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@Republicans are the American Taliban -

Well, guess the Coyote's better than being inspired by the Tele-Tubbies, huh? At least that's the intellect level that Obama has assigned to his kool-aid drinking masses; who'll believe anything and are hungry for more ficticious dribble....stay tuned, I'm sure he'll use some buzzword in a sentence that'll be cerebral in nature, but have no "meat n taters, " to it...as usual....but will keep liberals gleening and giddy with anticipation of disaster, cleverly disguised as Hope and Change....

As I watch the hearings I can't help but wonder why the republicans are beating up on her. From what I have seen of, and heard from her during the hearings, I like Judge Sotomayor.

I did not particularly care for the way lindsey graham and sessions kept cutting her off and would not allow her to finish answering the question they had asked her, before rudely interrupting and asking her another question.

@Obama is not character he plays on TV -

Then it's a match made in heaven; Obama's not a real president...but he did sleep at a Holiday Inn once....

I used to watch saved by the bell. I think i might become a principal

I am sitting here watching the coverage on Judge Sotomayor is being grilled by Sen. Specter. He is so rude and it is embarrassing for me to watch as he repeatedly interupts her. I find it to be an act of disrespect and I am tired of seeing it within our govenment. We as a people are looking to our government for guidance, and instead we see the shameful displays of their manners. People have the right to plead their case, so LET THEM TALK!

Kathie, Wauconda Illinois

So what inspired Biden to be a dimwit?

UNbelievable – The FAKE LAWYER???? Wow – She Did it AGAIN!!!!!

Wow – This woman should just SHUT UP. Her mouth is too big – she's only burying herself with these DUMB Bleeps!!! Perry Mason??? Really – well shows she didn't really have any other Role Models so she picked ANOTHER ACTOR!!!

Too bad everyone is politicizing the confirmation hearings. Arguably, SCOTUS Justices have more lasting influence in shaping our country than do Presidents. Every SCOTUS nominee should be grilled about everything – too much is at stake not to. Admit it Dems, when a Repub president serves up a SCOTUS nominee, you will want your chance to rake him/her over the coals.

Satomayor! intelligent a role model to the young Americans. she is qualified to be in the supreme court more than anyone else please leave her alone.

well................I feel better about her now....by the way...Raynond Burr was a shiney boy.........ties in with Obozo's support of the gays and lesbians

I love the Perry Mason episodes too.

The Republican party. The party of bad ideas.

Mississipi Mike, Obama=disaster, Surge and all the others... How do YOU GUYS chose to be what you are today, what was your first motivation that made you end up having the jobs you have today?
Or you couldn't satisfy this real wish of yours and had to pick a job that you don't like and don't really appreciate?
She just stated when was the first time she decided that she would be part of the judicial system, since she is a Judge qualified by her record to be a Justice then you have to admit that she managed to fulfill her wish. even if it makes you THAT JEALOUS....

Apologies to Sniffit.

I like her already,

Thanks Mike.

I think a lot of kids watched TV growing up, and many were influenced by it. But Sotomayor ALSO has degrees from Princeton and Yale, in addition to 17 years of judicial experience, so it's not like she just rolled out of bed one day after watching Perry Mason and decided to be on the SCOTUS. Some of you people need to get a clue.

The lady, like most of us as youngsters watched tv shows that were fiction; most all fiction has a hero.
So all you nay sayers get over yourself.
She posesses more brains in one cell than most of the nasty folks posess period.

Are the Republicans...even those posting here....saying as children they've never watched tv and found fictional characters to be inspirational?

Where do these people come from? Certainly not this planet. No wonder their return to power is as much in doubt as their very existence. Thank goodness for the exiting of this party and its followers for this country's power structure.

Good lord

"Better than the Republicans who get their motivation from Wile E. Coyote cartoons….."

What a mature comment – you must have pulled that straight from your elementary school years, right?

"obama sucks July 15th, 2009 12:45 pm ET

Just like the liberals were influence by the communist party in Russia and the facist party In Germany
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Actually, republicans are influenced by fascists in Germany. Nazi nationalism is only more extreme than bush conservatism. Which is worse? We all know that answer.

We were proud republicans when Andy was sheriff.Then the neocons stole the party and wanted to do nothing but start wars for profit and take over our government to fill their pockets with our money.

Dear Dems,

The proper contraction for "you are" is "you're," not "your."

I am a Matlock fan myself. From what I heard he hasn't lost a case, but Perry Mason did. Since she is President Obama's choice, I wonder what her reaction would be when the case of President Obama's legitimacy as a native born citizen reach her desk. It was introduced last week in a Los Angeles court.

I loved Perry Mason growing up. I named my first pet – a parakeet – after him!!!

Surge – back then, the tv shows were all white male dominated. she's simply reflecting our cultural background. If you don't like it, don't blame her.

But you gotta admit it was gripping to see if Perry could break the real perp on the stand every episode....and justice is served!!!!

Make fun all you want but we all are inspired to do something in our lives by some thing or some one we come in contact with or we would just sit around all day and do nothing. What made you want to be a writer, or a teacher or even a politician? Somewhere,somehow you got the idea{were inspired}. To say "she makes her decisions based on fiction is just plain stupid and shows you haven't anything intellegent to say.

@Mike, Syracuse, NY July 15th, 2009 12:46 pm ET and
Obama=disaster July 15th, 2009 12:38 pm ET
Watch Fox news a nice Cartoon ..... Now shut your sour Pie Holes!!!

Perry Mason? This nut case is a threat to anyone who believes in freedom. You can tell by her responses (coaching) that she has a personality conflict with white individuals.

she heard that on a TV show.
this remark has been made many, many times.

This story brought out the cheapest of cheap shots from the grandstand out there. I was inspired by the Lone Ranger when I was a kid. Many space scientists and astronomers started as kids watching Star Trek. Sports fans claim to be inspired by pro-sports heroes, which I guess is believable, though I personally don't get it. Children are set on a path toward adulthood by experiences like these.

For the person who wrote: "Just like the liberals were influence by the communist party in Russia and the facist party In Germany." You need to become better acquainted with the truth.

For the person who wrote: "What a cynical move to use a white male american tv icon to appeal to the white male majority questioning her." Why couldn't she simply be telling the truth? Do you have some reason to believe otherwise? Did you monitor her TV favorites during her girlhood?

@ Mike, Syracuse

LA Law? Fine, but apparently, you didn't watch enough stand-up...

@Surge July 15th, 2009 12:44 pm ET

What a cynical move to use a white male american tv icon to appeal to the white male majority questioning her.

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What a cynical way to look at her statement.

28% left and dropping!

@ Obama=Disater

Are you kidding me, what person hasn't been influenced by TV? She was a child. A lot of people select their professions based on characters from television. My dad became a fireman because of what he saw on TV. Boys join the military because of games that they played as children, or what they saw on TV. A young girl from the Bronx saw Perry Mason and said "I want to do that". I'm glad she did.

Like your name is wrong, your thoughts are wrong. Obama is NOT a disaster and Sonia will make an excellent Supreme Court Justice, based on her dreams as a child to be like the characters on Perry Mason. Also remember there were no Latina judges on TV at that time, so she really had to stretch her imagination. Thank God for us she did.

Sorry, wrong article, but this bears rebutting:

"Looks like with the latest proposals to tax the wealthy, there won't be any more they will move, or shut their businesses. Libs are making it counter intuitive to try to succeed."

If you don't think that allowing the wealthy in corporate america and those with massive ownership interests in land and corporations to hoard our nation's wealth by gifting us with several decades of stagnant average middle-class salaries, health care costs inflating three times as fast as the rest of the economy, exobritant interest rates, hidden and/or excessive fees, ridiculous loan terms, and instigation and promotion of the bubbleburst economic cycle...if all those things don't strike you as making success counterintuitive for the vast vast majority of Americans, then you are probably one of the culprits (or at least one of their patsies).

Republicans are the American Taliban July 15th, 2009 12:38 pm ET

Better than the Republicans who get their motivation from Wile E. Coyote cartoons…..

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As lame as they are, American Taliban or not, those Repugs that you hate so much are our last line of defense to government taking over everything in sight. Give them a break.

And growing up she also read Nancy Drew!

Good God! Are some of you simple-minded, sorry- excuse- for- anything, Mississippi Mike types really serious? Naw, you could'nt be. No one could flat-line as much as you guys pretend to, nor be so obtuse.

She was POSITIVELY inspired by someone. Fictitious or real person is not the point when the outcome of such inspiration was this remarkably accomplished woman. A woman, by the way ,that stands glaringly in contrast to the depiction of beer-drinking, wetback Hispanics that some of you on these blogs have so smugly expressed.

Now, don't you wish someone, ANYONE, had inspired you to accomplish half as much? Thought so.

In case you missed her statement or spin it. She said a statement by the prosecuter influenced her decision to become one. Now, go back up and reread it. If you find you can not understand it, query a fifth grader to explain it to you. Instantly, the "republicans" take what they want from a comment or speach, spin it hard right, an feed it to the public. Selective reading and hearing fails to apply all the facts. Remember, this is the same woman your hero Bush appointed.

The party of "NO" at it again. Fact is, nomatter what this woman does or does not do...since she was nominated by a Democratic president – you Rethuglican's will never give her the chance. We should be so proud that we are nominating the first Latina woman to the bench...yet Rethulican's cannot get past their agenda to acknowladge how extraordinary this woman truly is. The most disturbing part of this is the fact that by being such naysayers without true warrant...the Republican's are subtly inferring that they continue to follow a racist agenda. You would think Republican's would understand that by portraying this woman in such a way as they have, they will push away many Latino's from the Republican party or were thinking about making the move to the Republican party.

Wouldn't it be awesome if Sotomayor is on the bench and at the end of this rein of taxation terror and United States citizens finally get a glimpse of Obama's school records and passport documents that reveal his dual Indonesian citizenship? Then everything this "President" has done under the guise of a legal sitting president goes out the window....
I think I am finally getting this liberal philosophy, if you haven't done anything to improve yourself or your life, make sure that you take the earnings from someone that has. Liberals, isn't it funny how the name entirely misrepresents the meaning of their ideology? She is racially and gender biased and the GOP is afraid they may offend their shrinking voter base by calling a Pig in a poke a Pig in a poke...

Some of your comments are ridiculous. The show inspired her to take the career path that she is in now. Some of you people need to grow up.

Who cares what she watched as a kid? The fact remains that she was overturned by the SCOTUS and she made racist statements and rulings. Lets not confirm her because of her past actions just like Giethner shouldnt have been confirmed because of his past tax evasion issues.

(CNN) needs to have , john king , alex canstanellos, gloria borger.. candi spokepreson crowley and that (jeffery tobin is making it up as he goes) needs to watch some (Perry Mason Episodes)his run on (TV) was from 1957 to 66, i wonder how long their (RUN) is going to be on CNN? This so called experts are just to funny, they are so easy to see, that the (GOP) is their mentor. They have no talking points that have true subtance on the hearings.And it is alot of ,who is next to say something that does not hold water. There is nothing they can find negative to stick on (Judge Sotomayor) so they do the (right wing ) nonsense. (CNN) get a grip, where is Roland Martin? Forget Don Lemon ,he is to worried about his status at (cnn). It is becoming a(Nitemare) for CNN to have these so called moderators ,making remarks with no validity. CNN needs new ,fresh , and real moderators , not that old (LAME) group of the past. Come CNN get it together, their might be some (HOPE) if you accept (CHANGE)

And a lot of dope smokers watched Cheech and Chong too. Her point?

Kevin B July 15th, 2009 12:58 pm ET

Judge Sotamayor is running circles around these GOP clowns, this nomination was a brilliant choice by Mr Obama. If GOP didn't spend all of thier time playing "gotcha" maybe the american public would begin to take them seriously.

The GOP has become a party of right wing conspiracy nuts and america hating reactionaries.

Too bad…………
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Really, it's time for you to get your head out of that sand hole where the Koolaid abusers rest their weary heads.

She'll make a wonderful justice. Someday we'll look back and say "What was all the fuss about?"

I can't wait until this justice is sworn into the court. She'll make us all proud.

First of all, this isn't news-worthy. Second, just because she was inspired to take the steps necessary to begin her career from a TV show doesn't mean she hasn't gone through all of the appropriate qualifications to become a credible prosecutor. When I was in high school, Star Trek inspired me to learn about technology ... I then picked Electrical Engineering as my college major. I did very well in all of my classes, and I then landed a great job as an engineer. Just because I was originally inspired by a TV show doesn't mean I'm not a good engineer now.

Listening to this woman one can only guess that she uses the spin doctors as Obama.

Wake up America...read the comments below and you will see that left-wing liberals espouse total and utter hatred of any dissent whatsoever. Is this the America you want? I have no doubt that if Sarah palin had said the same thing, she would have been crucified here and in the liberal press.

Mississippi Mike July 15th, 2009 12:52 pm ET
Great, that's just like how Jackie Chan influenced me to fight crime in Hong Kong.
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Gotta hand it to you (ergo: I have got to hand it to you*), that was pretty funny.

*You never know with these grammar cops wandering about!

How stupid do you Republicans sound right about now. She said watching Perry Mason influenced her to become a lawyer. She knows it's fictional. And you wonder why only 28% of you still exsist.

Mike, Syracuse, NY,

Did you go to school, do you have experience as a judge?

No, you just troll CNN posts and think your funny.

Sadly, your just a blip on the radar.

Judge Sotamayor is running circles around these GOP clowns, this nomination was a brilliant choice by Mr Obama. If GOP didn't spend all of thier time playing "gotcha" maybe the american public would begin to take them seriously.

The GOP has become a party of right wing conspiracy nuts and america hating reactionaries.

Too bad...............

@Mike, Syracuse, NY July 15th, 2009 12:46 pm ET

Hey, I watched LA Law all the time, can I be a Supreme Court Justice too?

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No, Sorry Mike...along with a lot of other requirements, to be a Supreme Court Justice, you have to be somewhat intelligent, so you don’t qualify. But hey...you do qualify to be the Republican Vice-president nominee!

Great, that's just like how Jackie Chan influenced me to fight crime in Hong Kong. The more I get to know her the less I think she's fit for the Supreme Court.

But the prosecutor on that show lost every case but one...

That really didn't make the district attorney's office there look very good.

The balding ol' darksuits are still asking women about abortion.

These ol codgers have yet to pop a kid, so what gives them any right to question women's bodies?

Hey, I watched LA Law all the time, can I be a Supreme Court Justice too?

Just like the liberals were influence by the communist party in Russia and the facist party In Germany

What a cynical move to use a white male american tv icon to appeal to the white male majority questioning her.

This is a good person. a courageous woman that is living the american dream and that is doing a valuable service to all of us. she is a product of our society and an example of the best we can produce in this country. I believe she will be confirmed and I believe that the supreme court is gaining an amazing mind.

Better than the Republicans who get their motivation from Wile E. Coyote cartoons.....

Raymond Burr was not really a lawyer...

Oh that's just great!! she was influenced by a tv show. She makes her legal decisions based on fiction. Great choice! The more I hear about this woman the more I think Obama made a terrible choice in choosing her. Typical Obama!

Spoken like a true New Yorker. Who didn't watch Perry Mason or Matlock growing up in NYC?