UPDATE: “With Democrats holding a 12-7 majority on the Judiciary Committee and a 60-40 advantage in the full Senate, Sotomayor doesn’t need any GOP votes to get confirmed if Democrats stay united,” according to Politico.com. And “Senators from both political parties predicted Sonia Sotomayor won’t face a filibuster on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court,” according to Bloomberg. It’s a done deal!
Why are some Republicans so upset about the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court? She is replacing a liberal. The American Bar Association has given her their highest rating. She has backing from many prominent Republicans. So what is the problem?
Are some Republicans afraid that she will do a great job on the highest court in the land? Are they afraid that she will inspire her fellow Latinos? Are they hoping to keep her and all other Latinos down? Does her nomination scare them because it means that Latinos can now aspire to the highest positions in our government?
Check out what the odious Rush Limbaugh had to say about Sotomayor, according to Think Progress:
Reacting to Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court today, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh called Sotomayor a “horrible pick,” said that Republicans should “go to the mat” in their efforts to oppose her confirmation in the Senate, and — echoing his hopes for Obama’s failure — declared that he wanted Sotomayor to “fail”:
LIMBAUGH: Do I want her to fail? Yeah. Do I want her to fail to get on the court? Yes! She’d be a disaster on the court. Do I still want Obama to fail as President? Yeah. AP you getting this? He’s going to fail anyway, but the sooner the better.
Aha! These Republicans just want Democrats to fail, period. They don’t care about the U.S. or the people in it. They care only for their putrid party.
Sotomayor will be confirmed. And I have no doubt that she will do a fine job. Will I agree with all of her decisions? Probably not. But I respect her as a person and as a professional, just as I respect President Obama.
The politics of destruction being practiced by Limbaugh and his ilk is going to destroy what is left of the GOP. Latinos are taking note of the current hate-fest against Sotomayor. We won’t forget this.
another useless race bashing post by rev al sharpton pedroza . these reps wants dems to fail ask yourself the same question art when bush was in office and turn it around hmmmmmmmm .
Read this wonderful piece of black bashing trash just recently published on Salon. Entitled Sonia Sotomayor is not Clarence Thomas… its quite a hoot.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/29/clarence_thomas/index.html?source=rss&aim=%2Fopinion%2Fconason
Then dont miss all the colorful comments about Thomas on the DailyKook, where all the lefties hang out.
“Clarence Thomas is just a white ass kissing black man. Better known as “Uncle Thom”. He needs too be put into a sack and thrown off the highest bridge into the deepest waters.”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/4/83216/3860/1017/669196
anomaly,
The reason they hate Clarence Thomas so much is because he is black and he is conservative. He does not fit with the idiot’s like Al Sharpten. He Went to school, excelled on his own and hold’s one of the highest position’s in the world.
He is a credit to his race and to his country!
As for Miss Sotomayor, after the stupid ruling that she give concerning the white and hispanic Fire fighters. Her ruling being based on the city not being sued.
It does not take a brain surgeron to figure out that she being the hispanic woman who know’s better than the white man is “CAN EVERYONE SAY, SOTOMAYOR YOUR A DUMB ASS”, in fact she admits it herself ” the only reason i am here is because of affirmative action, my grades where not that good”, “REALLY, I WOULD NOT HAVE GUESSED”
Dr. King, really was an amazing man, he had it so right “judge not a man by the colour of his skin, but by the content of his character”. I am sure he is rolling in his grave, how race and political correctness has taken this country into a hole, we may not get out of!
Please People forget about Colour,culture. “LOOK AT THE CHARACTER AND THE CONTENT OF YOUR LEADERS”
The GOP needs to standup aganist this hispanic bulling that is taking place in this country and then they will not look like such weak Pr&^%#.
Its not hate for Sotomayor,Its the fear that we can’t take much more of this LATIN crap!
Really, Art you really need more white,black and Asian friends, then you would not be so tribel!
If she is confirmed i hope she drop’s the race crap, but i suppose her race got her where she is today!
LATINO”S ARE TAKING NOTE OF THE CURRENT HATE FEST!
yeah so what! really the Irish are taking note of the current latina gang fest! I don’t want a racist on our highest court!
And so are the Africans,Germans,Iranians,polish,British,jewish,ect… Their is more of us to vote than you guys, THE LATINO’ so the moral of the story is so what!
Your race is just a drop in the bucket of so many!
good post michelle see in wacky pedroza world race comes before character
Ditto 1,2,3,4,5 and 6
The saddest part is that the Latinos have nothing to offer to in reach the American society.
Their culture and way of thinking is hundreds years behind the western world therefore they become increasingly a burden to all of us.
Pedroza knows that but he likes the affirmative action benefits — economical and political.
“It’s a done deal!”….. Good!
I should add that this will piss off more people than you can imagine and the democrats will feel this in 2010 election.
Same like these marches couple years ago.
It is the events like these which draw the people to ballot boxes.
Look what is happening to Nativo Lopez and IRS harassing of employers. That would be unheard of ind the past 30 years.
We will put this Latino revolution under the control. However, wee need more of this kind of crapola to energize the voter.
Fiala,
Actually, I am opposed to affirmative action – and always have been.
fiala,
I willl say that the hispaincs do have alot of great qualities that would enrich this country. They are very family orientated, kind and warm people, but they also have been targeted for their willness to go down the path of constant welfare use.
Guys go on this website.
Insure the uninsured Project:
look up the ITUP orange and San Diego Regional workgroup.
This is a conversation taking place in San Diego with the reps from Healthy families,Caloptima, ect…
Lucien state’s (ITUP)
There appears to be substantial under-enrollment of Non-hispanic white and African Americans in Healthy Families in both counties.
Mary Lewis: The focus has been on enrollment in the hispanic Community. It has been tough to find grantee’s to do the out reach in the African American Communities. (This woman is on the Alliance Health Care Foundation)
Really it is much more seedy and corrupt! I have followed the money trail and i can understand why they target Hispanics for entitlements!
“Actually, I am opposed to affirmative action – and always have been.”….. sure!
You, Ali Baba and the Seven Banditos!
Art,
Could you be opposed to it because it is ridiculous. Just as ridiculous as her court ruling that it was not discrimation, but a fear of being sued??
Come on Art, She knew that it was discrimation, her ruling was a direct effect of her racical ideology!
Michelle,
She is a liberal. She is replacing a liberal. It is Obama’s turn to appoint someone.
Sotomayor is qualified in every way. We don’t have to agree with her – in fact I don’t agree with her every position.
Republicans are risking much by continuing this stupid opposition. There are no grounds to oppose her. Disagreeing with her is not a good reason to fight her appointment.
It is Obama’s turn. Bush appointed several judges to the Supreme Court. Now Obama will have eight years to undo that.
“I willl say that the hispaincs do have alot of great qualities that would enrich this country”…. sure!
“They are very family orientated, kind and warm people,”…. virtually every week there is an ember alert looking for a Hispanic father/mother who kidnapped their own children, heading south.
And these are the lucky ones! In majority cases there is a murder involved prior to a kidnapping.
“but they also have been targeted for their willness to go down the path of constant welfare use.”….. this is oxymoronic statement to the above, Michelle.
I should add that it is this kind of Latino “family orientation” which produces mafia and gangs.
Based on the SAPD13 data, there are entire families involved in the gang activities — not only children.
i.e. our ward 6 council member’s father was killed based on such Latino “family orientation”.
Fiala,
I agree with what you are saying, but all cultures have scum amid them!
The latin culture is corrupted with welfare. Espeically within this state. 30% of all welfare use is in this state, and more than 1/2 of all welfare use is for hispanic’s most either illegal or the children of illegals. But remember the hispanic’s are targeted to get the welfare, because they are poor, uneducated, many do not speak English. If you have looked into all the Non-profits in Orange Country most are founded and developed by the white’s who are either in the government or in corps like the Irvine Company. The Rich have found it very profitable to call Illegal Alien’s the Vunerable and underserved. And the local Government have found that they can group bigger and more powerful with while serving the suppose American poor.
You know as well as i do that Socialism does more harm than good to any culture. N.Ireland in the 80’s and early 90’s was Santa Ana in 2009, it is only now that N.ireland is progressing in to a more caplistic society and is booming.
I am sorry for the death of the dad, that was killed, but i am sure many hispanic’s would be too.
And just to add most serial murders are white
Have a lovely day Fiala.
“I agree with what you are saying, but all cultures have scum amid them!”….. we are talking about Hispanic not [all] Michelle.
Although your statement is true it is paradoxical.
You could say same about Nazis too. Not all Nazis or communist or what ever were bad people! But you would not get anywhere with such logic.
The individuals create progress not masses.
I would hate to have you all meet some of the poor white people from back home. I will take living in the barrio anyday over most of them.
No group has a lock on having idiots. But what do I know, I thought we were all supposted to be Americans and that we were hopefully getting beyond picking people or avoiding them because of thier background or skin color.
No Affirmative action would have ever been needed if everyone would just follow the simple fact that all are created equal.
“the simple fact that all are created equal”….. if that will be true there would not be rich or poor Jim.
If the people would be created equal they would have equal powers and would equally accumulate the wealth.
FYI, the people are not [created] the people evolved which is evident from the DNA.
Throughout this evolution some DNA got damaged and some improved.
Same as there are not two same fingerprints nor DNA there are not two same people even if cloned.
I would agree tat we should not take advantage of disadvantages but the affirmative action is not the answer.
Michelle Quinn continues to telegraph her stupidity. Three judges, not Sotomayor alone, ruled on the New Haven firefighter case. You lose all credibility when you don’t get the facts correctly.
Yeah and she was one of them!
what fact did i not get correctly. She is the one running for the highest Court, not the other two!
HI:)
The decision in the Ritchie case went before a panel of three and a 78-page decision was handed down by the panel of three. The decision was based on precedent and supported the city’s position of following the law as it pertained to Title VII.
Your attempt to thrust the entire decision on Sotomayer is not accurate. Your posts indicate you are not interested in accuracy and lack full understanding of this particular case.
Sotomayer is not “running for the highest court”; she was nominated to replace Justice Souter and is subject to the Senate’s approval. No registered voter will cast a vote – aye or nay -regarding the nomination of Sotomayer. And she will be confirmed.
Why do people try to make things more complicated than they are. They ruled that the city had the right, because they did not want to be sued!
“The Higest Court in the Land”, over turned it, 5/4 that it was indeed discrimation!
Her judgement is questionable as to why she was more concerned about the city being sued, than the in your face discrimation that was before her!
she will be confirmed, and i hope to God she follow’s the law and not her own chip on the shoulder!