The line was almost identical every time
by tdaxp ~ June 6th, 2009
During debate over the political amibtious racist (and Supreme Court nominee) Sonia Sotomayor, one of her apologists argued that she only said it “in a private context, once in their life.”
Of course, the ‘private function’ was an invited lecture, and as to being only said once… CNN disagrees
The line was almost identical every time:
“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion.”
That sentence, or a similar one, has appeared in speeches Sotomayor delivered in 1994, 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2001. In that speech, she included the phrase “than a white male who hasn’t lived that life” at the end, which sparked cries of racism from some Republicans.
Those instances were included in documents Sotomayor sent Thursday to Capitol Hill, part of her response to the lengthy questionnaire sent to her by the Senate Judiciary Committee before her Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
Sonia Sotomayor is looking to be as disasterous a nominee as Tim Geithner. Let’s hope she’s stopped.
I think this is your...
June 6th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
You predicted Obama would turn out to be the candidate of the status quo – and on domestic issues he has. Sotomayor represents more of the same [1] rather than Change.
But for better or worse, I think Sotomayor will be confirmed unless they find the proverbial dead hooker in her trunk. For what its worth, I think Charles Krathammer offered some words of wisdom in the Washington Post: [2]
“When the hearings begin, Republicans should call Frank Ricci as their first witness. Democrats want justice rooted in empathy? Let Ricci tell his story and let the American people judge whether his promotion should have been denied because of his skin color in a procedure Sotomayor joined in calling “facially race-neutral.”
Make the case for individual vs. group rights, for justice vs. empathy. Then vote to confirm Sotomayor solely on the grounds — consistently violated by the Democrats, including Sen. Obama — that a president is entitled to deference on his Supreme Court nominees, particularly one who so thoroughly reflects the mainstream views of the winning party. Elections have consequences.
Vote Democratic and you get mainstream liberalism: A judicially mandated racial spoils system and a jurisprudence of empathy that hinges on which litigant is less “advantaged.”
A teaching moment, as liberals like to say. Clarifying and politically potent. Seize it.”
[1] http://fearandloathingintheblogosphere.blogspot.com/search/label/Sotomayor
[2] http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/05/29/sotomayor_criticize_then_confirm_96713.html
June 11th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Brent,
A great comment. Thanks!
It is interesting that Sotomayor is not implying that she is a statistician, as she is able to resolve between-group differences in ability tests as the result of bias, and not actual differences. [1]
The Obama Administration’s politicization of science is distressing, but sadly in the mainstream of Democratic Party life. Sotomayor’s recent attempts to call herself a statistician (or else, imply that actual knowledge of statistics does not matter) is just one more example of this.
[1] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/10/MNVK184GQF.DTL