The real reason the republicans are against Sonia Sotomayor

[GreenTea]

We all know the republicans too well - All their outburst & phony racism claims is covering for what really bothers them, what do you believe that is....

[barbtries]

1. i'm 100% convinced

that obama is not going to make a choice that the party of no will approve. never happen

[FSogol]

2. Other: Aren't they against EVERYTHING?

The Republican Anthem (sung by Groucho Marx)

I don’t know what they have to say,
It makes no difference anyway --
Whatever it is, I’m against it!
No matter what it is or who commenced it,
I’m against it.

Your proposition may be good
But let’s have one thing understood --
Whatever it is, I’m against it!
And even when you’ve changed it or condensed it,
I’m against it.

I’m opposed to it --
On general principles I’m opposed to it!

Chorus: He’s opposed to it!
In fact, in word, in deed,
He’s opposed to it!

[nomorenomore08]

5. Or, as the Ramones would have it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiXklnXFuA4

[valerief]

9. That's them to a tee. nt

[Ocracoker16]

3. Definitely not her being young and could sit on bench for 40-50 years

Sotomayor is almost 55. That would mean that she would be serving on the Supreme Court when she was 95 to 105 years old. That is highly unlikely.

[GreenTea]

4. OK let's change it....Court Justices routinely sit on the bench into their 80's & 90's.

[Ocracoker16]

10. She has Type 1 diabetes

People with the disease tend to experience complications as they grow older. The disease can affect your heart, kidneys, eyes, feet, and nervous system. These can be serious enough to impair your ability to work.

[frebrd]

6. I'm pretty sure I read that she's been diabetic.....

(Type 1) most of her life. That tends to shorten her life expectancy somewhat, anyway.

[BuyingThyme]

7. Not a white man.

[NMMNG]

8. She's not a white Christian Dominionist hellbent on turning the US into one big church

:shrug:

[Political Tiger]

11. All of the above but mostly "because Democratic President Obama nominated her"

n/t

[LaPera]

12. The republicans are lying sacks of shit, pushing racist fears as the pigman does each day...

[saltpoint]

13. For all the racket and racist outbursts from Tancredo and others, there is

no real basis of objection to the nomination of Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

I think the final vote in the Senate will reflect that fact.

[Wizard777]

14. What if they simply said a white judge would render better decision than a Latina Judge?

You would be calling them racists. So I guess they can oppose her on that ground because you all see nothing wrong with that. I read that entire speech. It was a great piece on sociology. But a horrible piece on justice. She expresses doubts about judges ability to be impartial. We're gonna trust her to be impartial and unbiased after doubting any judges ability to do that. I don't think so.

[saltpoint]

15. I call Tancredo et al to task for his/their overtly racist comments

which they have set against Judge Sotomayor, yes.

I'm very strongly in favor of Judge Sotomayor's appointment.

I see the experience, the brains, the empathy ('empahty' being a noun of affirmation for me and not a perjorative as it is for the Right).

The history of the high court has not been one of many minority voices. I'm for more of them rather than fewer of them. I took Sotomayor's specific reference in that context to suggest that someone who has long walked a given path is more qualified to draw a map of that journey than someone who has never walked it.

If that were not the intent of her comment, the polling would not show such decisive support for her nomination. When in fact it does.

I say Go, Judge Sotomayor.

[Wizard777]

16. I need to hear more on her Constitutional views. Before I can support her that enthusiastically.

Like I said the speech was a great piece on sociology. But I need to know how that sociology works into her Constitutional views. Because our constitution demands things like equal protection of law. That can't came from white judges and Latina Judges. That must come from Impartial and unbiased Judges. We don't need a Judge to render Latina decisions. We need an impartial and unbiased Judge to render Constitutional decisions. If that Judge also happens to be Latina. Wonderful! But she can't put a "Latina" brand on her decisions. We don't have white justice and Latina justice in America. Only Constitutional Justice. That Justice can be rendered regardless of race, sex, religions etc. The Road map has already been drawn by our forefathers. That's the US Constitution. We need people that will follow that map. Not try to redraw it from their experiences. That's not going to preserve the original map unto our posterity. So I need to hear more on her Constitutional views before I can support her. I need to see more than a (D) from her.