Warning Signs about Sonia Sotomayor, from Andrew Breitbart
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on June 1, 2009
An excellent piece on Supreme Court judge nominee Sonia Sotomayor from Andrew Breitbart, one of my favorite conservative writers, at his terrific site, Big Hollywood. Here’s a portion of it:
With Barack Obama, many Americans had hoped to get a post-racial president. With Mr. Obama’s pick of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace David H. Souter on the Supreme Court, it looks less and less like they got one.
President Obama – a man we still hardly know – clearly subscribes to the notion that we should judge each other not just on the content of our character, but also by the color of our skin.
We’ve had warning signs before. Remember the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.?
As for the outrage du jour, the call for Sotomayor to apologize for making a racist comment in a 2001 speech is silly. She said what she meant, and she meant what she said: “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.”
No white nominee could get away with that statement’s corollary in which a wise white man comes to better conclusions that a Latina. Nor should he.
A non-apology apology – which seems to be all the price she is going to pay – is pointless.
Well said, Andrew. Let us hope that the confirmation hearings will thoroughly address this. Read Andrew’s piece in its entirety: No More Apologies from Sotomayor.
The video below, created by liberals, was meant to smear conservatives for daring to question Sotomayor on her racist comments. Ironically, I believe it does just the opposite, bringing to the forefront many concerns that many Americans have about her as a choice for the Supreme Court. You be the judge.
Summary Video of Conservatives’ Concerns about Sotomayor’s Racially Biased, Reverse-Discrimination Statements
Related reading:
Hot Air: Video: Obama’s “wise Latina” moment or something and Sotomayor and Freedom of Information Act: The Odd Couple and CQ: Sotomayor repeatedly made “wise woman”/”wise Latina” remarks in speeches and Gibbs warns: Be “exceedingly careful” in how you criticize Sotomayor and Top Senate aides: GOP ready to roll over for Sotomayor and The Opportunity on Sotomayor and NYT: Political considerations, life experience only good if we like the results and Sonia Sotomayor’s greatest hits and McCaskill fumbles the “incredible life story” meme and Obama picks Sotomayor for SCOTUS slot
Jules Crittenden: Blood Sport
NewsMax.com: Limbaugh: Sotomayor ‘Reverse Racist, Hack’
Mike Sargent: NewsBusters: Coulter’s Cajun Barbecue: Coulter Vs Carville On Good Morning America
Michael S. Rulle, Jr., Big Hollywood: The Tragi-Comedy of Sonia Sotomayor
Lloyd Marcus, Bob McCarty Writes: Black Conservative: Say ‘No!’ to Sonia Sotomayor
Michelle Malkin: The Team Obama “misspoke”-o-meter and “The siren call of judicial activism” and Sen. Graham to Sotomayor: “Unless you have a complete meltdown, you will be confirmed.” and Day One: Spotlight on Sotomayor and Questions for Sonia Sotomayor and The Supreme Court high hurdles contest and Hey, Claire McCaskill: Meet Clarence Thomas
Greg Gutfeld, Big Hollywood: Daily Gut: You Win, I’m Racist!
John Romano, Big Hollywood: Race Only Matters When it Favors Democrats
New York Times: Sotomayor’s Focus on Race Issues May Be Hurdle
Pronk Palisades: Rule of Law or Rule of Judges–Yakkety Yak–You Know–It Takes A Racist To Appoint A Racist!
Politico: White House urged to address ‘racist’ charge
Hot Air Green Room: Sotomayor and the politics of race
Greg Gutfeld, Big Hollywood: Daily Gut: The Reign of Race
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Obama’s Infamous 2001 Interview: Criticizes US Supreme Court for Sticking to Constitution & Not Exploring Redistribution of Wealth and Sen. Orrin Hatch Questions Sonai Sotomayor’s Activist Statements (videos) and How Racially Biased Is Supreme Court Judge Nominee Sonia Sotomayor? and “Clarence Thomas & Miguel Estrada’s Backgrounds Didn’t Impress Democrats”: Ann Coulter Rejects Getting All Weepy about Ultra-Liberal Hispanic Sotomayor’s SCOTUS Nomination (video)
CQ Politics: Sotomayor Spin Wars Have White House Working Overtime and Did Obama Just Use the Sotomayor Nomination To Lock in Florida?
Fort Hard Knox: Thanks, Obama, Now Dump Her
James Hudnall, Big Hollywood: What’s ‘Latina’ Got to do With It?
GayPatriot: Do We REALLY Need Identity Politics To Extend To SCOTUS?
Burt Prelutsky, Big Hollywood: A Little Straight Talk
Grand Rants: Sotomayor on Video (Sotomayor’s Outrageous Comments)
First Things – The Anchoress: Sotomayor for SCOTUS? (UPDATED)
Jonah Goldberg, National Review Online: Empathy vs. Impartiality
Michael S. Rulle Jr., Big Hollywood: The ‘Magic Latina’
The Autopsy: The Sotomayor Story
Latest Technology News – Business News and Expert Advice: Couric and Schieffer Gush Over Sotomayor’s ‘Very, Very Compelling’ Bio
NewsMax.com: Sotomayor Hostile to Gun Rights, Scholar Says
Pundit Review: Obama White House offers the GOP some tremendous advice
Reuters: Racial ruling looms large for Sotomayor
Stuff about Stuff: How to Stop Sotomayor
Washington Times: Sotomayor reversed 60% by high court
Ed Whelan, Bench Memos, National Review Online: Her Majesty Sonia Sotomayor vs. the Rule of Law
Jeffrey Jena, Big Hollywood: Sotomayor: Justice Denied
Swampland: Sotomayor and The Culture Wars
National Catholic Register: Sotomayor’s Catholicism
David Keene, TheHill.com: Injustice against whites
About the author
Media Matters can dish it out, but can’t take it. Instead of any defense of her statement, they just compile conservative comments about her racism, as though that proves she’s OK.
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