Posted on 04/16/2010 8:50:12 AM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON — US First Lady Michelle Obama Thursday said she favored diversity on the nation's top court, wading into risky political waters as her husband weighs his second pick to the bench.
Asked in an interview with MSNBC television her preference for the upcoming nomination to the Supreme Court, Obama said of President Barack Obama: "I think he knows what he's doing in this instance."
"Diversity in this country is a good thing whether it's gender or race or socio-economic background or religion. You know, that's the world I come from," she said.
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Who cares what she has to say about anything; the names of the traitors behind the Fuhrer would be welcome however.
“Diversity” never means a conservative, straight, white male.
Sounds like it’s going to be Leah Ward Sears.
90+% of BLACKS ALL VOTE ONE WAY (for the PLANTATION Owners!)....yeah...there’s REAL diversity...
“I think he knows what he’s doing in this instance.”
Yeah, right you marxist witch.
“or religion”
Tipping their hand? The other bases are already covered.
Guess the brilliant ivy league grad never noticed that Lady Justice is BLIND.
To ensure that race, gender, finance, or politics has any bearing on the justice rendered.
We have an ignorant arrogant couple residing in our White House.
Who put the nickel in HER?
So who asked her?
The title is Michelle Obama backs diversity on Supreme Court.
Where did you see immigration reform in the article?
Even his own wife isn't sure that Obama knows what he's doing. She seems to hint that he might not know what he's doing in other instances.
Sounds like a Muslem..
To Liberals, “diversity” means anybody who holds freakish — out-of-the-mainstream — views and who they can rely on to help keep them in power. If Liberals were truly interested in “diversity” then a case could be made that the conservative voice is currently a MINORITY voice in this country right now.
Michele, you need more diversity in your garden. Which fruits or vegetables are you discriminating against?
We don’t need diversity.What we need are judges knowlegable about the constitution of the United States.
We also need people who will not be judicial activist on the bench.If Obama’s pick gets through I can only imagine how liberal he or she will be.
I saw that interview. she said we need immigration reform because children are dying in the desert trying to reunite with their parents in the US. she didn’t use exactly those words, but that is what she said.
leave aside for the moment the fact that the parents shouldn’t be here illegally in the first place, and think about the media uproar that would be taking place if sarah palin had said something that spectacularly idiotic.
Meanwhile, in their hometown of Chicago, this is what is going on.
Forwarded by NAFBPO.
http://www.nafbpo.org Foreign News Report
El Financiero 4-14-10 Immigrants in Illinois meet with Mexican Congressmen
Chicago, Illinois 4-13-10 - A group of immigrants in Illinois met with Mexican Congressmen to ask for more political rights of Mexicans who live abroad.
The committee composed of Mexican community members of the Coalition of Mexican Migrants for Political Rights, had the objective to meet with legislators charged with the responsibility for Mexican Migrant rights. One of the projects proposed by Representative Noemi Reynoso is to reform Mexican elections law in order to give more rights to Mexicans living abroad. The second proposition set forth by Representatives Francisco Rojas Gutierrez and Emilio Chuayaffet of the PAN Party is to create a 6th Congressional District composed of Mexicans living abroad in order to represent the expatriate community in the Mexican Congress.
The immigrants are seeking major participation in the decision making process in both houses of the Mexican legislature.
They also proposed immigration reform to protect human rights of migrants in transition from Mexico and their return (to the USA) in a sincere plea to the Government of the United States.
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Campaign for social justice launched in the United States
Chicago, 4-12-10 – El Fuente Unidos de Inmigrantes, a community organization composed mainly of Mexicans in Illinois, agreed to launch a campaign for social justice from April 12 to October 12 of this year.
The campaign is to benefit more than 40 million Mexicans and other Latinos who live in the United States. They will be briefed and educated about the truth of their circumstances and origins and forming coalitions dedicated to education, immigration, health and labor rights.
“The campaign will conclude with a proclamation titled “Paro Nacional Latino;” (Latino National Roll of the Dice, which loosely translates to ‘National Latino Gamble’) demanding no more immigration arrests, and deportation,” said Carlos Arango, President of El Fuente Unidos de Inmigrantes.
During a discussion of immigration reform, the group rejected the legislative proposals of Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill), Barack Obama, Democrat Charles Schumer and Republican Lindsey Graham.
Arango explained that the immigration reform bill sponsored by the congressmen and President Obama “criminalizes undocumented workers under the pretext of national security.” They also will not legitimize the figure of 12 million undocumented Mexicans in the United States, according to Arango. “The true number of this community is more than 40 million people who are subject to the same discrimination and marginalization of our civil, human and economic rights,” explained Arango. The consensus of the meeting agreed that President Obama bears the responsibility for separation of families, deportations, persecutions of immigrants and deaths on the border.
“We clearly state that Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano has an anti-immigrant history as Governor of Arizona and that she has worsened the circumstances of the undocumented worker,” stated Arango.
The community leaders regret that after the marches of 2006, they gave the majority vote to the Democrats, which put President Obama in office, and have received nothing but promises in return.
“We are well aware that the conditions don’t exist in Congress to approve a humane and just immigration reform bill and that Republicans just want to fracture the Immigration Reform bill and Obama’s Health Care bill at the expense of immigrants. We, and our families, are not money that can be spent,” said Arango.
The Union also agreed to launch a national movement in Arizona to help immigrants and to help in the campaign against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and that he (The Sheriff) is the reason for the rise in the deaths of migrants in the Arizona desert who are just looking for a safe place to reside.
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