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to Jon in CA. you should read her whole speach and not listen to Rush or the right wing idiots before you open your mouth. She was talking about who has more knowledge about minorities or women than a female latino. It is sure not the rich white boy club that currently controls the republican party and the court.

southerncousin May 27th, 2009 12:41 pm ET

"Joe the flubber, now that we have a marxist-leninist nominee who said she hates white men...."

That must've been some reeeallly good moonshine 'cuz! When did she say she hated white men?

Obama doesn’t want this woman on the Supreme Court. He is looking for the republicans to shut her down and dominate the news as being the bullies and upset all kinds of groups.

While nobody is watching Obama will be doing what he does best destroying the foundation of our great country.

But Obama overplayed his hand on this one and the republicans will put the vote needed on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Or

Was this pick for Obama (hates constitution), Hispanics (reward), and Catholics(reward)?

Take a long and longer look.

You heard it here first.

I would encourage you all to look at factcheck.org for non-partisan, unbiased information.

"I would hope that a White man, with all of his rich life experience, would more often than not make a better choice than a Latina woman."

How well do you suppose i would fare if i made this type of statement, and was actually SERIOUS about it?

Interesting conversations. There is a suggestion that the Republicans are being racist, simply because they want to do their job and question Sotomayer as part of her confirmation, but when Biden was conducting the interview for Clarence Thomas, ( a black man), no one seemed to be upset. Can anyone ever forget those sad days when Biden conducted those so called hearings? How about playing some of the footage from them and see if you hear anyone hollering racism, because it was at it's worst.

hahaha maybe the don't want her to be confirmed.... i mean, they did put Joe "Six-pack-foot-in-mouth" Biden in charge of leading the effort to get her appointed.

And to the moron who said she "deserves" this appointment- You're dead wrong. She doesn't deserve the appointment. Nobody deserves it. She has made several statements that prove she has no business being on the Supreme Court.

Have you idiots ever seen a picture of lady justice? Did you notice that she WEARS A BLINDFOLD??? All this talk of Latina women making better choices than a white man.. Sonia can take a hike.

To the black spider,

You are a racist as well, and an ignorant one at that.

Well....isn't that the pot calling the kettle black.....I mean brown.

Good job President Obama & Vice President Biden I think she was a great pick congrats to Judge Sotomayor you wil do a great job

You mean the same Joe Biden that totally trashed Judge Bork during Bork's nomination process?? The same Joe Biden who "steals" others writings and takes credit as his own? The same Joe Biden who never ceases to put his foot in his mouth? The sdame Joe Biden who has not had a real job in his life? The same Joe Biden who dodged the draft? way to go Obama!

Bring out the heavy artillery! Position your battleships, target has been sighted!

In real America, we don't look at race first...only politicians and those trying to have personal gain look at race. She is a racist, and Obama just wants to get the hispanice voting base. What a scummy political move by Obama, put this racist in such a high power. We are all equal and should be judged that way. Wake up Obamabots!!!

I do have to wonder though.Obama who is against affermitive action,then picked a very pro affermitive action judge.Have to think he caved into pressure and not his first choice.To go against strong stance he took while he ran for office only to reverse that posistion in a supreme court pick.Makes one wonder who is really pulling Oboma's strings.Of course he did change his mind about posting bills out of congress for voters to view and give imput before he signed them.Seems he not much on change after all.flip-flop Oboma should have never run.Hillery would be doing us a much better job.

Racism is okay if you're a democrat. It's only if you are a republican that racism is seen as a violation of the constitution and evil.

After wading through all the hype and hysteria from both sides, there are still a few things that make me re-consider my initial positive response to this nominee.

There have been several comments that she does not have an established record of particularly noteworthy legal pronouncements. If this is not correct, what in her record makes her a brilliant jurist? We want the absolute best for the SC.

According to one media source she's had 8 cases reviewed by the Supreme Court and 6 of those were reversed. Is that considered a high percentage of reversals for an appeals court judge? I honestly don't know; I'm not a legal scholar.

I'm a lot more interested in her professional record than I am in what she may have said in a speech or where she stands on Roe.

Biden will gaffe Sotomayor out of the nomination.

More evidence of liberal racism....using the term "sherpa" in a derogatory way. I guess its ok to be racist if you are a democrat.

With Joe in charge, this will be ientertaining at least.

No problems with joe biden leading the way???..hahahaha!!..you've gotta be kidding me!!..everything will go great as long as he keeps his mouth shut..and who cares what or where this nominee is or comes from??..after all the last time I checked didn't sister justice still wear a blindfold??..and by the way..if she gets appointed does she get a stake in general motors and chrysler??

Jon in CA – what was Sotomayor talking about when she said that?

I do believe there are experiences that Latina women know more about than a white man. If she's talking about the struggle of an immigrant and/or minority than I'm sure she's correct.

And it seems like she's saying the experience of a Latina woman will help her make proper decisions – not that she'll make better decision simply because she was born Latina. That's not racism, that's experiencism.

I just want to take time to thank the OBama administration for the hard work they are doing this far and for their effort BIG UPS to this administration. GOD BLESS YOU! Keep up the good work.

I submitted to fast, Saggitarians direction, open mouth an insert foot, maybe two...

Well I have to speak my mind, well what is left of it

Ya, know I just love this, during the Bushie years, no one could express their opinions, NOW it's out in full force, go back and check that information. How many people were arrested for protecting a war, we had no business in,{IRAQ}. Did W. get Bin Laden?, Nooooo, Bush 41 was buddies with the Bin Laden family....

Racism: wow now that is calling the kettle black... Remember Gettysburg, Pa. where 50,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died because the South wanted to have slavery. Passt. An African- American is sitting in the oval office, and a President that sit in the oval office was also from Illinois.

Now to Biden, just think of him as a Sagittarius, we are born with directions; Sagittarians

During yesterday's announcement, VPOTUS received some harsh glares from POTUS. Joe is a horses butt.

Joe Biden...please lead this effort but stick to the script and don't ad lib.

Here's a thought...

...let's INVOLUNTARILY...

...persuade the GOP and connedselfservatives...

...to LEAVE this country...

...they hate so much!!!!

...The racists reside in the GOP...

Oh no! Not Joe!

In Judge Sotomayor's, last confirmation 8 Republicans voted to confirm her. One of the Bush's was President. All you sick racist go back to sleep. She's in!

@ Mari:

You said, "In the South, there are still high schools that hold separate proms for the races!"

That is probably the most ignorant, idiotic thing I've ever heard. So many of you up north think it's all the "Dukes of Hazzard" down here. I don't know where you got your information, but you are wrong, wrong, wrong. We have the same laws down here as you have up there, and we have the decency to follow them.

If you want to be a raging, angry liberal, be one, but stop the idiotic slander. I challenge you to find ONE place that has separate proms for the races, anywhere in the South. Put your brain in gear next time before you engage your mouth.

You wouldn't know what racism is it it came up and bit you on the nose.

the affirmative action police here ar funny...riddle me this

out of over 150 supreme court judges (5) including Sotomayor not white men. Immediately the question of race & gender come up

Never ever did one of you (or the media) even think to question race or qualifications. All cases involving involving race & gender in America decided upon by 99.9% white men (many with questionable biases)- You don't give it a second thought.

Sotomayer has more judicial experience and than any other nominee in history, and one of the best educatiions.

MIRROR

Break out the "sea sick pills", the spinning is about to begin in earnest.

CNN & MSNBC – only things in a positive light.
Fox News – only things in a negative light.

The woman has a certain amount of liberal baggage but the Democrats have the votes.

I am a Democrat who does not place people over principles. She's a bad choice – most of her appeals rulings have been overturned by by the Supreme Court. That says it all.

Is this the same Biden who Borked a few other Supreme Court nominees? He's older and dumber now, and if I were Ms. Sotomayor, I would certainly look for someone with less baggage and more gray matter to help me here.

Justice Sotomayer said, "a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life."

I fail to see where that screams blatant racism. Seriously, can a white man identify with an African-American's life experiences? A Hispanics life experiences? A woman's life experiences?

Unless white men are really African-American, Hispanic, and women disguised as white men, I fail to see how they can know what these groups of people experience in every day life. Well, they can't. Which leads me to believe that this is just more incessant whining from the ridiculous and rabid right, who would whine regardless who President Obama nominated.

Yawn – the GOP tactics are VERY old, and VERY boring.

@Mari, all you have to do is look at her public comments about a latino woman making better decision than a white male to see she's racist and sexist too. Her ruling to uphold denying promotions to the New Haven firefighters also demonstrates that she supports racial based quotas. A judge with her lackluster record would not be in her position now if he were a white male.

@ southerncousin

What's the matter? Are we still bitter about the outcome of the Presidental victory? LMAO I love it I really do. To all the haters out there GET OVER IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

I sure hope Republicans do what they really want to do and really slam Sotomayor hard so we can add substantially more Hispanic and Women voters to the Democratic roles in the 2010 and 2012 elections.
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Point taken, Democrats have no problem using race baiting tactics so long as it benefits them. These same Liberals then turn around and say that race is not something that they consider when dealing with people but obviously they do.

Cost for 20,000,000 hispanic votes - 1 Supreme Court Justice

Cost for 20,000,000 additional hispanic votes - Pardon and legalize all the illegals

Cost for 5,000,000 UAW union votes – 60% ownership of Chrysler and GM

Cost for 45,000,000 state and city government union worker votes – $200 billion in stimulus payments to keep paying their inflated salaries

Cost of 25 million black votes, including 1 former black general CHief of Staff Colin Powell - 1 Black President

The best government money can buy

She is a great AMerican story…immigrant rises to the pinnacle of her profession through hard work and dedication to her craft. These facts cannot be denied. You all seem to think sh eshould be confirmed because of that. What about her decisions and her views on certain issues? Are these not the criteria on which a Justice should be selected, not because she is the right ethnicity or has feelings about the cases in front of her. The statue if Lady Liberty is blindfolded, for a reason
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Fact: She is not an immigrant

She has successfully been through two confirmation hearings, and has more judicial experience than anyone currently sitting on the Supreme Court did when they were confirmed. Her resume is stellar. Enough said! How can ANYONE claim she isn't qualfied for the position? You may not like the decisions she has made in the past (trust me, I know the feeling when we went through the Roberts confirmaiton process), but to say she isn't qualified is a flat out lie. Oh, but the party of NO doesn't want to deal with silly little things like facts!

@ Vern in VA

If you had half a brain you would have a job moron.

Joe Biden is a joke! Sotomayor is a racist and a sexist!

Obama only picked her for a political move and to appease the Mexicans!

I am really tired of seeing the same old stuff and political favors that our politicians play.

WHEN IS OUR GOVERNMENT GOING TO WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE???????

This pick was a stroke of genius from Big Daddy O! Not only did he pick a great judge, but he picked one that the GOP will destroy themselves opposing. When the few GOP Sen.. vote for her they will be blacklisted, the base will go monkeys putting her down causing many Spanish people to leave the party, and women will not be able to say Husain has not done anything for them. Great pick on the merits because she can do the job, and politically because it will send the GOP out a whack. Get well soon GOP. No wonder Rush calls him the Messiah or is it because he still thinks The One is Muslim?

Jon in CA: please explain how can a white man on the relate to a hispanic woman???? just wondering? and by the way that statement was made in 2001 and its clear that everyone is taking it out of context.

Its nice for everyone that we still have quotas.
Clearly she was not good enough to stand on her own merits.
She is only now being pushed up the ladder further because she is Puerto Rican and a Female.
It probably does not bother her that if it was a blind objective system she never would have gotten into Undergrad or Law School...
Good job using the system. Who said that the system does not work it surely worked for her only because she is a minority and is a female....
This is great because it puts a blemish on every minority and female record. You MUST measure and wonder if they really were the best person for the job... not really I think.

Lets make America a one Party system and call it: GAB..the gab of devision is growing by the day...and as an Independent I must say that
Obama and the Dems..conribute more in deviding the country ...the way they go about telling the GOP better watch out in regard to Judge
Sotomayor confirmation..is pure black mail and not democracy ....The Dems better watch out they are on the way in ruining the country beyond repair...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peter Pan could have been nominated for the Supreme Court and Rush and the Republicans would STILL have something to whine about. Get over yourselves already.

Grow up, or risk the rest of us watching your party slowly implode. Get me some popcorn and some Sno Caps.

Of course she will be confirmed. Facts like 3/4 of the time the supreme court has overturned her decisions shouldn't matter. The fact that she believes it is the judicial branches job to create legislation, Little things like that would only matter to American's who understand what made this country great – not to those that want to change it.

IT has nothing to do with the person being a race or sex.
The only ones that trumpet that are the Democrats that try to oppose.
No one called the Dems racist and they opposed Thomas and Gonzales.
Now you put it in the hands of the Democratic Spinning Media and they declare it a race war.
The woman is not objective.
The woman does not respect or follow law.
The woman does not believe in the constitution.
As Barack said in 2000 the constitution and Bill of rights are documents that NEED to be changed. He does not believe in law or the constitution unless it benefits his own ideals.

the only reason why this man is vice president is that Obama couldnt stand to be shown up with it comes to running the country. Obama has done more running then running the country and doing the position he was elected too. Just remember our taxes is paying for all of his trips and running around which the man could not do as a normal person. He is living his dreams and travels on my children and grand childrens monies.
I hope the the GOP has someone in the making to take this man out of office.

She is a very bad choice for a supreme court judge.
She does not believe in the constitution or the bill of rights.
She believes in legislating from the bench.
She is not objective.
She is sexist and she is racist.
She does not believe in blind justice.
Write your senators to oppose the nomination.

@ Jon in CA, who said "Do we need to draw you a picture, Mari?"

No, but giving her the rest of what Sotomayor said in context might be a less disingenuous way of "helping" her understand.

Obama picked her knowing full well the race card would be pulled and "everyone" needs to be carefull in what they say... and in questioning her. Why is he in such a hurry... here's your sign... she makes her own rules and laws by her own admittance...Obama and his crew are a big joke all these important issue at hand and he is in Vegas doing a fund raiser, Well how about doing a fundraiser for USA!!!
Everything is a 3 day crisis.. have you noticed?? When Obama wants people to not focus on a certain issue he makes a big decision to take the heat off what ever is going on...Nancy Pelosi. lying!!!.Joe Biden..running his mouth ...more money being spent... Has Obama spent more than 2 days at the Whitehouse???

To be honest, I'm beginning to believe that Obama is maybe baiting the GOP a little at this point. They would sooooo love to get their revenge on Conan the Delawarian for the whole Bork thing. Too bad for them that they'd be smart not to take the bait. I bet they can't resist tho...which is fine, they'll just be Borking themselves where the sun don't shine.

Oh No!! The way Biden opens his mouth and inserts his foot the Sotomayor nomination is in some jeapordy. Dear Joe talk to your buddies in the Senate but please don't give her advise on how to answer questions. Qualifications of this lady are much better than say Scalia or Thomas on the right or Stevens and Ginsburg on the left. Dear GOP ask tough questions as the Democrats did when they were in the minority, but just because this person isn't on your side philosophically doesn't mean she isn't qualified to sit on the Court.

I'm sorry, I have a problem with this whole process.

Obama only considered women, some of which were minorities.

I find it hard to believe that the best "person" was selected based on his narrow search. The odds are against it.

Some one was passed over because he or she did not fit or look the part for Obama's agenda.

I see the fear mongerers are out in force. Again, this country belongs to everyone. Not a select few. If the woman is qualified, she's qualified. No matter what her gender or ethnicity is. I guess Judge Judy would have been a better pick for some, huh? Oh please. I see 2012 is in full effect. The Right just DOES NOT GET IT! Be gone already! And while we're at it, I'm African American and Michael Steele is a joke. The opposing party keeps playing the same old hand, with a different deck. NOT GOING TO WORK! You will not win in 2012 nor probably for next 50 years if at all. Keep sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss that awaits your ignorant behinds. On second thought, keep your same ideology and keep talking out the sides of your necks. It will guarantee that the White House will STAY in the hands of the PEOPLE. Have a great day.

Great to watch to Repubs start to squirm...Awww gee guys, is it a tough one?! Appointed initially by the older, wiser Bush...Can you spell Magna Cum Laude from Princeton? Let's see, you say you are having trouble with Hispanics? Go on, beat her up real bad in a public sort of way...he, he, and watch your Southwest go the way that New England went for you....Why, you could even still blow Texas if you and Rush try hard enough...Oh, and did someone say gender gap? I would love to see a bunch of color challenged old white, gray, hicks beating up on a highly qualified woman... C'mon Repugs, bring it on baby...Make my day!!

Here's what I like about Sotomayor – she looks like someone who is dedicated – she just looks like a work horse. No fluff and puff here and Obama did a good thing with this nomination – more than his rigged Presidency, this appointment truly will make history.

Careful Mr. Biden. I notice you're a white male.........

"a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life."..............per Sotomayor

Ken in NC May 27th, 2009 12:43 pm ET

I sure hope Republicans do what they really want to do and really slam Sotomayor hard so we can add substantially more Hispanic and Women voters to the Democratic roles in the 2010 and 2012 elections.
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I think this is an insult to all Hispanics and Women that you think they would change parties just because the Republicans are hard on Sotomayor. You want people in your party that make decisions solely on race and gender, as opposed to real qulaifications?

By the way, BHO voted against all of the Bush nominees. Why should he expect that the Republicans won't return the favor?

Mari – When she voted against the white firefighters that was discrimination.

Keep on talking you moronic Republicans. The more you talk the better it is for dems. lol

Obama had to know that his pick would create controversy because of her racist statements. Is this his plan to pit Repubs against Hispanics in order to solidify his base. I would hope not.

@Enough May 27th, 2009 12:43 pm ET
Ofcourse she will be confirmed, the Democrats are running wild with their blank check and free pass to do anything they want to destroy this country. They are doing a mighty fine job bankrupting us.
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lol.... you poor sap.
It's called being voted into office. Please remember that the democrats who are "running wild" were voted into office by a large margin because of the republican's dismal failure.

If I have a choice of listening to the entertainer Rush Limbaugh or the entertainer Krusty the Clown – I'd rather listen to Krusty.

Honestly, what's the difference?

The Right know exactly what a Racist is. They see one every morning in the mirror.

@ Mari asks,

"WHY is Sotomayor a racist? Please explain."

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Funny you don't understand what racism is – but you'll be one of the first to accuse others.

Racism: the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority.

SOTOMAYER: "a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life."

Do we need to draw you a picture, Mari?

I cant stop laughing.limbaugh just called Alberto Gonzales a legal genious, and more qualified than her.hahaha

Have to wonder why so many think she should be confirmed before we know anything more about her. Afraid we will find out about more of her bad decisions? She has already proven her decisions to be based on personal feeling and not Law. Anyone here bother to read up about her or just want her confirmed because Obama picked her? Don't any of you have a brain to think for yourselves?

Once again, we see the Democrat party throw principal out the window in a pathetic attempt at vote harvesting.

It is the media that touted her latin heritage; it is the Democrat party that is making this a political, not judicial, move.

The party of Bull Connor is alive and well.

Rush limbaugh and dick cheney are more qualified than Sotomayer to serve in the supreme court.
Qualifications:
Rush : 30 million listeners, No law degree or college degree, Lie like a pig to some stupid alcohoolic audience.
Cheney : can shoot friends in the face, expert in scaring the hell of you, master torturer.

Way to go Joe!! The republicans are still upset that you got Sen. Specter to jump ship. i don't think they like you ery much Mr. Vice President. Keep up the good work.

She is a great AMerican story...immigrant rises to the pinnacle of her profession through hard work and dedication to her craft. These facts cannot be denied. You all seem to think sh eshould be confirmed because of that. What about her decisions and her views on certain issues? Are these not the criteria on which a Justice should be selected, not because she is the right ethnicity or has feelings about the cases in front of her. The statue if Lady Liberty is blindfolded, for a reason

@ "Obama is a Socialist"....... Why is it that when a minority is helped, or a judgement in the courts is favorable to a minority, the far-right, cries RACISM?

There has been and still is plenty of racism in our Nation. In the South, there are still high schools that hold separate proms for the races! God forbid, that people of all races come together to celebrate!

Racism is alive and well, sadly. WHY is Sotomayor a racist? Please explain.

I smell fear from the far-right, America has rejected their ideology and thank GOD, we are not buying the GOP's fear-mongering!

Joe Biden leading the effort for confirmation.....

.... what could go wrong???

I sure hope Republicans do what they really want to do and really slam Sotomayor hard so we can add substantially more Hispanic and Women voters to the Democratic roles in the 2010 and 2012 elections.

Ofcourse she will be confirmed, the Democrats are running wild with their blank check and free pass to do anything they want to destroy this country. They are doing a mighty fine job bankrupting us.

Im not even worried but the Republicans should be ashamed of themselves. Sonia Sotomayor deserves this position on the Supreme Court, she brings not only intelligence, class but also the experience to do this job, Sonia Sotomayor deserves this position and with Vice-President Biden and Senator Shumer on her side I have no worries.

Scott Stodden (Freeport, IL)

I find the Republican attacks on her repugnant. She was good enough to be a federal judge nominated by Bush the 1st and has accumulated more over all judicial experience than any other sitting Supreme Court Justice at the time of their nominations.

Suddenly she is not worthy to join the good ol' boys club at the top?

Republicans are the one's with an "activist agenda". That activism takes the form of maintaining an 18th century status quo dispite the evolution of the Amercian government, diversification of the populus and advances in science and technology.

Jurisprudence, like virginity, has a shelf life. So, to all those ultraconservative hypocritical Republicans, I say: Get ....!

Joe the flubber, now that we have a marxist-leninist nominee who said she hates white men and believes judges are the legislature, the most unqualified supreme court justice has been nominated by the most unqulaified president, who was elected by unqualified voters who were selected by ACORN, Change we can believe. What a bunch of crap.

I just love the way they call the nomination of this clearly outstanding jurist "identity poitics." As distinguished from Clarence Thomas, who was "the most qualified person for the job."

She is a racist but no big deal, only talk bad about a white person and you are fine.

The liberial way

Good Job Biden.. I expect her to breeze by the confirmation hearings

Why were the only candidates interviewed women/hispanics? After they told us the race and gender of the candidate "didn't matter". This smacks of a quota, affirmative action, reverse discrimination. I am not happy with this candidate, chosen in this manner.

Since this nomination is a sure bet with Democrats controlling every branch of government, why not give Biden something to do that he cannot possible screw up

The GOP is back to the wall now. Either they extinct their party by voting against Sotomayer or vote yes to still have a chance to stand in the political arena.
It's al up to the lords of the GOP Rush Binbo or Dick Cheney to decide.
Rush is calling her racist but the last time i check the GOP national convention, 99.99% of the people attending were white.

Judge Sotomayor has been through two confirmation hearings in the past and shouldn't have a problem getting confirmed now. On top of that, she's got my boy Sen. Schumer backing her. NYC all day.