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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich posted on his Twitter feed today a call for Judge Sonia Sotomayor to withdraw her nomination because she is a “Latina woman racist.” As evidence of her supposed racism, Gingrich posted an out-of-context quote from a lecture that Sotomayor gave in 2001 on diversity. Gingrich wrote, “new racism is no better than old racism” and added:
As Greg Sargent notes, Gingrich’s demand that Sotomayor withdraw was later retweeted — which is “generally taken as a sign of agreement” — by the RNC’s new media director, Todd Herman. When asked about Gingrich’s comment during today’s White House press conference, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs responded by noting that “the blog of a former lawmaker” is hardly the best source of objective information on Sotomayor:
GIBBS: I think it is probably important for any involved in this debate to be exceedingly careful with the way in which they’ve decided to describe different aspects of the impending confirmation. I think we’re satisfied that when the people of America and the people of the Senate get a chance to look at more than just the blog of a former lawmaker that they’ll come to the same conclusion that the President did.
Let's face it, they're going to lie, lie, lie about her just like they would lie, lie, lie about anyone else who was nominated. Obama could have nominated Jesus himself and the Republicans would bad mouth him saying he hangs around with prostitutes, assaults money changers, and has a huge ego (thinks he's the son of god). There is literally no candidate those hacks wouldn't attack & slander from the get go.
Gingrich posted an out-of-context quote from a lecture
Since when do liberals give a flying **** about context???? Their biggest weapons against the Republicans are using out of context quotes and a complicit media to repeat the lies that they attach to them.
Since when do liberals give a flying **** about context???? Their biggest weapons against the Republicans are using out of context quotes and a complicit media to repeat the lies that they attach to them.
You neoCONS are the master of spin... Just ask FAUX News...
Let's face it, they're going to lie, lie, lie about her just like they would lie, lie, lie about anyone else who was nominated. Obama could have nominated Jesus himself and the Republicans would bad mouth him saying he hangs around with prostitutes, assaults money changers, and has a huge ego (thinks he's the son of god). There is literally no candidate those hacks wouldn't attack & slander from the get go.
You mean just the Democrats did and would do to every Republican choice..?
Either she is a racist or she is a poor public speaker.
Nonetheless Gingrich is correct about one thing - new racism and old racism are both bad and nothing to gloss over. Whether Sotomayor is a racist, well I don't know and likely noone else on this forum can 'know' either. We can hope for the best and in the meantime look at some of her past rulings to give us a clue as to the way her mind works.
Oh, and lets not pretend that democrats haven't raked over the coals every republican nominee for the supreme court as well --- it is how the partisan game is played, and apparently selective amnesia plays a part in it as well.
Oh, there's room for a Latina racist on the court. That's a profoudly under-represented group.
After all, the Court has had its share of male, Anglo racists.
It's balkan payback time. More and more, that's what America is all about.
Personally, I just wish Sotomayor looked a little less like Roseanne Barr.
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