The Gasping Old Party just keeps getting more senile every day! They think that by accusing Sonia Sotomayor of racism – if they yell the word long enough and loud enough – that somehow it will attract new people to their party. Well, I suppose that works for folks who don’t THINK, folks who simply follow along behind whoever is spewing invective. But it doesn’t work with most of us.
For one thing, in accusing this woman of being racist, they are using almost the exact words that Justice Alito used when he was being confirmed. He told of how his parents were Italian immigrants, and that they had faced prejudice upon coming to this country. He then went on to say that it was their experiences that caused him to look at things differently, to be able to see cases in a different light from the other justices. That’s the same thing Judge Sotomayer said – that her background enabled her to view cases in a different light from the sitting justices. After all, we ARE the sum of our experiences – ALL of us.
This woman’s qualifications are not going to stop these old conservatives, no sir! That she is more qualified than anyone now sitting on the bench is apparently beside the point. Rush Limbaugh isn’t judging her on her qualifications. Neither is Newt Gingrich. They judge her harshly because she is a woman, a Hispanic, and because she is what they term a liberal. Their goal is to attack her in anyway they can, and they are using the old method of “Throw the —- up and when it falls, hope some of it sticks!” Limbaugh is positively drooling into his mike, and Limbaugh is scrambling to find a podium and someone to listen. Desperate times for desperate men.
It’s a shame that this once respectable party is now being led by old men who are full of fear and hate. And it’s a shame they don’t realize that the world has passed them by. Most of us will no longer tolerate the old corrupt ways of politics, when things were decided in smoke-filled back rooms by wealthy old men who had their private agendas, and could have cared less about what was good for the country.
The rest of us have grown up and moved on. Someone needs to tell Limbaugh, Gingrich, and the rest of the old boys that their time is up.
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July 16, 2009 at 1:19 am |
The issue I have with Sotomayor is her commentary on judicial activism and her statements about the Courts of Appeals “making law” (paraphrased).
I don’t care about her view on Latina wisdom – I should hope she’s proud of her heritage, else she’d be too spineless to be an effective judge.
But when she seems to think that her role is to make law, that bothers me. Congress is responsible for that role (regardless of party control or anything). Her testimony seems more in line with what a judge ought to be, but it clashes quite a bit with her previous commentary.
It’s only fair that the senators ask this kind of stuff, but it’s also fair if they’re a bit uncertain about her overall meaning.