Comments on: Soto Saddened By Her People’s Crimes

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:44:05 +0000

“BAM”

By: imnewatthis

imnewatthis — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:08:25 +0000

This woman sickens, angers, disgusts, and frightens me. Does Obama really think a European-American will be able to expect any justice in a case involving “HER people” if Sotomayor is the judge? They certainly won’t feel confident about it if they’ve read much about her.

By: neocon mom

neocon mom — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:36:31 +0000

I wouldn’t be disappointed in Newt if he had never been a significant and effective leader of the conservative movement. He acts more like a member of the political class now than when he was in office!
I hate being told of the “political reality” that this woman will be confirmed. And a lot of commentators I typically agree with are falling into the trap of saying so. So what if it’s a safe bet she’ll be confirmed. That’s not the point. Can’t those of us outraged by this woman’s comments and decision on the Ricci case speak out, contact our senators? Or must we accept her nomination as a foregone conclusion because the “:numbers” are on her side? Don’t we ultimately constitute “the numbers”?
In my letter to Senator Bill Nelson I will concede that elections have consequences and that I don’t believe that Obama is likely to pick someone that I would agree with, politically. But this woman has been reversed by SCOTUS more often than not. Other judges have been denied for less. And her racial rhetoric is inflammatory and unsuitable for someone who has so much power over so many Americans. As conservatives derailed Harriet Myers since there were better nominees out there, so too should this woman be denied. Someone more along the lines of William Van Alstyne would be far more appropriate for the high court, and far more palatable to America.

By: catie

catie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:18:37 +0000

Neocon Mom, I am not surprised by Newt. I know a lot of people love him but he gives me the heebeejeebees.
She will be a disaster on the Court but there’s nothing to do to stop it.

By: neocon mom

neocon mom — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:53:53 +0000

A bit disappointed in Newt, I am.
This woman has obviously built her career on what Thomas Sowell called the “new, fashionable racism”. I couldn’t imagine getting hired in the private sector after making so much of my race, gender and ethnicity during the interview. It is as if this woman afraid that her “Hispanicness” will become irrelevant and she’ll join a class of un-hyphenated, indistinct “Americans” like those of Irish, Italian or Hungarian descent.
I grew up thinking that the point of the civil rights movement was to get people to see past the more superficial qualities of skin color and gender and look at a person’s qualifications. Now we are told someone’s qualifications for the job of Supreme Court Justice are a matter of her race and gender.

By: JohnMG

JohnMG — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:32:00 +0000

……“I’ll take the Fifth,” she said…

Me too. If she is confirmed, I’ll take the fifth of Jim Beam from the cupboard, and a glass of ice, and retire to the veranda to numb my conciousness!

By: Right of the People

Right of the People — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:26:26 +0000

That’s the whole point, she doesn’t see herself as an American first, but a Latina who just happens to live in the US. No wonder her and The One get along so well, they are two peas in a pod a couple of America haters.

By: proreason

proreason — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:23:27 +0000

I think the feminine form is “michelle”

By: Petronius

Petronius — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:22:09 +0000

“I’ll take the Fifth,” she said…

That reminds me. Does anyone know the feminine forms for thug? thugess? thugette? thugesque?

By: beautyofreason

beautyofreason — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:39:43 +0000

“The saddest crimes for me were the ones that my own people committed against each other,”

What does she mean “her people?” She’s an American for goodness’ sake. Americans are “her people.”

I suppose she’ll never see beyond race colored glasses.

By: MinnesotaRush

MinnesotaRush — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:56:16 +0000

“On paper, she comes across as a classic overachiever ..”

And in reality, she comes across as a racist!

By: proreason

proreason — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:10:12 +0000

“I’ll take the Fifth,” she said

So a potential nominee for the SCOTUS, the second most important position in the government, has declined to comment on an issue that would probably reveal more about her attitudes than any other.

I guess commenting about the Clarence Thomas lynching is above her pay grade.

By: Reality Bytes

Reality Bytes — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:59:19 +0000

Remember when American Justice was just blind before CRIPPLED & CRAZY?!