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If a white male, or female, made the same comment as Sotomayor, they would have been fired from their jobs, sued, dragged through the mud, and careers ruined for life. Sotomayor gets to be a judge.

"The sentence constitutes 32 words of the almost 4,000 she delivered during a speech at the University of California, Berkeley. Read by itself, it seems to imply that Latina women make better judges than white men."

Fortunately, I have read the "sentence" and a few sentences before and after....
bottom line
Not only is the sentence literally taken out of context (lol) it gives the impression of the exact opposite of what the judge actually said.
FYI:
"Read by itself..." that's another way of saying.. "To take it out of context"

This is what happens when people get their information from sound bites only and don't take the time to research on their own. Do you believe all the chain emails you get are true too? If Newt also said that slavery didn't exist would you believe him too? Do your research before spilling your drivel on line. It just shows your lack of intelligence.

Thank you and have a great day.

We all knew it would be this way . . . no matter who Obama had picked, the GOP would mount some type of attack. I am getting sooo sick of all the attacks and the Republicans working to put this administration on the defensive about EVERYTHING.

From now on, any time I am able to work on behalf of a Democrat against a Republican, I will do it. I always voted my conscience in the past without consideration for party lines but today's GOP has changed my mind. I would be embarrassed to ever support that party in any way.

And I'm a 50 year old white female – not racist, for the record.

Fine, ask her about her remarks. The Senators should be required to read her entire speech, not just one or two lines that FOX news took out of context. If the GOP continues to call her racist and bash this accomplished and intellegent woman, they will continue to lose followers and elections.

the hispanic is not suppose to be a judge, i go around all over the world and i observed that majority hispanic country are corrupt specially the central america and in asia (philippines) im sure this is the beginning of corruption in the UNITED STATES, also after 6 years the united states become beggist AFRICA ......

Oh give me a break – what fool would judge somebody's whole career on one personal statement that happens to be true? Politics sucks.

A person's reputation is only as good as their worst words. She said "I believe Hispanic women generally are better qualified than white men to decide certain Constitutional issues." This is essentially the late Hunter S. Thompson's "Gonzo Journalism" theory, that if you haven't personally experienced something (like living with Hell's Angels), you aren't qualified to write about it. Of course, this is facially absurd in journalism or law.

Oh please. Talk about grasping at straws! Judge Sotomayor is FAR more qualified to sit on the Supreme Court than some former nominees, like, say, Clarence Thomas.

And I say that as an African American woman!

It is the current President's perogative to appoint candidates; the only reason not to confirm them is due to grave concerns about their ability to fulfill the post, not over ideological disagreements.

Why are certain people allowed to make decisions based on race yet feel that somehow the same cannot be done to them? For example the firefighters in CT were openly discriminated against and Sotomayor voted in favor of this discrimination but somehow the media sees nothing wrong with it because the victims where not minorities or rather because the victims were Caucasian.

I would be very pleased to have such a wise woman as the judge if I ever found myself on trial.

Those who say that only Caucasians passed the test when trying to give their ridiculous argument legitimacy are lying … both Hispanic and African American Firefighters passed the exam and they too were DENIED PROMOTIONS because not enough minorities passed the test. It’s sad that we deny qualified people who earned their share promotions because too many of them happen to not be a minority. If you claim to be opposed to racism but support policies like this then I have news for you, you are a closet racist. I thought that we as a society were opposed to racism yet Sotomayor voted in favor of this obvious case of discrimination.

Had she been Caucasian you bet your bottom dollar that the media would be covering the fighter fighter story 24/7, that’s racism for you. Democrats care about race just as much as Republicans do, they just discriminate in a different fashion and hope that no one will notice. I am an Independent and a proud one at that because even though I lean to the left on most issues, it’s obvious that both sides are far too radical for any fair minded person who really does want FAIRNESS for all and a society in which people are judged based on the content of their character rather than the color of their skin … hypocrites.

Oh if she was a Bush Appointee, you leftists would be all over her for those remarks but since she's one of your own, she gets a pass huh?

This is race baiting by the dem's

tTWO words to her even if it was in one speech, RACIST REMARK.

So Rush says she's a "reverse racist." Does that mean Rush is just a regular "racist." Or is he the "Uber-racist?" No, that's Cheney. Maybe a "titular racist?" No, Rush says he's not playing titular anymore. I know. He's the "oxy-racist."

MD May 28th, 2009 5:12 pm ET

This is one area the GOP would be wise to leave alone. This would place into cement the Republican's image as the party of middle-aged bitter white males and ultimately doom them in future elections where people of color, particularly Hispanic, will become a dominant voting block. Though a life long Democrat, I am a strong believer that there need to be at least 2 parties for a democracy to really work. Yet, lead by voices like Limbaugh and Gingrich, I fear the GOP won't be one of those parties in the not too distant future. Maybe the libertarian party will step in.
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Beaners would not be a dominant voting block if you send all the illegals back where they came from.

A RAWP judge appointed by a RAWP president (RAWP, RacistAgainstWhitePeople)

Justice is blind. The nomination and confirmation proceedings should be as well. I know it sounds ridiculous, but the identity of any SCOTUS nominee should be kept secret and the confirmation hearings done in such a way as to keep the nominee's identity secret. Only then can an unbiased decision be made.

As a Latina women, I am very excited about Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination, she has a compelling personal story, has great qualifications, she has integrity, she brings diversity and will be a great asset to the United States Supreme Court . When I watched her remarks the other day, my sons and I were very proud to be Latinos. We, Latinos have been waiting for over 20 years for a moment such as this, and the GOP reps are trying to kill her nomination by inflicting their racist agenda out of hate for the black President Obama, I will never consider voting Republican, ever.

To "Porked": Of course we're all racists, we live in a racist society. But at least some of us are trying to do better. Are you doing the best that you can to become a better person? Love thy neighbor as thyself means loving everybody, not just folks the same color as yourself.

Tee, your remarks itself are racist. Amazing how you liberals only call something racist when it's against YOUR race and when it's said against someone else's race, it's okay. Just by speaking, some of you show how ignorant you are.

Mrs. Sotomayor is not qualified to be on the SCOTUS. She made racist remarks against white men and if a white man had made that same remark in reverse everyone in here would want that man hung by the neck until dead. Probably the liberals would hound him to his house along with CNN and do it themselves. So not only is she a racist bigot, you who think her comment was not a problem are hypocrites. But I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. Am I?

Frank:
I have read the entire transcript. Race or sex has nothing to do with the law. If confirmed, I hope feelings do not come into play. This was a prepared statement, this was not an off the cuff remark-and I still feel it was a stupid statement.
Anyway, we agree to disagree Frank.

Have a nice day!

Absolutely nothing wrong with that statement.

I am concerned about her stance on a woman's right to choose though. We need more info.,

Who cares about the Latina comment. It was pride of herself and recongnition that we each have varying life experiences.

White men have not had to fight as hard or against so many odds as she has to get where she is.

That makes her in my eyes much for capable than an old white man like me.

Go Sonia go!

"Taking the statement out of context or not presenting the whole statement" while I don't have excess to a transcript as some of you seem to, all I saw was a video clip of Sotomayor making the statement and following it up by saying that she was not supposed to make statements such as that and that the statement was being recorded so she thumped her nose at the idea and said of course she would never make such a statement.

Pork........you are just that.......pork.
You don't have a clue.....could it be, throughout America's history that monorities have experienced racism, therefore causing them to become prejudice. I don't buy the racism label without the power to enforce it.

Dumb move on the GOP's part. And in all seriousness, CNN, you are helping them perpetuate their PURPOSELY erroneous misqoute. Please print the speech in question in its entirety on Political Ticker.

I'm more worried about her rulings than her statements. She ruled that it was OK for New Haven to not promote firefighters who passed the test with a high enough score to get advanced just because no blacks had a high enough score to advance. Well, don't we want the best candidates selected in a life-or-death job? This is pure reverse discrimination, which is, yes, racist.

Of course they will harp on it. They have nothing else.

I don't think it should dominate the hearings BUT IF A WHITE MAN HAD SAID WHAT SHE SAID YOU MEDIA PHONIES WOULD BE ALL OVER IT!

She is a racist but she has to live with that not me. I am more interested on where she stands on abortion and gun control.

If you look at who is complaining about Sotomayor's observation, I don't think she has anything to worry about. Look at the quality of the complainers. Rush Goofball has never been accused of being a heavyweight thinker. Newt Gringrich orchestrated his own downfall by throwing a tantrum because he didn't get his desired seat on Air Force one. Mike Huckabee is just another hypocritical religious wingnut and these guys are the best the party of NO can offer.

[...] and she used the wrong words … they just feed it and give it life and give Rush Limbaugh 'Latina woman' remark may dominate Sotomayor hearings – politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 05/28/2009 (CNN) – For all her experience and accomplishments, [...]

I don't really see what the problem is with what she said; context is everything...

The people who are going to confirm Sotomayor is NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT AT ALL! That is what matters!

@CNN Plz Stop the Madness This is Yesterday News....The sentence constitutes 32 words of the almost 4,000 she delivered during a speech at the University of California, Berkeley. Read by itself, it seems to imply that Latina women make better judges than white men***. I can remember like it was yesterday when Daddy Bush was running for Prez ...he and his family were all on stage .....his exact words regarding his grand kids.....I have some White ones and some Brown ONES refering to the Bush Twins .....Enough Already!!!
@J.P. May 28th, 2009 5:21 pm ET
Racism by whites = bad
Racism by nonwhites = good
Racism is a part of America no matter if it is white or non white
get over it and move on ****not all of Americans just Idiots Like YOU !!!

We are all dancing in the dark about this subject, until we hear the ENTIRE question asked of her, and the ENTIRE answer given by her and the name of the legal case or issue involved. BTW, German/Irish American Male here: I think she's cute.

Context IS important. If she is talking about issues of racism and exclusion, then someone who has had to go through those issues themselves may be able to make a "better" decision.
If the right winger are going to hinge on one line, why not open up a real debate about what it means instead of using it as some kind of 32 word litmus?

And, yes, racism comes in both genders and all colors, not just white males so (as a fellow white male) get over yourself.

Hammer
I Heard the statement in full and understood its content. What was stated is true. Just like a repug to take a small part of a 4000 word speech and turn it into something negative. This too shall fail. Racism is bad coming from any race. Whites have a history of hateful acts associated with racism and the power to perpetuate the racism.

What I can't figure out is why the republicans are fighting putting another Catholic on the bench. I thought overturning Roe v. Wade was their main objective. This would make 6 Catholics. A majority! Someone really screwed up when they decided to fight this one.

Its a shame that CNN wont present the complete quote in full context. To do so would, of course, make the controversy go away.

Judge Sotomayor was talking about what her unexamined assumptions would be going into a case and how everyone has assumptions like those and must overcome them.

Maybe its time that CNN aspired to a little higher level of journalistic ethics. This is too serious a matter for the typical inane chatter.

This is soo rediculous! People making these statement into a ricist comment is just plain stupid. You, who yells reverse racism on this one is just trying to either hide the fact that they are racist themseleves or the fact that this is an Obama pick, that initself is making people clunch their shorts. Criticize her for her ability to do the job not by what some idiot news wire wants to spew out and cause controversy, do your homework on her! I am latina and I understood her comment to be true, White male does not have the same life experiences that a latina woman has gone through. Even my husband (who by the way is a white male) knows exactly what she meant.

I am a lifelong Republican who has become disgusted by my own Party. I used to get angry at the negative divisive behavior of the Democrats. But now. It is my Republican Party that does nothing but whine, gripe and make negative and ignorant shallow statements. There should be no room in the GOP for Limbaugh and his “Barrack the Magic Negro” song. And now our new low brow tactic is to label Judge Soto Mayor a racist. This stems from a statement this talented intelligent Judge made eight years ago. A statement in which she suggested that a Latina Female from a humble back ground. Might be better able to judge issues conerning minority females. As Chenney would say , “SO” ! I think her statement has merit. For the GOP to label Judge Soto Mayor as racist is just another shallow ploy that illustrates how low our Party has sank to. I hope our GOP breaks free from Limbaugh. Gingerich and Hannity. Otherwise I feel that Senator McCains Daughter is correct. The Republican Party will have to split in too. The KKK, Hannity and Limaugh on the very far right. Powell, Buckley and I. On the right of center moderates.

Dear Pork:
You may be a racist and of course everyone has a tendency to pre-judge people. But, most enlightened people try to rise above their racist instincts.
However, your e-mail proves that their is no hope for you.

They always leave off the first part of her sentence " I would hope.... " It changes the whole sentence. Plus the sentences before and the question asked put the answer in a whole new light. You can't say this is racist when you haven't heard the whole transcript. Well, you can...but that makes it premeditated

This statement is not racist even read without the rest of the speech. It simply means that one individual may come to a conclusion that is different than another person facing the same problems but with different personal experience. It is a historical fact that the white males have long dominated many professional aspects or our society. Decisions made to affect society stems from one's persoal experience. Our race is part of our experience; therefore, diversity in our governmental and nongovernmental fields is the best way to serve a society that consists of different types of people.

Republicans, get off of it.. This is exactly why you are a dying party right now. The comment was not racist, it was pretty close to fact. to put into "English for idiots" terms, the comment said that her experience (or any latino woman's experience) makes her a better judge than a white male would do without that experience. How is that racist? Do you parents not tell your teenagers basically on a daily basis the exact same thing about your experience as opposed to theirs?

The statement is essentially correct... a "Wise" woman, whatever the color of her skin will make better decisions than most men, regardless of the man's color. A "Wise" man, whatever his color, will run any decision he makes past his woman so that he knows it is a wise decision. I don't see the problem. Most men can't make a decision on what color socks to wear without asking their wives, so what exactly is the problem with her statement?

Chris in Va...who decides what the BEST qualifications are? I'm sure a woman, a hispanic, a black and a white person would all come up with DIFFERENT qualifications they considered BEST for the job.

Lets be real here. A Latina woman, and a mixed-race Black man, almost certainly put up with a lot more crap growing up and living in the U.S. than a white male like me. As far as I'm concerned we need a lot more people of color on the Supreme Court, it should reflect the diversity of our great nation. And by the way, her being proud of being a Latina woman and feeling she has special insights to matters of life and justice do not make her a racist.

@ Matt What is "un thinking"?

Hello? Come on people get your heads out of your ass. Of course it was a racist comment and she is a racist! But really, who cares?

Everyone is a racist – its just the degree to which we allow our own internal racism to manifest itself. And anyone that denies that they are a racist is a f–king liar.

The problem is how the revisionist historians and others who manipulate the news and public opinion define racism..

It's only racism when white people make stupid comments. When minorities make stupid comments it's because they came from a disadvantaged childhood, and the schools were out to get them, and they didn't have the opportunities that white children do....not because they are in fact themselves flaming racists.

No wonder firearms and ammunition sales are up 300%. There is a revolution coming.....soon.

Everyone talks about how justice is blind. Definitely NOT true or they wouldn't be so many black and hispanic males in our jails compared to whites. Read the book BLINK and you'll realize how we unconciously discriminate. Example: for years the NY philharmonic had no female members. Then they started holding auditions behind a curtain so the judges couldn't see who was playing. So many more women were picked after they started blind auditions. Even one woman who had been a substitue for years and never considered for a permanent position was chosen once the judges couldn't see sex or race of the auditioner. So what do you think about jury trails and judges who can see the defendant? Think it's fair?

She told the truth and I'm glad she said it.

@Lori, May 28th, 2009 5:08 pm ET.

I will answer you that question, they have tunnel vision and they wear blinders. They see and hear only what they want to hear, they read one sentence and tell everyone that they read the whole newspaper.
Troubling isn't it.

MIke, have you read the entire transcript. No, i didn't think so

What I learned as a first generation American in a family of very modest means wasn't that we poor would make better decisions than the wealthy, but that our decisions would be every bit as good. Not better. My parents were careful to remind me every single day that we're no worse than the privileged, but no better. We're equal. And that the school of hard knocks, and the struggle to get ahead, can make us both better and worse individuals than we might have been otherwise.

I voted for Barack Obama because he seemed to echo my view of equality. If find Judge Sotomayor's statement extraordinarily offensive and intemperate, and of a kind we associate with "classists" and bigots. It is so far from what I value as a "judicial temperament" that I could not in good faith support her at present. She has a lot of fancy explaining to do.

I love her and she will be a great judge.

Taken out of context or not, it was a stupid statement.

We are making a big deal over nothing as usual. Taking her words out of context. All she is saying is that as a Latin woman she should be able to understand their life experience more than a white male. Just like she does not know what it is like to experience life as a white male.
Just like Rush Limbaugh knows what it is like to be a recovering drug addict, more than someone who has had no drug problems. Just like Newt Gingrich can understand what it is like to be an adulterer.
Boy, Republicans are pathetic

While I am hardly qualified to say if Ms. Sotomayor is the best canidate for the appointment or not, I must say her nomination reeks of Affirmative-Action hypocracy. Quotes heard include "...we need a woman appointed to balance the Court..." and "....a Latina would add to the racial diversity...". These concerns do NOT speak of the most qualified canidate, they speak of an Affirmative-Action quota. I am against ANY discrimination towards ANY race or gender for ANY reason, the best qualified canidate should receive the nomination be that Ms. Sotomayor or another justice.

She is racist.

She Doesn’t belong to our highest court.

Why do you thing the statue is blind folded, so the color of the skin wouldn’t matter.

@ Huckabee up there in the article, in case he forgot, conservative Supreme Scalia said practically the same thing about his experiences, and as far as I can tell, lady liberty still has her blinders on. Hypocrites.

Racism is OK as long as it is not a white man that is spewing it.

Those 32 words have a lot of explaining to do. Instead of carrying water for her you should be doing your JOB and digging to she if she has said things similar or worse. Why do you think CNN has very little credibility left with broad minded people.

cnn keeps insisting on taking the quote out of context.....what a joke they are.

Sorry! I was responding to Dan's stupid comments. My apologies Rob!

Now the Democratics are trying to sell America that Sotomayor did not say what she said.
If that is true will she mean what she says when making a ruling if approved to the Supreme Court or will the media decide and explain what she means?

@nom deplume, esq...first of all Scalia is videotaped saying the exact same thing, so what are you talking about. And even after she said that she laughed and said no that's not true. She's only had about 2 or 3 cases reversed in 17 years of being on the bench, so your point in not valid. It's funny to see white people say something about a quota or affirmative action every time some non-white person is chosen for a position. Idk maybe she qualified to hold the position could that be an option! And lets see out of 111 justices 106 have been white..dang, even YOU can't possibly believe that there were NO qualified minorities in between all of them!

Well, when you consider that white men are taking these few words out of the context of the thousands she delivered in the speech, I have to agree with her. I hope some of them lose their seats in the next election.

Can somebody please tell me where I can find the entire speech? Citing quotes out of context is one of the oldest tricks in the book of 'How to discredit your opponents' but claim that the quote is cited out of context is also one of the easiest excuses available... Therefore could somebody tell me where I can find that speech?
Thanks in advance...

Racism, is racism. This statement is careless and unthinking. It shows something about her personalit that is un supreme court like. I'm not saying she shouldn't be confirmed, but it should be looked into.

Same old garbage posts from you guys on here, blah blah 8 years, blah blah newt g. limbaugh, ad hominem attacks on republicans. blah blah blah

CNN – READ THE WHOLE QUOTE!

she was talking about how she needs to keep her latinaness in check while considering court decisions as its such a big part of her...

jeez

CNN, shame on you. Why don't you print her entire comment? You end your quote at a comma and there's much more to the comment isn't there? You know that there is and it negates the first part, the only part you printed. You call yourself a news organization, shame on you!

Sexual harrassment charges didn't seem to hurt Clarence Thomas.

Racist remarks will not hurt this candidate in the least.

What we should all be concerned about is the truth – nominees come and go but our values are forever. Call her what she is and retain a sense of dignity, that's all we should ever expect of ourselves.

Let the politicians crawl through the mud. It's their profession!

Since her comment was from a speech where she goes on to say that she has to be careful that her experiences and biases do not cause her to make bad judgments or false assumptions. In the entirety of her speech, her point was that we all bring our life experiences to the table and must be careful to understand their impact.

Tempest in a teacup. The only ones making an issue of this are the professional haters. CNN should be ashamed for not putting the comment made by Judge Sotomayor in its proper context.

If this is the best "argument" there is for opposing the judge's nomination and confirmation, then it's lame.
And for the record, as a Mexican-American female, I defy any white male to say he's had the same life experiences as me, cultural or otherwise.
Gingrich needs to withdraw his mouth.
And as an alleged "man of the cloth," Mr. Huckabee needs to go back and read up on compassion and sensitivity.

well all I can write is she is right? Would hope a woman and a man have different experiences.

She rocks!

@Rob,
She worked for a corporate law firm for years. Please find an objective news source and do your own research. Knowledge is power.

Threr is no way anybody could convince me that that statement was racist in nature. NO WAY IN HELL!!

For people that have already started ascribing racism to it , this was what she meant:

Anybody that has gone through a particular situation in life, will make a better judgement on issues partaining to that situation, than someone who has not.

You have to ascribe meaning to statements in the context in which they were made.

So for people ascribing racism to the statement, it ain't gonna fly!

Racism by whites = bad
Racism by nonwhites = good

I think we would all do well to remind ourselves that it's only racist if coming from the mouth of a pasty white cracker...right?? Reverse racism is alive and well, widely appreciated and accepted!

She's snarky, but it's OK cuz she has "a great story"...ay-yi-yi...

This is so dumb they have completely taking the response out of context. The full quote was made in regards to race and gender discrimination. Its sad that the GOP as been reduced to petty name calling and race baiting to keep this overly qualified woman from securing this position. What's even funnier is that Rush L. one of the biggest bigots of all time is calling someone else a racist...classic!

So what if it does. She's was speaking the truth!

Ouch! Her "richness?" wonder if she ever had a non-Gov't job or benefit? Does she know how to create a job in the private sector or only apply for a job? She does not seem to be a fair person: too proud of her poverty.

"Inflammatory"??? You would show a higher standard of journalistic professionalism if you printed the ENTIRE speech, instead of one out-of-context quote that feeds the appetites of assorted Surges and Lindas.

Electing Barack Obama president was a significant milestone in our history. It marks a time when members of minority groups seeking national office can no longer get a pass for compensatory hyperbole that would clearly be racism if it came out of the mouth of a white person. That said, this is hardly a basis for rejecting a competent nominee to the supremem court. The remarks were made in 2001. However, I would like to hear her clarify her position on ethnicity and judicial competence.

LORI....... You are right! Its been very sad for me, a Latina, to read some of the vile comments from the far-right. No wonder Obama got such a large majority of the Latino vote! Is the GOP trying to alienate the rest of us?!

You need to read her entire statement, on the case of the New Hampshire Firefighters and know the laws of t he U.S. well, before making a judgement.

I was disturbed that CNN put Sotomayor's comment on TV last night during Campbell Brown's show, but choose not to place the ENTIRE statement on!

What's going on CNN?

Uhh..... I was born and raised in Texas, with plenty of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans around and in my family. I am well aware of goofballs that want to 'take back' Aztlan. And none of them have anything to do with La Raza, because it is a real association, similar in some ways to the NAACP.

LINDA!
Why are you spreading lies. Are you not researching what you post? Is it possible you just pick up the first thing someone with a conservative blog or website says and start pushing it like it is gospel. I promise not to make up stuff about your party, if you can contain yourself and not lie about mine.

There is nothing wrong with this statement...other than being very truthful.

I think it is a lot more significant that she feels that the appeals court "makes policy." Or that she has a history of writing decisions that get overturned by SCOTUS (yes, including by the liberal justices). Or that The One shows by his pick that quotas are alive, well, and should be the law of the land.

Since the USG will now own GM, they can use their old advertising lines: "This isn't your father's country."

This is one area the GOP would be wise to leave alone. This would place into cement the Republican's image as the party of middle-aged bitter white males and ultimately doom them in future elections where people of color, particularly Hispanic, will become a dominant voting block. Though a life long Democrat, I am a strong believer that there need to be at least 2 parties for a democracy to really work. Yet, lead by voices like Limbaugh and Gingrich, I fear the GOP won't be one of those parties in the not too distant future. Maybe the libertarian party will step in.

racism is alive and well, it always has been throughout recorded history. it will never go away. people, most anyway, will obey laws against racism but it exists covertly. one never knows what is behind a smile or a frown.

"Read by itself, it seems to imply that Latina women make better judges than white men."

LOL!!! And for the record, liberal women are in fact more sexy than conservative ones, LOL!! Grrrrrrrr! LOL!!!

And don't forget the brains...LOL!!!

Wow...this is in fact the good times.

That would be blackeye on America. Saying that a person made a racist statement that wasn't racist anyone that read that statement knows it wasn't.

Where was the conservative outrage when ALITO made a similar 'ethnic' comment? Liberal groups should do a commercial highlighting this conservative hypocrisy!!! Democrats, all we need to do is just yell 'ALITO!' whenever a conservative with their faux outrage brings up Sotomayor's comment.

Racisim is bad, unless it's good.