tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20024595.post1025508443203473769..comments2023-08-19T01:52:21.530-07:00Comments on Right View from the Left Coast: How Should The GOP Handle Judge Sotomayor?Righty64http://www.blogger.com/profile/09732939643534694274noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20024595.post-18295056060246961412009-06-04T11:35:01.003-07:002009-06-04T11:35:01.003-07:00Talk all you want about her past, her deeds, her r...Talk all you want about her past, her deeds, her record, even quote the words right out of her own mouth for all the good that'll do. In the Age Of Obama, facts don't matter any more.<br /><br />Maybe we should talk about how her nomination makes us "feel" or whether or not it gives us enough "hope."DoorHoldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20024595.post-10662153983043840362009-05-29T06:49:17.939-07:002009-05-29T06:49:17.939-07:00RWS rolls out the same tired, hackneyed slurs as u...RWS rolls out the same tired, hackneyed slurs as usual. This is what passes for discourse on the left. If people of his ilk have their way the re-education camps can't be too far behind, because, you know, they are always right. <br /><br />Obama is just bowing to the Left's love affair with identity politics with his nomination of Sotomayor. Is she qualified? I don't know. But I didn't <I>dismiss</I> her nomination I only questioned her credentials to sit on the highest deliberative body in the land. Something we should do with every nominee.<br /><br />Maybe we should just let the president elevate anyone to the court he so chooses without Senate oversight just because they happen to have graduated from an Ivy League law school.skeneogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05855442947790013269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20024595.post-37725380251435639232009-05-28T09:46:28.511-07:002009-05-28T09:46:28.511-07:00Let's look at what Fish Man sez...
The problem fo...Let's look at what Fish Man sez...<br /><br /><I>The problem for the GOP as I see it is that Republicans don't want to be branded as racists by the Left for objecting to Sotomayor's nomination.</I>What other objection could repubs have, beyond being racists and sexists beholden to old white men of the south?<br /><br />I think Bugs Bunny's Evil Twin offers good advice - all repubs should vote against her, to insure that Hispanic voters know exactly where they stand.<br /><br /><I>It was a shrewd move by the president to nominate an Hispanic woman. It is just the kind of thing to tie the Right up in knots as they fall over themselves not to be too critical of someone who may not possess the bona fides to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.</I>Shrewd? How about <I>overdue?</I> White men are pretty well represented already on the Supreme Court, it seems to me.<br /><br />As for allegedly "shrewd (political) moves," look no further than St. Ronnie the Demented, who publicly pledged during the '80 campaign to nominate a woman to the court because his pollsters thought his support among women was slipping.<br /><br />You should also be careful about questioning Judge Sotomayor's 'bona fides,' since I'm not sure you have the ability to even make that assessment.<br /><br />Princeton undergrad and Yale Law sound like good starts to me.<br /><br /><I>The Court is all about ideology, not the strict interpretation of the Constitution.</I>Well, that's an interesting admission, coming from a wingnut. I happen to agree, since Alito, Scalito, Thomas, and Roberts are all straight-ahead wingnut political hacks.<br /><br />But what happened to the wingnut talking point about 'originalists,' whatever that terms is supposed to mean?<br /><br />This is the first of what's likely to be at least three first-term appointments to the court. It'll just get better from here.Rightwingsnarklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008057973658098952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20024595.post-91458029860014221252009-05-28T06:40:28.773-07:002009-05-28T06:40:28.773-07:00The problem for the GOP as I see it is that Republ...The problem for the GOP as I see it is that Republicans don't want to be branded as racists by the Left for objecting to Sotomayor's nomination. <br /><br />It was a shrewd move by the president to nominate an Hispanic woman. It is just the kind of thing to tie the Right up in knots as they fall over themselves not to be too critical of someone who may not possess the bona fides to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.<br /><br />The Court is all about ideology, not the strict interpretation of the Constitution. If Sotomayor swings too far to the Left, Kennedy may be inclined to side more with the conservative side of the court.skeneogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05855442947790013269noreply@blogger.com