Posted on 06/08/2009 10:28:47 AM PDT by kellynla
The White House spin machine has defended Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor by claiming her controversial opinions have been taken "out of context." President Obama asserted that he is "sure she would have restated" her most offensive remarks if given the chance. Both excuses fall flat. Judge Sotomayor's career has been spent promoting racial and gender preferences.
The record proves that the judge meant exactly what she said in a 2001 speech: "... a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male." She repeated that exact phrase in a speech she gave in 2003 at Seton Hall University, and she used the same words minus the "Latina" modifier in at least four other speeches between 1994 and 2000.
The New York Times reported on May 30 that Judge Sotomayor "shared the alarm of others in the group when the Supreme Court prohibited the use of quotas in university admissions in its 1978 decision Regents of the University of California v. Bakke." In 2006, Judge Sotomayor ruled that currently imprisoned felons cannot be denied the right to vote if a disproportionate number of them are black or Latino, no matter how heinous their crimes.
Judge Sotomayor's 2008 decision in Ricci v. DeStefano showed no empathy for the dyslexic and learning-disabled firefighter who gave up a second job to study for a promotion exam he ended up acing, only to be denied the promotion because he was white.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Racists do not belong on the Bench. And it's time for the GOP to "get a spine", expose Sotomayor for the Racist she is and refuse to confirm her!
Great editorial!
It’s about time someone calls the Obama Regime on the carpet for lying that “Sotomayor’s comments were taken out of context.”
Just like they lied about Obama bowing to the Saudi King “because Obama is taller than the King” - well Obama didn’t bow to the diminutive queen, did he?
This is the most unscrupulous cast of creeps that has ever been in the white house - and I thought Slick Willy was bad!
I thought so...I was surprised that you were the only one to respond...
Yes, I was so surprised too!!!
Perhaps it should be re-posted during prime viewing time if that is allowed?
I like the fact that the full paragraph of the Sotomayor quotation is shown. It’s even worse with the Sandra Day O’Conner quote comparison.
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