Sotomayor: "Experiences" Remark Was "Rhetorial Flourish That Fell Flat"

Real Clear Politics ^ | July 14, 2009 | Real Clear Politics

[ianschwartz]

While explaining her "personal experiences" comment, Judge Sonia Sotomayor admitted it was a "rhetorical flourish" that fell flat. "It was clearly not what I intended [to say]," Sotomayor concluded.

[Rummyfan]

While explaining her "personal experiences" comment, Judge Sonia Sotomayor admitted it was a "rhetorical flourish" that fell flat.

Kinda like her judicial decisions, which tend to fall flat when reviewed by superior courts.

[gorilla_warrior]

Up is down,wrong is right, liberal nazi day is night. Lies are truth, blind can see, liberal nazi slaves are free.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

If those ants aren’t caucasian you’re gonna hear from ACLU and Jesse and Rev. Al.

[Oldpuppymax]

Of course I didn’t mean what I said! We on the radical left never do! At least not when it’s caught on tape!!

[HIDEK6]

Ahh, the old “botched joke” defense.

It didn't work for Fuzzy Zoeller either.

[Sailor Moon]

BS, Sotomayer. You keep trying to tell that to yourself.

One thing I noticed about conservatives and liberals is that liberals usually believe someone’s interpretation of an event wheras conservatives are more likely to believe their lying eyes and ears.

[eclectic]

I don't understand all this brouhaha, seriesly. Of course a wise Latina can reach better conclusions than a white male (on average)! I'll be concerned if she says that a dumb Latina can do so.

[john mirse]

Did the Supreme Court nominee have to provide a copy of her long form birth certificate and her undergraduate and law school records to the Senate?

That is, how else did the Senate know about her accomplishments in college and law school unless they looked at her college records?

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

NITPICKING ALERT-- and I will surrender my "man card" if you like but-- I swear I hear Sotomayor pronounce "Supreme Court" as "Supreen Court" every time she says it.

Sorry. Can't help it. I have a fine tuned ear for accents and dialects.

[apillar]

The only thing that ever fell flat on Sotomayor was the ugly stick that fell flat across her face...

Seriously, I can't watch the confirmation hearing's on my HD-TV without getting nauseous.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

So, the woman gets a “do-over”.

When will George Allen get his chance for a do-over of his use of the macacca word?

Hmmm?

[MortMan]

Then wqhy did she repeat herself so frequently?

[hsalaw]

Oh what BS. It’s exactly what she intended to say and she believes it, too. I’ve been listening to some of the confirmation hearings, and she’s not the brightest bulb in the box by any means.

[Redleg Duke]

If so, why did she say it on numerous occasions?

[Mr Rogers]

All these comments prove is that she will lie for power. Just what we need on the Supreme Court.

[tumblindice]

Me either. Ugly’s on Sonia like stink on a goat.

[Liz]

She could not be more "wise" and biased when it comes to judging "her kind." Read on.

By Ann Coulter HUMAN EVENTS---Vol. 53 Issue 39, p 11,
17 OCTOBER 1997
PROBABLE CAUSE FOR REJECTING JUDGE SOTOMAYOR (Sotomayor was then on the Clinton's fast track to the Appellate Court)

SOTOMAYOR'S ACTUAL WORDS FROM THE BENCH, SENTENCING ADMITTED DRUG DEALER Louis Gomez (a noncitizen), who pleaded guilty to dealing cocaine:

“[I]t is in some respects a great tragedy for our country that instead of permitting you to serve a lesser sentence and rejoin your family at an earlier time I am required by law to give you the statutory minimum. ... [W]e all understand that you were in part a victim of the economic necessities of our society, unfortunately there are laws that I must impose. “Louis Gomez, yours is the tragedy of our laws and the greatest one that I know. ... the one our congressmen never thought about and don’t think about. ... “It is no comfort to you for me to say that I am deeply, personally sorry about the sentence that I must impose, because the law requires me to do so. The only statement I can make is this is one more example of an abomination being committed before our sight. You do not deserve this, sir.”

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Nelson Castellanos was arrested in NYC outside his Harlem apartment, charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. He was holding his keys and a white shopping bag containing about $10,000, mostly in $1 and $20 bills. That evening, pursuant to a warrant, DEA personnel searched his apartment and found over 1,200 grams of cocaine, six live rounds of ammunition, a .44 caliber revolver and incriminating notebooks. All this evidence was thrown out by District Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the grounds that the DEA agents had not provided the magistrate with probable cause to search Castellanos's apartment.

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Sotomayor served on the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund's board of directors from 1980-1992. The organization publicly defended members of a violent Puerto Rican terrorist group---the FALN.

QUESTION Did Soto have anything to do with Pres Clinton pardoning jailed members of the FALN----violent Puerto Rican terrorists who bombed US installations? Pardoned----so that then-Senate candidate Hillary could harvest the NY latino vote.

Is that what the WH is trying to hide by refusing to handover Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund's official records?

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ACT NOW Call 202-225-3121 (Congress switchboard). Every senator should get 10-15,000 calls from Americans. Even with Dems in control, that many calls could make a difference.

MESSAGE TO SENATORS: Americans are sending the word across the land: "Sotomayor's rulings shows she would make policy through the court. The US Constitution precludes judges from making policy and laws. It is understandable that Americans are apprehensive: Sotomayor and her crowd are colluding to exert raw power over the majority---to turn the US into a failed Third World satrap. These racialists do not understand a sophisticated superpower----a democracy governed by the rule of law, based on three co-equal branches of government." END MESSAGE Any Senator who votes to confirm Sotomayor risks his/her reelection chances.

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REFERENCE Sotomayor's secret files: What don't the Democrats want us to see?
Washington Times | Friday, July 10, 2009 | Editorial
FR Posted by JohnRLott

We wonder what Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has to hide. Her confirmation hearing starts Monday, but the White House refuses to turn over boxes of documents for review about her past. Republican senators requested board meeting minutes of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, where Ms. Sotomayor served on the board of directors from 1980-1992.

White House Counsel Greg Craig contends that all documents deemed "responsive" already were sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Contrary to White House dodging, these board meetings may be important in evaluating Ms. Sotomayor's legal and policy reasoning because the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund was involved in a wide range of controversial legal cases.

For instance, the fund fought to abolish the death penalty. It pushed discrimination cases very similar to the New Haven firefighter case in which Ms. Sotomayor's quota reasoning was unanimously quashed by the Supreme Court. The organization publicly defended members of a violent Puerto Rican terrorist group The organization publicly defended members of a violent Puerto Rican terrorist group (the FALN, pardoned by Clinton to get then-candidate Hillary NY's latino vote)........ . . . . (Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com .....

[Nachum]

The list, ping

The "Steve Martin defense"?

[twister881]

Latina Liar.

[raybbr]

It’s the same as with Letterman in a way. It’s our fault we didn’t get the joke. You see, we rubes here are not sophisticated enough to grasp the meaning of those most enlightened ones like Sotomayor.

Yep, I bet she "gets" all of the cartoon in the "New Yorker" magazine, too.