Sotomayor's Socialist Yearbook Quote

beliefnet.com ^ | 5/26/2009 | Steven Waldman

[dubie]

I'm slightly surprised that the White House press office gave out this image, from her 1976 Princeton yearbook, in which she quotes Norman Thomas.

Norman Thomas was, of course, the leading American Socialist politician of the 20th century. Perhaps they figured it would come out eventually so they wanted to be able to say, "That's old news. We thought it was so inconsequential, we mentioned it ourselves." Or perhaps they felt that substantively didn't matter; Norman Thomas was a pretty mainstream and respected figure, as socialists went. And his quote is universal. Or perhaps they didn't notice.

[drubyfive]

There is no “s” in Connor (unless you mean Jimmy).

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

This quote won’t help us expose her. No way. Barking up the wrong tree.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

IMHO, the thing that we have got to keep hammering away with, so far, is the VIDEO of her advocating judicial activism.

If the Pubes don’t grab onto this and use it, they are as useless and cowardly as we already know they are.

[John W]

Its not the quote, its the quotee.

[tx_eggman]

It was as strong as when I saw Adam Lambert on the first couple of episodes of Idol this year

The operators manual clearly states that the mere watching of American Idol pushes the meter to the left ...

[TexasCajun]

When the kids at KOS have a problem with your liberal judgement, you are in for a bumpy confirmation ride.

Sonia Sotomayor is not smart enough - UPDATED

[mallardx]

I was thinking “thank God I didn’t go to one of those colleges, and attended a State University.” Yikes.

[Still Thinking]

Holy crap! How dumb to you have to be for a liberal to notice and object?

[hoosiermama]

What do we know about her marriage, divorce and X-husband?

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

I know. But do you think this will have an impact on John Q. Public? You think she won’t squash this immediately by saying, “hey I just liked the quote?”

It’s not gonna persuade the average man on the street IMHO.

We need to hammer away at her BLATANT judicial activism, IMHO.

[KC Burke]

I just read that the gutless Sessions doesn’t see a GOP fight on this POS. I recommend millions of calls to this moron’s office.

LOL, you Texas-Redheads are a little hot-headed I take it. Which are you, an ex red head or an ex-Texan?

Sessions is a tough conservative to be leading this fight. Loads better then those that have held the post of ranking member for this committee for the Republicans in the past.

First of all, to mount a filabuster call prior to any staff work or hearings would be viewed as the most obstructionist partisanship imaginable. Better to have such an effort surface spontaneously after the true depth of her activist depravity his held up to the full light of hearings and discussed with great consternation.

Secondly, there has been some scuttlebut that she is such a doctrinaire leftist who a bottom is an intellectual light weight that having her on the court is a lot better than some of the alternatives. We know whomever the TOTUS will appoint will be an activist leftist. Why not have one that can sway no other votes?

Lets let this play out. Sessions is no Trent Lott or Arlen "Spincthter".

[Still Thinking]

Oh, wait, I forgot. For liberals, “dumb” is a political condition. As in, “We disagree with George Bush, therefore he’s dumb as a post”.

[BlueNgold]

Norman Thomas is a ‘respected’ alum of Princeton.
There is a library there named for him.
I doubt she can claim she didn’t know who he was...

[hoosiermama]

She married Kevin Noonan in 1976. She divorced in 1983. No kids.

Which Kevin Noonan? The lawyer in Chicago?...The Bio Tech doctor?...the rock star?....Does he have his own connections with BHO? or Rahm-E's brother?

[Mr. Silverback]

I doubt we’ll get any mileage out of this. My yearbook quote was from the song “Strawberry Fields Forever,” which was written by a Marxist.

[Still Thinking]

But obviously I can! ;-)

[ponygirl]

My guess would be that Kevin Noonan is still seeking therapy for that time he walked in on her and her “extra-special someone’s” extended legal briefing and found his beloved with carpet all over her face.

[ZULU]

Well, not exactly a Michelle Bachmann or Sarah Palin, but physically still pretty hot looking.

[sr4402]

She Quotes Norman Thomas, The PRESIDENT of the US SOCIALIST PARTY. Therefore the question is whether she has Socialist Leanings and would bring that to the court. Her advocacy of policy makes that a solid yes.

Info on Normal Thomas:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Thomas

[Peter Libra]

Orwell was different. Yes, he was a committed socialist, but he was a thinker and modified his views throughout his lifetime.

I am glad that you have the real George Orwell well and truly pegged. For at the time Orwell was indeed "Down and out in London and Paris" (Book title), the only hope seemed the British Labour Party. This in the hard scrabble years - the 1930's. You are probably well aware of Orwell's differences with the "new" Socialists.

I take the liberty for others of showing just where Orwell began to doubt. When he hiked up North, did show concern about the established and comfortable Trades Union brass. Orwell noted that having got a salary from the workers, they then acted exactly like the "managerial class". Houses adorned like that class. The airs and graces of the British Lower Middle Class.,were then adopted by these people.

Orwell asked a prominent Labour leader, who had sold the idea that Britains exclusive and elite "Public Schools" should no longer be supported by the poorer tax payers, a question. "What if they still exist?" The now affluent Labour politician said in a prissy voice.

"I will jolly well send my sons to them".

Orwell was disgusted. With good reason eventually. The so-called Labour Party then became inebriated with the trappings of those they despised and campaigned against. Excuse this rant, but the lesson is that Socialists both Canadian and American in political parties, talk up a good storm for the average Joe. They then emulate the "fat cats" whom they have campaigned against. (chuckle).