Tag: Sotomayor
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Pot kettle black
Highly recommended: a column in the New York Times by Charles M. Blow that calls out the loudmouths who are screaming that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is a racist. Blow makes the point that it is quite hypocritical for people who have a history of making racially charged comments to all of a sudden discover that…
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Classy
Thankfully, the discussion of the Sonia Sotomayor nomination among conservative pundits continues to follow a thoughtful, dignified path. Here’s what talk radio host (and convicted felon) G. Gordon Liddy had to say about the Supreme Court nominee: “Let’s hope that the key conferences aren’t when [Sotomayor]’s menstruating or something, or just before she’s going to…
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Big fail
A new poll from Gallup indicates that most Americans, for some odd reason, aren’t agreeing with the barrage of criticism from Gingrich, Limbaugh, Tancredo, et al, that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is not only a racist but likes to eat Puerto Rican cuisine, which proves even more that she’s a racist. Or something. Gallup’s latest national…
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Oops!
Great catch by Eric Kleefeld of Talking Points Memo, who dug up the Senate confirmation vote on Sonia Sotomayor when the Supreme Court nominee was confirmed in 1998 for the U.S. Court of Appeals.
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Block that Latino!
The news is breaking this morning that President Barack Obama has nominated Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York City to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Sotomayor is in line to become the first Latino justice, assuming she can gain Senate confirmation.