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Propaganda what any good socialist understands. When something can not sell itself then hard sell it and force others to go along. Strong arm and soft soap Barry.

"activist judges such as Clarence Thomas"

Thomas isn't an activist judge. The conservatives lead him around by the short and curlies he likes to leave on Coke cans. Dude hasn't had an original thought in his life, let alone while on the bench.

I'm afraid that what Obama, the man with African blood running through his veins, likes about this woman is that she's not a white man who would ignore his African race when interpreting the law! The greatest country in the world was founded by Europeans (who, if you believe historians) are descended from Africans. The world would do well to learn how to accept caucasian people for the good they have done to people of all races. In spite of the bad done by the caucasian race, no other race of people has done so much good for so many different races. Obama, being of both African and caucasian blood, should understand what is needed more than anyone.

European-American July 14th, 2009 3:45 pm ET
We could actually get rid of alot of entitlement programs if everyone would just show a little initiative like Obama and Sotomayor and took personal responsibility for themselves and quit playing the victim.
Oh wait, that could destroy the democrat party as we know it.
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Well put!! For such an "unfair country" there are tons of rags to riches stories.
While my wife and I are not "rich" we do pretty well and come from dirt poor lower income rural families. Are our achievements less of someone that is poor and lives in an urban environment???

Make no mistake about it the battle between Dems and Repubs is a struggle of rural and urban values.

Simply AMAZING!
Well he finally Campaigned himself to the top, and as a professional Campaigner he has no job. So now, he campaigns for others.
Can we get a REAL president?

I agree with the Pres. She was a good choice..

OCTOBAMA says jump, your job is to say 'how high'. Maybe communication devices implanted on the side of the libs skulls will be more expedient.

@ Hugo, who asked "If she has such a brilliant legal mind why were half over her cases overturned? "

Ummmmm...check your facts there buddy...she has rendered thousands of opinions in her 17 years on the bench as a circuit judge and then as an appellate judge. Something like 8 of them have been heard on appeal and the SCOTUS doesn't generally bother with appeals unless they either present an issue of first impression (if you don't know what that is, then look it up while checking your facts) or have sufficient merit in the first place to be bothered. That 6 of 8 or whatever it is have been overturned...some by extremely close margins, like the New Haven case (5 to 4), is no suprise and does not reflect ill on her skill as a judge.

Haha. Get used to it, republican haters. This country is getting browner by the minute. Soon you'll be the minority. Maybe McDonalds will start serving McMigas for breakfast. Yummy. Buenas Tardes!

CNN...let's do a poll to see who believes these idiots when they say

"I am a [insert party affiliation] and I'm so darn-tootin' upset with the [same party] and [insert major party leader] and how they've [insert talking point from the other parety]"

please? it's so insipid it makes me vomit in my mouth a little every time I see it

The whole problem with the current administration is their policy on affirmative action and their stand on political correctness. This is the whole problem with hiring and firing. We gotr to hire by quota and fire the experienced which is why we have problems.

Training cost money and retraining cost more.

Affirmative Action and Political Correctness is destroying the work sector.

She is right up there with Ginnsburg. What a duo!!!
Somebody help us.

It's too bad Miguel Estrada was not treated better by the Dems.

As a wise old white male, I'd like to offer a suggestion for the future of SCOTUS based on the richness of my experience: Why still only 9 justices? The Constitution allows for more. Let's increase the number to 13 or 15, or even 17 - and add more women and minorities. Let's even throw a muslim in there!! Given the fundraising opportunities afforded to both parties by the circus of the confirmation process, I'm truly surprised this hasn't already occurred. We could give the D's and R's an equal number of nominees and still have an odd number of justices after the process was completed (9+4+4=17). If we can give AIG & GM billions, we can pay for a more "fair & balanced" SCOTUS.

BRAVO Sotomayor!!!

I find it hilarious for White men to be talking discrimination. Also, the Seshoms who is the biggest racist ever who called a Black attorney 'boy' is asking her if she is a racist? LOL

Here cases were not overturned by the way....she followed the law given to her.

All I have to say is....Haters keep hating...make yourselves feel good...

The facts speak for themselves. This brialliant jurist has been overturned by the Supreme Court on more occasions than she has been upheld. If this was a white dude, the nomination would have been withdrawn after the racist decision concerning the New Haven firefighters was overturned.

He praises his nominee while demanding Heathcare reform be pushed thru before July ends. Let's put the President and his family, Pelosi and her family, and all government workers on this wonderful watered down healthcare for a trial period.
If it works well for our "leaders" then push it thru for everyone. Lead by example for a CHANGE we can believe in.

Ture...very true. I received one as well, but is this unusual? He is the first President to communicate effectively via email and blog and he uses those methods wisely.

Sorry for your bad feelings "unhappy DEM" I know and anyone with a brain knows you are not a DEM. You can fool a few but not very many. Gotcha!

Yes sir, Baracks his group of criminals taught her to sound slightly conservative just as BO did during the election. Just wait till the blinders come off.

I guess her qualifications don't speak for themselves if he needs an advertising campaign.

I would definitely vite for her. She is indeed brilliant, focused, and determined. The fact the she is from the projects, graduated top of her class, and the one who always follows the law - that is the kind of judge we need. Keep up the good job, judge!!!

His typical community organization skills, thats how he got elected, thats also why the polls he takes are lop sided, most of the Americans that really support this country don't get contacted. I'm sure acorn is tied in as well as the other fringe groups.

Sarah Palin QUIT – and John McCain and the rest of the republicans trying to convince us that she didn't quit is just plain stupid.
SHE QUIT!!!

I truly wish the Democrat voters would learn from all these rags to riches stories from their party.
We could actually get rid of alot of entitlement programs if everyone would just show a little initiative like Obama and Sotomayor and took personal responsibility for themselves and quit playing the victim.
Oh wait, that could destroy the democrat party as we know it.

Okay, so can we get this confirmation hearing over with??
She will most likely be voted in, so why waste all this time on chit-chat??

This is how you back up your nominee. Do you honestly think Bush would have done the same thing for Harriet Myers?

I'm certainly glad I'm not on his list.

What every liberal is failing to mention is that she appointed Judge by the elder Bush. Again the facts hidden by the media , this will only be reported if she fails to be confirmed.

Sotomayor for his first term and if we are stupid enough as a nation to elect him for a second we will see a William Ayers, Ward Churchill, Jeremiah Wright lib type to the court. These libs, including people like Sotomayer/Ginsberg, have no use for the law, they just want to enslave the American public under their hateful liberalism where we no long control our own destiny. Don't be a part of it, vote republican.

Judge Sotomayor brings an elegance to the position of jurist. Her real life story isn't a product of affirmative action. It is one of academic achievement and shouldn't be denegraded by political soundbits intended to persuade and strengthen opposition.

She has the experience and has proven herself in all areas of the judicial system

the intent of repeating a "compelling biography" is to elicit human "empathy" for the person; and to promote a kinship sense of trust based upon the perseverance exhibited by that person.

that strategy is a proven formula that delivered the current under-qualified power of personality president

The hapless commander in chief can't let her stand on her own merits, he needs to assist.

Simple question even for you Barry, and sorry, teleprompters are not allowed to assist with your answer:

If she simply "mispoke or used a poor choice of words" as you, Gibbs and now she states, how do you account for her saying this type of statement at least 7 times over the years, the speech that we all refer to is a speech that SHE WROTE and SHE READ from and lastly Barry, if she "mispoke", how do you also account for her having the speech published VERBATIM?

You uh, uh, uh understand what verbatim means don't you, AS IS!

This fraud and Sonia can't handle the truth and neither can you sheep, the pain you are feeling is called the truth and sometimes it hurts.

Four and the door.

She is not from a "South Bronx housing project", but rather from a Bronx housing project. Maybe the distinction doesn't matter to people outside of NYC, but there is a big difference.

is this really the best way to describe her work?

And if the senate confirms her the economy will turn around, we will undo global warming and we will have health care reform at no additional cost and no body will pay any more in taxes. That is the message he is sending. Lies by a liar.

She deserves praise – she will be an excellent supreme court justice.
The republicans want a conservative so they can rig another election (remember Bush).

The Repugs have a bunch of their picks on the Supreme Court – including activist judges such as Clarence Thomas and Roberts who re-interpret the law all the time... they need to shut up and sit down...

I don't care what she nor Obama say , she is still a RACIST.

So are these the new DittoHeads?
Obama spouts the talking points to his email list and the Obamamaniacs do as they're told?
I wonder if the recepients are even paying attention?

I recieved one of Obama's emails praising Sotomayor. I don't care. this woman is unfit to serve as a supreme court justice. Her ruling turnover rate is dismal. But hey, I'm sure if she doesn't get confirmed Obama will find another job for her to do courtesy of you and me and all the other taxpayers. The man lied to all of us on his campaign. "No new spending!" – he has spent more than all previous administrations combined; "if we pass my stimulus package, unemployement won't go higher than 8%" – hey buddy, it's passed that mark and will climb to 13%; "I will end the bipartisanship in Washington!" – you passed your lack of stimulus package without any republican backing. Good job

How do we stop the 'spam' coming from the WH? How did they get my email addr , this is invasion of my privacy.!

What a brilliant president commending a brilliant Jurist! Way to Go President Obama. Anyone who is very comfortable in his/her own skin will never shy away from telling things 'as is'. Obama and the judge, in my opinion, are very comfortable in their outfits!

Sagin

This was a horrible selection, made for ethnicity reasons, not qualifications. I voted for Obama and with many more such picks, I'll not vote for him again. This is an absolutely horrid choice. I was afraid we'd see choices like this and have. Merit should be the only qualification for the Supreme Court of this great nation. I'm appalled by this choice.

She is latina, and she will be supreme court justice. The uneducated haters on this site can move to another country if they don't like it here anymore because Obama will nominate 3 more justices all minority (soon to be majority)

Even if you do not know anything about her – send a glowing appraisal of her so that all others will be brain washed.... No sense in checking her out yourself since Obama has taken care of it for you...

this if funny. A Supreme court nominee is a very powerful person, that no one should take lightly in reviewing their qualifications. So we have no comments on this, but 270+ on a Palin ticker story. Where are your priorities?

Is that a smart move by BHO? We wonder. While the senate confirmation process is goin' on, it ill-behooves on any Sotomayor supporter to send e-mail in her praise, which may exasperate the already enraged GOP elite(?).

I wonder if Obama is mentioning in his emails to his cohorts that over 60% of her cases were overturned by a higher court...and that he wouldn't have considered her if she were white, or perhaps black.? That he was in search solely of a hispanic female to win votes, the heck with her qualifications?

The country needs to realize that if this was a job with a private firm, there would have been hundreds of applicants...and her record would have placed her near the bottom of the pool....yet, Obama and his liberal supporters feel she's right for the job? What a slap in the face to all hispanics....Affirmative Action placed her here; not merit.

Well what would you expect him to do?? Admit he only chose her because she is a Latina woman or try to snow us over and convince us she is the best they have to offer. Democrats don't want the best, they want the best quota filler available!

I was a little disturbed when Graham mentioned the word "meltdown". Funny, I don't recall them saying meltdown with Roberts, but no matter. Justice Sotomayor will be appointed and she will sit on the bench. Period.

Good job Obama. Let the nattering nabobs of negativism on the right have their say, and embarass themselves in doing so,...but then its welcome to the SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor.

I would also like to praise Sonia Sotomayor. She is holding her own with some tough questions. After the hearings are over, I c an't wait to congratulate her on her appointment for the Supreme Court, as I know she will be approved. How can she not be, she's qualified and the best possible choice.

Kudos to the future Supreme Court Justice, and kudos to the president for making a sound choice.

Wow, is obama really talking like it is impossible for anyone else from the Bronx to be able to work hard? You're right Obama, only she can come from the Bronx and ne able to work hard and focus...thanks, the rest of us are just thugs with no future right...

Isn't there a law against the government sending out propaganda to American citizens?

If she has such a brilliant legal mind why were half over her cases overturned? Could it be that she is biased by race or gender? Let us hope a group of wise old white dudes debunks a biased affirmative action hero!