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Obama: Critics of court nominee twisting her words (No twisting involved, Sotomayor is a racist)
reuters ^
| 5/30/2009
| Caren Bohan
Posted on 05/30/2009 5:34:54 AM PDT by tobyhill
President Barack Obama pushed back on Saturday at conservative critics of his Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, accusing them of twisting her words to score political points.
"There are, of course, some in Washington who are attempting to draw old battle lines and playing the usual political games, pulling a few comments out of context to paint a distorted picture of Judge Sotomayor's record," Obama said in his weekly radio address.
"But I am confident that these efforts will fail," he said.
Born to Puerto Rican parents who moved to New York during World War Two, Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court and the third woman. If confirmed by the Senate, she would join Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the only other woman on the court.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corsicana; obamatruthfile
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:34:55 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
pulling a few comments out of context to paint a distorted picture of Judge Sotomayor's recordOut of context my arse.
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:35:52 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: tobyhill
Why does Judge Soet what ever her name is think her life experience is more worthy? Everyone’s life is interesting. There is no one who has led a boring, insignificant life. Why would her perspective trump anyone else’s?
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:37:31 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: tobyhill
By golly, 0 dropped the f-word.
“But I am confident that these efforts will fail.”
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:38:07 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: tobyhill
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:38:12 AM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
To: tobyhill
Sotomayor is a racist Just like zero and his reverand/mentor.
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:39:36 AM PDT
by
jersey117
To: tobyhill
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:40:55 AM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: tobyhill
a comedy routine right there
Sotomayor: whitey sucks
Obama: Her critics are lying, I agree whitey sucks
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:40:58 AM PDT
by
4rcane
To: tobyhill
His nominee proves once again that he is very comfortable with racists.
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:41:51 AM PDT
by
A. Morgan
(The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. Margaret Thatcher)
To: F15Eagle
Absolutely!!! Just like Obama never shared Rev Wright`s views.lol
To: tobyhill
there are, of course, some in Washington here's the bad news, BO-- we ain't in Washington, and we're on you on this one. The game some are playing in Washington (Cornyn for one) is that these comments don't matter.
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:42:13 AM PDT
by
gusopol3
To: tobyhill
It’s not to score political points, it’s because we don’t want either Obama or Sotomayor twisting the words of the Constitution.
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:44:22 AM PDT
by
stayathomemom
(Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
To: tobyhill
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:45:11 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
To: tobyhill
And Obama was heard muttering as he left the podium..."There is no elephant in the room....there IS no elephant...."
The sheer audacity of this man's self-delusions are amazing. He isn't qualified to choose colors from a box of crayolas... much less a Supreme Court Justice.
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:45:39 AM PDT
by
LaineyDee
(Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
To: tobyhill
We are just typical white people making stuff up out of thin air.
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:47:52 AM PDT
by
linn37
(I am sick of liberals)
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: gusopol3
I called Cornyn’s office yesterday and asked them to explain to me what they would have done had a white male made comments that they are better qualified than a Latina woman without any basis of such a statement? The lady said they would have asked the white male to withdraw but “it wasn't a white male that said it in this case”.
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:51:48 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
(Obama's a has-been that never was.)
To: tobyhill
Obama can’t handle the truth ping.
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:52:52 AM PDT
by
cranked
To: LaineyDee
And Obama was heard muttering as he left the podium...”Jerks!”
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posted on
05/30/2009 5:53:19 AM PDT
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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