Alberto Gonzales praises choice of Sotomayor

[Perky]

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who was once viewed as a likely first Hispanic Supreme Court justice ...

Reduce...... , had some praise Tuesday for President Obama’s nominee to the high court.

Appearing on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” Gonzales heralded Sotomayor’s nomination as a positive sign for the Hispanic community.

“This is a powerful message, a powerful message of hope and opportunity through this appointment,” Gonzales said, “just like there's a powerful message sent when an African-American is elected president or an African-American or a Hispanic is appointed as attorney general of the United States.”

But Gonzales also said Republicans would be wrong to give Sotomayor a pass because of her ethnicity.
“They have an obligation to vet every nominee carefully. Whether or not that nominee is Hispanic, white, African-American, male or female, they have an obligation,” he said. “And I expect them to discharge that -- that obligation.”

[Jack Rabbit]

1. Thank you, Fredo

But you're still going down.

[JayMusgrove]

2. So his "ties" to Hispanic hertiage are more important to him?.....

Maybe he fears that he will be charged with war crimes and hopes our heroine Hispanic justice will dismiss his conviction and sentencing to death.