Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

Jonathan Flint, MI — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:42:30 GMT

Seems like the MSM should have lead with this story...but thanks for fuling the two party divide...morons.

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

Anita, Birmingham, Alabama — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:49:49 GMT

From NBC's Pete Williams
An analysis of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's most recent appeals court decisions shows that nearly every time, she voted AGAINST people who were claiming illegal discrimination, according to a lawyer who appears frequently before the U.S. Supreme Court

Wasn't this the proper thing to do. The majority of us know that she will make fair and just decisions. It's not about her rulings that bother the far right; it's her gener and race. They just want to mask their sickness behind other fears that are without basis.

Anyone that doesn't look like them is the problem and it is being revealed on a daily basis, I truly want them to continue the race card attacks, I want them be exposed, they need to be exposed for what they truly are and what they truly represent.

Our Nation is trying to pull itself together and they are attempting to divide, but it's too late for that. We are United and we will crush their bigority.

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

Cjake — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:01:07 GMT

Okay this is my THIRD attempt to post this so maybe it will be allowed this time...

I'll say one thing about using the world 'racist' when you don't understand the meaning attatched to the word. Racist to minorities is an increadible insult. Racism is associated with Jim Crow, lynchings, police brutality, unfair incarceration, segregation, cross burning, KKK, skinheads, concentration camps, murdered or deported relatives, workplace stigmas and random beatings. To use that word is a loaded gun...that frankly I don't think many people like Newt and Rush would possibly understand. I'll tell this story...

My grandfather as a young man served in the Navy during WWII. As a teenager he went on a date to the movies. He was spotted by a group of white boys(in his words) while comming outside the theater. They began to taunt him and wouldn't let him by. Eventually one pulled a knife on him and lunged. My grandpa pressed up against a brick wall and dodged the attacks...bloodying the attacker's hand. A policeman arrived to break up the 'fight' and ended up beating my grandpa and putting him into jail. A couple days later he was released and sent home. Not long after that very same policeman showed up near my grandpa's home to 'check up on him' and he was so enraged he began to reach for a rifle in the house. He was stopped by his mother who told him to let it go...and the policeman came and left without incident. He has told me many more similar incidents that happened to him or people he knew. This is 'old racism' as Newt would put it. I doubt Rush, Newt, or half of the people who are using that word against Sotomayor..a minority herself..knows what it really is. It's not a thought process or opinion..it's active hostility. To charge a judge of Sotomayor's credentials and extensive record of racism is absolutely abhorrent and I'm suprised the media hasn't been more shocked by it.

Minorities in this country often reflect upon how their race and experience shape and mold their opinions and place in this world. It is normal for 'us' to speak amoungst ourselves or to others in such a manner whether in reflection, intellectual dialouge, or a speech. And frankly for a white man to point at such and call it reverse racsim is an increadible insult. It removes the context and denies the racial heritage and culture from which that person comes from. If this is how bomb throwing conservatives wish to 'attack' or criticize 'liberal' minorities seeking higher office or positions than the consequences will be steep.

As a minority myself I am sick and tired of hearing the world 'affirmative action hire' when the person nominated/promoted clearly have the credentials to perform the job. When people like J.Merle use that word they are essentially saying some random 'white' person out there is better...not a black, not an asian...but a white person. Sometimes gaining a position is a matter of luck, circumstance, and qualifications and I would like to think so-called adults would learn to accept that rather than blaming race or gender.

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

Tim Stocken, Highland Lakes, NJ — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:09:01 GMT

Sometimes President Obama scares me because he reads the political climate so well. This pick was brilliant even though Sotomeyor may well turn out to be Obama's Byron "Wizzer" White, who was far more conservative than President JFK could have imagined. She will win confirmation easily and set the stage for future picks.

We will have to wait for Obama's second term to see any truly liberal choices. I'm hoping for another William O. Douglas to counter Judge Scalia. The court would be what the founding fathers intended if it contained three liberal, three moderate and three conservative judges. Then, we would have true political diversity.

Have a nice weekend, folks...

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

Sick n Tired, USA — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:20:34 GMT

If you don't like the words "affirmative action hire", then maybe you should be against affirmative action. Things like that, quotas etc...breed resentment among all of us who didn't have a darn thing to do with oppressing anybody. Contrary to what a lot of um..."un-smart" people on this board believe. Only a tiny minority of whites are born rich and priveleged. Get over it.

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

Linda Vigil Albuquerque, New Mexico 87112 — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:17:21 GMT

Why is race even an issue, arent we all americans,what difference does it make what race you are. We all came from different race but that is what america is all about. If you are quilified for the job which Ms.Sotomayor is,stop trying to debate it we, have more pressing things to be dealing with.Where would we all be if race was brought up when we took over from the americans indains.

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

Kathy, Eau Claire WI — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:24:57 GMT

I too hope that this issue can be laid to rest. i would still like to know why the other 2 on the appeals court panel are not being called racist. Is it because they are white and male and therefore aren't racist? Which if you think about it, aren't ALL of slighlty racist in the United States. We need to be thoughtful and respectful of everyont, regardless of gender, color, speech, religion etc.
There are many of her decisions that can be read that will show how she will rule on the court. By judging her on 1 case or 1 badly worded response when on a panel at a lecture at a University is crazy. The right did not call for Mr. Bush's resignation when he misspoke every time he opened his mouth when off script.
Lets try to be tolerant and judge on actions!

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

SAM, USA — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:27:57 GMT

Cjake - I have a story for you too.

Why I have to preface that I am a white female should not be necessary but if fits what happened to me. Back in the late 60's I was traveling home from college by train. Sitting in the train station a young white man sat next to me and really started to harass me. An older black man was sitting on my other side and observed what was going on. He started to talk to me earnestly trying to keep me in a conversation (at the time I didn't know why). The young guy got so disgusted with me for talking to a black male that he went off in a huff (thank God). The older gentleman just winked at me when the guy left and didn't speak to me anymore.

After many years when I think about it I realized how wonderful the older man was for helping me. You see I lived in an all white town and never thought of racism or anything like that. So it did not occur to me that talking to him was a supposed stigma.

But there are also bad stories too. My older brother was reading a book late at night while his wife was taking a shower and his three sons were in bed asleep. Someone knocks at the door and there were three black men with a gun asking for his wallet. He was pulling out his wallet when they shot him - then they ran away.

The point is there is evil and good in all races. You have to find the good ones out there and not think about gender, race, or nationality. I have made many friends in my lifetime and happily they are a huge mix of what makes up America.

I have a great weekend.

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

mexed, san antonio, texas — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:41:14 GMT

VERY INTERESTING. The match was thrown on the wood pile a couple of days ago. The net is already filled with hate based on ignorance and falshoods. The rabid right along with those who just don't like people other than like themselves will just keep pumping out the nasty stuff. But, all the same, very interesting news. So now she is a right winger. Got me laughing, at least.

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

George, Memphis — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:09:42 GMT

Sick n Tired,

You get over it. Your the bitter pathetic slob. This women is exquisitely qualified and the repugs are dumbfounded (as usual) as to what to do.

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

Michelle, military wife in Germany — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:38:18 GMT

Cjake...don't let "Sick n Tired, USA" make you think white people don't understand... this person sounds exactly like their chosen name "sick" and "tired".

I was raised in Baltimore by an entire family of mouthy, proud white women who believe in social decency and taking each person based on their own merits regardless of race or gender. Funny, but when racism ISN'T taught, it isn't LEARNED.

To deny that the ugliness of racism hasn't existed in this country is to belittle, not only those who've had it directed at them, but also to belittle how far this country has come from the slave trade that was part of our beginnings.

I'm proud of where we are now. Just look...we elected an intelligent, well-spoken, constitutional attorney who possesses a social conscience and decency only dreamed about by the previous president and vice president. And he happens to be a man who's father was black and who's mother was white. How's THAT for race relations...grin.

I loved the Obama rallies in Denver. I spoke to lots of strangers there. They were from every race and background imaginable. I was delighted to see everyone interacting with each other with honesty. I knew that if this was the kind of interaction this man could inspire, we were headed for good things.

Lets not allow sniping from the Republican Party about the "race beliefs" of this qualified woman undo all that's been accomplished.

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

Steve the Computer Guy — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:12:42 GMT

Affirmitive action is reverse discrimination. It's time for it to go.

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

BJ, CA — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:57:38 GMT

Here we have a judge that has worked very hard to be a nominee for a position to highest court in the land.
To think even in casual passing that she can and has the right to seperate those above and below or "better" than
anyone else shows a pure lack of consideration of the struggles of others and a self centerness of her own struggles.
I believe that her future judgments will be tainted by only the small perspective of her own life, not the intent of the "Law".
Americans can not risk the future of Courts and Laws by having some one that is self absorbed with a unequaled bias
of civil rights and bigotry. The "Law" and those interpretation of those "Laws" should never be secured with individual bias of
character but should be biased for the good of all equally. The acceptance of any "better" equivocation returns no equity
to those processes of "Law".

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

eagle1776 — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:30:59 GMT

I understand why FR waited to run this story. It meant that there was much more "discussion" on thir blog to go the other route. Too bad that the ratings outweigh the publication of the true story but then again MSM is more tabloid these days.

Sotomayor -- conservative on race?

Javier, Roc City, New York — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:29:31 GMT

Sotomayor is by far the most QUALIFIED nomine, yet Rush and the Conserv-a NUTZ bash her and classify her an Affirmative Action hire who is a Racist. They can keep showing their true color while America keeps changing and passing them by!!!!