Thursday's "Political Points" podcast at nytimes.com featured New York Times reporters David Kirkpatrick, Adam Liptak, and Jodi Kantor talking about the Sonia Sotomayor nomination and displaying various liberal tics.
Kirkpatrick accused Newt Gingrich of "ad hominem attacks" against Sotomayor, while Kantor pondered the Republican dilemma: of possibly seeing "this bank of white male senators grill in a possibly antagonistic way the first Latina woman nominated to serve on this bench." Plus: Sotomayor will "not only speak to the cafeteria workers but she'll speak to them in Spanish."
An excerpt from about seven minutes into the podcast:
David Kirkpatrick: "There's a debate going on within the Republican Party right now over how to play this. There are some, including I think former speaker Newt Gingrich, who think it's appropriate at this time to begin ad hominem attacks, calling her a racist, attacking her sensibility, calling her manifestly unqualified. And there's another school of thought that says, We're gonna lose. They've got the numbers. We might as well have a high-minded debate about how we would approach the law versus how they would approach the law, rather than get dragged down into the mud.'"
Host Sam Roberts: "And also doesn't the Republican Party risk, among other things, alienating Hispanic voters whom they've been trying to hard to woo?"
Jodi Kantor: "What was so powerful in Adam Nagourney's story was the visual of having this bank of white male senators grill in a possibly antagonistic way the first Latina woman nominated to serve on this bench, and, you know, when you think about the role that TV plays in these hearings, I thought that could be very powerful."
Roberts: "One of the things, Jodi, that has been pointed out is that she believes that her upbringing as a Hispanic woman influences her role professionally. Is that going to be used against her in any way, that she has said that publicly?"
Kantor: "Well, everybody wants to know exactly what she means. And, you know, in a way she's the only one who can speak to it. You know, we've been talking to colleagues friends, etc., all week. What they say is that she has kind of a common touch, you know, she's the kind of person who goes out of her way to talk to the janitors, you know, in the cafeteria, she'll not only speak to the cafeteria workers but she'll speak to them in Spanish, if they're Spanish speakers."
—Clay Waters is the director of Times Watch, an MRC project tracking the New York Times.
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Old Media Racism?
May 29, 2009 - 13:08 ET by slickwillie2001More evidence of liberal racism in the old media: Jodi Kantor: "What they say is that she has kind of a common touch, you know, she's the kind of person who goes out of her way to talk to the janitors, you know, in the cafeteria, she'll not only speak to the cafeteria workers but she'll speak to them in Spanish, if they're Spanish speakers."
Why wouldn't he suggest that she talk to Supreme Court law clerks in Spanish? Does Kantor think that there are no hispanic law clerks already working for the Supreme Court? Does he think the only hispanics in the Supreme Court building are working in the cafeteria? Doesn't he think that maybe some of the lawyers making cases before her might be hispanic?
This is like Joe Biden referring to Indian-American citizens as commonly running convenience stores.
"white...hispanic..." so
May 29, 2009 - 13:11 ET by TruthMonger"white...hispanic..."
so glad the left has successfully moved us past judgements based on skin color and ethnic heritage
and its tremendously helpful to have the msm constantly reminding us of someone's skin color and ethnic heritage
Me too! I can hardly tell that we are all equal now that BHO is
May 29, 2009 - 15:56 ET by pahuberin office and that every person is picked on the basis of qualifications rather than gender, race, skin color.... ; )
"Latina Woman" theme song
May 29, 2009 - 13:00 ET by lotr"Let's wrap him up, alright?" -- Keith Olbermann
Satin tights?? Ewww!
May 29, 2009 - 13:03 ET by Sergeant ROCKTo what tune do you sing this to? American Woman?
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Sorry 'bout my lapse into
May 29, 2009 - 13:11 ET by lotrSorry 'bout my lapse into utter silliness -- happens now and then with these threads.
Believe it or not, it's sung to the theme song of the old 70's TV series "Wonder Woman" (you know, starring Linda Carter). True to 70's TV fashion, the songtrack is quite goofy.
"Let's wrap him up, alright?" -- Keith Olbermann
Wunder Woman
May 29, 2009 - 13:13 ET by Sergeant ROCKAhh.. now it makes sense! lol..
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
X
May 29, 2009 - 13:08 ET by serfer62What's the Kommiecrats concern, the DC GOP will melt like ice cubes in hell...
In Europe, Sotomayor is considered white
May 29, 2009 - 13:20 ET by Jack BauerYou often hear the bogus argument that Sonia Sotomayor and others of so-called "Hispanic" decent cannot be racist because they don't have the power to oppress. Really?
Well apart from the fact that in Europe, Red Sonja and anyone from Romance countries (Spain, Italy, Portugal) is considered "white" with a really good tan, here's something else to consider.
Her name is Sotomayor. A classic Spanish name.
Take Alonso de Sotomayor 1545–1610. He was a Spanish conquistador from Extremadura, Spain; and a Royal Governor of Chile.
I wonder if Sonia has heard of her Spanish antecedents: the Conquistadors? Alonso's job was to oppress native people.
And they were damned good at it!
The Conquistadors were the folks who raped, pillaged, murdered, and conquered their way through South America, oppressing the indigenous Indian populations.
Not to be judgmental, or anything but Ms Sotomayor, shouldn't you be offering reparations to the native Indians of South America as your Spanish ancestors exploited them and comitted genocide
So she isn't Native American
May 29, 2009 - 13:26 ET by sevenIn Mexico there is massive discrimination bertween Spaniard roots and those with native american roots. The europeans are arrogant and nasty to the inferior ones that are non european in roots.
she was born in America.
An NB poster/friend (I
May 29, 2009 - 13:36 ET by Jack BauerAn NB poster/friend (I won't mention who, as I haven't seen him posting for a while) has a wife of Mexican decent.
She was telling me of the nasty "attitude" of those of Spanish decent. Really bad racism.
Spain as a country is NOTORIOUS in Europe for racism against blacks. This is today -- 2009. Football crowds make monkey chants against black players. Disgusting.
I've worked with all
May 29, 2009 - 14:07 ET by MidAmericaI've worked with all types of Mexicans over the years, native Midwestern, Tex-Mex, just south of the border and really down into Mexico types. All were good people and good workers but they didn't have a lot of good to say about the 'white Mexicans' that is, those that were mostly pure Spanish descent.
Hispanic is white, except to Marxists and media
May 29, 2009 - 13:44 ET by j17ghsYeah, being Spanish is white but it doesn't divide society and create racial animosity which is what Democrats, aka, the Marxist Party of America, are all about -- not compassion or empathy. Besides, tens of millions of Spanish knowingly broke the law to enter the U.S. so who are they to claim justice in a Supreme Court nominee?
Also, Barack Obama was the first black man that Democrats ever elected to the U.S. Senate -- in more than 200 years -- because the Democrats are the racists, literally! Blacks are just political pawns to the Marxists -- just look at Detroit and New Orleans, not to mention Marxist-controlled Africa. Democrats, aka, the Klan and Confederacy, are still seeking revenge and destruction against the U.S.
She'll speak to cafeteria workers in Spanish?
May 29, 2009 - 13:38 ET by Stop2thinkGreat! She can ask them if they are here illegally.
Kantor: "Well, everybody
May 29, 2009 - 14:01 ET by MidAmericaKantor: "Well, everybody wants to know exactly what she means. And, you know, in a way she's the only one who can speak to it. You know, we've been talking to colleagues friends, etc., all week. What they say is that she has kind of a common touch, you know, she's the kind of person who goes out of her way to talk to the janitors, you know, in the cafeteria, she'll not only speak to the cafeteria workers but she'll speak to them in Spanish, if they're Spanish speakers."
But.... I thought this 'common touch' is what made Sarah Palin sooooo unqualified.
Free Pass to SCOTUS
May 29, 2009 - 23:12 ET by TN MomThe New York Times Lib-er-al Translation:
Oh my gosh. Sotomayer is a Latina!!
So, let's just do away with this whole Confirmation Hearing nonsense and just appoint her now. You know, like the First SCOTUS Czar....
BTW, Bill Richardson speaks spanish and garnered millions of hispanic voters for Dems, but obama threw him under the bus..
Kantor: ..... you know ....
May 30, 2009 - 17:46 ET by CiampinoKantor: ..... you know .... ..... you know .... ..... you know ....
Sotomayer
June 1, 2009 - 08:48 ET by trhugThe next biggie controversy as I see it is black against
hispanic. My personal experience has me to believe that there is conflict between the two races.(Who would have guessed?). The scrape will come over who is the MOST oppressed by people of European descent.
T.R. Huggins