After playing a clip of Rush Limbaugh charging Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with bigotry and racism, Chris Matthews, on Wednesday's "Hardball," implied Limbaugh was the racist as he asked a guest panelist Jeanne Cummings of the Politico, "Is this the pot calling the kettle black?" To which Cummings responded that the radio talk show host was going to "chase," all the Hispanics away from the GOP:
Well all I know is it's the worst nightmare for the Republicans, I mean they're trying to calculate whether they should vote against her, how aggressively they should try to sort through her record and challenge her during hearings. And with things like that, and all that calculation to try to keep Hispanic support, even as small as it's gotten for Republicans. Rush Limbaugh can chase ‘em all away in an afternoon with that kind of talk." [audio available here]
The following is the full segment as it was aired on the May 27 edition of "Hardball":
(Begin clip)
RUSH LIMBAUGH: I have no doubt Sonia Sotomayor is going to be confirmed. None. Zip, zero. Nada. Nobody should be attacked because they're female or because they're Hispanic. My opposition to Sonia Sotomayor is based on the fact she's not a good judge. She's an angry woman. She's got a, she's got, she's a bigot. She's a racist.
(End clip)
CHRIS MATTHEWS: She's an angry, bigoted racist. Boy it's amazing what Rush Limbaugh will come up with these days. Jeanne Cummings is this the pot calling the kettle black or what the hell is going on here? Astounding charges.
JEANNE CUMMINGS, POLITICO: Well all I know is it's the worst nightmare for the Republicans. I mean they're trying to calculate whether they should vote against her, how aggressively they should try to sort through her record and challenge her during hearings. And with things like that, and all that calculation to try to keep Hispanic support, even as small as it's gotten for Republicans. Rush Limbaugh can chase ‘em all away in an afternoon with that kind of talk.
MATTHEWS: Yeah I think, I think he wants this fight Howard, I'll stick to my guns. I think he wants to fight with the guy he's fighting with as he always wants to fight.
HOWARD FINEMAN, NEWSWEEK: Barack Obama does?
MATTHEWS: The group you call R.N.C.
FINEMAN: Yeah.
MATTHEWS: Let's go through their names.
FINEMAN: Rush.
MATTHEWS: Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich-
FINEMAN: Newt Gingrich.
MATTHEWS: And Dick Cheney.
FINEMAN: -and Dick Cheney. Yeah.
MATTHEWS: He loves to fight with that three.
FINEMAN: Well and they're obliging. Newt Gingrich just put out a Twitter message saying-
MATTHEWS: Oh isn't he state of the art?
FINEMAN: He is state of the art. Saying that Sotomayor should step down because she is a quote, "Latina racist," or words to that effect. But talking to one of the conservative Republican strategists. They're happy with this, the right wingers are happy because they're gonna be able to talk about the 2nd Amendment. There's a gun ruling that, that Sotomayor had that they don't like and they can get support in their base from. There's the affirmative action thing in New Haven. In other words they're speaking to and only want to excite the, frankly the white male base of the Republican Party.
MATTHEWS: Jeanne this is where we came in. This seems to be the name of this year's politics. The battle between the governing Democratic Party and the outriders. The outliers on the right. That's the fight that goes on and John Boehner and Mitch McConnell aren't even in the shouting match.
CUMMINGS: No they're squeezed right in the middle. It's just the worst possible position for them.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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It's telling how coordinated the media is.
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 17:44 ET by superconDo not tell me the White House does not directly coordinate with network news and that those networks follow their orders. Object to Sotomayor and you are a racist.Object to her and you will drive off Hispanics. I have heard that same theme about twenty different times today.As I type I am watching CBS news following that same theme.They even had the gall to assert that her ideology is largely unknown.
This is nothing more than a ruse.If the media can make this a racial issue then maybe no one will look at her record.Republicans melt like the wicked witch at the charge of racism.It is an effective tactic the left uses time and time again. The truth is however that Democrats will reach for the race card at the drop of the hat.
Hey Janet Napolitano...I'm proud to be a Right-winger.
Coordinated propaganda
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 18:00 ET by Sergeant ROCKIndeed. On Hannity's radio show he played a montage of the MSM's coverage of Sotomayor's nomination that demonstrated just how coordinated they really are. It was 'a compelling life story' repeated over and over and over again.. verbatum mostly.. with a little variation here and there - but on message!
The MSM are such frauds.
"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
They are definitely on the same page.
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 18:06 ET by superconThey use all the same phrases.They all mention Rush.They all warn Republicans as if they care if Republicans come off as racists.
Hey Janet Napolitano...I'm proud to be a Right-winger.
Racist Republicans
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 18:11 ET by Sergeant ROCKExactly! Nevermind the fact that is the democRATS who time and time again, demonstrate that it is THEY who are the racists! Some things never change.. democRATS just found a more clever way to market their racism and the MSM is the marketing firm.
"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
SR... I heard that too
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 18:17 ET by bigtimerSR...
I heard that too today...he did a good job of putting that "Compelling" montage together.
What's funny to me is we all know they're given the same talking points, Rush plays these kinds of montages also...and they think we aren't going to hear them all being made fools of...they keep doing this anyway.
Perfect example of insanity.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
They're missing the point - AGAIN
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 17:46 ET by SlyrrRush's brilliant point in all this was that the liberals were caught red-handed denouncing any conservative SC nominee (i.e. Alito, Thomas, et. al) based on their skin color. The liberals were scared to death of conservative black/hispanic judges being appointed because they'd lose the racism angle.
So to prevent not being able to use race, the Democrats employed racism of the worst kind. Rush recited the memos from Democrats and liberal lobbyists that said flat out they had to stop the Bush nominees because of their gender and skin color.
I'm starting to think Newsbusters should stop posting reports from Matthews. He's already said flat out that he's a slave to Obama and his thugs - that it's 'his job' (i.e. he gets paid to) present only reports that make Obama look good and hide every one his ugly, despicable acts.
Liberal media has forsaken it's constitutional duty to present the truth. And as such, they no longer deserve the constitutional protections they are hiding behind to promulgate their lies. In wartime, when up against deadly foes and spies, limits were placed on the press.
Is not the world a dangerous place, with Iran, Russia, China and N. Korea racing to nuke each other up and steamrolling the entire world towards war?
Has not Obama committed an impeachable offense by seizing control of private businesses, blackmailing business owners, trampling the Constitution and violating his oath of office?
The sooner we throw this tyrant-in-training out the better. Him and his media slaves.
as a conservative I'm
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 19:03 ET by TruthMongeras a conservative I'm confused - what "race" is sotomayer? i thought she was part of the HUMAN race...? so what is matthews talking about here...? what is he seeing here and obsessed with that escapes my conservative viewpoint?? this is very strange and non-sensical language he is using...
Civil War slavery - defended to the death by Dems
KKK - founded and run by Dems
Civil Rights Act - opposed by Dems
Current political plantation (in the words of L Farrakhan:) - Dems
history is a bitch matthews
Mr. Tingles is absurdity
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:04 ET by mattmMr. Tingles is absurdity personified.
Maybe Dodomayor would
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 18:38 ET by 10ksnookerlike to tell us what races are best so we can get right to them next time.
Didn't the NAZIs used to always talk in terms like she uses?
Does anyone care she is a legal moron?
Walt must be turning over ...
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 18:43 ET by metaphorsbwithuI wonder what Walter Cronkite thinks of the state of the news media today?
Heck, more appropriately, I wonder what Walt Disney would think of the media and the country too?
metaphorsbwithu
→ Speaking of Disney
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 18:46 ET by Cool ArrowNews conference due any minute, but that mother & daughter who were allegedly kidnaped and calling from a car trunk have supposedly been found at Disney World, Orlando.
Yep...just really great
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 18:56 ET by bigtimerYep...just really great isn't it?
Another example of a woman who needs to do some serious time...I get sick of this...nothing much ever happens to these people who waste worry, time and money on tons of people.
What a b!tch she is.
I feel sorry for her child...and no wonder her husband is her ex.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Evening meta... Heck, I
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 18:58 ET by bigtimerEvening meta...
Heck, I think Walter is proud...he helped create this mess with the msm in my opinion.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
No 'mea culpa' from Cronkite?
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:01 ET by metaphorsbwithuYou're probably right, bigtimer, but it would sure be nice to hear a mea culpa from Walter, even if it has to come at the ripe old age of 93.
Wishful thinking, I suppose.
metaphorsbwithu
The Three Stooges agreeing
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 19:06 ET by bigtimerThe Three Stooges agreeing here...so what's new.
I can't take anymore.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Republicans have very little or no support and need not...
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 19:57 ET by ThalpyRepublicans have very little support and need not go after it, bt. The demography speaks for itself; who's coming to the US and what are they coming for? In any case, in Hispanic's minds, the Democrat party meets their needs best-not always, but for the most part.
The democrats best chance
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 01:24 ET by MrSnugglesThe democrats best chance at winning the "hispanic voting block" (why is it that minorities always vote in blocks, as if they have one consciousness?) is to label the republicans as racist because they know hispanics are Catholic, very religious, and very anti-abortion.
In no way does the democrat party represent anything that hispanics should be supporting.
Would someone tell Thrill up the leg to STFU?
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 19:57 ET by Lord ErondListening to anything this guy says is tatamount to staring at an open sewer for an hour only less educational.
"Let him who would move the world, first move himself." -Socrates
"We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains." -Li Po
Wow if Chris Matthews had a stroke on national TV
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:04 ET by Lord ErondI'd throw a party to celebrate.
"Let him who would move the world, first move himself." -Socrates
"We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains." -Li Po
More racist liberals trying
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:07 ET by GregEMore racist liberals trying to tell Americans that other people than themselves are the racists.
Sotomayor Racist? Alito
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:12 ET by CacciatoSotomayor Racist? Alito not?
In all this shrill screaming about Sotomayor's out of context comments, it appears that people have failed to remember Alito's identical comments.
LINK
So did Alito violate the SCOTUS oath as many around here are claiming Sotomayor has with her comments about empathy?
Looks like some of you (Cool Arrow) pulled the trigger a little too early.
→ Not me Chachi
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:19 ET by Cool ArrowI already read through your Salon offering and Alito didn't say he would make better decisions than a latina female.
You'll have to show us where he claims white males are superior.
Wrong. Her quote only
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:24 ET by CacciatoWrong.
Her quote only says that taken out of context. When read within the entirety of her speech, she was merely emphasizing the role of empathy, especially with regard to her past.
Exactly the same as Alito.
Whoops. Rush et al got a little over heated before doing their research.
Anyone willing to bet she won't get the nominatino now?
I bet not.
Again, Obama did us a favor. Replaced Souter with Souter. What more could you ask for? The blind anger over her nomination is just plain silly.
We got Roberts and Alito under Bush. That's pretty good. If all Obama gets is Sotomayor, then so be it. Consider ourselves lucky.
He doesn't, but he does say
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:25 ET by balboaHe doesn't, but he does say that empathy plays a role in his thinking, which has been brought up as a problem with Sotomayor.
→ No, bal he doesn't
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:31 ET by Cool ArrowBut Chachi is claiming "Alito's identical comments".
To deny Tennyson's "I am a part of all that I have seen" is silly.
I want to see where Alito claimed his decisions, because of his race and gender are superior, as Chachi has claimed.
He made this personal by calling me out by name. Why are you involved.
Yeesh. Just trying to
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:34 ET by balboaYeesh. Just trying to help.
I think you're still misinterpreting Sotomayor's initial quotes, anyway.
Oh well.
→ Really?
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:44 ET by Cool ArrowMaybe I'm better equipped to interpret her quotes based on my "life experiences" as a "white male"
Nothing racist about that?
Sounds crazy to me. And I wrote it.
First, as Professor Martha
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:58 ET by balboaFirst, as Professor Martha Minnow has noted, there can never be a universal definition of wise. Second, I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.
She hopes that a wise Latina woman would, most of the time, reach a better conclusion in cases involving racial discrimination than a white male who hasn't lived life as a minority.
Succint and astute
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:01 ET by CacciatoSuccint and astute Balboa.
I believe that's called empathy.
Which brings us back to Alito and the ridiculousness of the racist charges.
Seriously. She's no different that Alito with regard to empathy. Her overturned case percentage is standard.
Now what? What's the next move?
My prediction? Nomination...no problem. And for all intents and purposes the folks around here should be happy about that.
~
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:26 ET by Free StinkerWelcome back Fabio!
"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media." -- Lowell Ponte
Holy Crabcakes Batman! Bal got a compliment!!! WOW!!!!
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:45 ET by pahuberOooh, it was cacc giving the complement... sorry, false alarm.
"Succint and astute Balboa."
LOL... yeah, and the French are brave and courageous.
"I believe that's called empathy."
Yeah, and you are saying that she has this quality more than a white male based on her race? That is a ridiculous comment. Just because someone is able to have some empathy does not entitle them to make better decisions based on law.
"Her overturned case percentage is standard."
My God you are a brazen one...
"Now what? What's the next move?"
Kicking you in the butt? Waiting for Bal to high five you or second your BS? hmmm.... shawn228 coming to assist bal? One can never tell you know.
"My prediction? Nomination...no problem. And for all intents and purposes the folks around here should be happy about that."
Wow, if you say so chachi... then it must be gold.
→ bal
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:19 ET by Cool ArrowSorry about snapping at you.
How is Martha Minnow's observation pertinent, or in any way an expanded insight, into Sotomayor's that a latina woman would more often than not make a better decision than a white man?
If she's intending any other meaning, it's that she's going to side with the minority.
That's not empathy, it's sympathy. And it can make for dangerous and unfairly expensive decisions.
Suppose a case reaches SCOTUS via 9th Circus deciding "40 acres and a mule" should be administered today in terms of 2009 dollars?
Suppose there's a suit that the plaintiffs have no standing?
Does the court rule based on empathy? sympathy?
How about the Law?
See my PM fella. :-) I
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:32 ET by balboaSee my PM fella. :-)
I accidentally included the Minnow part.
She also said " I am reminded each day that I render decisions that affect people concretely and that I owe them constant and complete vigilance in checking my assumptions, presumptions and perspectives and ensuring that to the extent that my limited abilities and capabilities permit me, that I reevaluate them and change as circumstances and cases before me requires."
"there is no objective stance but only a series of perspectives - no neutrality, no escape from choice in judging"
And, "we should not be so myopic as to believe that others of different experiences or backgrounds are incapable of understanding the values and needs of people from a different group. Many are so capable. As Judge Cedarbaum pointed out to me, nine white men on the Supreme Court in the past have done so on many occasions and on many issues including Brown."
That seems to negate the idea that she thinks white men can't rule well.
→ You left out
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:40 ET by Cool ArrowThat seems to negate the idea that she thinks white men can't rule well.
Bal, are you subconsciously ignoring that she said "better", not "well"?
True. But I think that shows
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:44 ET by balboaTrue. But I think that shows that she thinks a white man can rule appropriately on those such cases. She thinks her experience enables her to reach a better conclusion. It all gets subjective then, because if both reach the same conclusion, what does it matter if her ruling is "better"?
Correct me if I'm wrong Bal,
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:54 ET by RESTLESS 1but isn't her record lacking on matters of race she has decided? So far, her experience does not seem to have engendered much racial wisdom to her yet.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Do you mean she's ruled in
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:59 ET by balboaDo you mean she's ruled in the minority or that her decision has been overruled? If you mean the New Haven case, she ruled to keep the decision of the city in order to avoid a possible future lawsuit under Title VII. We'll see how that one turns out.
→ OK
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:57 ET by Cool ArrowSo "better" means you don't have standing in a race discrimination suit if you're white?
Seems in the only case coming to light having to do with race or gender, she sided, contrary to the Constitution, with a party or parties, not even named as agrieved.
I'm sorry, but the irony of that decision, in light of her "better" comment, would be hilarious were it not that some firefighters seem to have been treated as second class citizens as a result of her life experience as a latina female.
Paybacks are hell, I guess. They should have chosen different parents from whom to spawn, I guess.
That's the thing, I don't
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:01 ET by balboaThat's the thing, I don't know what better means, because as she pointed out, wisdom is subjective.
"She thinks her experience
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:35 ET by mattm"She thinks her experience enables her to reach a better conclusion." I don't think so. She thinks her race enables her...
The very idea that a judges personal experience should factor in to their rulings is completely bogus.
Justice is supposed to be "blind" - judges are supposed to interpret the law (not interpret the constitution) without regard to a person's race, economic status or whatever, therefore, a judge's race, economic background, etc. are irrelevant to their qualifications or lack thereof.
But a person's background
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:41 ET by balboaBut a person's background can't help but influence how one interprets law.
→ That's right
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:45 ET by Cool ArrowAnd if that person happens to have been blessed with being both latina and female, those interpretations will be better.
Sorry, couldn't help it.
Yes it can. It it their
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 23:14 ET by mattmYes it can. It's their duty to see to it that they are influenced only by the law, the constitution and the facts. Not their own experience, not their feelings, not what they think the law should be.
People can do this. Those who can't have no business being on the Bench.
What makes people like Sotomayor so dangerous, is that they not only don't try to eliminate their biases from their judgments, they actually embrace the idea of allowing their biases to influence their judgments.
As has been pointed out before
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 23:32 ET by general companyThe lady Justice is blind, bringing your own philosophy in this county's court is a BIG no no. We want folks who will rule using the Constitution first, good and FAIR common sense second. We do not need folks ruling based on race or their previous experience.
Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says if Republicans oppose Sonia Sotomayor, they'll do so at their "own peril."
She is Latin and a Woman, and he threatens us, falsely insinuating that we are all racist. Because he know she will be a consistent liberal on every issue. This is democracy in our country right now. We no longer debate the topics, we dont talk about past judgements, no we go right for the race card and the threats. Democracy the liberal way, God help us all.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
But if you get any group of
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 12:00 ET by balboaBut if you get any group of judges together, there will be a difference in how they interpret the Constitution.
Read it
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 21:15 ET by general companyThen tell me that. The Constitution is written plainly, there isnt much left to interpret. Any interpitation is more then likly against the Constitution, read it!
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
And yet we have different
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 22:02 ET by balboaAnd yet we have different interpretations of the Constitution all the time, which is why we have right to privacy now.
Youy have no "right" to pivacy
Sat, 05/30/2009 - 13:53 ET by general companyNot anymore. You should quit fooling yourself, and read the documents
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Again Bal,
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:48 ET by RESTLESS 1I don't think that one is better equipped to edudicate racial cases because they may have been discriminated. If anything, the racial baggage of discrimination in one's background may just cloud one's judgement with unnecessary anger, resentment, and need for vindication. Not what we need in a SCOTUS nominee that may not be up to the task in other respects.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Maybe they haven't been
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:53 ET by balboaMaybe they haven't been discriminated against. Maybe they've just seen it. Maybe they've also seen how self-destructive minorities can be when they get involved in gang life or get on the wrong path of life. It might not all be life experience that helps rule for the minority.
Or maybe
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:56 ET by RESTLESS 1just maybe, it could be an agenda brought on by one's background that helps rule for the minority.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Cool, The root of the
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:35 ET by CacciatoCool,
The root of the problem with your claim is that she never said that.
The only way you could think that that was her point is if you haven't read the speech. Which you clearly haven't.
Your constructing a false argument.
Her answer was the same as Alito's with regard to empathy.
Where was the outrage when he said it? Where was your indignation over HIS ability to take the SCOTUS oath?
→ I've read it
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:39 ET by Cool ArrowAnd for argument's sake, even allowed she might have been narrowly been speaking of race and gender.
The message of latina female superiority still seeps through.
Now show me where Alito made the identical claim based on his race and gender.
To you really think I care that people cannot 100% divorce themselves from life experience?
But when a judge claims her decisions are necessarily better based on her race and gender, it's pathetic.
Alito also says (which is
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 01:29 ET by MrSnugglesAlito also says (which is coincidently not bolded):
"And so it's my job to apply the law. It's not my job to change the law or to bend the law to achieve any result."
as opposed to Sonia Sodomizor (oops i mean sotomayor) who says "policy is made in the appelate courts".
→ Still waiting
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:24 ET by Cool ArrowShow us where Alito, and his race are superior to another.
You're the one shooting blanks.
→ And waiting
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:27 ET by Cool ArrowYou called me out on this one Cacciato.
Now show me where Alito said a man of his specific race was superior to another race.
I think calling me out on this one was a cheap shot. But I'm willing to let you prove me wrong.
Now get to it.
But that's not what she
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:30 ET by CacciatoBut that's not what she said.
Not even close.
You can only believe that by reading the quote completely out of context.
Turns out judges use empathy. Not so strange when you consider your own thought processes. We all do it.
Hence, her emphasis later in the speech when she says she will ignore those feelings and rule objectively.
Again, if that's the only attack, it looks like Alito blew it out of the water.
Sotomayor is a SCOTUS justice. Oh well. Could have been worse.
→ Yes, it is
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:36 ET by Cool ArrowShe put forth an opinion that she, as a latina female would make better decisions.
She introduced her race and gender as superior.
That you are unable to understand plain print without giving it your own personal Robert Gibbs (What she was trying to say) treatment is disengenuous, and adds nothing but your own bias.
Stick with the statement and you're stuck.
But she didn't introducer
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:48 ET by CacciatoBut she didn't introducer her own race and gender as superior.
Again, your initial failure to read the speech clouds your interpretation.
Just read it and end this debate.
Alito and Sotomayor said the same thing.
My suggestion is to adopt a new tact. The racist angle is not going to hold water.
I just heard that her 60% overturned stat is standard too.
So now what? What's the next attack? I guess we'll have to wait for Rush to come on tomorrow morning to figure that out.
→ Of course not
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:53 ET by Cool ArrowBut she didn't introducer her own race and gender as superior.
Sorry, I sort of hoped you would recognize the synonymous connection between better and superior.
You see, "better" means "superior".
Succomb to his superiority CA he's beaten' us... let us beat
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 01:41 ET by pahuberour swords into plowshares and accept that chachi is vastly superior in intellect and power...
CA
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 11:30 ET by Chris NormanI see our latest liberal visitor has pulled out the "taken our of context" defense. Funny, liberals usually sneer when we point out they've deliberately taken some conservative's remarks out of context.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
I'm going with my standard
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 20:37 ET by the strugglerI'm going with my standard Chris Matthews comment.
What a Dickweed
As usual, Rush said it best
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:17 ET by nkviking75Rush said it best on today's show:
So we have to have policies that are friendly to Hispanics and women. Okay. Well. Well, our party led the way, our sitting president and our presidential nominee led the way on amnesty, legalized citizenship for illegal aliens most of whom are Hispanic. Shouldn't they love us? Shouldn't they have voted for us in droves? George Bush appoints two highly qualified Hispanics to his cabinet. Shouldn't Hispanics love us, using this theory? Why did they vote so much for Democrats if we took the charge, took the lead in showing our sensitivity to Hispanics? What happened here? Somebody's going to have to explain this to me because this philosophy of identity politics and running out and not alienating -- in fact, not even not alienating, but actually pandering to didn't achieve anything.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Any hispanics that Rush will
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 21:19 ET by mostlymoderateAny hispanics that Rush will "chase away" by speaking the logical truth would NEVER have voted Republican anyway. We know this by the way 90% of blacks voted for Obama simply because he was half-African (in their eyes, black).
Did liberal hispanics give a damn when Alberto Gonzales was made Attorney General? No. Did liberal blacks give a damn when Clarence Thomas was publicly lynched by the left wingers? NO. Did liberal blacks give their support when Colin Powell was working on the right side of issues before he crossed over? NO.
Liberals always bring race into the picture when the issue is "right" vs. "left".
I agree
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:11 ET by danebramageAnyone who actually knows any hispanics knows that they are, on the whole, very conservative people. They tend to vote Democrat for both historical reasons and because Democrats give them candy, but in their personal lives they think pretty much like you or I do.
We have nothing to fear by opposing SM if she truly is the liberal people are claiming. As a liberal, she will be no more liked by hispanics than she is by white conservatives. But that case has to be made. We can't let the Left continue to frame it as a racism issue. We just have to stand up and point out to people, loudly and confidently, why she is a threat to the Constitution and the American way of life.
Exactly, by cowering in the
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 01:31 ET by MrSnugglesExactly, by cowering in the corner and giving in to the leftist race bullying, they win. Someone has to stand up and point out her extremist left wing views which are the real reason why she has no business being on the USSC, or any court for that matter.
Rush--
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:00 ET by misterbillIf I send him a stick, can he chase even more away???
Racist
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:13 ET by nadadhimmiSotomayor is a racist of the worst order. The only reason she isn't exposed as such is because the msm is for the most part also racially biased against white men and they agree with these vile, hate filled racist and sexist remarks. Liberals use racism as a bludgeon against their enemies, while enthusiastically engaging in it themselves and think people are too stupid to see it. Perhaps they are right and people will shut up and think what Couric et al tells them to think!!!!
→ I'm with Coulter
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:19 ET by Cool ArrowJudge Soto~ may not be racist, but the comment fits the definition of racism.
Racist Liberals
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 04:05 ET by Sergeant ROCKWell of course. And yet, the resident liberal idiots here can't even bring themselves to acknowledge that much. But, you can bet your ass that if the shoe were on the other foot there would be the expected gnashing of teeth and protests.
"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
I do see her ..
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 23:16 ET by lmarie373decisions on race disgusting and Im a 20 something conservative hispanic not that it matters but I preffer a Supreme court judge ruling on the law rather than "empathy".
Rush had a brilliant point I enjoy listening to how articulate he is. :-) Glad he is very unapologetic describing Sotomayor.
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God Bless You Marie! I wanted to name my first born Maria, but
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 01:22 ET by pahubermy wife had different plans. Her mother passed away in the early 80's so we name my firstborn daughter after her mother... I am very happy to see young women like yourself take the banner and carry it for our country!
Never, of course, forgetting where you came from : )
Welcome to NB's and please come often.
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Mr. Tingly stikes again
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 10:00 ET by east tennessee johnIt's amazing. Here's a self expressed mope critizing someone who draws a bigger audience in 1 day than Mr. Tingly does in 5, including rebroadcasts and heavy advertising. Who's the irrelevant one on that basis? As far as Fineman, reverse discrimination is an actual possibility you moron, but since you got yours and are a member of the preferred elite, you're insulated from such mundane matter, right? What you gonna do when Newsweek folds?
Thanks for the broad stroke
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 12:05 ET by wiwfThanks for the broad stroke generalizations there, Chris.
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
It is amazing
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 14:16 ET by nwahsRush has the gigantic audience. A while back NewBusters did a story about how popular conservative sites such as this are. Throw Sean Hannity and Mark Levin into the mix.That audience has to dwarf the evening news audiences.
Why do you suppose conservatives no longer have any real power? Or perhaps you do feel conservatives are a powerful political force?
It just seems to me that the country wouldn't have walked into socialism as easily as it did if there were droves of conservatives out there. Where was the fight? It wasn't even close.
Either the numbers are exaggerated or conservatives are ineffective politically, because they produced no effect.
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
Re Talk Radio
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 16:51 ET by slickwillie2001The talk radio situation is perfectly analogous. Rush is #1, but #2 and #3 are two of NPR's talk radio shows and in terms of total listeners each, they are very close behind Rush. But the lefties wail over 'dominance of Conservative talk radio' because they conveniently only look at commercial talk radio.
Honest consideration of all talk radio demonstrates that there is no need for a 'fairness doctrine' even if it was constitutional. But the liberals don't want to look at the numbers honestly.
The liberals' wailing and gnashing of teeth over the success of Fox News and Rush Limbaugh is all disingenuous nonsense.
Well they have to be the same people
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 18:04 ET by nwahsIf Rush has 22 million listeners , and NPR is very close behind Rush, they have to be a lot of the same people. There are only about 300 million people in the country. If you have 22 million here, 15 million there, and 12 million over there - you're in 15-20% territory. This is the country where the man on the street doesn't know who the Vice President is. I'm guessing 20% isn't listening to political programming.
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
I don't think most
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 00:14 ET by RR GOPI don't think most Conservatives care about race one way or another. If you're a minority and succeed we think that's great and owe it to that person's hard work and the opportunities this country provided. If the minority doesn't succeed we know it's not the failing of the country...besides, said minority can try, try again in whatever he/she is trying to do with their lives.
Most Conservatives won't go out of their way to help, either. That's condescending, and besides who the hell helps us? We all have had to deal with jerks screwing us over...why should minorities be immune from the ass-end of the human condition?
The Democrats have a looooong history of controlling, co-opting, buying off and bullying European immigrants, ex-slaves, Hispanics, the working class/labor unions, etc. They call them 'voting blocks'. When all else fails, play the: race card, the class warfare game, or the free government money ("social programs") angle.
That's the only reason the Dems have survived this long. They have
nothing practical to bring to the table and to make America better or
keep her strong.
Somewhere along the line the Leftists moved in and all the above became disguised in "humanism" and "caring". Actually, it's about their own power, their ideologies and their inflated egos.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
I'm Hispanic and I'm not
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 16:51 ET by rbosqueI'm Hispanic and I'm not offended or going anywhere.
Third time Please FIRED MR."BLOND" CRIS .MATTHEWS
Mon, 06/01/2009 - 18:27 ET by Charles H. GarridoHello. Mr. Dickens your column Thanks.- 6/01/09. 19:20 Hours.- Mr.Cris "Blond" Matthews over Hours and Hours only "talks about what? Sorry his alligator mouth speaks about envidius, ignorant, "Fourth PRESS YELLOW Branch" They keep talking over bunch NO-IDEAS nothing about RNC, Mr.Vice President CHENEY, Mr. GINGRICH, Speaker Oh !!! now Mr. LINBAUGH.- How NBC OR CNBC DIRECTORS EMPLOYERS that makes looks how (stupids), talking about your EMPLOYEE "Blond" Mathews how can this fellow with no respect opening his Venomous mouth to DECENT, AMERICANS, PATRIOTS, VALUES DURING 40 YEARS OF PAST ADMINISTRATIONS THAT ALL RESPECTED WITH TRUTH AND FAIR (by the way the are as MAN'S).- Thanks & Cooperation. Charles H. Garrido, Miami Fla.-