Posted on 07/11/2009 8:12:30 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who's at the center of Sotomayor's most controversial ruling.
On the eve of Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the "troubled and litigious work history" of firefighter Frank Ricci.
This is opposition research: a constant shadow on Capitol Hill.
"The whole business of getting Supreme Court nominees through the process has become bloodsport," said Gary Rose, a government and politics professor at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn.
On Friday, citing in an e-mail "Frank Ricci's troubled and litigious work history," the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way drew reporters' attention to Ricci's past. Other advocates for Sotomayor have discreetly urged journalists to pursue similar story lines.
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The cartoon has legs: it could certainly be used over & over, on numerous news-cycle occasions.
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If I knew how to do it, I would go into Wikipedia and change Sotomayor’s bio to say that she attended Princeton on a football scholarship.
It’s “Joe the Plumber” time all over again.
It is SOTOMAYER who should be getting this total microscopic examination, because last I heard, she was the one under consideration for the Supreme Court. Think Robert Bork. Think Miguel Estrada.
Every objection fired at Miquel Estrada fits equally well with Sonia Sotomayer.
There is a Yahoo Poll still running re the La Raza Racist Female wanting to be a Supreme:
http://js.polls.yahoo.com/quiz/quiziframe.php?poll_id=46856
Do you want Sotomayor to be confirmed? Results
Q. In a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released just before the start of the Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation hearings, 47 percent of people questioned would like to see the Senate vote in favor, with 40 percent opposed and 13 percent unsure.
Where do you stand? Do you want Sotomayor to be confirmed?
Yes. Sotomayor would be a strong addition to the court. 28%
No. Sotomayor would be a detrimental addition to the court. 70%
Not sure/No opinion. 2%
85708 votes
Please to the Yahoo Link below to vote:
http://js.polls.yahoo.com/quiz/quiziframe.php?poll_id=46856
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