White House Struggles to Defend Sotomayor’s Race Statement

[Revmitchell]

In that speech, she said, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”


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[OldRegular]

In that speech, she said, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”


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Just goes to prove, as I have stated elsewhere, there is a little racism in most if not all people.

 

[targus]

In that speech, she said, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

What exactly is this "richness of experience" that they keep talking about?

Once she started college at about age 18 wasn't her experience pretty much the same as all of these supposed inferior white males?

College - Ivy League law school - lawyer - judge...

What's so special here?

 

[Revmitchell]

Anyone who is part of La Raza is not qualified to be on the bench any more than someone form the KKK

 

[Magnetic Poles]

As the layers of this onion peel away I am becoming more and more reticent about Judge Sotomayor's suitability to sit on the Supreme Court. I am no knee-jerk reactor, however I am thinking that this nomination may end up having to be withdrawn by the President or voted down by Congress. This is one I will closely watch. I think perhaps Hillary Clinton would be a better choice.

 

[Alcott]

I think perhaps Hillary Clinton would be a better choice.

You do, huh? One who said children should be assisted in suing their parents, then later that "it takes a village" (to raise a child)? What does she really think?-- that society should reinforce the parents' values, or that society should help in destroying parents' values?

 

[Bro. Curtis]

As the layers of this onion peel away I am becoming more and more reticent about Judge Sotomayor's suitability to sit on the Supreme Court. I am no knee-jerk reactor, however I am thinking that this nomination may end up having to be withdrawn by the President or voted down by Congress. This is one I will closely watch. I think perhaps Hillary Clinton would be a better choice.

Excellent post, MP. We don't agree on much, but I know you to usually be a thinker.

 

[rbell]

Excellent post, MP. We don't agree on much, but I know you to usually be a thinker.

Curtis, you got to do something about that lisp.

 

[carpro]

As the layers of this onion peel away I am becoming more and more reticent about Judge Sotomayor's suitability to sit on the Supreme Court. I am no knee-jerk reactor, however I am thinking that this nomination may end up having to be withdrawn by the President or voted down by Congress. This is one I will closely watch. I think perhaps Hillary Clinton would be a better choice.

I believe she will be easily confirmed.

 

[ccrobinson]

As the layers of this onion peel away I am becoming more and more reticent about Judge Sotomayor's suitability to sit on the Supreme Court. I am no knee-jerk reactor, however I am thinking that this nomination may end up having to be withdrawn by the President or voted down by Congress. This is one I will closely watch. I think perhaps Hillary Clinton would be a better choice.

You had me until you said Hillary Clinton. :smilewinkgrin:

I believe she will be easily confirmed.

Agreed, but she shouldn't be.

Once again, the Obama team can't seem to figure out how to fully vet a candidate before he nominates said candidate for a particular post.

 

[Baptist in Richmond]

As the layers of this onion peel away I am becoming more and more reticent about Judge Sotomayor's suitability to sit on the Supreme Court. I am no knee-jerk reactor, however I am thinking that this nomination may end up having to be withdrawn by the President or voted down by Congress. This is one I will closely watch. I think perhaps Hillary Clinton would be a better choice.

We need another Ruth Bader Ginsburg-style liberal, MP.

Regards, hope all was well with you today,
BiR

 

[carpro]

As the layers of this onion peel away I am becoming more and more reticent about Judge Sotomayor's suitability to sit on the Supreme Court. I am no knee-jerk reactor, however I am thinking that this nomination may end up having to be withdrawn by the President or voted down by Congress. This is one I will closely watch. I think perhaps Hillary Clinton would be a better choice.

Sotomayor is obviously a racist. Is that your concern?

 

[LadyEagle]

MP, good post, except for the Hillary part. :thumbs:

There's hope.

 

[poncho]

Anyone who is part of La Raza is not qualified to be on the bench any more than someone form the KKK

Is she really part of La Raza Rev? Not that I doubt it. It's just I haven't really looked into who she's been hanging out with yet. Been kinda busy lately.

 

[billwald]

"Latina" is not a "race," just as "German" and "French" are not races even though they might think they are a "master race."

 

[LadyEagle]

Is she really part of La Raza Rev? Not that I doubt it. It's just I haven't really looked into who she's been hanging out with yet. Been kinda busy lately.

It's all over the web. Tom Tancredo even talked about it on CNN ("KKK without the hoods")and has been called all sorts of stuff by the left because of it.

Republicans are too wimpy to even bring this up, I betcha, in the confirmation hearings. Which is yet another reason why I will never vote again for Republicans unless they get some spine.

 

[Robert Snow]

I would hate for someone to publish everything I have ever spoken to someone. I wouldn't be able to get a job as a greeter at Walmart!

I'm not concerned with what Sotomayor has said years ago; I'm concerned with how she has ruled during her tenure as a judge.

 

[LadyEagle]

I would hate for someone to publish everything I have ever spoken to someone. I wouldn't be able to get a job as a greeter at Walmart!

I'm not concerned with what Sotomayor has said years ago; I'm concerned with how she has ruled during her tenure as a judge.

So it's okay with you that she just recently ruled against the "white guys?"

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- With a single paragraph, Judge Sonia Sotomayor and two colleagues dashed the hopes of firefighters here who believed they'd scored high enough on exams to win a promotion.
The three federal appeals judges said last year the city had the right to reject the results of two tests because no black firefighters scored high enough.

The ruling is now turning into perhaps the most contentious of the 4,000 Judge Sotomayor made in 17 years on the federal bench, and it is likely to come up in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The justices whom she may soon join on the high court are expected to rule within weeks on the case, which they took on an appeal by white firefighters.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124354041637563491.html

 

[rbell]

I would hate for someone to publish everything I have ever spoken to someone. I wouldn't be able to get a job as a greeter at Walmart!

I'm not concerned with what Sotomayor has said years ago; I'm concerned with how she has ruled during her tenure as a judge.

So, had she said years ago--"death to all Jews," "Hitler was a great guy," "I admire Osama bin Laden"--we would just ignore the stuff because "it's in the past?"

Words mean things. This was not said in passing. This was spoken in context of her offering her thoughts on the court system. It's part of her judicial philosophy. To ignore it because "it's in the past" is a monumentally irresponsible thing to do.

 

[Robert Snow]

So it's okay with you that she just recently ruled against the "white guys?"

Are you saying she should always rule in favor of the "white guys?"