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You guys got nothin', GOPers. Repeat after me: "Congratulations Justice Sotomayor."

@ phoenix86, who said "So today she took back her statements that she repeated multiple times over a 10 year period."

If that were true, then please explain why we've been forcefed ONLY ONE out-of-context quote from ONLY ONE speach for the past 3-4 months.

Just like the filthy rich dont have a clue or care about those in the lower or middle class income bracket.They remind me of the Russians before the revolution.The russians went to far in the other extreme though.

It really annoys me that commentators on Sotomayor's highly quoted "wise Latina" statement rarely include, and never analyze, that critical first, self-referential, part of the statement, "I hope". It changes the meaning significantly. She is saying she "hopes", but leaves room for doubt. This is aspirational, with a note of deprecation. And it brings that statement much closer to what she is say;ing in the hearings today.

In addition, there seems to be a culture gap over the use of the word "empathy". It seems to me that many are using this word merely as a synonym for "sympathy", which originally empathy was not. It sounds to me, from what Judge Sotomayor is saying, that she is using it in a professional sense, the way psychoanalysts would use it, as a TOOL to feel out how others and herself are feeling, in order to use that information to analyze and evaluate so that she is able identify her personal biases, and therefore to lay aside her biases from consideration in judgement. In this sense, "empathy" is a valuable skill. To use it on oneself takes a great deal of calm and wisdom.

So how about some more in depth analysis?

Life experiences? Gee! Hitler and Stalin had a lot of them. So does Castro. Does that make them a better judge? How about common sense, a nack for seeking truth& justice, intelligence, the ability to learn from OTHERS life experiences, honesty.....These are the things that make a good judge. Did i forget integrity? Sotomayor is backpedaling on her 17 year record of bias and prejudice.

Come on! If this is all Leahy is concerned about, Sotomayor must be a near perfect candidate.

I only wonder why she made that choise of words seven eight times...

Most thinking americans were always aware the "wise latina" remark was clearly taken out of context to stoke the narrow minded and willfully ignorant republicans to come out in force against this nominee.

Once again the republican forces of negativity has been out-flanked. The GOP makes it too easy to for team Obama. When will these Do-Do headed rebulicans learn?

She's lame...we can do MUCH better...

Don't you love how people change their tunes. My wife is Latina and doesn't trust this lady.

Typical politician, twisting the truth around to suit their needs. She sure is not a wise person.

And she's a bad choice for supreme court. When she made the wise Latina woman comment, that's exactly how she felt and she still feels that way, now she has to make excuses for stating her true feelings. And who's buying her baloney filled coached excuse she is giving. Those words prove she is biased in her thinking and that it will and has spilled over to her rulings.

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As a minority I understand exactly what she meant.
So many times the life experiences of minorities have been minimized...she was just trying to make up for that.

As a minority I understand exactly what she meant.
So many times the life experiences of minorities have been minimized...she was just trying to make up for that.

So today she took back her statements that she repeated multiple times over a 10 year period.

Amazing how gullible and naive dems are. Read her speech, she was not "trying to play on her words". She could be tried for perjury just for her testimony today. Amazing but typical for an Obamaphite.

Bad word choice. There! She said it. Now can we move on Sen. Sessions? He seems to be the only one that's flipping head over heels about the remark.