Williams Cues Up Obama to Agree: 'That's One of Those She'd Rather Have Back'

Newsbusters ^ | 05/30/09 | Brent Baker

[Big_Monkey]

NBC provided a platform Friday for President Obama to fire back at conservative critics of his Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, as Brian Williams cued him up to agree her comment that a Latina judge would make better decisions than a white male one, is “one of those she'd rather have back.” Obama naturally agreed as NBC Nightly News aired his response for an uninterrupted two-plus minutes -- an eternity on TV news.

Fill-in anchor Lester Holt led with how “critics on the right tonight are finding some traction in comments she made back in 2001 suggesting a female Hispanic judge would often reach a better conclusion than a white male judge. And late today the President addressed it head on.” Viewers soon saw a clip of Williams at the White House with Obama, for a two-part prime time special next week:

This is the quote: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.” It's your judgment -- perhaps having talked to the judge -- that, as we say, that's one of those she'd rather have back if she had it to re-do?

[Big_Monkey]

I have yet to hear a single tough, uncomfortable answer from any of the MSM in their sit-down interviews with the Barry.

[Jeff Chandler]

Or question.

[Big_Monkey]

"Or question.

Yeah, that too ;)

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

'That's One of Those She'd Rather Have Back'

The "mulligan" becomes part and parcel of the Obama strategy.

[Last Dakotan]

Burger buddy Brian Williams - keeps a real separation from the one he reports on eh? The fourth branch of government has merged with the first.

[Lets Roll NOW]

GE-MSLSD is becoming Fannie and Freddie.

[MES401067]

And all just cost was one little burger.

[edcoil]

We’d like to have a few things back as well. Starting in 1965 when the democrats took over this country for 40 years and ran into the ground.

[Sir Gawain]

Wipe your lips Brian.

[jennyjenny]

In fact, what she really subscribes to is the exact opposite, which is the sense that all of us have life experiences and struggles and part of the job of a justice on the Supreme Court, or any judge, is to be able to stand in somebody else's shoes, to be able to understand the nature of the case and how it has an impact on people's ordinary, day-to-day lives, and so her as a Latina woman, part of her job is going to be to listen to the farmer in Iowa and, you know, if he's upset about a farm regulation, and being able to understand how hard it is to farm and what that means and to be able to incorporate that into her decision making.

[MantillaMilitant]

Likely she’d rather have the comment back - not because she didn’t mean it, but because she did. Oooops!

[roses of sharon]

Never forget.

“MACACA”

[rwa265]

After just reading the entire text of her speech, I seriously doubt she has any second thoughts about what she said. The entire tenor of her speech was on how important diversity is to making a better decision, including the suggestion to men lawyers that they work on areas in their experiences and attitudes to make them capable of reaching those great moments of enlightenment which other men in different circumstances have been able to reach.

[Big_Monkey]

"After just reading the entire text of her speech, I seriously doubt she has any second thoughts about what she said

In that speech, she also takes a not-so-subtle shot at Justice O'Connor. She practically accuses O'Connor of lifting her "a wise old man and a wise old woman reach the same conclusion" quote from another justice some years before; Effectively labeling O'Connor a plagiarist.

Oddly, it's something that I have yet to see brought up

[y6162]

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

IMUS didn’t get a redo.

Trent Lott didn’t get a redo.

Countless others have been skewered for phrases interpreted as racist. Sottomayor gets no mulligan.

[dodger]

“We’d like to have a few things back as well. Starting in 1965 when the democrats took over this country for 40 years and ran into the ground.”

Absolutely true ... Johnson’s the Great Society and Democrat legislative control will be the clear culprits when the history of American’s decline is written (not too far in the future, it seems).

[cranked]

STOP DEFENDING her, we all know that she meant exactly what she said. Liberal morons ping Liberal hypocrisy ping Liberal apologist ping Media morons ping Media hypocrisy ping Media apologist ping

[exist]

Brian Williams is a hack. Exhibit A. When Joe Lieberman endorsed John McCain Brian Williams dismissed that because “Joe Lieberman was a Democrat in name only”. But when Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama the praise for both was almost Chris Matthews-like.

[Typical_Whitey]

LOL Brian Williams, funny he had the scoop on the Obama lack of knowledge about the NGA when he was with Obama at the Five Guys restraunt and yet he figures that is not even news worthy or worth a question or two.

Pravda rules you will be assimilated.