If we had a court of all women or all blacks would it really be a bad thing to openly say we should look for a qualified white male to fill the next opening?

“Obama is clearly a hugely talented individual whatever you think of his politics…It has nothing to do with color and everything to do with intellect, intelligence and competence.” (leaving out powell and steele as my comment was on Obama)

first of all. B.S. my man. If you put up a man who was a junior less than one term senator from Illinios, had a mediocre career in the Illinois legislature while being a true chicago machine politician , had shady land deals with unscrupulous developers, ties to known terrorists and racists preachers for decades (yet claimed to not hear said preachers anti-Americn tyraids) had NO executive experience whatsover as a viable candidate for POTUS but was WHITE, you would get laughed at! So honestly stop with that. This is the least qualified man to be POTUS in my lifetime and he is showing it already.

And the fact is when you say “I’m looking for an hispanic judge, not a good judge and if she’s hispanic great, but if not we’ll still put her up there” you are using race as a qualification hence racsist.

So climb down from your faux high horse and accept a truth that Biden did when speaking of Thomas:

Obama could not have been elected president or even considered to run if he was white. And Sotomayor had “hispanic” at the top of her list. That she thinks the courts (and not legislature) is in her words “where policy is made” becomes secondary to her “appellido.”

I get so tired of racists electing people based on their race to prove to themselves they are NOT racsists. Makes me ill.

We know he’s got the muscle.
But this is a teaching moment to make our case.

I am sickened at the thought of Warren Court II (to go along with Great Society II), and these hearings on Sotomayor gives us an opportunity to remind the nation what went wrong in the 1960s and early 1970s, and how Obama is determined to turn the clock back to that era.

And toward that end, I don’t care about Sotomayor’s Latina background. I’m not intimidated by attempts to hide behind someone’s membership in a “protected class” as a deflector shield against criticism.

Because at some point before the Star Trek era, the racial discrimination (whether pro-white or pro-black or anti-white or anti-black) has to stop. Judge Roberts (who was opposed by Obama) said it best:

“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to STOP discrimination on the basis of race.”

You don’t counter anti-black discrimination with anti-white discrimination. I had enough of that nonsense when I lived in New York City.

…a point-for-point comparison between Sotomayor and Alito would be useful, for example.

It’s late and I’m tired, but at least at first glance they seem to have roughly comparable educational and professional backgrounds.

MARCU$

Does David believe that being a minority nominee legitimately opens one up to more scrutiny than a non-minority nominee?

The answer would seem to be ‘yes’ based on this post as well as past comments on affirmative action.

David, any response?

Does David believe that being a minority nominee legitimately opens one up to more scrutiny than a non-minority nominee?

The answer would seem to be ‘yes’ based on this post as well as past comments on affirmative action.

David, any response?

…..I don’t know or care what anyone else says…..Thomas based on informed opinion I have heard is a lightweight……He’s also an incredible whiner judging by that book he wrote which I took out from the library….Couldn’t get past about a third of it…talk about self pity writ large

Does David believe that being a minority nominee legitimately opens one up to more scrutiny than a non-minority nominee?

The answer would seem to be ‘yes’ based on this post as well as past comments on affirmative action.

David, any response?