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Sotomayor shows her true colors
Flopping Aces ^ | 04-24-14 | DrJohn

Posted on 04/24/2014 1:32:31 PM PDT by Starman417

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I see your true colors And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show Your true colors True colors are beautiful, Like a rainbow

- Cindy Lauper

As noted here by Curt, the recent SCOTUS ruling caused quite a dustup. Sonia Sotomayor is inclined to shooting her mouth off without thinking. She did it in this ruling and she's done it in the past, and each time she reminds us of the poor decision it was to put her on the Court.

In the most recent ruling Sotomayor, employing the Al Sharpton method of association, essentially called the people of Michigan racists:

Sotomayor, in her dissent, opened by describing three stages of "the majority" discriminating against racial minorities in the political process, beginning with the Jim Crow laws that flouted the 15th Amendment.

"This time, although it allowed the minority access to the political process, the majority changed the ground rules of the process so as to make it more difficult for the minority, and the minority alone, to obtain policies designed to foster racial integration," she wrote. "Although these political restructurings may not have been discriminatory in purpose, the Court reaffirmed the right of minority members of our society to participate meaningfully and equally in the political process. This case involves this last chapter of discrimination."

Then she immediately had to walk it back:

"I of course do not mean to suggest that Michigan’s voters acted with anything like the invidious intent of those who historically stymied the rights of racial minorities,"

But of course she did. It's undeniable. Now let's crank up the wayback machine for some predictions:

As I said, it's not first time she's blathered something out that she probably should not have let escape. Back in 2009 when asked a question about the difference between Federal District and Appeals Courts she blurted out:

“Court of Appeals is where policy is made. And, I know, and I know that this is on tape and I should never say that. Because we don’t ‘make law,’ I know. Okay, I know. I know. I’m not promoting it, and I’m not advocating it. I’m, you know.”

Mark Impomeni then remarks:

What we know is that Sotomayor realized immediately that her words could jeopardize her chances at a Supreme Court nomination sometime in the future, so she does her best to restore the veil of secrecy she just tore down. But her tone of voice and gestures make clear that Sotomayor does not believe a word of what she is saying. The audience’s laughter proves that the message was sent loud and clear. Every student at that forum walked out secure in the knowledge that Sotomayor believes courts should make policy, but that they should never talk about that publicly.

If Sotomayor really believes that her role as an unelected justice on the Supreme Court should be to decide policy questions, then that should be a topic of discussion in her confirmation hearings. But as her half-hearted cover-up shows, Sotomayor does not want to be as honest about her view of the Court’s role as she does about how gender and ethnicity influence judicial ability. Like all liberal activists, Sotomayor wants to hide her true intentions behind politically correct rhetoric. In short, she is willing to lie to gain power, after which she will do as she pleases.

Liberals got all hot and bothered when some on the media referred to Sotomayor as a liberal:

(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; markimpomeni; michigan; scotus; soniasotomayor; sotomayor
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1 posted on 04/24/2014 1:32:31 PM PDT by Starman417
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"I of course do not mean to suggest that Michigan’s voters acted with anything like the invidious intent of those who historically stymied the rights of racial minorities,"

Sure she did.
2 posted on 04/24/2014 1:35:21 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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GOP senators who supported Sotomayor nomination ...

South Carolina and Tennessee ... please wrap the 'Wide Latino' around the necks of Lindsey and Lamar! in the primary!

3 posted on 04/24/2014 1:36:23 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Starman417

was their any doubt she wouldn’t? Not a question of “if” but when


4 posted on 04/24/2014 1:39:53 PM PDT by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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If she were a white guy, she’d never have been accepted into any law school.


5 posted on 04/24/2014 1:45:15 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Starman417
In short, she is willing to lie to gain power, after which she will do as she pleases.
In short, HE is willing to lie to gain power, after which HE will do as HE pleases.Birds of a feather ...
6 posted on 04/24/2014 1:45:52 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Remember the Connecticut fire fighters who passed the promotion exam and then were told nobody would get promotions because no minorities passed? Sonya Sotomayor voted against giving them promotions...and then didn’t publish an opinion in order to make it harder to overturn...she is disgusting.


7 posted on 04/24/2014 1:46:55 PM PDT by Tulane
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It has long been a belief of "minorities" like Sotomayor that the heavy boot of white, male oppression is still pressing down heavily on their necks. The facts, minorities are exactly where they should be given their levels of education and intelligence, are too horrible for them to contemplate. So they still have to believe in the fiction of white supremacy to justify their unconstitutional grabs for positions and bennies they don't deserve.

These people always whine that "the playing field is not level." The playing field is not level? When has the playing field ever been level in the history of the world? By that standard, I, who grew up with considerably less bennies than the Kennedys and Rockefellers, should be granted all sorts of undeserved bennies like the minorities. I don't deserve them, and neither do they.

8 posted on 04/24/2014 1:55:49 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: Starman417

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9 posted on 04/24/2014 2:00:07 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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We still have “a bunch of folks,” (to use a Haaaaaavud educated Obama phrase), that desperately hang onto the racial hatreds of the 1960’s: for example, Revs. Sharpton and Jackson.

For them, nothing has changed since the pre 1960’s, and so they make a living by race-baiting with speeches, accusations, and of course, arm in arm “marches.”

To them, they receive with deaf ears the statement: “If you accuse someone of being a racist, and do NOT back it up with facts, - - - - - - - - - - - then you just might be a racist.”


10 posted on 04/24/2014 2:02:10 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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RE: Sotomayor shows her true colors

Only those who are deliberately blind or ignorant would not have known her true colors when Obama first recommended her.

The same can be said of those who voted for or ignored Obama’s background when he first ran in 2008.


11 posted on 04/24/2014 2:03:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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Her true colors are toilet bowl green?


12 posted on 04/24/2014 2:05:13 PM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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Sonia can show whatever colors she wants. She has a lifetime appointment. Elections have consequences. Remember that when you see a Rino running for reelection this primary season.


13 posted on 04/24/2014 2:07:32 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Veto!

yikes but funny


14 posted on 04/24/2014 2:08:05 PM PDT by brooklyn dave ( We need a Klingon for President!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
Elections are increasingly courtesy fornications that let us pretend we still live in a free republic.
15 posted on 04/24/2014 2:34:23 PM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V.)
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To: Starman417
what... MUD???
16 posted on 04/24/2014 3:09:45 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Starman417.


17 posted on 04/24/2014 3:25:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Graewoulf

Racism is a business for people like Al Sharpton.


18 posted on 04/24/2014 3:54:15 PM PDT by jmacusa
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Sotomayor is a racist, liberal piglet.


19 posted on 04/24/2014 4:32:13 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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To: jmacusa

” - - - Racism is a business for people like Al Sharpton. - - - - “

Sad, but true. They cannot let go of their “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder” of past traumas, so they mine their PTSD to line their pockets.


20 posted on 04/25/2014 8:32:15 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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