping/bigotry he holds near and dear to his heat(and thumb up his @ss)
O.K.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:13 pmI feel better.
Come on. How would you feel if you were a professional wrestling fan and the bad guy came out and acted nice?
July 14th, 2009 at 2:14 pmDid I fall asleep and wake up to religious litmus testing for SCOTUS nominee questioning?
Frankly, I have a problem with five Roman Catholic justices on the Court already because it does not represent a cross-sampling of the population, but neither does any other make-up of this Court.
PEACE
July 14th, 2009 at 2:14 pmMr. Cobbles says:
What’s wrong with being Hipanic Roman Catholic?
Is this urban speak? Like saying, what’s wrong with being a cool, happening, groovy Roman Catholic?
July 14th, 2009 at 2:14 pmIf so, I see nothing wrong.
Max @ #31: Well done, you boiled right down…
July 14th, 2009 at 2:15 pmDRxJ says:
Is this urban speak? Like saying, what’s wrong with being a cool, happening, groovy Roman Catholic?
If so, I see nothing wrong.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
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Depends where you put the hyphen. If it’s a Hi-panic Roman Catholic, that’s a different story. The last thing you want is a panicy priest – I hear they’re trained to use those communion wafers like ninja throwing stars.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:17 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Sorry Max, I meant boiled IT right down. I was not implying a meltdown on your part…
July 14th, 2009 at 2:17 pmMr. Cobbles Says:
Beex was andle going.
Hey. Is this more of that “urban” lingo you crazy kids are using?
July 14th, 2009 at 2:18 pmOr Pig Latin?
Or, could it possibly be, drinking and blogging???
OK, had a few beer while in the water but it’s all cool.
maintain.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:20 pmBozo The Neoclown says:
“i sure hope the people of alabama are proud of their shining star senator’s performance this week…”
Unfortunately, they probably are.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:20 pmMod,
July 14th, 2009 at 2:23 pmI can melt down too…
:)
Of the Hispanics I know, most don’t talk about their religion. Of the ones that do, I know several Mormons and a few Buddhists, but no Catholics. To extrapolate, no Hispanics are Catholic.
I hope that straightens it out.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:26 pmDuring his questioning, Sessions said he wished Sotomayor acted more like Judge Miriam Cedarbaum, who “believes that judges must transcend their personal sympathies and prejudices.”
If this is a concern of Sessions’ then he should be very upset with Roberts because Robert’s “personal sympathies and prejudices” lie with corporations. Roberts has voted consistently in favor of corporations and against “we the people”.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:31 pmSo waht is he implying? She’s not Hispanic enough? That all races should think the same? Micheal ‘The Idiot’ Steele just said he would try to woo blacks with fried chicken and potaoo salad. Why are Republicans so stupid? How could they make remarks like this and not think they would offend anyone? Is it a brain disorder or waht. And don’t forget Michele ‘Get rid of the Census’ Bachman. What a group of morons!
July 14th, 2009 at 2:34 pmMax Anax junius -1 says:
Mod,
I can melt down too…
:)
July 14th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I’m glad I always keep myself under control. :-D
July 14th, 2009 at 2:35 pmI’m from Alabama, and I’m definitely not proud to have that MFer as my senator. But I have to also say I’m happy that he took the rope the judiciary committee gave him and look forward to watching as he hangs himself with it, live on TV.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:36 pmSESSIONS: You voted not to reconsider the prior case. You voted to stay with the decision of the circuit. And in fact your vote was the key vote. Had you voted with Judge Cabranes, himself of Puerto Rican ancestry, had you voted with him, you could’ve changed that case.
Actually, Sessions is wrong (what a huge surprise). The three judge panel voted unanimously. So, if Judge Sotomayor had voted in opposition to the other two judges (both coincidentally being conservative judges) it would not have made one bit of difference in the ruling.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:36 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Dang it, Sessions, you was supposed to call that other judge Cabrones, not Cabranes. Turn in yore robe and hood immediately…
July 14th, 2009 at 2:49 pmThe fact that Sessions was rejected by his own party because of racism speaks volumes. Now, if his party had any good sense left, they would have asked him to step aside for these hearings.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:49 pmNone of the arguments that these Republican Senators are going to hold water. Here is a great analysis of the New Haven Firefighters case, as Justice Ginsburg saw it in her dissenting opinion.
http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=2159
July 14th, 2009 at 2:52 pmSo she’s damned if she didn’t vote like a Puerto Rican and damned if she voted like a Puerto Rican.
All Puerto Ricans think alike.
Wonder if Sessions wants her to make him a taco ?
July 14th, 2009 at 3:01 pmWhats so troubling is that Mr. Sessions so-called “past” wont even be brought up by the so-called mainstream media. I wonder how well this would play over at FAUX, BSNBC, Can’t CNN, if Bobby Rush were questioning a Sarah Palin type nominee? OOh the outrage. And to think that Charles Barkley thought he had a chance as a Republican in Alabama.
RIP
July 14th, 2009 at 3:06 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
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Senator Kyl is a phucken a$$hole and I’m soooo glad Leahy quoted Justice Scalia about taking race, gender et al into account when he’s passing judgment that was a good rebuttal to Kyl. The Repukes are still loosing and it’s showing.
July 14th, 2009 at 3:40 pmWha?!?!?
Sessions, who’s accusing Sotomayor of being a “racist”, thinks that Sotomayor ought to always vote the same as all the other greasy spic… — umm, sorry, Puerto Ricans?!?!?
Irony is dead, I tellya….
Cheers,
July 14th, 2009 at 3:49 pmIt is really pretty simple, Jeff. What do you get when a racist meets a human being? High comedy without a laugh track.
July 14th, 2009 at 4:05 pmBeing a racist means telling someone different from you WHO and WHAT they ARE, and insisting that they not deviate from your definition of them — by demeanor, accomplishments or even attitudes (e.g., being uppity).
How is Sotomayor, then, racist, while Sessions, who is trying to insist Sotomayor be “Puerto Rican like other Puerto Ricans” is not? Of course he is being the racist by this longstanding definition of racism.
July 14th, 2009 at 5:23 pmSessions is probably seething internally over the realization that a Latino woman has achieved a goal that he never could.
July 14th, 2009 at 5:28 pmMr. Sessions has this post by reason of seniority. Not by respect for his judgment. In fact when he himself had his name submitted for her position, he was dumped for not being qualified enough for the position. So his being head of this committee is real irony. He is supposed to decide along with others, her qualifications.
This woman is brilliant. And now Specter and Graham must both vote yes on her qualifications as they did when she was made a judge a few years ago. She cannot all of the sudden be unqualified. Sessions cracks me up. He is not only racist in his comments but unqualified to judge her as he was to get the job she has now.
It would not matter how qualified she was. Or anyone else the President nominated. The Republicans will do as they have done for the last six months. They will say no to every single thing suggested by the Democratic President. As if empathy is something terrible. Even though one of the judges on the Supreme Court said at his hearing the very same thing. But of course he was a Republican and that’s different isn’t it? They continue to have total amnesia about what they say at any given time.
July 14th, 2009 at 5:54 pm“Had you voted with Judge Cabranes, himself of Puerto Rican ancestry, had you voted with him, you could’ve changed that case.”
There is an idiot born everyday and Sessions is one of them. Now he is saying that Sotomayor should have voted like other Puerto Ricans such as Judge Cabranes. He just caught him in once again his own words against Sotomayor: race card. Ah duh, didn’t this nimrod Senator said in his opening statements yesterday that he was against Sotomayor because he felt she would make decisions on cases from her race and upbringing rather than the law????
A blind caveman can see his inner jealousy of Sotomayor because this racist Senator was turned down for judgeship.
July 14th, 2009 at 6:25 pmOnly in below the Mason Dixie line can anyone put a pig’s bladder on a stick and vote him to the senate.
Session is an insult to white people. I’m sure Puerto Ricans won’t want him as a neighbor, much less as a countryman. The dumb ass fundamentally brain-washed inbred hillbilly should be lock up in the nearest loco farm. He is a disgraced to everything the USA stands for. America is known for putting idiots in high places of government. And they all from the Southeastern part of the nation.
Sessions is only one of them.
Only in America, folks.
July 14th, 2009 at 6:45 pmSomeone in Session’s staff is going to have hell to pay for not reminding Sessions of the similar paths Sessions and Cedarbaum took until he was revealed as an unapologetic racist; and if that isn’t enough karma, it turns out Cedarbaum not only mentored Sotomayor, they are good friends.
(I say someone in his staff will pay because Beauregard doesn’t admit he is wrong, in error or mistaken – ever — a true Repugniscum: it’s always someone else’s fault.)
payback is a b!itch.
July 14th, 2009 at 7:58 pmWhat is painfully apparent is that Sessions is twisting everything to make Sotomayor look racist. The rest of the Republicans on the committee should want to get this over because Sessions is not going to stop. He is a bitter white man who is taking out his anger on a judicial nominee rather than the Republicans and Dems who voted against him when he was nominated.
July 14th, 2009 at 8:32 pmI wonder if Sessions realizes that Sotomayor’s non-racial judgment when she didn’t vote with the Puero Rican judge flies in the face of his prejudice accusations? What a goob.
July 14th, 2009 at 8:54 pmIs it just me, or does Sen. Sessions just exude stupidity? Never before have I looked at someone and said to myself, “God, that guy LOOKS like a stupid idiot”! Teh Stoopid just shines out of his hangdog face.
July 15th, 2009 at 3:44 amAWWW Isin’t he just the cutest widdle wovable itty bitty Brown Shirt in the senate today…
July 15th, 2009 at 7:16 amRich H says:
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Bozo The Neoclown says:
“i sure hope the people of alabama are proud of their shining star senator’s performance this week…”
Unfortunately, they probably are.
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July 15th, 2009 at 11:10 amI’ve lived in Alabama all of my life and unfortunately there probably are some here that are proud of Sessions. I am not one of them.
Well well, this comment explains why all of the OWGs(old white guys) all vote the same way. It has nothing to do with what they are voting on and everything to do with how the other OWGs have voted.
July 15th, 2009 at 12:35 pmIs SotoMayor getting angry at those inbreds, born and raised southern dumbasses hillbillies? Who can blame her. They are all beneath her intellectual capacity. It’s like talking to a bunch of dumb ass country hillbillies. Shades of the Beverly Hillbillies! Her intelligence far exceeds all of them put together. I just wonder what’s going in her head to respond to what I feel are elected pig bladders on a stick.
All of those republicans are phonies, liars, racists, hypocrites and fakes! They are the reason why the nation is like it is. Especially that Jeff Session fella. He talks, acts and looks like a real southern swamp ignorant hillbilly.
Serving with the Arm Forces back during the Korean War, I came across these dumn ass inbred southern hillbillies. I had more respect for the North Koreans than I had for these pieces of southern craps!
July 15th, 2009 at 1:34 pmThe Sotomayor hearing’s been making me CRAZY; esp with Senator Sessions’ embarrassing questioning of this uber-qualified candidate. I shudder and hang my head in shame when I think of my friends and other leaders around the world who may be watching.
I’m so relieved to find this forum and others who feel as I do… props for all the very clever (and dead on!) comments!
We’re blessed with such a great country and there’s room for so many points of view, but surely we can ALL do better than this bunch embarrASSments. PLEASE vote next time around! I wanna move to AL just so I can vote against Jeff.
July 15th, 2009 at 5:29 pmIt would greatly add to the irony if Martinez should be of Mexican ancestry as there is a strong rivalry between Puerto Ricans and Mexicans.
July 17th, 2009 at 10:23 pm