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So, he disagrees a bit, but not enough to stand up to Rush? What a bunch of cowards.

So based on the attitudes of the right wing bloggers here, her comments were racist,ethnic, whatever. Let's also apply that to the right wing judges. Alito has said that he thought of his ethnicity and the experience of his family in the past. Has Clarence Thomas ever discussed his black background? According to these people, their own kind shouldn't be on the Supreme Court. You people need to learn how to think and listen to other opinions. We all belong to the human race.

We better hope she doesn't make the grade here. We don't need a liberal, touchy feely supreme court justice. It's getting might old how as soon as we get a black president everything is about race. This election has polarized our country. This nomination will set us back for years.

Can't wait for one or two days when he retracts all he said and apologizes to Rush. We have an office pool as to the exact time of the apology. anyone want in? God are the republicans SO predictable..it's great.

If you read her entire statement, in the context of the time, she was trying to make a point that someone from her life experience would make a decision differently than a person (white man) who did not have the similar life experience. Poor word of choice YES, racist – NO. A person can not be defined as racist just because of ONE word in a statement made so long ago. What does her public service record show, that is what matters.

What really scares me is that there are people in this country who are so uneducated that they only read blogs. How about reading the entire speech, instead of just the out-of-context statement by Sotomayor. Smitty, I'm talking about you, you wingnut!

Yeh, cuz I dont likes me none of tha white man. They gots to much of da money and I needs to get mah riches from dem cuz I aints gots nones. My moms said dat I needs to gets mines and dat I needs to gets it from da white man so I votededs for Obammy cuz mah mammy likes obammy.

Yeh, now gimme mah moneys.

I still don't get why people are trying so hard to think that she's a racist. Her comment basically said "White people are far more privileged than minority races." Does anybody really think, even for a second, that this is NOT true? Believe me, in social progressive states minorities are still unfairly targeted with unflattering stereotypes and they are a long way from equal representation.

She may have set too harsh of a racial tone in that statement, but the truth of the matter is that white people still hold all the cards and social advantages. The truth is, all these old white men in Congress probably never met a struggle so hard as Sotomayor's young life. And no matter what anybody says, it is far more accurate to have base your judgement on real experience than to 'imagine' what it would be like in the average American's shoes. And the average American is a lot different than it was a generation ago, both racially and economically.

where were these "racism police" when Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond and other fully fledged racists run the show. Shame on the republicans.

Tommy Perkins must live on vegas dr. between Jones and Decatur. That whole area smells of meth when I have to drive through it.
Smart, brave policemen!

So champly, she would NOT be a racist if she referred to herself as a "white man" instead of a "latino woman", is that you point ?

This type of thinking is FRIGHTENING!!

A person makes a statement and we are all supposed to disregard it because it isnt in line with the "agenda"

WAKE UP AMERICA!! We are heading down a very very self destructive path.

Anybody want to bet how long before McConnell is crawling back to Limbaugh to kiss his asss?

This anchor keeps trying to put words in Mitch's mouth...it's obnoxious

Honestly, The republicans should be grateful that Obama picked this very MODERATE judge. She was first appointed to the federal courts by George H.W Bush!!!! She has an ambiguous record on abortion and liberals have been worried about her 'not being progressive enough'. Serously, what do they hope to accomplish if they DO succeed by blocking her nomination. I guarantee that if she does get blocked (which seems really unlikely) Obama will pick an even more liberal justice.

Be careful what you wish for conservatives!!!!

@Larry-Boston

Did you forget the things that have happened in our state? White firemen and policemen were passing along the tests and answers to their siblings? The fact that policies were put in place for both that their sons and daughters got preference over other qualified candidates? These types of policies are not racist on face value but are a form of discrimination that skew the number of minorities getting these jobs.

Her nomination, solely due to her ethnicity and gender, could be called racist/sexist, but her comments are not. She merely describes the different perspecives we all gain by living different lives. Adding hers to the Supreme Court is as valid as anyone. I only wish she had been nominated because of pure merit.

"'better things to do" ?
Yea ? Just what are they ? You and the Flat Earth Party havn't done much of anything for 8+ years, except vote no on everything in the last 3 months. Go back to sleep. Obamarama and the 21st century Dems are trying to take care of the country. You and your party (sic) are nothing but a distraction since you have decided not to participate in the Government of the USA.

I want my Republican Party BACK!!! It's been hijacked by NUTZ! My main concern is fiscal responsibility!!!!! We (GOP) spent $5 TRILLION! Second: Get off my back and out of my affairs. We (GOP with LOTS of Dem support) conducted illeagal wire taps!!! OMG! This is NOT my conservative party. Recommendations: (There were lessons learned)
1) Turn down the volume. We sound hateful and racists... We're not.
2) Fiscal control. (We know, now, that not ALL regulations are bad. lol!)
3) Fight to restore our rights.
4) Address abortion and gay marriage in a responsible way. (Give women every opportunity to keep the child. Define marriage. Is polygamy now to be legal? Hey, they're consenting adults! lol!)
5) Get out of foreign countries where our intrests are not CLEARLY defined. (Do the job, and get out, where we have too.)

This attack, on a liberal judge, will not serve us. Most Americans do agree with my comments, above. We can only help America to help herself. We are STILL the Grand Ol Party...... We just got lost for a while.

Sotomayor is a fantastic choice. I support President Obama's pick 100 percent. But I'm actually writing to CNN to say, I am so sick and tired of hearing what Rush Limbaugh has to say every day, that I've had to completely turn CNN off! Limbaugh doesn't even have a college education. . . and I expect to hear what people have to say that are more intelligent than I am on CNN, not people who are uneducated. Neither he or Hannedy (sp??) have more than a high school education!! PLEASE. . . STOP, stop passing on all the stupid things they have to say. THEY LOST THE ELECTION AND WE WANT TO HEAR MORE POSITIVE THINGS FROM THE EDUCATED PEOPLE WHO WON!! You're ruining CNN!!

Why is CNN trying to become FoxNews light? I have noticed a substantial policy shift to the right over the past three months. Inflammatory statements made by right-wing bomb throwers are reported with courtesy and grace, and responses from the left are reported in a disparaging way. Newt Gingrich is treated as a thoughtful and courteous intellectual, and Dick Cheney is treated as a second Jesus. Lou Dobbs has lost his mind and become Lou Beck-Hannity-Dobbs.

@ smitty:

Dude, I really don't think she is against anyone's right to "bare arms".

I'm sure you have at least a 6th grade education. Try using it once in a while...

Fact: The Earth's human population is 3% white.

Experience: Ever been a white male trying to get a meal at Denny's in a black neighborhood? I have. And I got to experience racism, first hand.

Fact: I have a bi-racial child. The custody of which has been determined by black and white judges.

Observation: what this lady said is racially toned, but not racist.

Observation: the minority leader of the senate copped-out.

Observation: the appointments of Alito and Roberts were politically negotiated (compromised) on account of the GOP's "nuclear option" to shut down debate and a supermajority.

Shoe's on the other foot now, and the other foot has taken a thumping. The senate minority is keeping its toes out of the way of the door it kept closed.

Grok?

GOP = PARTY OF NO
No Ideas * No Future

For everyone who states here that Sotomayor is a racist, you are entitled to your view. But she is going to be a Supreme Court Justice and there is nothing you can do about it. So just sit back and enjoy it.

Folks, a "racist" is someone who displays racial predjudice in his or her actions, ranging from lynching to segregation to employment to hate crimes to stereotyping. This brilliant jurist, whose comment was directed to a question about the perspective a jurist with her background brings to the bench, is one of ethnic pride. No different from when an Irish person is proud of her background on St. Patrick's Day (think poetry and music) or and Italian (think art and sculpture, not to mention food). Please, do yourselves a favor and stop with the silly use of labels which have no meaning. Insulting Judge Sotomajor by calling her an inappropriate name diminishes you, not her. Frankly, if any of us had her background of achievements we would deserve to be way more proud than she seems to be. She was humbled by this nomination, and I for one take her at her word.

I think this is a prime example of the fact that the racism card gets thrown around too much. When I read her speech I don't see the same things that everyone else does. I think that a Latina woman could make a better decision than a White man in some cases. Just like a White man may make a better decision than a Latina woman. We are a melting pot – full of different cultures. And people can say whatever they want but everyone including Supreme Court judges are influenced by their culture and experiences.

these republicans are playing second fiddle to that dooms day preacher Rush Limbow..
they are now taking to come out of their predicament..
hope they will succeed...

look for an apology to Limbow in the coming days

Ron

Sotomayor is a complete racist. If a white male were to be nominated and then suggest white males were superior decision makers he would be out. Wake up! Stop trying to sugar cot what this racist, fascist Sotomayor disaster said!!! She is a La Raza thumping bigot!!! Everyone should hate her.

GOP leader clashes with Limbaugh :

That's the title to this story. Is CNN trying to fabricate news instead of reporting news? Please just report fact s and let us form our own conclusion.

Go ahead and filibuster this woman "possum" and you will pay for generations!

do white people even know what racism is ? i dont think so. people of color do. I think that was her whole point.

how the oppressed will now become the oppressors.

Between her and Obama, if you are white, you might as well move to South Africa because you are not getting promoted and you are not getting a raise and if you are unemployed, you are not getting a job.

It's interesting to watch the political discussions in the government between mostly white men about whether to let a Latina woman on the Supreme Court, 8 out of 9 of which are white, because SHE'S a racist. It would make a good Saturday Night Live skit, 'cause Saturday Night Live hasn't been funny in years.

It's also interesting to note that the more angry, hateful and racist comments on this site against white people are generally full of misspellings and lousy punctuation. It's almost as if anger, hatred and ignorance go together.

By the way-black people are only 12% of the population. White people are 50%. Who do you think ELECTED him?

Mitch McConnell has bowed to his leader, Rush Limbaugh, and he will follow Rush's agenda of fear, hate, greed and intolerance. A man would stand up for what is right, and slap Limbaugh down hard for the ignorant, pompous fool that he is. But McConnell is too cowardly for that.

He feels he has more important things to do than what is right. If Republicans will not stand for honor, for truth, for simple decency, we can only hope their numbers continue to dwindle until they are nothing more than a dark forgotten memory of evil.

The GOP has no credibility calling ANYONE racist. they are the most racist political party in the world... besides it doesnt matter what they do or say, obama's pick will be confirmed and everybody knows it, the gop has no power or influence in america right now

"40 Senate Republicans and trying to advance the nation's agenda," Hey Mitch, didn't you mean "advance our agenda for the nation," no matter how destructive it may be?

rush is right! newt is right! It's right because they said so. all of the racist pigs should be put in a giant pit and buried. They'll all be liberals and tax cheats!

McConnell was questioned on other issues such as health care. Why do these news people fold when the republicans bring up the 'fear tactic' of goverment interferring with medical decisions? I have never come across goverment interference with the Medicare patients I have taken to doctor appointments as a senior caregiver. We need an expansion of Medicare. Also, a news person should ask how much money have these politicians received from insurance and pharmaceutical companies. These politicans disgust me . They pretend to know what is best for us while we, the taxpayers, are paying for their health care. They begrudge us the decent health care they, prisoners and even terrorists (Guantanamo)) get. My premiums have gone up 520% along with less coverage since 2001 (Bush).

It is good to see some thawing of the Republican Party, but those who hold on to their outdated and sour grapes beliefs will continue to drag the party down.

Champly, where do you find the time? Get a life, you ill informed, racist moron.......

Senator McConnell did not say that Limbaugh and Newt were wrong to call Sotomayor a "racist," only that he McConnell will not become the "Speech Police". Siding stepping the the racist issue entirely, and of course no one called Senator McConnell on that.

Champly: You say to GL that since Africans had slaves before whites came an enslaved blacks, that it's OK that whites enslaves Africans.

So, by your logic, since Ted Bundy was a serial killer, it's OK to be a serial killer?

Didn't your mama teach you that two wrongs don't make a right?

Any bets on whether the guy that killed Dr. Tiller listened to right wing talk radio?

Democrat here...but i agree with McConnell when he said he doesn't have time to apologize , paraphrase, or make excuses for words ANYONE else says. Things that Limbaugh says should not be this important....I wouldnt even hear him unless I didnt watch CNN lol. Way to go McConnell....and why give Sotomayor so much grief...ok if she wasn't a good pick, then who should Obama have picked and why...I think life will go on, and even if she doesn't know what she needs to know now, trust me, she will learn it when she is holding the office. Its a LIFETIME position. She will eat, sleep, and dream this stuff! She will be better at her job then we will be at tieing shows! LOL

Champly: Identifying yourself as a "Latina woman" and Caucasian men as "white men" is not racist. I'm of German, Norweigan, English, Irish and Cherokee descent; when I don't have time to recite the whole list, I refer to myself as an "All-American Mutt".

Am I racist?

Champly, you're a retard. LOL, the white man learned slavery from Africans. OMG, your parents should of aborted you to save humanity from another stupid person.

Anybody who claims their life experiences does not influence their decisions is a BIG FAT LIAR. We all rely on our previous experience to make current decisions in our very own lives, and that applies to Supreme Court Justices. I am glad Justice Earl Warren was the "activist judge" that he was, and able to root out racism from schools through Brown vs Board among other things. Laws can be made by a majority and a simple majority at that one, just because a group of people vote make something a law DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT, and courts are the last resort people who have been denied justice by the Government/Police etc.

Is Rush Limbaugh also one of those dime-a-dozen ,bible thumping , hot airbag "preachers" ?

He reminds me of one.

Champly May 31st, 2009 1:21 pm ET

wishing – you wish she wasn't racist but she was. She referred to her self as a "latino women" compared to "white men". That is a clearly racist statement which disqualifies this candidate.

WHAT? So if I call myself a white female, which is the truth, I'm being racist? So I can't be on the Supreme Court? Oh, wait, I never went to the top law school in the country, graduating first in my class, never been appointed by GHWBush as a judge, run a courtroom, made decisions, run another court at a higher level...THAT'S why I can't be nominated. She is more than qualified.

When a man makes the same kind of statements about his immigrant background, that's fine. Now, THAT is racism at its finest. A white male can say the exact same things, (and did, check Alito's confirmation hearings!) and it is absolutely no problem for other white males. This is almost laughable if it weren't so sad that the evolution of this country seems to be part of the de-evolution of white males.

Regarding Sotomayor's decision in the case of the New Haven firefighters case, the city rejected the firefighter exam because the test violated Title VII, the federal civil rights law that prevents discrimination in employment. (All test scores were tossed and another test was given.)

Sotomayor was following the law – which is what a judge is sworn to do – when she (and the entire 2nd Circuit court) made her decision regarding this case.

Please, folks, do a little research and stop blindly believing everything that Rush and the GOP spout. The Internet is a very quick tool for finding out a lot of information – be a good citizen and stay informed.

Champly,

What is racist is to pull a persons words out of context to imply racism so you can stoke the passions of your base...

THAT'S what's racist, Chapmply

Rush and the Republicans will take whatever they can find to get rid of her because she's a woman and a Latina. They are the racists. I have gotten plenty of emails from my Rush-listening, fox news watching friends about Mexicans and Obama that were plenty racist and now they want to talk about her. What a bunch of hypocrites!

"Ridiculous May 31st, 2009 1:08 pm ET

Would all this speculation and scrutiny be taking place if this nominee was a white male with the same qualifications? Would they have even looked back for any little satement in one of his speeches?"

What short, little, uh–memories libs have. Remember Robert Bork?

If all the all the statement politician have made in there life time were calogne it would not be one in office. If one were alive in the forties thourgh the eighties it would sound like Hiltler any where USA. Said enough.

gl, Pittsburgh–you need to get a grip. You're going to pop a vein. As far as Limbaugh is concerned; he has a right to his views. Politicians paying so much attention to him is great for his ratings, but I would think politicians have more important work to do. Well, maybe not.

Some of the same people whose party nominated HARRIET MIERS, of all people, are now using a statement out of context in a futile effort to sabotage a FAR MORE qualified candidate.

All Sotomayor did was very bluntly state something we all know as true: Don't judge another until you've walked a mile in their shoes. Read her whole speech and not just the soundbites coming out of the GOP, who so desperately want to block anything President Obama wants to do.

The fact that Sotomayor was referring to something involving race does not mean she's a racist. She has judged plenty of cases fairly and impartially.

Let's hope that the Senate can all be adults, take a look at Sotomayor's complete record and qualifications, keep an open mind throughout the confirmation process, and then vote accordingly.

This is a hilarious argument, and those people (Champly, et al) on here repeating that she is a 'racist' are in fact, of course, racists themselves. But more importantly, they are morons. Judge Alito, a VERY conservative judge, said exactly the same thing in his confirmation hearing a couple years back. Reagan said the same thing about having a woman judge on the court back in the 80s. Are they racist? Give me a break. And La Raza? You mean the organization praised by both President Bush and John McCain? Uh-huh.

Keep digging a hole, conservatives. You've just lost another million votes.

[...] This is a "clash?"    Saying you don't have time to be the "speech police" qualifies as a "clash" in the CNN lexicon?  Seems to me a "clash" would be Sen. McConnell telling Limbaugh and Newt to shut their festering cake holes and let the grownups talk.  THAT would be a CLASH! [...]

Sen. McConnell should leave that job to the Obama administration.

Mitch and his buddies would LOVE to be the speech police. Its in thier nature. They just never consolidated power long enough. They already wiretapped why not control speech as well?

The party of No will NO themselves to extinction.

Please! a Person of color cannot be racist. Plain and Simply put.

Just like writing on truck stop rest room stall.. Amounts to about the same thing. Stinky, vulgar and ignorant...

Do you relize that you agreed to bipartisanship when you elected out President? Your pary has been anything but bipartisan vy trying to rename the Democratic Party the "Democrtaic Socialist Party". It os OK that Bush an dCheney madea boatload of money off of oil and Haliberton but about 120 days into the new President we are slamming him for a stimulus package formulated under the Busgh administration. Rus limbaugh and Newt Gingrich need to go away. Your best chance for 2012 is Colin Powell and Tom Ridge. But the prviously mentioned zero's would fight them. All tthe splintering in the Republican Party is pushing people to the Libertarian Party as in Ron Paul.

H levine Las vegas

No one race is at fault for all problems. Financially, racially, mentally, and physically handicapped can help themselves in varying degrees, but cannot blame their woes on the bogeyman. I grew up mixed race and poor; prisoners claimed and received more benefits than we received. There is not any race that can claim that it did not enslave and was not enslaved. (Yes, there were even black slave owners and white slaves in America.) Review your histories – the good and the bad. I am proud to be an American.

@Paul from Kissimmee May 31st, 2009 11:22 am ET
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Good response - couldn't agree with you more. Folks need to dump their "victim" mentality and EARN their rights by ACTING responsibly.

Rev, Huckabee says Michael Steele is the RNC's token negro ....is that racist?

Wwell, what do you know, a Repugnican that thinks. No if he only talks to the rest of his group and get them off of "guns, abortion and tax cuts" they might will a few.

Well CNN I see your still playing with the headlines. I see now where in this article that mentions Limbaughs name..

What is this I read? A Rep. standing up for what is right? Just looked outside and it is raining cats and dogs!

I would hope Rush and Newt are not the spokesmen for the Republican Party. If so, this country is headed for a one party system. We need two parties in this country and the Republican party needs to stop the overt racial divide that they are trying to hold on to. We have moved into the 21st century and there are better issues to be addressed. Racial division is going the be the downfall of this great country. Let's pull together and make this country one nation under God!!

Instead of getting all worked up about one stray comment she made eight years ago to a group of hispanic students, why don't all of you who are convinced she is a racist go back an look at the decisions she's written in 17–yes 17–years on the federal bench. You will find she's actually quite moderate, even conservative, in the way she follows the "rule of law" that Republicans have now adopted as their mantra. At least Sessions, McConnel, etc. have now recognized that following Rush and Newt will indeed lead the party out of the ditch but also over a cliff.

Mitch has a big job "trying to advance the nation's agenda" back to the 19th CEntury...he's very busy...

Champly – do you need a hug since you comments are irrelavent.

While I will reserve judgement on Sotomayer until I hear more, I agree Rush is a racist, but after reading the comments of glpittsburgh, they win the prize for the most racist person on this blog.

It's hard to believe that CNN would let John King ride ramrod over the airways with his blatantly-bipartisan-racially-tinted show....I agree with the person who said many in the media seem to be conveniently sleeping through the hateful comments being made against the most qualifed judge the SC has had so far.....

Judge Sotomayor will be confirmed, and move into her role as Supreme Court Justice, but her supporters will not forget the GOP come elections......Her powerful credentials and gender are scaring the yosimite sam out of the Republicans....I love it......

open your minds and please please do not repeat what your bloated king blimp is saying so you can go ahead and repeat his word.....get some knowledge, education and common sense.....then, you'll be OK....hehehehehe

Its time Limbaugh, Gingritch, Cheney and Bush realize that the old boys network is dead. There's a new sherrif in town overseeing a society where bigotry and favortism have no place.

But at least these "old boys" now give the proper face to the Republican party and the U.S. public can now has a clear choice between bigotry (most republicans) and a new society( democrats).

How come an idiot like "CHAMPLY" gets posted many times while others have to endure MODERATION"?

A Senate with two women does not make it racist or sexist does it? Hummm. Seems white man is a little uncomfortable. About time I 'd say.

John King's State of the Union should be renamed "John King's State of the Republican Union". CNN is becoming Fox-Lite.

well after reading some the comments i can see the true bigots and racists are alive and well. half the listening population tune into that moron rushy boy just to get a laugh-like archie bunker. the other half are nothing more than red neck bigots. i seriously doubt that these red necks have the ability to add two plus two let a lone make an intelligent decision. rush and newt are racist bigots period-if you like them join their ranks. my god you idiots make me want puke my guts out.

Are you sure that the present members of the Supreme Court don't have
racist tendencies? Who is better qualified to make wise decisions, one who grew up a member of the upper class and now lives in a gated community or one who grew up as a member of the lower class and now enjoys the life of the upper class? A Supreme Court that represents
a cross section of America should be able to make more balanced decisions than one drawn only from the "know it all" class.

dan – Since President Obama been president whites have not stop with all their hatful comments toward this black presdient and until this happy as a black person i will continue to voice my views on racist.

Smitty,

You are wrong in your interpretation of her statements in that ruling re: Second Amendment rights.

The individual in question was trying to use a defense which, in Sotomayor's opinion, would have worked against the federal government, but not against a state government. Basically, she was saying that the Federal government does not have a role in regulating an individual's right= to bear arms, but States have a constitutional authority to regulate arms in their states.

She sounds like a Republican States' RIghts supporter more than a liberal on this issue.

GOParty of "No" has become party of "Maybe" if it doesnt cost me votes.

Women, blacks, Jews, Hispanics, gays and many other minorities have suffered discrimination at the hands of white men for decades and some for a century or more.

Well, McConell had a chance to tell the viewers that he disapproved of these stupid comments.....Instead he played sheepish.....

Champly May 31st, 2009 1:11 pm ET

gl – your african ancestors had african slaves thousands of years before the white man came along. The whites learned the slave trade from the africans

It is not so. You whites sure love to put a twist to everything. I know my black hisorty better then you – you white ass. whites starting this slave mess and made a mess out of our black lives and your race is getting it pay back with having to listen to a black President tell you what to do. THIS IS THE BEST PAY BACK ONE CAN HAVE!

it is very painful how the Republicans have allowed Rush Limbaugh to run thire party. All i hear from him (Limbaugh) every time is hateful words. Wake up guys.
darlo.

Well, McConell had a chance to tell the viewers that he disapproved of these stupid comments.....Instead he played sheepish.....very foolish.

One more thought – her association with La Raza puts her in the camp with separationists. La Raze flirts with the dismemberment of America in favor of reunion with Mexico or a separate, and anglo-hostile, government. For that one reason alone, never mind her racism and sexism, Sonia Sotomayor is disqualified.

RESPONSIBLE members of the Republicna Party should tell the clowns like Limbaugh, Gingrich, O"Reilly, and Hannity to sit down and shut up since they are doing the party a lot of damage and making fools of themselves.

wishing – you wish she wasn't racist but she was. She referred to her self as a "latino women" compared to "white men". That is a clearly racist statement which disqualifies this candidate.

Speaking of the sexism charge, where is Carly? I haven't heard her say anything in quite a while because you know I think that comment from Steele "Slammin and Rammin" Judge Sotomayor was way loaded. Where are all the PUMAS that felt Obama was so so sexist? where are they? My goodness, when real sexist stuff is happening, you can't find them anywhere.

Sotomayer said it.. that is what she thought at that place in time..
soooo, she is racist..period.

Ridiculous May 31st, 2009 1:08 pm ET

Would all this speculation and scrutiny be taking place if this nominee was a white male with the same qualifications? Would they have even looked back for any little satement in one of his speeches?

AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS HELL NO! WHITES REFUSE TO SHARE THIS COUNTRY WITH OTHER RACES AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO FIGHT AGANIST IT. Obama won and he will win again on his nomination. Most peple blacks, whites, latins are tired of the white racist people and is ready to move pass racist. It is the Repubicans old white men that still want to keep racist alive. Just look at who is screaming the loudest white ugly old racist men.

Sen. McConnell's statement is a cop out code phrase.....Interpreted it means, "I don't want to risk offending the far right and Rush, so I'm staying neutral"......General Powell was their last hope, and trust me, he may be Republican in name, but in his heart he's a Dem or Ind, and he will vote from his heart......He's too strategically smart to stay on a sinking ship.......

Ridiculous – you must have missed the Alito and Roberts confirmations. The democrat party and Obamots crucified both, but never found where either was a racist. This women is a racist.

CNN...the new Fox-lite! Why don't you try a story on what Alito SAID about how he would take into consideration what his family went through as immigrants and the discrimination they say! Wait...he's a white guy so thats ok! What have we got mostly in the Senate? Mostly old white men! Are we happy how the senate is run? I think I made my point!

Folks,
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you are on anymore. The partisian rederic is the problem. This woman has a small point that she made a Univercity known for their anti-establishment beliefs. That is all that was about. BUT! She is dangerous – and let me tell you why: When she writes that she believes the 2nd Ammendment of the Constitution is NOT meant to allow the American Citizen to bare arms – and that it is in fact illegal for American Citizens to bare arms – she has gone so far off into left feild – you can't even see her anymore! All anyone has to do is READ the 2nd Ammendment to know what it means – it spells it out in plain English!!! The purpose of the 2nd Ammendment is for the American Citizen (as a God given right) to be able to keep and bare arms – to protect themselves from a "Tyrannical" government! That is the main reason Obama wants this woman as a Supreme Court Judge. The fact that she is Latino – chairman of LARAZA – which I challenge everyone to investigate who & what that is – and a female is two other reasons to place her in such an important position. But – to write such provocative dis-information – should be enough to cause her to step down as a candidate. She is obviously prejudice of gun owners – and the principles that this country was founded on! Again, I could care less which side of the fence you want to defend – this is just plain WRONG!

@Wyatt- Don't think you helped your argument any.

Racism and sexism are just plain wrong. People in the GOP made many racial and sexist statements not only this week, but as part of their general long-term policy.

The GOP has is struggling to survive, yet it feeds its cancer by promoting racism and sexism.

Erick in AL – a racist comment tells a lot about the soul of that individual. Whether it is Trent Lott, Bill Clinton, or Jessie Jackson. This nominee is clearly a racist and should not be elevated to the supreme court because of that. What is so complicated and difficult about that concept ?

You white people commenting on this post are so irrelavent. You whites have hide behind your richest and have denided any race to get ahead becasue of their race, but because you did not come right out and say the reason you didn't get the job was becasue of your black or latin don't mean it is not so. Why was the affirmative action created becasue of racist discrimanation behind closed doors. Whites will never admit they are one of the biggest racist among any race just look at who is screaming about Sonia Sotomayor nomination nothing but hatful WHITE UGLY MEN!

What is the Keystone Cops (Republican Party) up to this time around? Could the good ole boys network or scenerio be in jeopardy? No doubt the Keystone Cops are in dispair and choas. Unfortunately, Keystone Cop members like Limbough, Senator Kyle and others are still perpetuating negative thoughts on impending changes coming to America, changes that don't fit within their agenda.

Presently, see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil speaks best of the Keystone Cops, and not recalling what King George did to their party. Perhaps they should pay heed to the comments of a long forgotten warrior, General MacArthur; and they all just fade away.

Judge Sotomayor is uniquely qualified to be on the Supreme Court, and why not a woman Hispanic Supreme Court member? The only thing that arises out this opposition to her nomination could be she is most intimidating to the good ole boys network. You got to love the Republican Party in the self destruct mode.

Champly, she was talking about experience, not race. She was comparing someone pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, versus someone growing up and living in an ivory tower.

The GOP says the same thing whenever the Dems nominate someone from the east coast: "they don't know anything about Real America and Real Americans, they are naive and live in their ivory towers."

Whether or not legitimate in either case, it isn't racism.

Besides, according to the the US Immigration and Naturalization Dept., Sotomayor is Caucasion. Last, I looked, so were the whites. Therefore, she was talking about two white people; one with her experience and one without.

gl – your african ancestors had african slaves thousands of years before the white man came along. The whites learned the slave trade from the africans.

LOL..I dislike GOP completely these days, but you know...the La Raza membership is worrisome to me more than anything.

But hey, don't ask me now, ask me 20 years from now when the Supreme Court (with Sotomayor) decides in favor of La Raza when they help Mexico sue to the US and gain a settlement that includes the re-anexation of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and parts of California.

Then "Old Mexico" will be reunified. Isn't that the goal of La Raza anyway? I think we know where her vote would fall.

Forget the racism, worry about La Raza.

Besides, there are tons of other left-leaning to moderate left choices that are just as qualified to choose from, and i'm sure there is probably another latina if we have to be politically correct in choosing that does not have to be tied to aggressive groups.

Thanks.

Ok folks.Sotomayor should have used better words so that if a white man had said the same thing he wouldve been saying his upbringing and background helps him to make better judgements than some others. Fact is whites have'nt faced racism like minorities have.Its the truth and you can accept it or not.She's not racist its the truth. WHEn you have a humble upbringing you appreciate things ore and you take an approach that says hey I care about you and I understand. Again she could have used better words but its the truth.ANd stop it with the stupid Obama jokes. I wonder who the real racists are that say "obama supporters are kool aid drinker." Isnt that a racist statement?????YES it is!

Would all this speculation and scrutiny be taking place if this nominee was a white male with the same qualifications? Would they have even looked back for any little satement in one of his speeches?

Wyatt – YOur comments is the prime example why I hate your Republicans. Not it was Afrians that started the Slavery. Just like Bush, never admit you are wrong just blame it on someone. YOU WHITES MADE MY BLACK BROTHERS SLAVES and have never admitted it.

You know she didn't make a comment about all white men, just white men who haven't lived as a "rich" a background as she has. She's talking about privileged white men, who have been "given" their positions. Such as a $40,000 a year high school education, which leads directly to Yale university even if you have a C average because your father is a senator and your grandfather was on the board. Then getting to use your father's money to start some small oil companies and eventually use his money to buy part of the Texas Rangers. Then you get to run for governor of Texas, because people know who you are, and you have lots of money to run Karl Rove smear campaigns against anyone standing in your way. You are Governor for 6 years, then next stop you become President of the United States for 8 years by stealing one election and smearing a John Kerry in another one. These are the kind of white men, she is talking about. And yes I believe she is right when she says she can make a better decisions than those kind of white men.

"I am so sick of women and men bringing up being raised by a single parent. In the olden days, we our grandparents and parents tried to teach us not to sleep around and bring children into the world without the benifit of 2 parents. However, there are those women and men who do that and they have to deal with it. That still does not give this woman the right to knock white men. What a shame"

Hey Sara Leith, Sotomayor was raised by a single mother because her father DIED. Get your facts straight.

Look Ms. Sotomayor has a long list of accomplishments. Stop making a big deal about some sentence in some speech and make time to look over her incerdible resume. You;ll realize that she is the MOST QUALIFIED SUPREME COURT NOMINEE IN A GENERATION. As a young black male, I very proud that our first African American president made the right choice for the supreme court.

For white males that fells threatened. I say don;t be greedy, you've been running this country for over 400 years. we've gotten to a point that minorities have understand your system and starting to master it. If whites feel left out, educate yourselves more and don't be a victim of ignorance.

I am soooo tired of the hypocrisy that is so much a part of being a liberal, that it isn't even noticed. Why is it that only conservatives are held to account for virtue such as honesty, morality, and over all 'doing the right thing'?
You'd have to be either an absolute idiot or in deep denial to not see that Sotomayor is a racist. As Newt said, just run it through the test – if you substitute 'white' for 'Latina' and vice versa, there'd be no question of racist intent.

"Look. I've got a big job to do dealing with 40 Senate Republicans and trying to advance the nation's agenda..."

You mean your agenda, Mr. McConnell. Your agenda.

The gloves are forever off now. Whether Barry, CNN, or the Obamots like it or not, white males are now a vested minority. We will raise hell, provericate, and demand a free ride, just like all the rest. We can riot in the streets with CNNs breathless approval. We can scream "racism" when the sun comes up and when the sun goes down. Yes, the gloves are now off, and we are the second or third larges minority, behind the Obamot free riders of course.

Rush Limbaugh will bring down the Republican Party if you don't stand up to him. He is full of hate and has extreme ideology. Your party has been 'hijacked' by them, it seems, and the current batch of leaders are too weak to fight them. As soon as they criticize, they have to come back and apologize to Rush. There are few people who has refused to that – ie. Powell, and Cheney/Rush doesn't want him in the party, don't believe he's a 'true' Republican. This don't speak well for your party.

I really get tickled to go to Drudge and see where Fox News has the most viewers....I think they are the station for hate, racism and putting forth views that help fill their pockets.

BUT do you know why people go to Fox....TO GET THE NEWS. Fox tells news. They do have a lot of republican partisan commentators, but they tell the news that is happening all over the country.

CNN, MSNBC and the NetWorks all you see is jolly old this, celeb this and see your own videos. Their news service is a joke. No wonder the internet is taking over. Way back in the early 1990's when Turner owned CNN they were the same way, they told the news, no bias, no spin. I watch Fox over the other two because I want to know what is going on. When the hate spewers come on I turn it off.

Why did you bother to ask that question, none of those cowards have the guts to stand up to anything (Reason #1 why Republicans lost everything) and continue to live the bad old days of accuse, hate, accuse and more hate. No one disavows any word that the hate monger "Drug Limberg" spouts into the approving ears of that organization at large, while they all, to a person, hide behind "well, he is not an elected official". Limberg is now and has always been the mad dog of that organization, he is the convienent, (not elected) voice of the real feelings of that corrosive Organization

...IN OTHER WORDS....

"I think he's wrong but I can't say that because he represents my base"

Nice.

The Rub party is the biggest mess I have ever seen, and Rash is just the man to lead the worst bunch of hate mongers in the western world.

Amazing how many people know so little about the world. If a white person said what she said they would be roasted. And whites didnt start slavery or racism. The romans, egyptians, all of the arabs nations, had slaves and racism long before america ever existed. Aficans enslaved other aficans. White have enslaved whites. Its not just one race or country that has done these things. Amazing how much racism I see towards white on here. Sad!

Rush has disliked Hispanics ever since he discovered his Dominican houseboy had STD.

McConnell better not attack the GOP leadership (Limbaugh, Cheney and Gingrich) or else they'll throw McConnell out of the GOP and McConnell'll have no choice but to become a Democrat.

Someone needs to ask Obama why he felt the need to nominate a racist to the court. He needs to come on TV, look us in the eye, and explain what good there can come of putting a women who is clearly a racist, as well as a sexist, on the highest court of the land.

Once again please review history and look at facts. Both parties throughout history have been "down and out". Lost power quickly. Stop looking at yesterday, today and tomorrow. Open your views and look at history it will repeat its self again soon. People stop repeating words and look for yourselves from all views and make up your own mind. If you say it is not ok to say "XYZ" then no one should say it. No matter their color, background or up bringing. No matter who selected them DEM or GOP. Have some standards and live by them. If a white person can't say it then a black can not. Not an Asian or latinio either.

If a White woman said that she could make a better decision than a Latina or African-american the White woman would be called a racist.
Enough said.....

She IS a racist, as is bobo the presidential clown. Have a white person say the exact same things she said, but about a latina or african american and they would be tarred and feathered. It's about time someone called the racists of color out.

"Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich calling Obama's choice for the high court a "racist." They who cry wolf are most generally the wolf. Luckily, these wolf have no teeth. Those teeth got pulled in 2006 and 2008, and there is nothing left but the bloody stumps.

We know who the real racists are. Take a hard look at the make up of the Republican and Conservative Party. Then listen closely to the views of Hannity, O'Reilly, Coulter, Limbaugh, Gingerich, and dos ole dumb folks. What a bunch of losers!

If these Republican leaders don’t like her being called a racist then they better read her remark one more time.

Even a Democrat Liberal knows that is exactly what she is based on her statements and opinions. I don’t see how else one could take it.

And I find it odd that a Democrat leader can call a Republican racist and no one seems to get upset over that. Why is this always a double standard?

And for the person that believes the GOP agenda is not Americans agenda I say wake up because it needs to be all of ours agenda.

Most here want to believe these made up polls about what the people in this country believe and think.

Our country is on the path to being a Socialist Nation and we have ignorant people that believe it is best for us all. This woman is a bad choice and Obama knows it. He is again playing the race card.

It has nothing to do with is she the best choice for the court. It has everything to do with building up his block of voters for the 2010 elections and more down the line.

The limbaugh lemmings are apoplectic!

Women, blacks, Jews, Hispanics, gays and many other minorities have suffered discrimination at the hands of white men for decades and some for a century or more.

But let a Hispanic woman make ONE comment about white men and listen to the white male neo-con "christians" cry "racist", "bigot" and begin wailing and gnashing of teeth. So, now that the shoe is on the other foot, suddenly all the neo-con white guys think racism is terrible. As a progressive white guy, it seems that the reins we have had on America are indeed being loosened. Of course, the limbaugh lemmings will screech because they do THINK we make the best decisions.

The women on the Supreme Court broke the strangle hold we white men had on the choice issue, as though, a man could begin to understand having a baby.

Now, it seems we will have a minority woman on the Supreme Court. So, she brings her bias to the court, so what, men brought their bias about women's bodies to the court for a century or more. Of course, a lot of these white men thought of women as chattel and less worthy than a man. So now we have a Latina that will not agree with white folks and how we have treated minorities for centuries.

How in the world did John King ever get a job at CNN, one
of the worst newsman on TV. He and Dana Bash should
take over for John and Kate!

I totally agree with the assessment that there is definately a double standard between what Sotomayor said and what would be considered racist if a white man had said something similar. We Americans seem to have very short memories when it comes to politics, but I remember a certain Senator Trent Lott making comments that many people found "offensive" (though if you look at the comments themselves and the contxt they were taken in, they were hardly offensive) and he was literally thrown under the bus. So I totally feel that people are being hypocritical here.

At the same time, I would like to make a few points. First of all, regardless of what justification some people on the right may feel they have so far as calling her a racist based on her past statements, I think that word is a little strong at best and far to premature an accusation to make based on what little we know about her so far. I refuse to come to that conclusion based on one sentence that was lifted out of a speech given 8 years ago without at least knowing the context that it was given in. I didn't do that to Trent Lott and I'm not going to do it here. Secondly, whether the Rush Limbaughs and Newt Gingrichs of the world want to admit it or not, the bottom line is that that type of criticism and name calling will only garner the emnity of the Hispanic community, which is already increasingly going Democratic, and will only fuel the (mis)conception that the GOP is a racist party, which of course I totally believe is untrue. Nonetheless, in the Age of Obama, image is reality, and this type of name calling is a distraction that the GOP does not need right now if it wants to get back into power. The first goal of a party is to win elections, and sorry folks, the GOP will not do it by alienating people.

All you people that are calling Sotomayor racist, do you even know what racism is. The was nothing racist about her statement...and furthermore, you need to read her entire transcript so that you get the full contect.

I think people (blacks, whites, etc.) tend to cry racism to qiuckly these days and most time without merit.

the supreme court judge is not dem not prep not white or bleck or brown t6hey should be blind this women will not be because of her membership with la raza.

She is racist and should withdraw her nomination. They should put the nomination in for a far better Hispanic candidate like Miguel Estrada. He is a far more superior candidate. Also after the hispanic can we get a blind or transgendered nominee...or whatever is next on the list.

If they are Republicans they are liars by nature. That is the way they are and always will be.

They will soon be an extinct party as most Americans are turning against them and what they stand for in todays world.

@Dawn in PA, I hate to break it to you, but blacks were enslaving other blacks in Africa long before they even saw their first white person. When Europeans and American colonists arrived, they just found a better market for selling their fellow blacks. Read some history.

Are you kidding me???

You are a joke. You reading your title let me know you are a joke. We have a right to fight against how the whties are acting like they are so not racist. They are the ones that started all this racist mess.

Doesn't anyone from the GOP have the cajones to be a leader? Every wonder why they have been relagated from the party of power to the party of nothing in such a short tiime? Simple...stupidity.

Tommy Perkins – I read her speech 10 times over. She is a racist.

It is absolutely amazing how frightened Republicans are of Lush Limbaugh. Very few are willing to take the clown (Limbaugh) to task when he shoots off his mouth and spews garbage in every direction.

So, it is OK Scalia and Alito belong to the Italian American Club? Does it make them part of the Mafia and hence should be outright disqualified? But, it is not OK that Sotomajor belongs to La Raza? Is it because she is a woman or she is "latina"? You are either "chauvinist" or "racist".

@Liberals are retarded.

I'm two part Native American, I have a part black nephew and two part Latino cousins.

Racism started when they wanted to obliviate the Native Americans, and then the whites went into Africa to bring forth slaves, because the Old Southerners needed someone to work their fields, Racism is you sir or madam. Next thing you are going to say is she not an American.

Please do not judge yet ye maybe judged, let that up to the Senate who has to question her, and please watch Cspan to get the verdict.

If you speak racist words, participate in racist organization (la raza), you are, in fact, a racist. She is a racist.

I am so sick of women and men bringing up being raised by a single parent. In the olden days, we our grandparents and parents tried to teach us not to sleep around and bring children into the world without the benifit of 2 parents. However, there are those women and men who do that and they have to deal with it. That still does not give this woman the right to knock white men. What a shame

McConnell and Cornyn are pleased to have Limbaugh, Gingrich, FOX and CNN doing all their dirty work for them. All four keep repeating the lies and distortions about an outstanding SCJ nominee.

Yes, CNN, you don't REPORT the news, you just REPEAT the garbage put out there by the right-wingnuts and losernuts.

GOP = Goofs on Parade

I wish the far right wing would just proudly stand up and declare that they are in the business of hate-speech, fear-mongering and slander. I'd have more respect for them.

What disturbs me most about this particular thing isn't that she is Latina, or made a remark about white men being not as capable of doing what she can (who knows she might just be right, I mean what can she do WORSE?)..No. What dsturbs me most of all is the fact that the same people that are excusing her 'poor choice of words' now, have jumped all over others for their own poor choices of words in the past as well. I hate hypocritical behavior. I will embrace a bigot that is open about it all over a fake suckup that says everything and anything for a vote. I voted for the Democrats with Obama and his change because I believed ..truly believed..that he was for ousting the old ways and pointing america back the way it needs to be. Now I am sickened to see that the change that was touted is just more of the same. Shame on all politicians. They make a career out of deals and lies. What happened to 'By the people, for the people' ?

I must say I am very proud of the press this morning on CNN, et. al., for taking a hard line with everyone they are interviewing regarding the Sotomayor nomination.
"I'm not policing people's comments," come on give us a break McConnell! You – and your party – have no problem policing comments when they are comments you don't agree with.
Of course throughout history the Republican party uses crazy men – whether they are elected officials or not – when it supports their agenda – think McCarthy.

Why all republicans are so afraid being the underdog? Why don't they just accept the fact that Democrats are far better than republicans

Of course you don't want to play the speech police- that might upset your boss – Rush!

Can't have the Senate Minority Leader publicly disagreeing with the GOP party leadership now can we?

I guess it makes sense if you only speak from your perspective. Where was the DEMS and CNN during the last few nominees??
How Democrats tried to destroy - with the help of CNN - Samuel Alito. How about Judge Janice Rogers Brown's hearing. For those who are unsure....Brown was President George W. Bush's African-American nominee to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. If the DEMS were being honest with themselves and true to what they say they believe in then they "should have championed Judge Brown's confirmation, not because of her compelling life story, but because of her record as an exemplary judge committed to the rule of law, equality for all Americans, and her limited role as a judge. Instead, privileged, wealthy, white Democrats attacked Brown as an 'extreme right-wing' judge who didn't care about 'civil rights' or the 'down-trodden.' They were unconstrained by accusations of racism and sexism. Janice Rogers Brown, remember, is an African-American. When the Democrats ended their nearly two-year delay, including a filibuster of Brown's re-nomination in 2005, their attacks continued. They accused her of racism and they accused her of sexism. Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) said: 'I oppose giving Justice Brown this lifetime promotion to the second highest court in our land because the American people deserve judges who will interpret the law fairly and objectively. What is different now? A DEM put her name in. Simple and complete politics. People wake up. We are being distoryed by policical games. To make it worse we are all being played like a fiddle, because we do not look at facts. Words and emotions will bring us down. It is our charactor not the color of our skin.

I am born in Africa, like my parents. we were poor as i was growing up. my brother was murdered in south africa and his wife raped in the process. i am of greek and french heritage. yes i am white and the guy who murdered my brother and raped his wife is black. we never caught the guy.

so am i racist? absolutely not. do i believe however that there is reverse racism in the united states with some believing it's time whites suffered too? i absolutely believe that. this is so despicable. all americans should go back to mlk's words and realize that we have so much to do and overcome. i am appalled at the underachievement of black and latino kids and susequent poverty. why is it the fault of the white man? but as a white man i am shoulder to shoulder with men and women of all races and ethnicities to work hard to build happier communities. time to take responsability and stop the blaming.

peace!

WOW! Talk about Racism, Look at the coment from TRUTHSAYER.
That has be come this nations problem, Every body cries race, When it doesn't go there way , Its a race issue. But God forbid a white Person says that......ohhhhhhh no..Believe me I as a White race have seen discrimanation to me from all races.....get over it people, Move on,

Conservatives have suddenly discovered racism. They said racism didn't exist when they voted against anti-lynching laws, equal voting rights laws, affirmative action laws, equal pay laws, access to equal education laws, etc. They said that sexism doesn't exist too (which you Conservative ladies seem to have forgotten.) They voted against allowing women to vote, to get equal pay, maternity leave, family leave, etc.

Now, they have suddenly discovered that the blight of racism is indeed stalking the land. It seems that Puerty Rican-American women have been oppressing white men, and Conservatives have decided to put a stop to it!

Conservative voters: aren't you embarrassed by the behavior of the leaders who conned you into voting for them?

My problem is with John King who is too timid to press the hypocrists we call Republicans. Is John King the best CNN can offer to the world through an important segment like "State of the Union"? What a shame.

You know, the GOP, the party I belong to are acting like a bunch of pre-school children. Rush, Newt and all of the rest need to take a time out and cool their jets here. They act like my pre-schoolers because all of a sudden they cannot deal in what is happening to their party. Their party is really a two-party now with the moderates and the conservatives and the christian right and it is going through an identity crisis. Michael Steele should be ashamed of himself because of the statements that are made about this worthy nominee. Just because she made a statement it does not mean that this woman cannot do the job, because she can and that is why Obama picked her.Mc Connell made some sense here, even though there are some nut cases that are embarrasing the party itself. Rush is not the republican party, but an entertainer, just like his predessors like the late Joe Pyne here in Cali.

"Look. I've got a big job to do dealing with 40 Senate Republicans and trying to advance the nation's agenda, and better things to do than be the speech police over people who have their views about a very important appointment,"

You have no agenda...remember the budget you never turned in? Also, you only need to keep track of two things ...the N and O keys on everyones keyboards and keeping the NO button on everyones desk well lubricated.

So, when the rethuglicants use inflamatory language against the dems you're not about to play "speech police" eh McConnell. Well, here's the shoe on the other foot...
Old rethuglicant white men from Dixie are bigoted, union busting, bible thumpin' racists and white supremists who can only decide "NO!"
How do you like them apples now senator?

I say "No", better days have not gone for the white (and of course most of "us" are not really "white"... we're multi-cultural, from Russia, France, England, Australia, Swizerland etc.) man and woman. Time to stand up and stop bending over to be nice to the minorities (cause they surely won't be nice to us in a few years when we're the minority). A public figure cannot be fired for making a slightly racist black (Okay, how many "black" people are really black? Most are really brown. And how many "African Americans" have were born in Africa or even visted? Most just jump on the bus for the freebies we alot to this "group"... a huh.) reference while another is promoted to the highest court while making racist comments against white men!

There is no such thing as reverse racism for the morons still using this term. It is racism, regardless of the color of your skin...there is no reverse anything, racism is racism.

Mitch is being a leader of his party, by not leading.

I have just one question: Have Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich and Dick Cheney had their rabies shots? Just a pack of mad dogs with nothing better to do than foam at the mouth and spew hate.

Thomas – The MAJORITY of the country is against same sex marriage. The MAJORITY of the country is now agaist abortion. Are those issues the liberals should just drop off thier agenda?

Amazing....

""Look. I've got a big job to do dealing with 40 Senate Republicans and trying to advance the nation's agenda,..."

News Flash. The GOP agenda is no longer the nation's agenda. If you did not get the message last November, perhaps next November it will become clearer to you.

Looks like ol' mealy mouthed Mitch is going to have to apologize to his mighty Rushness.....

@Lynn
What a sad state this country is in when "news" is based on gossip, selected quotes and media competiton based on who can promote trumped up controversy which is then passed on as factual.
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You can blame the biased meida in their incomplete reporting on every political issue for that one.

Yeah, that's it McConnell. Let people like Limbaugh and Republicans from southern states with little Hispanic populations make all the degrading comments towards Sotomayor and misconstruing her comments, and then the Senators that rely on the Hispanic vote will tread lightly. The SEXIST and RACIST attitude that has been displayed by the GOP against Sotomayor will not be forgotten by women voters or Hispanic voters in 2010 and 2012! Rest assured.

Mitch McConnell is correct. People say all kinds of things and if you want to be "speech police" and analyze every little thing they said in their lives, I don't think you will ever find anyone that have no such moments of utterances that they would rather not have said.
Look at their records and their speech patterns rather than some isolated utterance. In any case, Limbagh and Newt are bigger "racist" than many other rednecks.

Am I the only one who is alarmed that if Sotomayor is confirmed there will be SIX Catholics on the Supreme Court. Is that diversity? Does the United States really want a super majority of judges who follow the Pope's narrow view of women's rights? Justice Kennedy, a Catholic, recently wrote for the court that " women are not emotionally capable of making appropriate decisions regarding their sexual life."
Catholic women are not allowed to use contraception or participate in the church as an equal partner. Do we want one religious sect to be in total control of our value system? When I voted for President Obama I was lead believe that he would protect women's rights.

@The Party of NO is only “pro-life” so they will be able to kill the “babies” 18 years later as soldiers in an elective religious war.

You just kill eht babies now... You and the rest of the Rights for choice. Let the babbies die, but don't kill the terrorists. Let the Killers(read manson you prick) live, but kill the babies.

Your a hypocrit

hey "THEY" do the same with the Bible take a piece out of context and swear up and down "it's this way". the real truth hidden away because so many are too lazy to really find out the whole of something. do you still wonder why we are in the shape we are in? think for yourself. don't let people "paid" to talk tell you what is the truth!!

I'm STILL waiting, for ANY Republican to "speak their own truth"! And I'll most likely be waiting forever! Out of FEAR, not one of them can honestly say what they really feel about ANY person or subject. To do so would cast real doubt on them as a politician, because Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and OTHERS, might just have a comment and like a turtle who most of the time keeps his head in his shell, the Republicans will do the very same thing!! They are ALL joined at the hip - the Republican Siameeeeeeeeeeese! The Republican Party is OVER!! The GOP is FINISHED!!

@gl, Pittsburgh

Biggotry is not reserved to white people. It just proves it by YOUR comments.

I thought with President Oboma being elected, we could move forward. By by YOUR comments, we are just moving backward AGAIN. This time it's PEOPLE LIKE YOU that are causing it. Who gives a crap what color your skin is. Who gives a crap what your religion is. Who gives a crap what your gender is. And who gives a crap what your sexual orientation is.

BUT YOU QUITE OBVIOUSLY DO. So G, your a racisit. And your also a throw back to what we are trying to leave behind. Shut up, go crawl back into your hate filled world of biggotry and hate.

There are idiots of ever race, religion, and gendor. YOU QUITE OBVIOUSLY ARE ONE OF THOSE IDIOTS. No matter what your ethnic background is.

And one of those "better things" is to block this racist hatemonger from being appointed tot he supreme court.

Sotomayor is a racist. She has made racist statements in the past and her public and judicial actions further show that she is clearly a racist and is unable to separate that aspect of her life from her judicial rulings.

She is therefore a judicial activist and unqualified to be a judge, let alone a SCJ.

And what is this coming out about her being a member of La Raza (The Race) which is a racist activist group? If true she should have her nomination removed AND her current position revoked.

yoyolite May 31st, 2009 11:40 am ET

People are forgetting the Constitution was written with whites in mind. The constitution did not apply to slaves. They had to write an ADMENDMENT to even consider slaves as humans. So PLEASSEE.

That right the constitution was written by whites and for whites only.

You Go Simmy!!!!!!! That is also true. It's some real good and true comments on this blog about the GOP. I'm so glad that people of all races and color ( especially white people ) are realizing that this is the 21st century 2009 and not the 20th century the 1950's anymore. Together. . . we can do many things!. . . Apart . . . we can do nothing!

God Bless You! And the Haters too.

The Republican Party is a party without honor. Nothing further need be said.

Oh so he cant stand up to Boss Rush...hmm...you sir do not have a backbone...typical Republican Old White Men...yes everyone can think better than you.

If she said the exact same comment, but was comparing a "wise latina woman" to a black man, she would be getting ripped apart right now. It is a racist comment. Period.

If she said that particular statement in public, that's just a minor reflection about the things she says and feel in private....

What angers me the most is when Alito was being question, his wife started to cry cause of something said to her husband....and the media went on a rampage and put down the Senators for making her cry...My question is, WHERE IS THE MEDIA NOW???? Why are you sitting there and letting these IDIOTS beat up on this woman??? Why aren't you out raged that they are calling her these names??? Can you imagine what this is doing to her Mother??? I guess not, that is why you are sitting on your morals or whatever you want to call it...

I AM WOMAN and you just heard me ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We all know that John King is a REPUBLICAN. I am one too but I have also begun to boycott his State of the Union; all of you need to do so. He gave my party all the voice to spur their hatred and negativity. I am tired of the Republicans behaving as true LOOSERS. Obama is doing a great job and we must give him props for that. He is right now as they all try to criticize him is bringing an economy back from the brinks of hell. He is a multi-tasker who has the ability to address a number of issues at the same time. We on both sides of the aisles should admire him for that. When our leaders done wrong we should be able to chastise them for it and when they have done the correct thing praise them for it. I am a Republican who understands that my party is very racist and unless they are willing to change they will never win another election. John King could push his agenda as much has he want it will never happen. The old white men philosophy is dead in this changing society. We are now all American.

First of all it seems to me that the republicans can't say anything about anyone being a racist since they seem to be top dog when it comes to that. What's worse is that they are following a person who acts like he is the Grand Wizard. Second, have you read the entire transcript of what she said. Third, didn't Alito make some kind of remark that was similar? I don't remember him catching this kind of hell. Fourth someone other than a white male can be qualified for higher positions in this country. Fifth Obama is trying to clean up this mess that was left and has done good for the country and coninues to try to do so. I can't imagine how hard it is to clean up eight years of bullsxxt. He's only been in there since January. Give him a break. It would be nice if he had some cooperation.

The sad thing thanks to the last election we have six more years at looking at Senator McConnell say nothing!

You are mischaracterizing Sotomayor's statement. She said that her background would allow her to make a better decision than a white person could more often than not. If she didn't realize that the way she framed her statement was ignorant, it speaks even more about her lack of qualification.

That statment is very true. You whites can not walk in our shoes period.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is 101% correct. This is America and we have the First Amendment to our Constitution – Free Speech – whatever CNN, Fox, Newt, Rush, Pelosi, Obama or anyone else cares to say about Satomayor, it is not up to Mitch to take to the airways to either defend or to criticize the statements.

I happen to agree with Newt and Rush that Satomayor has racist tendencies – not just because of her 2001 comment about Latina women, but more recently her ruling on the New Haven CT firemen case, when she ruled against white firemen solely based on affirmative action beliefs she held and beliefs on race. The Supreme Court will ironically issue its ruling on this case BEFORE Satomayor's hearings commence. Look for the Supreme Court to rule against Satomayor and to hint racism in their decision. Satomayor has also said that gender and ethnic background should be considered in any ruling. This is racism, and it is AGAINST our Constitution which stands for no bias based on race or ethnicity. Satomayor is NOT rthe best qualified person for this position by a long shot, and on her on record, she is NOT qualified to sit on the Court based on her record or fulings, speeches, writings, and comments to the media.

McConnell is just another loser Republican without the guts to oppose the Republican party leader Rush Gasbag. If McConnell wasn't such a wimp he would take a stand against those calling Ms. Sotomayor a racist.

Also, where does McConnell get off saying he is trying to advance the nation's agenda. The voters rejected the party of NO so McConnell has no agenda to advance. I guess he is still in denial about Republicans losing the election. It's easy, Republicans lost! You have little power to do anything except to continue to obstruct as you have been doing for the past two years. What a bunch of wingnuts!

No Arron!!!! The Republicans have not waken up. . . .It's just what Wayne, Joe the carpenter, Truth15 and Kevin in Evansville, Indiana all said in their comments. ( please read them).

Judge Sotomayor, is just one more decision in a long line of no common sense, which seems to be the direction this country has been slowly moving over several decades. All of the negative situations going on right now are a result of no common sense decisions made by no common sense persons in leadership positions. When things get very bad for the citizens we can all look at the stupid decisions some have promoted. There is no such thing a a utopia.

Most of you who have a problem with Judge Sotomayor have the same problem with President Obama......You feel that they have come into your neighborhoods.....You suffer from the same issues that are plaquing the GOP.......It was fine while we (THE GOP) controlled everything.....Now it feels like we are no longer in control and we are afraid....That's why FEAR is such a successful tool of the GOP......

It's a new day.....God is making the country the diverse nation it was meant to be.....Where ALL men are created EQUAL, and are endowed by their CREATOR with certain inalienable (un-transferrable) rights.....ALL have the RIGHT to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness........Get USed to it.....God bless our TROOPS.......America......Land of the free......Home of the brave.....Amen.
Fear is a tool from hell......I reject it.....IJN....

Mitch McConnell actually sounds reasonable here which is a good sign - I think they finally get it...

Although Rush is clearly a fool, if the liberal left fringe of the Democratic party wants to demonize "old white men" then there is going to be a problem.

I have zero guilt and never will. And frankly I do find her comments pretty offensive, and I don't think anyone on the court should belong to a ethnicity based advocacy organization.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

When will minorities as a whole stop clinging on to racism as an excuse for the state of things? President Obama must have let go of this a long time ago...look where he is! Once one stops making excuses, life becomes a whole lot better.

It is extremely refreshing to finally see some true leadership and intelligence on the part of the Republican Party.

We need their insight and their involvement in all aspects of government at all times. This is a two party system and to have one party constantly "knee jerk reacting" to issues does us all a disservice.

When you hear that all 40 Republican Senators either "voted" the same way , or "reacted " the same way, you know that they are not thinking about the country's welfare, but their own. ( Although how this type of "lemming" response to issues helps them is beyond me.)

Thank you Senator McConnell, ( You do need to be the "speech police" not by monitoring what others say, but by "raising the voice of reason higher than that of foolishness.)

Bottom line whtie people your time has come to an end and you whites need to get over yourself. Other races have a right to run this country as well. I am so sick of you whites talking about what she said is a racist statment and how many racist statement did blacks have to put up with from you whites. Whites don't like it when it is aim at them, but have been doing it to other races for years – now you know how is feels to be treated differently becasue of your race. Whites still will never know what it really feel like to really be discrimanated against becasue your race stil have more people running things in this country.

@Bob Z.
You might look a little less idiotic if you found out what La Raza is. They are about as dangerous as the NAACP.
For the Party of "Striaght up or down vote" to even talk about filibuster is another example of the height of hipocracy. But then again what else is new?

Boricua in CA,

You are mischaracterizing Sotomayor's statement. She said that her background would allow her to make a better decision than a white person could more often than not. If she didn't realize that the way she framed her statement was ignorant, it speaks even more about her lack of qualification. She is out of touch and tone deaf, which is what the lawyers who have worked with her claim.

Here we go again- John King giving more time to his republican party officials- It will be good for him when CNN finally realizes that he is biased and do what they did with their previous Beck personality- who gets to spew out his hatred at FOX.

The Party of NO is only “pro-life” so they will be able to kill the “babies” 18 years later as soldiers in an elective religious war. May 31st, 2009 11:34 am ET

Republicanese translation to English:

"I, Mitch McConnell agree with our party's leader Rush Limbaugh because I am scared to death of him"
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do you ever have anything that takes a little sense to say.
Use to be pro-life
people like you dont need to reproduce
up with abortion
please keep up the good work

Tim you bare sounding like a threatened white man that listens to a lot of Rush.

JB: Maybe you should actually take the time to do some research. Judge Sotomayor upheld an earlier lower court decision and the decision of ELECTED officials who decided that the test was unfair.

As a result she followed the decision of ELECTED officials and DID NOT legislate from the bench. Two other judges agreed with her decision.

What a sad state this country is in when "news" is based on gossip, selected quotes and media competiton based on who can promote trumped up controversy which is then passed on as factual.

gl in Pittsburgh, I'm sure you won't pick up on this but intelligence is a relative term, for example "The problem now is that whites are not the only smart person in this country and it is a problem for the whites race to be the minority. Pay back is a b ain't it." could be considered intelligent when compared to how someone else may say it.

People are forgetting the Constitution was written with whites in mind. The constitution did not apply to slaves. They had to write an ADMENDMENT to even consider slaves as humans. So PLEASSEE.

Having two unreconstructed southern white "gentlemen" from Missouri and Georgia lecturing a Latina on her racism – priceless. Are Newt and Rush lauching a campaign for Grand Wizzard and Vice Grand Wizzard of the GOP?

how a member of la raza can be on the supreme court is racist this is bad for the u.s.a how come the media asks every thing but that.

katic said
Maybe, just maybe the republicans are beginning to realize the American people are sick of their negativity, hypocrasy, obstruction
and what they are representing.
Maybe, just maybe the will begin to do what they were elected to
do and that is represent our country and us.
Maybe, just maybe they will put aside their party first mentallity,
swiftboating tactics and become honorable men.
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reid pelosi dodd frank richardson edwards
Do i need to keep going
its both sides
we all need to stand for our country first
not our great politicians or parties

If Rush says Judge Sotomayor is a racist, we'd better take a closer look. After all it takes one to know one.

As a 32 year old Puerto Rican woman, I have lived and experienced certain things in my life that my white, US born husband hasn't. Therefore, there are some things that he wouldn't understand (like adjusting to a new culture while not wanting to forget mine), that I believe I would have more knowledge of. Just as a white man, he has more knowledge of other things that I haven't experienced. That is the context of Judge Sotomayor's words. Am I a racist because my culture has taught me certain things that my white male husband doesn't know?

Also the fact that the Repubs are bringing up words from a speech she made 8 years ago shows their desperation in finding something, anything, to try to denigrate her. Has she done anything scandalous since then? The US is no longer a majority of white males. Blacks and Hispanics make up a huge chunk of the population, and the Republicans just cannot accept having a black man in the White House, and a Latina in the Supreme Court.

Tim, Being an EDUCATED BLACK FEMALE, I know how many blacks think because i live in a black society. I talk and have discussions with blacks. When UNCLE THOMAS was nominated, many blacks did not and STILL do not support him. Even his wife is white. I will not assume to think like a white man and therefore, can not make judgement on your way of thinking. However being black I definitely have one up on you on how blacks think.

Apparently, Sotomayor used her life experience to come to the "right" decision to allow the more qualified white firemen to be denied a promotion so that other less qualified and less determined individuals didn't have to worry about working for something in the future.

Finally a couple of the leaders of the GOP are being semi-productive. It's good to hear. This is what our party system has gotten us, a divided country. It seems to me our current party system is used only as a vehicle to get elected. The change that I hope for is to see a day when all public officials are independents and truly represent their constituents rather than their party. Sorry to get off track there, but partisanship angers me, haha.

Racial remarks hurt when those making offensive jokes or comments are in a position in which a reasonable person would expect to be able to trust them. Anyone in a public position as such, should exercise a high degree of responsibility when communicating to the public their views and humor. On the other side of the coin, we must never loose focus on what is important and consider the good qualities of those that offend us. For the many that have offended me in the professional and personal time with them, 9 out 10 have apologyzed without me saying a word. No one race is perfect.

Republicanese translation to English:

"I, Mitch McConnell agree with our party's leader Rush Limbaugh because I am scared to death of him"

This woman is a racists who thinks that her court makes the laws. If she was a whtie male all the left wiing liberals would be crying foul. If you take away the fact that she is hispanic and she had made those awful, racists, terrible comments she would have been run out on a rail, tarred, feathered and run out of town.

Interesting, that if a white man would of made a comment against a black person back to kidergarden, they would be labeled racist for life, but not the other way around. It also seems like if you dont like what Obama is doing, you are a racist.

Obama hasnt done anything good yet for this country, lets see what he can do first before saying anything. as of the Judge, let her rulings determine her fate.

Ames Tiedeman, Austin, Texas

The problem now is that whites are not the only smart person in this country and it is a problem for the whites race to be the minority. Pay back is a b ain't it.

FUNNY! Freedom of speech: Looks like it only applies if you are alone & talking to yourself. Otherwise someone might not agree with what you say and take you to court. Education & experience: Doesn't matter if you don't keep your mouth shut & if you say anything make sure it agrees with everyone. Prejudice: WE all are prejudiced, from the color of skin, religious beleifs, colors, & on & on. A sad commentary for our country that brags about our freedoms.

I would like to know why it was ok for George H.W. Bush to describe Clarence Thomas as having empathy when he was being considered for the Supreme Court but now it's a negative when President Obama uses the exact same word.
Also a Republican and a Democratic President nominated this Judge before, where they poor judges of character? Don't just be against her without true reasons, not just she's a woman, hispanic, democrat look at real issues.

wayne said
The problem is that republicans have a difficult time distingushing between racism and honesty because republicans are traditionally racist and dishonest
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Are you that stupid
Its ok to racist as long as im honest about it.
Racism is racism
I guess its ok to be stupid if you dont have a brain

Please go read her entire speech. It is posted online. She simply reitereated what anyone would say of their life experiences. We all have different life experiences and to say we don't draw on them consciously or unconsciously would be ridiculous. Her statements were the same as several other people currently on the court. When you realize where you are coming from you can place it aside and judge on the merits of the law. When you don't realize it you will make mistakes. Let Congress look at her record. Her educational qualifications are excellent. You cannot dispute that. No just for the sake of saying No helps none of us.

Had It May 31st, 2009 10:30 am ET

Clean house in 2010 – the old white men are through in this country. The 2-century rule of the old white men is over. The wealhy old white men protecting other wealthy old white men is over.

Vote out the old white men. This is the 21st century, not the 17th.

Amen to your comment.

We live in a weird time of 24-hour-a-day gossip.
Even the most important of issues are reduced to gossip and scandalous discussion. And, there are characters in the media world whose role it is to play the antagonist to everything...

Thank goodness it looks like some folks in the Senate have the good sense to not listen to the characters on the radio.

I mean, I love to watch the office. But, I'm pretty sure I won't be adopting Michael Scott's views on the world. He's just a very entertaining character to me.
Looks like the Limbaugh listeners of the world are beginning to recognize his role as character-in-chief, and are less and less interested in standing with his scripted views. They're realizing these are the real views of real people. Just those of a character on an entertainment radio show.

I see that Obama said that Sotomayor will serve the nation with distinction. I think he meant to say that she will serve the nation with more distinction and better distinction that the white males on the court, and the other male on the court.

It is time to stop pretending that putting big business first is "fair" and putting people first is "biased". The Constitution should come first every time. The first three words of the constitution are "We the People". This is as refreshing and wonderful an idea today as it was 233 years ago. When it was written it could have said "We the landholding white men of America" but it did not. The framers had it right. Every thing we do as a Nation to make "We the People" a reality advances not only our own Nation but the whole world. Making Sonia Sotomayor a Supreme Court Justice will advance this cause as does the election of the man who chose her.

The posts to this article prove American rascism comes in every color.

What is the world coming to when you have to be taught not to be a racist. Wow that was so white of you Jake.

good man, Mr McConnell.

Your party still sucks though.

Come on now. Don't start refuting Rush and his ilk. We like it when you guys act like losers. Makes it much easier for our side to win.

Hey yoyolite, who died and made you the judge of what it means to be black? And by the way, Uncle Tom is a racist stereotype by definition. So keep believing that blacks should behave in a certain way, it's a good way to keep the racist rhetoric going.

We live in a weird time of 24-hour-a-day gossip.
Even the most important of issues are reduced to gossip and scandalous discussion. And, there are characters in the media world whose role it is to play the antagonist to everything...

Thank goodness it looks like some folks in the Senate have the good sense to not listen to the characters on the radio.

I mean, I love to watch the office. But, I'm pretty sure I won't be adopting Michael Scott's views on the world. He's just a very entertaining character to me.
Looks like the Limbaugh listeners of the world are beginning to recognize his role as character-in-chief, and are less and less interested in standing with his scripted views. They're realizing these are the real views of real people. Just those of a character on an entertainment radio show.

Maybe, just maybe the republicans are beginning to realize the American people are sick of their negativity, hypocrasy, obstruction
and what they are representing.
Maybe, just maybe the will begin to do what they were elected to
do and that is represent our country and us.
Maybe, just maybe they will put aside their party first mentallity,
swiftboating tactics and become honorable men.

To "liberals are retarded"..you said..….." is way too difficult for a liberal to comprehend. I'm gonna go figure this out....One thing we liberals can comprehend is you Right Wing Loon Toons using the word "RETARD" to denigrate people...for those people who have special needs it just shows you Rethuglicans are a worthless piece of skin parading around as a human!!! Now go figure that one out!!!!

Levis Valenzuela May 31st, 2009 10:59 am ET

Wow!!! The white men are feeling being discriminated in America, hey at least the police are not letting the dogs loose on them or the fire fighters are not using water hoses, not yet anyway.

Maybe that's because we don't have a tv strapped to our back that just came out of a store with a busted window, or just completed a drug deal in front of a cop. If your race would take responsibility for your own actions, quit stealing and dealing drugs just to blame it on the white man, then maybe you wouldn't have to worry about being chased by dogs released from a cop after a foot chase. But I'm sure it's just easier to blame us and cry foul. You people suck.

brian said
White people are afraid that somehow, somewhere, some brown person is getting away with something.
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Ha moron
Do you bring your kids up to see race only. alot of us RACISTS WHITES HAVENT!!!!!
Why are you better than us now
Viva La raza. What the h*ll is that
Blatant racism.
Wake the h*ll up
abomination to be racist to the great people of color
Funny its not the other way around
Watch your step
You are still the minoritys
Dont screw up the gains
It just may blow up in your faces

Any time a judge overturns a decision, they are LEGISLATING from the bench and setting new precedent. Most of Congress are lawyers, they know this and yet deny it. Go figure

What Sotomayor said was racist, plane and simple. Everyone can try to defend her but her comment was ignorant. As an educated white male, I can more than gaurantee that I would come to the right decision every time when compared to an uneducated minority.

If her comment isn't racist, then neither is mine. The difference is not only do I not believe my statement, I would never say it in public, at a place where I was asked to give a speech. She obviously thought long and hard about her statement and genuinely feels that her statement was correct.

Ah......The Sotomayor tragedy continues. Do you think Sotomayor has ever pondered the fact that if it were not for a WHITE MALE named James Madison (considered the father of the U.S. Constitution) and other WHITE MALES the U.S. Constitution would have never gotten written? These men were WISE and they were much WISER than any men of any race, anywhere in the world at the time. What were LATINA WOMEN doing when Madison and Co. were drafting the most important document ever written? Obviously they were not WISE enough to take note of the great WHITE way and create their own just and fair civilization. Sotomayor is an angry leftist minority with an ax to grind. Obama can rave all he wants about how wonderful her life experiences have been and how they will help to shape the Court. The bottom line is all of this is irrelevant. The job of a Supreme Court Justice is to follow a strict interpretation of the Constitution. That's it. Nothing more. Because Stotomayor is and angry minority woman who is anit-WHITE with an ax to grind she should be thrown from consideration without delay. America must, can, and will do better.

The racist remarks have been coming from individuals that aren't "elected officials". Limbaugh has never ever managed anything more than a micrphone as is his testament on his multiple marriages, drug addiction, willfull attempts to subvert the laws on drugs. Newt, the"brute", is at his usual nasty retoric that moved him out of Congress, thank goodness. So, lets consider the sources and get on recovering this country.

"However, I promised this to the Republican Party, I'll never vote Republican again and will raise my boys not to vote republican if they continue to use the "race card in order to tarnish Judge Sotomayor's reputation."

Threatening to instill certain values in your children based on what a political party does is incredibly despicable. It really shows poor parenting skills. How about explain to your children what both of the parties stand for, and then let them make their own decision?

Would you rather your boys make an educated decision when they become adults and vote for the party of their choice, or vote Democratic because "Dad told them to"?

@ Alberto

"I'm an independent voter that has voted republican on all the elections."

What, exactly, makes you think that you are an independent?

If you take the position that Sotomayor's remark was not racist, then you must also agree that someone saying that a White male would make better decisions than a Latina because of his background is not racist either.

The Democrats are as much racists as they were 50 years ago. They're doing the same thing as they did when they were the mainstay of the KKK. They're just doing it on behalf of minorities now. (just as long as they dodn't move into their neighborhoods.

tTo "Liberals are Retarded" your comments are the reasons your party is becoming obsolete. At no time has Sotomayor said anything that other white men on the Supreme Court ,when selected have not said. AS for people in the media comparing her story and life to Clarence Thomas's. There is a definite difference. Carence Thomas is not considered a black man to most black American. He is what he last name denotes a "Tom." We do not consider him to be black as he himself does not consider himself a black man. RAce identity is a way of thinking, and living. If she is proud to be Latin female as I am sure you are very proud to be white, so be it. From a very proud BLACK women.

It's the old good-cop-bad-cop routine. Have the extremist white-only segment of the party launch a race-based attack, then the other side of the party condemns it. It's all part of the same tent though. If they are serious, why don't they kick Limbaugh out? Are they afraid of losing the monetary support of Limbaugh's 20 million listeners? They shouldn't be so cowardly though ... most the people that listen to Limbaugh see him as a clown.

McConnell is just spewing 'reasonableness' because he realizes that the majority of the population are sick and tired of the standard republican attacks, he only 'talking' like this NOW. He is just trying to save his @ss, it is too bad the people of Kentucky who voted for him can't seem to see through his B.S..

I hope when we get all done finding one seat per minority on the supreme court, that the court gets business done

the constitution does not say to allocate based on percentage of the population

It will be interesting to see the course that the court goes with her on it, and the ambition to have more of this group or more of that group represented

I am not against her appointment, but I am for finding the best quality justices... is she the best we can get?

@ DJ - Justice Scalia (or wad it Alito) also said that policies are sometimes set or formed in a court of appeals.

GHW Bush said of either Justice Scalia or Alito that they had "great empathy".

WHY is the GOP so hung up on these two things now? 2010 can't com soon enough.

I get Scalia and Alito confused because I would have never wanted either NOT be confirmed because of frivolous statements made.

Thomas is the one that makes my skin crawl – if he ever put a hair on my soda can he would talk with a much higher voice.

Being a racist is rather difficult to prove (unless one comes out blazing with racist rants), so arguing about this racist issue is moot.

What we should be discussing about is her "Judgment." In a racially sensitive society like ours, what in the world was Sotomayor "thinking" when she made that statement? It shows poor judgment. Even the White House is admitting she worded it poorly. So her judgment leaves something to be desired...and some people still want her to be in the Supreme Court?

A judge with a better judgment would have said – Let's hope a latina with the richness of her heritage and experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than people who have not shared our history. Had she made this statement instead of injection a specific race, that would have shown good judgment.

Let's not argue whether she is a racist or not. We will never know. But we can argue about her judgment and judgments. We need a judge (especially in the Supreme Court) who would be judicious in his/her thought process.

What if I were to post a comment here on CNN saying "VOTE OUT THE BLACK MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE...BLACK MEN ARE THROUGH IN THIS COUNTRY"??!! I would be certainly marked as a racist...in the least. But you think you have some sort of right to speak that way about white men (people)?

This is the problem with racism today. The people of race minorities in this country feel that they deserve to take revenge against "the white man" and unleash their pent up fury from years of exploitation. They are slowly becoming the new bigots and racists of our country.

These "white men (women)" are our fellow countrymen – our neighbors. If we don't stop this hate speech and this reverse racism, we as a society will revert back to the times of segragation if not the times of slavery. You think it can't happen again? You get a strong enough mob mentality and we will soon be keeping our white friends and neighbors from drinking out of the same water founatins.

I, as a HISPANIC WOMAN, am sickened by what is now acceptable in this country. Yes, that includes Sotomayor's comments.

What will these childish little republican's do next? It's a good thing to know that the democrats didn't whine so much when they lost out on the elections over the past years, you know, back when the Bush regieme stole the vote, and then all of the money. You would think they would just shut up and go back to their mansions. But calling a female hispanic supremem court justice a racist just shows how shallow they all are. I mean, it's not like she has a record of sexually harassment like Thomas. She made one statement somewhere in her career which indicated that she was a good candidate because she was a hispanic woman. They way they are acting, you'ld think she said all white men are idiots. If she would have said all "fat, white, male, drug addict, radio personalites who have never made it through college, who want America to go down the tubes because we elected an African American as president"...., many of us would have applauded her, not accused her of rasism.

The problem is that republicans have a difficult time distingushing between racism and honesty because republicans are traditionally racist and dishonest.

And I'm a conservative, white male.

So DJ did Roe VS. Way make itself up....
The supreme court has always defined the law wether it was right or wrong. Constitutional or not. But they always gave you there inturpretation of the law. If not wouldn't it always be a unanimous decision.

I can't believe people give relevance to Rush or Newt. If she is qualified then she should be confirmed. I am a "brown" person and I DO know what racism feels like. I NEVER treat anyone with disrespect based on their skin color after having been treated with such behavior. It was in high school by a teacher who refused to acknowledge my presence. The same occurred in Pharmacy College by some of the professors. I am not bitter, I feel sorry for individuals who hate people based on their skin color.

Hate in this country needs to stop! All you hear is racist, radical and far left remarks. We are supposed to be Americans and we need to act like Americans! We still have 'freedom of speech" and means that everyone is entitiled to their opinion, whether you like it or not! Judge Sotomayer should be given the respect and a chance to proceed through the process of assuming this position for the Supreme Court.

Hucklebee got her name wrong on his blog. That says it all!

RepubliKLAs can kiss the Hispanic votes goodbye.

Enough of their denigrating of Latinos and calling Sotomayor a rascist.

This woman was nominated based on her experience, but the White folks in this country always takes someone's words and twist & turn it to cast minorities as being rascist....

Whereas for the last couple centuries, the racial bias embedded in the US constitution and the systemic rascism orchestrated by the White race all over the world, have wrecked more havoc to not only ordinary Americans but people all over the world; yet they will nit pick on one word or statement said by the judge Sotomayor as a crime to pay for the evil sins they've committed!!!!

White folks need to look beyond the pale of their skin color and realize that they alone do not inherit this earth...we are all people of color!!!!!!!

If Scalia and Alito belong to the Italian American Club, does that make them members of the Mafia? If Sotomajor belongs to La Raza how does that make her a racist?

"Is this what we are coming to? Mediocrity and lackluster performance is rewarded because of race? This is looking really scary for our country."

Oh, so if you go to college, law-school, spend 20 years as a lawer, get to be a federal judge, and finally get in the running for the Supreme Court, that's lackluster and mediocre?!?

Wow, so what do YOU do for a living JB? I mean, other than sit in your parents basement with a level 80 World of Warcraft character?

She believes in legislating from the bench. That is not the way our forefathers set up our government/supreme court. The supreme court is assigned to rule whether laws are constitutional or not. They should not create new laws-it is not their job in our government. She believes that judges should create/legislate from the bench. That is wrong and we should not let that happen. I don't care whether she is black, white, brown, first Martian to sit on the bench, etc. What happened to the best man or woman being selected for the job not the best minority person? Isn't that reverse discrimination?

This media flap is just Gingrich and Limbaugh once again trying to rally the GOP base around an unreconstructed KKK agenda. Their attempt to sell the GOP base and the country on the position that the real victims of racism is this country are southern white men (like themselves) is ahistorical, polemical and pathetic. Rush, Newt, you're not the victims here, you're the problem

After making the mistake of voting for Bush twice. And how they are acting now. I would never vote for another republican. Untill they can learn to listen to the people. Since our country is supposed to be based on a concept of for the people BY the people. And "liberal are retarted" sticks and stones man, sticks and stones.

good apply that to the legislative process

You want to know what racism is. Racism is watching outside my window on vegas drive in las vegas. As the police zoom up and down the street randomly pulling over blacks and mexicans like a frogger game or something. Anyone want to see it. Its' all day the majority of the people dont even get tickets. Just run their names then let them go. It's crazy

Terry- Very well put...........................! The hipocracy of the GOP knows no bounds

MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS

We need to start placating these idiot minorities. They don't understand that racism can be put forth on a white person by a person of color. We need to figure out a strategy to make these morons realize that their racism is real.

Apparently, the whole, easy example of "if this were a white man involved with a white group called The Race who said this....." is way too difficult for a liberal to comprehend. I'm gonna go figure this out.

Wow!!! The white men are feeling being discriminated in America, hey at least the police are not letting the dogs loose on them or the fire fighters are not using water hoses, not yet anyway.

Mitch McConnell missed his calling. He should have been an undertaker.

It's about time there is a Latino/a representing the largest minority in this country on the Supreme Court. Judge Sotomayor is qualified to serve in the highest court on the land. I'm an independent voter that has voted republican on all the elections. I'm raising 2 boys to be independent with republican tendencies. However, I promised this to the Republican Party, I'll never vote Republican again and will raise my boys not to vote republican if they continue to use the race card in order to tarnish Judge Sotomayor's reputation. This is the feeling of the Latino community. The make-up of the Republican Party, old white man, is a dying breed and the party is destined to disappear if they don't change their ways. Most minorities, white women, Latinos, blacks, Asians and young people, are not looking at race anymore. I suggest the old white men in the Republican Party do the same. Need to go back to the times of A. Lincoln in order to save the Republican Party. They need to recruit minorities if they want to survive.

Let him cast the first stone who:

- has never used a racial epithet

- never told a race joke, (A Frenchman, an Englishman, two Mexicans, and a Texan were in an airplane that developed engine trouble...)

- never made a crude comment about people who live in the "bad side of town"

Conservatives have suddenly discovered racism. Heretofore, they have denied its existence in America. Suddenly, however, they must protect the nation from the wicked racism of Judge Sotomayor. They do not feel any need to protect blacks, hispanics, and other minorities from racism. They feel no need to protect women from sexism – which also does not exist. In fact, the only place in America where racism exists, apparently, is that hotbed of racism called the federal judiciary.

It reminds me of the debates about the minimum wage law, when Conservative leaders and CEOs solomnly assert that they oppose any increase in the minimum wage because it would reduce the number of jobs available to the poor. In fact, the only way Conservatives can think of to help the poor is to keep their wages low.

What amazes me the most is the number of suckers who believe them.

White people are afraid that somehow, somewhere, some brown person is getting away with something.

No sane person would pay attention to Mr. Limbaugh comments. I rest my case.

I'm a Democrat (not a liberal) and I support Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court. I also find Sen. McConnell's comments completely proper. I have absolutely no issue with a thorough vetting of Judge Sotomayor. If anyone is going to find (important) dirt, it will be the opposition, and I want to hear it.

White. Men. Catholic.

The make-up of the majority of the Supreme Court.

Where are the non-white? Non-male? Non-Catholic.

This country is not majority white catholic men.

Sounds like Mcconnels biggest problem is how do you act like a Republican and go against everything the President does, and yet try to not sound like Rush and Newt.

Mr Mcconnell is backing away from the vitriolic and shrill statements from the unelected GOP shills Gingrich and Limbaugh. Too late the damage has been done.

The GOP has got figure out that hate and fear do not play well with the majority of voters, specifically hispanic voters.

Her speach was posted online. Did any of you that are calling her a racist read it. Or are you going off of the one line that was pulled from it. If your are not smart enough to actually follow up to see it there is realy any truth to the statement. I feel sorry for your mother. Look at her statistics. How many overturned cases? How many Upheld cases? Determine for yourself who she is. Don't get your info from a couple of people who since the election has been trying to turn racism on everyone but themselves. And be honest Rush is not racist he is a stout republican. HE realy belives in his politics. And will defend at all cost. He was the same way in the '90s. And had his own tv show back then. And honestly I believe he was the biggest reason Bush Jr. Was elected. America make up your own mind. Don't listen to the loudest person in the room. That person is usualy drunk or a crack head.

Obama and his gang are enacting the "Animal Farm" ideals very well; standards ebb and flow.

@pt – Your comment shows a great deal about your character.

Mitch McConnell had a chance to stand up to the scurrilous charges been leveled at the most qualified SC nominee in 100 years and the first Hispanic to serve on the bench, but he decided to "take a pass" effectively giving a green light to the right wing radicals in his party to continue to smear her.

Hispanics are watching and increasingly are finding that the republican party does not welcome and certainly does not represent them.

Are republicans finally waking up? Good for McConnell, Cornyn, and the others calling for the Sotomayor bigots to shut up.

Finaly, the truth is revealed.

I was tought to not to be racist against black, asians, mexicans, etc. Now it's ok to be racist against whites? typical CNN

I also did not like the way Obama took a very long time to dance around on Sotomayor's remarks about how her gender and race would provide better outcomes than another's. That was a poor performance on his part.

I heard that Sotomayor interceded in a case where a civil service exam produced a list of qualified candidates for a particular job. When the list of qualified candidates did not include an "appropriate" (!?) number of minorities, Sotomayor ok'd the department requesting a new list. So, the guys that studied and performed best on the exam, and therefore came out tops on the list, did not have a shot at a job and those that did not make it onto the list because of their poor performance got a chance at a job they did not appear to earn.

Is this what we are coming to? Mediocrity and lackluster performance is rewarded because of race? This is looking really scary for our country.

You don't need to be a speech police, but if these guys are the current mouthpiece for the GOP you need to do something. Do you think using terms like racist, biggot, and affirmative action case are going to help win over minority voters? Stop being afraid of Newt and Rush. Theses guys are going to do nothing but destroy the party.

Had It May 31st, 2009 10:30 am ET

"Clean house in 2010 – the old white men are through in this country. The 2-century rule of the old white men is over. The wealhy old white men protecting other wealthy old white men is over.

Vote out the old white men. This is the 21st century, not the 17th."

How very quickly people show their prejudices, this is exactly the type of attitude that cannot be tolerated. It's exactly the type of comments that this candidate for our highest court has been caught using. So folks, which way do you want it? Everything goes for everyone, or ..... well, maybe only for people like Sotomayor and Had It! We all know the right answer don't we?

You're right, all the other Republicans need to keep their mouths shut after leaving America in the shape it is in now. From a balanced budget, three trillions dollars to nothing, nil and multitudes of foreign loans. This country is like France it will just have to declare all our debts null and void. We don't owe anyone. This is what happens when the Republicans rule. BUT I'LL GUARANTEE THE FATCATS OF THE REPUBLICANS DIDN'T LOSE ANY MONEY. INCLUDE TED KENNEDY JFK's DAUGHTER IN THAT BUNCH.

No where in any of her statements do I see that she hates white people. Don't we all have something else to do besides critize this woman?

Racism and sexism are cornerstones of the GOP party. It's going to show up in one form or another with all of its members. And puleeze – Cornyn and McConnell repudiated other Republicans off-color remarks? This was all planned.

No, fair is fair and equal treatment for all. Sotomayor is a racist based on previous standards. Obama has clearly shown his racism when he denied justice for the voter intimidation by the black KKK (Black Panthers). There have been many instances of racism, but these two take the cake. I am for equality and justice but never for suicide. If it's forced suicide, I am for scorched earth theory! (No, I am not referring to death here.)

Sure is funny how the very same people who crusified Repubs in the past for 'slipping' up and using 'inappropriate' wording can now say that there's more important matters to consider than someone's words. If that's the case why are we so sensitive to words that in the past were used to describe specific types of individuals in specific races. With that being said, I would say you should be able to have your opinion, voice your opinion in whatever wording you want, and describe people with whatever words you deem appropriate. If we can't do that, we may as well become slaves indeed.

I am glad to hear that the Republican party is starting to realize that they have been acting like self-serving idiots who simply do not care about the country. It is high time for the Republican party to get back to caring about America and generating ideas rather than running on being the party of obstruction.

OK Senator, you don't need to be the speech police but, words have meaning( unless you are obama ) and you might want to consider the words she has used in making decisions and speeches. Sotomayor displays her hatred for the white people with a flare of pleasure.

I wonder whether Ms. Sotomayor would follow the EEOC guidelines if she were to adjudicate a case where non-hispanic applicants for employment at an authentic Mexican restaurant were denied employment simply because they were not of Hispanic origin!

CNN as usual rolling out GOP talking points. Shameless!!!

Clean house in 2010 – the old white men are through in this country. The 2-century rule of the old white men is over. The wealhy old white men protecting other wealthy old white men is over.

Vote out the old white men. This is the 21st century, not the 17th.

Please!....white man speak with forked tongue.