Who is leading the charge in the Senate for the Republicans against President Barack Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor? That would be Senator Jeff Sessions. And this is where things get interesting.
“He came before this committee 22 years ago, when he was nominated by President Reagan to be a U.S. district judge. The committee killed the nomination on a 9-9 vote, in part because some critics of Sessions testified that he had demonstrated “gross insensitivity” on racial issues. A U.S. attorney had testified that he had heard Sessions claim that he had once admired the Ku Klux Klan,” according to the L.A. Times.
Hmmm…so the Republicans are rallying behind a racist in their attempt to label Sotomayor as a racist? Well, isn’t that telling.
Here is additional information about Sessions’ racial insensitivity, courtesy of Wikipedia:
In 1986, Sessions was nominated for a federal judgeship by President Ronald Reagan. The nomination was killed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which refused by a 9-9 vote to let the nomination come to the Senate floor for a vote. Sessions’s opponents accused him of “gross insensitivity” on racial issues. Sessions allegedly made a variety of comments that opponents pointed to, when he jokingly said that the Ku Klux Klan was not so bad until he found out that some of them smoked marijuana. Sessions also allegedly referred to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as “un-American” and “Communist-inspired” because they “forced civil rights down the throats of people.” At his confirmation hearings, Sessions said that the groups could be un-American when “they involve themselves in un-American positions” in foreign policy. Sessions claimed that the remarks had been made in jest.
Good grief! What a bunch of haters the Republicans have become…
Pedroza, you have just demonstrated the reverse racism.
Alleging that White Sessions and Hispanic Sotomayor are both equally racists:
The White Sessions’ nomination was killed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
In contrast, Hispanic Sotomayor’s nomination will not be killed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
notice how art is always PLAYING THE RACE CARD . IF YOU ATTACK A LATINO YOUR A RACIST . well we know who the real racist reconquista is . a clue HE RUNS THIS SITE .
#2,
I was born in the U.S. So was my maternal grandfather. How about you?
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH YOU BEING A RACIST ART . who cares where your born a racist can be born here , there , anywhere every post you write about a republican who says anything about a latino they ARE RACIST , HATERS , your words not mine .
#4,
You keep saying that I am a “Reconquista,” but I was born and raised here.
You Republicans hate Latinos. That is simply a fact.
If Mexicans were all white and spoke English you would welcome them with open arms…
Jeff Sessions is well known to be a racist even amongst his GOP peers.
He usually calls Black men “boy”. I wonder how he likes having to call a Black man “Mr. President”?
Sessions racist behavior is well-documented. His felow Republicans know this. Why do you think it was that a Republican led Judiciary Committee shot his appointment down in 1986?
Funny how racists like he and Limbaugh are leading the way calling Judge Sotomayor a racist.
and you hate whites or any race that makes a statement that you do not agree . its straight out of the far left playbook that you belong too art . when the conversation or things dont go the way you want you call them racist . you use that word like drawing a gun in a western movie = all the time . A FACT .
Art is that true?
I am white, do you hate me?
Sean,
LOL! And I am very white too.
HHHAAA ANY RACE THAT DOSE NOT AGREE WITH YOU . white green ,black , yellow , it does not matter. your the rev al sharpton pedroza RACE BAITER .
Everyone wants to be white, don’t they.
Cook,
I wish I was brown. I sunburn too easily.
Cook,
Not really. On a sunny summer day the beaches are overcrowded with sunbathers wishing to be brown.
the great one,
You feel justified in labeling Sotomayor a racist based on her statement.
Do you also consider Sessions a racist based on his statements?
#1
Sen. Sessions grilling this morning was soley centered on racism. It’s exactly what I expected from the senator from Alabama.
mr lomeli show me on this site where i said she was a racist i did not label sotomayor as a racist . art is a racist . every time you disagree with him dealing with hispanic issues if your not on his side your a racist or hater . im not crazy aboute her but like i said show me on here where i called HER A RACIST .
Jeff Sessions openly supporrted the KKK, until he found out that it’s members smoked pot.
FOR REAL. now thats FU.
I like her, plain and simple, only time can tell if she is a head case liberal or not!!
I have watched her and she seams warm and engaging, she is very professional. She listens well to all points.
Only time can tell lads, only time!
I like being white! and if i was trying to get a tan i would be the colour of a tamato! So not everyone Doc is trying to get brown:)
Sorry TOMATO, i was trying to sound Amerian!
I did not read this article, only the headline. I am sort of new on this blog but it didn’t take me long to learn some things. Por exemple: this articles headline contained the word “Racist”. I know it was written by Pedroza when I saw that word. I looked up and it was written by him. I read no more. That label means there is no logical argument to be made so why read it.
Art is not a racist.
Sessions attempt to label Sotomayer a racist apparently prompted the LA Times to post this online observation from Justice Alito’s confirmation hearings in 2006.
At one point during Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl’s third-degree examination of Sonia Sotomayor over her “wise Latina” comments, the judge pointed out that a sitting Supreme Court Justice had once acknowledged the influence of his background and personal experiences on his decision-making.
During his own 2006 confirmation hearings before the Judiciary Committee, the famously conservative Samuel Alito told senators that his Italian-immigrant background affects the ways he hears cases, she said.
Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy hammered home that point before breaking, when he read out loud Alito’s exact quote:
“When I get a case about discrimination, I have to think about people in my own family who suffered discrimination because of their ethnic background or because of religion or because of gender. And I do take that into account.”
POST 21 TAKE A BOW . POST 22 SORRY HE IS A RACIST LOOK BACK AT ALL HIS FOMER POST . IF YOU WHERE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE YOUR A HATER IF YOUR NOT WITH THE ILLEGALS YOUR A RACIST .
the great one,
Sorry for my mistake. Please accept my apology.
The point of this thread is general.
If Sotomayor is labeled a racist due to her comment then Sessions is also a racist due to his comments.
If Sotomayor because of this is considered not fit to be at the nominated post then Sessions is not fit to sit as a Senator and judge anyone racist.
If you are OK with Sessions you should be OK with Sotomayor.
I watched the hearings for about 40 minutes this morning. Sen. Sessions appeared well prepared,cordial and informed. Judge Sotomayor revised her answers several times concerning her ‘wise latina’ comment. I believe his questions were fair and not the least bit confrontational. Her answers were not as clear, she never said she regretted the comment, she said she meant something else. I hope she is not confirmed; not based on her wise Latina comment but on her decision of New Haven vs. Ricci. Being Hispanic doesn’t make her any wiser than being white, she stated she said that to her predominately Hispanic
audience of young law students etc. I think she is intelligent and she makes a great District judge, but if she sat on the Supreme Court a month ago, the city of New Haven would have one the decision not the firefighters who passed the test. I did not know Sessions background this morning if any of what this blog insinuated about him, but his questioning seemed fair.
It is very easy to call someone a racist, it is equally important to read and make up one’s own mind about politicians and issues.
Signed a person of Mexican background who could care less if the next Justice is Hispanic.
Just impartial, intelligent and fair also NOT empathetic.
mr lomelli no problem like i said before i usually dont agree with you but at least you dont play the race card or put outrages stuff on here like someone else hint , hint , take a wild guess who? . thank you sir and have a nice night .
It’s staggering Senators Sessions and Cornyn have chosed to focus on the “wise Latina” comment and virtually ignore the Judge’s 17 years of work.
Sen. Cornyn’s grilling this morning was fascinating since his questions were based on his medical background he is one of two sitting US Senators). Why can a white man call on his professional experiences and deny the Latina woman the opportunity to call on hers?
The real kicker about these hearings is the level of transparency. I believe it’s a good thing. Too bad the public has been denied the opportunity to witness first hand how the U.S. banks were bailed out.
Clarence Thomas? Bork?? The Libs are still crazy with their (transparent)hypocrisy-and stupidity. Only the dolts of our population trust them.
weezie,
Those “dolts” make up most of AMerica.
As for the two-faced-dumbness, I am certain there is enough of that to go around.
The bottomless trough of GOP trash.
Duplojohn-you make my point:
“Those “dolts” make up most of AMerica.”