CNN

This is what happens when a person/group of people that are always use to getting their way, they cry fowl when things dont get their way,the people crying dont even know what racism is except when it applies to eveyone else and they dont understand it because it has never applied to them.

We elected the most racist President to ever hold the office. Why are we surprised that he would pick someone like himself for the Supreme Court?

We are dealing with a bunch of narcissistic, entitled children, because thats what the political left has devolved into. The grandiosity, smugness, brittleness and anxiety that comes with maintaining a false self-image.

Sottomayer's appointment is simple to understand. BHO needed to shore up his weakening political support among Hispanics. Its all about Obama folks. Little more.

Though the comment was certainly taken out of context what really surprise me is that Rash Limpballs is using words on his daily brain wash show that only cynical hate mongers listen to like "KKK" and racism. His audience consist of guess what? KKK AND RACIST listeners go figure. This is exactly why the Republican party has and will continue to lose members. They are so biased and racist that they cannot understand why they are so hated by the rest of the world. The country is no longer WASP it has become a blend of different races and yes people make decisions based upon their experiences. White males have run this country long enough.
CHANGE HAS COME TO AMERICA!!
Get use to it.

Wilby: Does that make it right? Just because one person makes an idiotic statement makes this one okay? Seriously, that's your justification? She is not the one for the bench. Obama needs to accept that once again he chose incorrectly. This is getting embarassing.

Remember Trent Lotts' comment at an old mans birthday party? He was immediately crucified by the hate spewing left and forced to resign. Yet Obama can nominate a Latino female, who makes racist remarks, for a Supreme Court Justice and everyone is supposed to turn a blind eye. Wow just Wow.

"ib",
you can count me there, too! Is this causing any problems in your mind? Obviously yes, but who cares!

CNN, this article doesnt give any context to the quote?!?

Did she just wake up one day, pop hers eyes open, grab a mic and blurt this out?

Where's the rest of the story, who'd she say this to, what was she responding about, ect.. you know FACTS for the READER to make up their own mind.

These articles are getting worse and worse on here, I guess I better go read about the worlds smallest cat if I want real reporting from yall!

What about what Clearance Thomas was accused of? That is much worse than a statement – everyone has made silly statements at times, and the GOP is just losing it. They don't know how to act, what to oppose, how to deal with the fact that their party is falling apart – the extreme right is finally making moderates withdraw their support from the GOP.

That said, I think the statement is poor, and more questions should be asked. Someone who will sit in the Supreme Court should be questioned properly to see if she will be a good judge.

How would a black man or Oriental woman's experiences rate to this judge? What exactly is "richness of experiences? who decides what is a better conclusion?
Pretty slippery slope, but she'll get a pass.
Legislating from the bench with racist beliefs, just the pick I would expect from Obama.
Beware clear thinkers the road ahead is grim

When did Hispanic become a "race?" – its like being Italian or Irish – a cultural heritage... as for Rush comparing her comment to Duke, it shows the big guy is quickly becoming totally irrational ... on drugs again or should be.

Firefighters? The lower court decided and the three – count them – one -two – three judges agreed based on The Law as it was written – not legislating from the bench ... all the conservatives want the letter of the law enforced until they don't .... you mean some republican had empathy for these white guys – or is it only white guys?

I've never in my life seen so many idiots in the republican party. It is real clear that they have chosen the pill jock Rush as their leader and they are going to find out in the end the big mistake they have made. But that's OK if they want to bury the party they are in we don't need it anyway. So you republicans listen to your drug addict leader and keep pumping the pills his way. It's just a mater of time before the law has him back in jail and he won't be getting off with a slap on the wrist this time. Then what are you going to be left with, the likes od Dick "Head" Cheney what a loser he is. It won't be long before he is behind bars too. Obama made a good choice and you just can't stand the idea that she is smarter than the whole bunch of you idiots. Keep digging your hole and we will keep covering you under.

Am I being a racist if I point out that there are more African-American stars in the NBA than there are Oriental-Americans? I think not. To my way of thinking, all I am doing is stating a simple fact. Thus, has anyone considered the possibility that Judge Sotomayor's statement is simply the truth?

Is the choice of these few words a real issue????? Let us not forget: George W. Bush saying that Saadam didn't have weapons of mass destruction, and even the Congress believed him!!!! NOW both BUSH and CHENEY are both talking and seem to be proud of the fact they used waterboarding!!

Hey, arithmetic is liberal; you need to find a thesaurus–or are you too "stupid" to know what that is?

Hey, Wilby, "I can think of far worse comments made by Republicans." So that makes it OK?

Bush Defends Clinton's Record on Genocide in Rwanda
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Bush and Clinton know how to respect the office of the president — Obama does NOT! But, then, Obama doesn't respect ANYTHING other than his own ego!

This is truly terrible. I'd much rather have a neutral, impartial, objective justice like Samuel Alito, who was a member of the Concerned Alumni of Princeton, a group of alumni who were opposed to the admission of women and minorities - and especially minority women!

And it's appalling that she didn't overturn a couple of decades of precedent in order to rule in favor of Ricci in New Haven. I want a judge who will respect the law and avoid judicial activism, except in those cases where I don't respect the law and want judges to overturn it.

Perhaps if the media would cover the context in which the statement was made we could make up our own minds about the comment. Instead we get one sentence and no context.

So the annointed one is already making excuses for his racist socialist "latina" nominee??..and I'm supposed to be suprised??..perhaps "madam latina" needs to go back to the south bronx where perhaps her views would work better..the party of yes we can is rapidly becoming the party of wow we screwed up again..the dimwitocrats have all the power and the best they can do is buy chrysler???

GWB regularly murdered the English language, in context and content.

Yet not a peep in protest from the wingnut right.

Big surprise.

do't you noticed that non-elected people like oxylimbo and neutered gongrich are the only ones criticizing sotomayer,.Plain and simple they -republicans are male-chauvinists,anti-immigrants,prefer Stafford wives like Laura Bush,Lynn Chenney,walking like bunch of robots.

Far worse comments made by Republicans ( NUTS ) I guess that makes it ok for Sotomayer to say this and still go to the Supreme Court.
I think not.

What wouuld it be called if a middle class white woman made the ranks and then said 'she felt she could make a better decison than a rich white man because she lived closer to human events that required the courts attention'. That is how I see this...she was speaking from her enviroment and experience of the population she lived amongst...and it's well known the poor spend more time in the courts than the rich. I don't see this as a real issue....at least not one to hang on.

@ Arithmetic is liberal: Mirabile dictu. Arithmetic is not liberal, arithmetic has an answerand there is only one correct answer. Check it out if you are not ultra stupid. Try adding $5.00+ $5.00 = Liberal answer?
As to Sotomayor, I'll take my chances with David Duke, you can have obama.

I actually think what she said was just fine. It wasn't racist at all when taken in the context of the speech she was giving.

@ ib – LOL wake up and smell the roses. When you're too stupid to use cliches, it's time to shut-up.

Mr. Obama, her comment is being interpreted correctly. White males are concerned about her bias against them because her own words reveal bias and her decision to deny promotion of white male firefighters that scored highest on a merit exam soley because of their gender and race.

There was nothing wrong with her comments. It was right on!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO SLM what is it like being Glen Becks brother? This right wing side of the GOP is so full of hate and BS that it's hard to keep track of the lies and misinformation they give out.

Arithmetic, do the math genius.

Even YOUR president (lower case) knows that this was a dumb thing to say and he us trying to put out the uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh fire.

Look in the mirror and ask yourself would people like "you" be saying "look at their judicial record" if this was a white male saying this about Latina woman?

While your there lying to yourself, ask this, if a white politician said about his black Grandmother they "are a typical black person" would they BE ANYWHERE near the WH?

Don't bother, you are NOT in my league as I have been reading your inane postings for far too long,

One and done Barry,

What about some people who say racist, derogatory, things, all day long, behind closed doors, and when caught saying these things, it's oops, I am soo sorry, that's not what I meant, my words were taken out of context, all spineless cowards, you want to get real, bring it.

Another Racist in the Obama Administration

Is this the best the GOP can come up with? Maybe they should hold their powder until something truly controversial comes along.

This is making them look bad. Fine with me.

Am I the ony one that is sick of hearing what Rush Limbaugh thinks? Who cares what this big ,fat , racist, drug addict who has never held any kind of public office believes?? He knows nothing, other than how to pop pills and spew hate.

GOP is still grasping for straws and this is just another futile attempt that will fail. When will the GOP and its cult figure out that division is not what America is seeking at this point in time. Ms. Sotomayer will be an excellent Supreme Court Judge.

If she was a republican she would not even be next to Mr. Change.

The same Republican party that is ready to throw her under the bus because of one comment forgets that their whole party platform is based on hate, fear and discrimination.

She will be confirmed. Poor choice of words but far from being racist. We all make mistakes so leave the woman alone please. Many of you are jealousy simply because of what she has achieved.

President Obama should have stuck by her statement and the intent of her words.....He should not have given in to the lunacy of Gingrich, Limbaugh, and nutty Tancredo (Spelling) They will continue to stir flames.....The administration can't put them all out.....Some things are better left unsaid.......The president should continue to stay on the high road.....Let them continue to go down the road to lodebar......They're stewing in their own juices....Let them finish cooking until they're real done.....Lol....

There are definitely more parallels between Limbaugh and Duke than Sotomayor and Duke.

He should know between all of his own ignorant remarks, all of bidens ignorant remarks they really need one more to add to their list to make really ignorant remarks.

"I would hope that a wise White man, with the richness of his experiences, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Latina female who hasn't lived that life,"

of course she would re-state that stupid comment! just like every thing else about this white house, when the public really finds out about the details they don't like it – when are the majority of the american people who think that they voted for an american loving president realize that he is anything but the man he pretended to be!!!!!!!!!!! folks, we are in BIG trouble and we need to get this group of anti-american senators, congressmen and elected slimballs OUT--------

Its not poor wording it was just public recorded wording and thats the clincher here. She only said what hundreds upon hundreds of "none white" americans think already! All she needs to do is let Newt and Rush keep running their empty pie holes and her words from 8yrs ago, will be long forgotten and she will be confirmed.

Eloquence is a requirement for getting this job.

She'e worse than David Duke? Really? Is she worse than Alito? Is her character so in question that she needs to be impeached? Grow some cajones and go for it Rethugs.Or maybe this is just another talking point to whip up your already foaming at the mouth base.

Perhaps the wording could have been better, but she is not racist. Remember the old saying about walking a mile in someone else's shoes? She is correct that a Latina woman is going to have a different take on some situations and on how to interpret an apply laws in a constitution that was written by white males.

I would hate to have my whole life's work judged by one poorly worded statement. I say things that could have been said better pretty much everyday. That 's what human beings do.

They call her wording poor. Why would Obama and his administration say or think that. Sonia Sotomayor said exactly what Obama would have said and Sonia Sotomayor said exactly what Obama feels. Mr. Obama, Sonia Sotomayor is you.

How might she have expressed the same idea of cultural and sexual bias in different words? I don't believe it's possible. "Judicial temperament" requires judges to set aside their personal biases and prejudices which evryone has but which they must consciously suspend on the bench. She has stated that she does not agree. That is a lack of temperament.

This was not a quick off-the-cuff response to a question. This was a prepared speech that presumably she wrote and then rehearsed. She had plenty of time and multiple chances to make the language more appropriate if that was not what she meant. Apparently that is what she meant. I;m sure she'll do the "I know, I know, this is on tape and I probably shouldn't be saying this. I don't advocate this or promote this (wink-wink, nudge-nudge)".

If this language was brought before her as evidence in a case, I have little question what her verdict would be. And yes, I've read the whole speech. It is very apparent that she believes that women and people of color hold a corner on life experiences. Contrary to what is being pushed, she did not credit the white Justices for Brown vs. Board, but more the black attorneys in the case. I wonder what she feels about the Dems blocking Miguel Estrada's candidacy for 28 months from 2001-2003 until he finally gave up and withdrew.

OH really? This junk about mis-spoke, restated, out of context IS REALLY GETTING OLD!

Do you people think the American people are that stupid?

These Republicans are projecting their own racist feelings onto Sotomayor. Anyone with half-a-brain can figure out what she meant. She wasn't making an offensive statement.

But it's not like the GOP ever planned on giving anyone Obama nominated a fair chance, since they are such sore and pathetic losers. Reminds me of the old Grouco Marx song "Whatever it is, I'm against it" They are just looking for something –anything - to validate their emotional and childish pre-judgements.

– another ex-Republican.

Whute House and Barack Obama will do anything to cover it up. He has done it for himself while campaigning. He has his radical agenda under his sleeve and people must realize it by now. We cannot have radical judge like Sotomayor. Get rid of her.

Is this all they got to complain about? Ha.

Keep digging, GOP, keep digging.

You can p*ss off women and Hispanic voters at the same time here– hey, double-word-score! Before long you'll have no consitituency at all left. So, keep up the good work!

Obama took less time to pick a Supreme Court Justice than to pick a candidate among many qualified puppies for the WH!

Curious to know, which of the two had the most qualifications???

Obama is trying to act like a grownup, but unfortunately, he is dealing with idiots on the Republican side who are race baiting and trying everything possible to fire up their bigoted base. I think the country and the world would be far better off if the Republican base slinked off to their little bigotted, homophobic, religiously intolerant part of the world. Preferrably, somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

I'm syre the framers of the Constitution would have restated it, if they had known how it was going to be interpreted too.

Amazing racial statements here. What the Republicans don't even seem to be aware of is that the GOP is who is in the spotlight here, much more than Sotomayor.

Over 80% of America don't want anything to do with their party. Of the 20%, or less, left in the Republican party, How many have been repulsed by all the racial and sexist statements coming out of their party this week alone?

As a sixty year old white woman I am ashamed of the comments of people of my race and mainly my age making such ridiculous comments. The woman is NOT a racist and is a qualified pick. Funny that it is mainly wich, older white men who have cxontrolled the Court and all levels of gov't are whining and complainiong that demographics and realities are changing in a multiracial America.

As usuual the rifgt wingnits are making ridiculous claims and CNN faming the controversy and exercising in character assassination before the candidate has a chance to face the Senate and explain her statements.

Why aren't Republicans attacking the fact that Sotomayor included her gender in her statement? She said 'Latina WOMAN'. Could it be b/c it is easier to rally the conservative base on the issue of race and not on gender and the GOP cannot afford to alienate women (who are an important voting bloc especially white women)?

I am thoroughly enjoying the Republican party fight against each other. While Republicans think that complaining about Sotomayor's nomination is hurting Obama, they fail to the realize that his approval has actually gone up since the nomination while the GOP's infighting and destruction continues. They're fighting a battle they know they can't win so Dems let them continue to slander Sotomayor on tv and on the blogs. The majority of Americans are watching them and are still overwhelmingly supporting our President.

@ Wilby........... Yes, so can I! Really, this whole attack against Sotomayor is getting goofier by the day!

The GOP's got nothing...... nothing!

I think Rush Limbaugh had a poor choice of words when he spoke about Donovan McNabb being overrated because some in the media were eager to embrace a black QB and therefore over-elevated his acheivements despite a fantastic Eagles defense.

However, he had a point, and in a world where a white man has a point and that point can be spun as racism towards blacks, that white man doesn't get a chance to 'choose better words'. He is labeled a racist and he is attacked.

I think neither Limbaugh nor Sotomeyer should be denied a chance to clarify their point. However, it seems society wishes to employ a double standard.

Hey Obama... I thought words mattered!?

Here comes the WH spin-machine.....

"It was poorly worded...."

Yeah – kind of like when Obama chided , "Americans clinging to guns and religion".

Or when Obama on the campaign trail remarked about Iraq, "All we're doing is air-raiding villages and killing innocent civilians!".

The "poorly worded" excuse is the liberal reaction to UH OH WE'RE BUSTED.

arithmetic is liberal: Calling people stupid is what contributes to the "elitist liberal" stereotype. You're not doing liberals any favors here.

I think a Latina woman who has applied herself to overcome the odds and achieve such stunning success by her own merits would indeed be in a better position to make fair and wise decisions; as opposed to a privileged, elitist white guys who feel entitled to lord over everyone else and maintain the status quo.

She has NOTHING to apologize - NOTHING she should have said "differently" in order to to satisfy the BONA FIDE racists.

Pompous old white guys trying to play the victim behooves them not.

Ever notice how the GOP accuses their enemies of their own failings to divert attention from themselves?

Well, i guess we can blame Bush.....why not we always do.....people need to wake up...or at least finish High School!

Who has not made a comment that was taken out of context by someone who had their own agenda going on?

Who has not made a stupid comment, or one that could have been worded better?

(S)he who is without sin, let him/her cast the first stone!

What they seem to be saying here is to 'blow smoke' at the voters just as they did during the campaign prior to the elections. Say it one way, do it another! My God, when will all of the lies end?

Who has not made a somment that was taken out of context by someone who had their own agenda going on?

Who has not made a stupid comment, or one that could have been worded better?

(S)he who is without sin, let him/her cast the first stone!

Why are Republicans being slammed for calling a spade a spade. Sotomayor stated what she believes... and from her obvious conviction, we can only conclude that she is a blatant racist. No two ways about it folks. If a white guy said that the richness of his experiences made him better qualified that a black man, or a white woman, or fill in the blank... I think ( myself included) we know what the end result would be. So please, stop with the double standards and name calling and really look at this nominee from the standpoint that we should all want someone who is fair, competent and just.

"I'm sure she would have restated it" if she had known how it would be interpreted, he said.
Or if she had known she would have been selcted for the Supreme Court.
Personally I do not care what she said, this is a free country and I'm tired of all the political correctness nazis encroaching on our freedom of speech, but that said, what is good for the goose is good for the gander.( Sorry if you take that as a sexist statement, it was not meant to be, also if I offended any poultry for not including them in that statement it was clearly unintentional. There was no reference made to the color of the geese so I'm safe there.)

Enough already.....let a historic moment has it's place in the sun.......
All the other judges ...I think they all of the same colour an experiece may have not said anything inflammatory but open some their
closet.... or hearts ...you critics will be surprised.

Sure her comment was not politically correct and excessively wordy making her sound a little dishonest, like as if she is hinting at one thing but when analyzed in detail is actually saying something much more mundane.

If you are of the mind set that the present dominance of white men in public and the business world is just a natural result of their generally overwhelming superior capabilities as compared to any other demographic, then it is understandable that you would find this offensive.

On the other hand, if you believe that a white male can not possibly comprehend how pervasive prejudices, racism and sexism is in our society then you could appreciate that her experience growing up as a Hispanic women would make her more effective as a judge in some cases.

I guess the truth hurts. Deal with it- – If you are true Americans.

A white male can't get away with saying anything remotely similiar to this becase white males use to own other races. Racism is when you think your supremecy gives you to right to lord over, or use, or disregard others. It is not racism to have cultural pride, or self-worth. That is pride in your ancestry. This is just a case of some real racists trying to blur the definition of a word to justify behavior they plan on for the future. Just like somehow the word affirmative action got turned into a dirty label, when it was initially a noteworthy concept. Reverse affirmative action, reverse racism, does the word play sound familiar?

Listen to who is leading the chorus.

Rush At His Best;

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.
Now Limbaugh is saying that an organization with a storied tradition of representing the positive black people for change in their communities are criminals and rioters. An organization that has been represented by intelligent professional African Americans, that has played a part in the Civil Rights movement and continues to be an intelligent, concerned voice for the African American community is degraded to common criminals. There you go "Rush Racist"
at his best.

What Sherilynn Ifill said!

To arithmetic is liberal: Classic liberal response. If you don't agree with a liberal then you must be silenced. Got to love the freedom that libs stand for... My way or the highway and no other opinion than mine.

I'm white, I know exactly exactly what she said and don't feel the least bit threatened by it. She was pointing out that as a minority, she has a keen understanding of the plight of the disenfranchised.

Let's face facts, people: minorities have suffered with every Republican administration. Now is their time to balance the scales of justice.

It's always been the GOP's position to allow wealthy, male Caucasians assume the powerful roles and now they feel threatened that someone outside of that limited mindset will be one of a number of Justices in the Supreme Court.

As always, Republicans seem more than willing to take most of her words out of context and make something out of nothing with the rest.

Even more humorous is that when Democrats pointed expressed disdain with the policies and decisions of our former president they were deemed "traitors" and "un-American" but when blowhards like Limbaugh insist that the current president should fail, none of them bat an eye.

It is not a negative racist comment at all...it possibly draws attention to the fact that there is racism in the USA (true). Sotomayor understands the history of our country. If one were to quiz most US Americans about the "melting pot", most would have no idea. Many don't know from whom and why the Statue of Liberty was a gift to the US. Sotomayor knows. No, her wording wasn't poor, it was real. Against all odds, Sotomayor has achieved. She is an example of the "American Dream". I resent the political opposition attacks, they are immature, jealous, and anti-American!

@ ib, who said "Look at these comments and then refusing to look at the firefighters questions. "

You have no idea what her decision in that case even says. I'd bet my left newt on that. The FACT is, her decision went the way it did because she believed it was the LAW and that to decide otherwise would have actually been an attempt to set a public policy against what they did. Read it if you can get past the words bigger than "and." You can't have it both ways, complaining that she tries to set policy and then ignoring her attempt to avoid doing so in the New Haven case just because it's more convenient to try to use that decision to paint her as somehow a "reverse racist."

I understood exactly what she meant when she felt that a minority women could make a better judgment than a White Male. White men in this country and throught the world have made judgments in regards to their women, their slaves, who will run the world finanically and soically. Now thru Hindsite and thousands of years of BS, we now know why White men shouldn't and can no longer be trusted to make wise and good decisions for this country.

This whole argument about "had a white man said...." is a bit hollow. The funny thing is, everybody knows it's hollow and yet they pretend to be turing machines or something. It's similar to arguments made by people who'd like female teachers to be sent to prison for life for sleeping with a 16 year old boy. "Had this been a male teacher...." yada yada yada. The point is, yes there are double standards and for good reason. Sotomayor's remark does not offend white people... I cant prove it but I know it does not and I know you know it does not... so let's stop pretending it does. The day this remark REALLY offends white people, let's talk about whether it was appropriate or not.

I weep for the level of discourse in this country. To suggest this woman withdraw over such an innocuous comment shows the true depths to which we have sunk in this "civil" society.

Look at the comment again and then put a "real life" case before the court wherein a poor, struggling, single mother is on trial for something. Now, who is going to have a "better" understanding and thus more capable of making a better decision re: such case?

Is this the best they can come up with for dimissing her? Are the Dittoheads REALLY so very clueless that they would goosetep along with Rush on this? Amazing!

The speech was at Berkeley, not Duke.

Has anyone in their lives had said something that they could take back? If you say NO way Jose, that my friend is a total untruth. We all have made statments that we wish we could take back. Like my husband always said, "Loose lips sinks ships"

I believe all her ruling are on the internet and you can see what she has done and she had onlt three over turned.

Good Lord, people. Read the REST of her comment. There are other sentences involved.

Are they kidding with this "racist" stuff? This is laughable, especially coming from people who have enjoyed inherent privledges in this country since its beginning. What a joke.

Why do people get bent out of shape when a "minority" get nominated to a high position and act like their rights are going to be taken away the minute he/she gets the job.

Here's what feels racist......A hispanic woman gets nominated and all that gets brought up is race. Well....at least she isn't getting bashed for being a woman, I guess we've moved beyond that. hahaha

GET OVER YOURSELF.

Maybe Gibbs and Obama can help her with writing opinions as well. That way, we could save on law clerk salaries, and Obama can be assured of getting the wording he wants.

Sounds like to me people are really playing to the uninformed. No matter what party you are in, unless people are trying to prop up an opposing opinion, reasonable Americans wouldn't give much weight to isolated soundbytes taken out of context. Frankly both sides are guilty of this. Hey! Give us a break for having some sense. Hopefully those mindless "I'm-not-paying-attention" days are gone.

I gaurentee that most of the morons on here that are accusing this judge of being a racist have not read the entire speech. I agree with the statement that it was a 'poor choice of words'. Read the speech and listen to the context. Otherwise you are just spitting up Limbaugh talking points. You have to research and educate yourself on a topic BEFORE you pass judgment. READ the entire statement not just the single line, and you will see that it would be very hard to accuse her as a racist because of that SINGLE statement.

No poorer a choice of words then those used on a daily basis by Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Carl Rove, etc. And it's about time we had someone on the US Supreme Court to offset some of the lame a$$e$ that we are stuck with now.

And why is a has-been like Newt Gingrich even called "prominent" any more when he is as out-of-touch with what's happening in America as George Bush and his entire crew were?

I do not understand how people can misconstrue this statement as something of a racial nature. She is conveying that she grew up with different experiences than a typical white male, which sadly, is the overwhelming majority of the court today and throughout history. Do you think Newt Gingrich has had any of the experiences of someone who grew up in the projects? Do not kid yourself, his life experience is nothing more than living in a padded bubble. She was stressing that she is a judge of the people, which I for one consider to be important.

I wish oil and coal etc.. went into carbon fiber replacing everything with carbon fiber then our children would be rich.

For those who say we're taking her words out of context, perhaps someone would be so kind as to explain the full context to the rest of us, so that we don't misinterpret it in the future.

SLM May 29th, 2009 6:13 pm ET

She should withdraw as nominee, if a white had said anything even remotely close to that statement, they would have been thrown out in a heart beat. Equality, isn't that what it is all about??

Once Sotomayor is confirmed, the silence on her from the right will be deafening. And she WILL be confirmed, no matter what the talking heads tell you. You'll move on to your next inevitable solutionless tantrum; cry, scream, beat your fists on the pavement and go 'Soto-who?'

You could have cared less about this woman until you were told what you should be caring about. She hasn't ruled on Roe v Wade so you can't throw a tantrum about that, and instead pick a single quote out of an entire speech to huff and puff about.

Enough, already.

No more of a racist than Rev. Huckabee and his comments about RNC Chairman Michael Steele. Where is the Republican outrage there? Rush " Tokyo Rose " Limbaugh spews hate and venom each and every day yet not one word of outrage.....

Sotomayor–La Raza-Racism

I think her comments are honest and true. All our experiances as who we are would effect the way we view things. There was nothing racist about what she said. I am now starting to see that it was the rebublicans who have been using the race card and almost bet this is how Hillary and Bill became racist also. No issue here. She will be a fine Justice.

Sotomayor is not the equivalent of David Duke. That's what Limbaugh is.

Wilby – So that makes it OK. Why is the Democrats only defense to attack Republicans? Point your finger at someone else to try and distract??

Thousands of precedents and the fear mongering nativists can only focus on a comment that mentions the word "Latina", and completely ignores the rest of the quote. Surprise, Surprise.

Here's an idea: if you're too stupid to read; as in too stupid to read about a judicial record, or too stupid to read a full speech and too stupid to comprehend either the rulings or the context of the speech; then maybe you're too stupid to weigh in on this judge.

Of course it is a poor choice of words..........so why did she say it? It's not like an oops, it was a pretty strong statement that didn't just pop out her mouth, it was well thought out. She said exactly what she meant to say, there is no other way to try and wiggle out of this one. She should withdraw as nominee, if a white had said anything even remotely close to that statement, they would have been thrown out in a heart beat. Equality, isn't that what it is all about??

So she's a proud latina, so what?! She has nothing to defend.

"I'm sure she would have restated it" if she had known how it would be interpreted. - NObama

Yeah, hindsight is 20/20. But she did say it much like you said "typical white person" and then threw your grandma under the bus.

Anyone who thinks this woman is not a racist needs to wake up and smell the roses. Look at these comments and then refusing to look at the firefighters questions. She is just another far left person like Obama.

I can think of far worse comments made by Republicans.