Jack & Jill Politics

Tonight on MSNBC, Pat was horrible, Full of vitriolic trash, constantly saying that WHITE MEN made this country OMG! I commend Rachel Maddow for standing up to this crap! This country should move forward, Let ALL people of talent represent this country. Us white guys will soon be in the minority so we should GET OVER IT! We have out first African American President, and we will soon have our first Supreme Ct. Latina Justice Sotomayer! Conservatives need to stop being so negative and let the country move forward, you can't change progress. GOP is now the, "Party Of No"! Why not be the party of maybe for a change?

It makes me proud as an American, that you consider him a discredit to his race!

It also gives me hope for a more perfect union.

Peace and blessings to you.

SECOND SOTOMAYOR CONFIRMATION HEARING OPEN THREAD IS UP!!!

AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!!

Who's questioning right now?

Edit: Never mind, I see your comment on Sessions.

Here comes Session again!!
He is filibustering reading from NYT's...this is ALL just so it can be read into the record.

It is just awful...Leahy...now shutting him down...says record will be held open for whatEVER

Now Leahy.. telling SS she has graciously answered with patience and intelligence.

Says That 2K ppl attended hearing..now going to recess for 10min...then panel of witness after recess

Sessions is such a turd.

and Leahy also thanked her family for their patience.

Coburn is a jackass

It really tore me up yesterday watching Pat Buchanan let loose on television the racist venom that he normally reserves for print. I could only cry, not just because what he said about Judge Sotomayor, and by extension all of us Black and Brown people who have worked our asses off and earned our achievements, was so damn hurtful but out of frustration that we can't or won't do a damn thing about it!

For the last month or so--when it was announced that Starbucks was teaming up with Morning Joe--I've been on a one woman boycott of Starbucks. Now I know that denying Starbucks by $4.25 a day venti caramel macchiato fix won't put a dent in their profits, so I kept it to myself. But last night while watching this racist arsonist as Tavis Smiley aptly described Buchanan, I thought why? Why should I not be more vocal about my boycott? Why am I not trying to get other folks to join me?

If Starbucks' market collapsed in "Liberal America" aka Manhatten, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle, Starbucks' would effectively collapse. MSNBC certainly couldn't ignore our complaints if Daily Kos et al launched a boycott of Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow, their two most popular shows, until they publicly denounced Pat Buchanan.

No, I don't want to turn off my tv! I want Pat Buchanan off tv! I want some damn respect for all of us!

I've already run my mouth about who I am here, so I won't go into it.
But, I know that one's ancestry does not define a person.
I know that the amount of melanin in one's skin has no bearing on who that person is.
I know that what matters is what a person thinks, what a person feels, and what a person does as a result of those two things.
I see our President now, and smile, seeing the true dream of America come alive before my eyes, that we embrace the pasts of all peoples who are Americans, we mingle, we talk, we exchange ideas and points of view - and we all grow stronger because of it, because we see that we really are much closer than those who view only differences might suggest.

And then there's this jackass Pat Robertson, whose family and religious values start in other people's bedrooms and minds. For me especially, seeing the venom and bile come to the surface with people I didn't suspect (and those I did) has been sobering. It also reminds me to take nobody and nothing for granted.

Seeing him especially go on his angry, spittle-flying rants is both infuriating and really funny for me. Infuriating because the very fact that opinions like this are on air encourages others to follow his absolutely lazy stereotypical thinking, and worse yet to think that this is somehow okay or somehow valuable. On the other hand, it's really funny because these same conservatives that agree with him always talked so loudly about how they're oh-so-logical, and how everyone else is all emotional and uneducated. Pot, kettle, what?

I came here to this site originally because I wanted to learn. I wanted to know, I wanted to understand even the little things about life from the points of view here, and I value all I've learned and read so far.

Keep your chin up, boycott the hell out of Starbucks, and encourage others to as well because of this. Just remember that not every whitey's a hater.

Did you mean Pat Buchanan or Robertson. Which one are you talking about. if it's Pat Buchanan, he has wasted his time because he is some ole piece of relic from years past who needs to go home and sit under a rock with his mean ole sister. There is certainly no help for him and I can' t understand why he is even contacted to appear on TV. I think if he has to have a debate his debater should be Farahkhan. That's someone who can shut him up. But tonight he is going to be a guest on Rachel Madow show and she can certainly close his mouth. If time or programs are not gracious enough to invite Farahkan then there should be no room on regualar cable shows for Buchanan. I want to know when they are going to put restrictions on what is considered over the line when tv and radio people make their rants over the air about their distaste for this country and its electorate. When will what they say become equal to "yelling fire in a crowded theater". What is the limit of the assualt on the president, this country and even the children.

Between the Pats Buchanan and Robertson, their views tend to blur enough that I think they pretty much share the same views. I've seen Buchanan spew much of the same bile as I've heard come from the head of Robertson (e.g. gay marraige, racial equality, politically-motivated patriotism), so I tend to mock one with the other.

I know Rachel loves sparring with Pat Buchanan, and I look forward to seeing it tonight.

As for your other points about broadcast decency, I do think it should be heartily re-examined - but I also understand why it hasn't been done yet. It's only when the main public as a body begins to truly eye Conservatives with suspicion and disgust that most of the things they had a hand in initiating get reversed.

Unfortunately, for the time being, more people will be shocked and horrified by the word "blowjob" than by hearing about how many people have died due to politically- or religiously-motivated violence. Until that changes, I don't see broadcast decency standards changing.

You may be very right, unfortunatly. What a shame. We have become, once again, a beacon to the world. It's such a shame and so sad that there are many who are so blinded by their ignorance and hate, they can't enjoy this time in our nation. Especially the ones who worry so much about outside forces bringing down our nation; not knowing that they are doing more that any outside force ever could by helping the nation destruct from within.

Mark Twain wrote (and I'm paraphrasing here, since I'm at work) something to the effect of "even the most powerful tyrant is helpless in the face of mockery."

They are only as powerful as we believe they are. If those who've been abusing their power or this system get laughed at and mocked every time they try to start anything, their power will quickly evaporate.

Sometimes, pointing and laughing is far more powerful than the strongest neutron bomb, or the most draconian policy.

That is exactly why, no matter who's show he's on, I turn the channel as soon as I hear his name.

It really tore me up yesterday watching Pat Buchanan let loose on television the racist venom that he normally reserves for print. I could only cry, not just because what he said about Judge Sotomayor, and by extension all of us Black and Brown people who have worked our asses off and earned our achievements, was so damn hurtful but out of frustration that we can't or won't do a damn thing about it!



You said it NMP! I also watched and heard Pat Buchanan go on a racist rant while Chris Matthews laughed. Mika and Joe laugh also and state: That's Pat being Pat. They know very well what his views are but continue to give him a platform. He uses the word "Affirmative Action baby" as if it's a disgusting bad thing & spew racist venom while other panelist sit there with their mouths opens looking @ him.

When is it enough~ MSNBC allows Pat Buchanan to use the air waves to advocate violence and murder against 19 year old Levi Johnston and they think he is being funny. I too want Pat Buchanan off TV. I don't want to hear his racist views. I grew up during the Civil Rights Era and I don't want to hear that sh!t anymore!!

Enough! I want respect as well!

Coryn back up again...boy these guys really are politicizing this hearing for the cameras

JC asks her to explain her statement about no neutrality in judging, like he said he would

He is asking the same Q's as Hatch....describes judges as 'rightwingactivism' and then asks her a qustion...SS says...I do not describe judges that way...I do not use those terms.


hahaha, she is now having to explain how IDEAS are fun to share!!

"Please don't forget that I taught at two law schools. It's fun to think about ideas.You sit at a lunchroom among judges and you'll often hear them say...'did you see what that law prof said? or what some other judge wrote? what do you think about it?' It's just talking, it's just sharing ideas."

Dumbass, Coryn asked her what did she mean by saying 'foreign law gets the creative juices flowing'

Coryn is an ASS

Coburn up AGAIN...claims he is going in a different direction....brings up judges pay and says due to deficit we may not be able to pay.

He now is going to Madison...wants to know about welfare clause, general commerce cause and Federalists papers.

HERE WE GO!!

Coburn is going to read another Madison quote! In case you did not know he is the father of our Constitution!

O how I hate the condescending remarks.


Coburn: wants to know whether Commerce Clause jurisprudence gives too much power to Congress. This is basically the opposite perspective from Feinstein.We now have trillons of dollars of debt. Maybe some reigning of Congress on the general welfare clause, the commerce clause, and the 10th amendment is in order?


SS (in sum): it's your fault; stop spending so much money; and quit your whining.

Rachel had on a guest from Slate.com (?) who talked about these jackasses droning on and on and on. I hope they just keep hammering nails in their coffins.

These friggin GOPr's asked for a THIRD round! Here comes Graham again:

Points out that he and Russ Feingold have come to the same conclusion about the 2nd Amendment, and that never happens! Notes his 25 year JAG experience.Calls today historic because of the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. We are better and stronger than him because we give him his day in court and a right to counsel.
Do you know of any concept in domestic criminal law that would allow for indefinite detention? Held in jail without a trial.

SS: There you have an advantage on me...(doesn't know)

LG: The point I'm trying to make is that we can't demand of the Geneva Convention that a prisoner of war go to a civilian war

LG: Under military law, is there any requirement to try every enemy prisoner
SS: There are constitutional principles that require a speedy trial, so no

The length of this questioning is unpredented....We're going on 3.5 hours with only one 10min break.

LG..droning on about the military and detainees in great detail...just filibustering his opinion about holding enemy combatants until they die, and that does not make America bad.

"The people we are fighting, if we let them go, they're going to try to kill us all."

Please remember judge.. 'we are not talking about ppl who held up a liquor store, these folks have signed up for a cause"

Know that 'unelected judges cannot run the war'

I'm done. The stupid and hypocrisy, IT BURNS!!

"Police love her
Law enforcement and DAs love her too"---and that's got me concerned.

How much longer do we have to listen to Session..... He's one ignorant, condesending cracka. "Distrimination." dude can't pronounce the word, but certainly knows how to work it.

You AIN'T lying! Racist mofo!

Isn't it strange that they are attacking this woman because she feels proud of her heritage and not overjoyed with theirs. When they talk about the out of context statement that they can't let go of,These sickos sound like they are saying "How dare you feel about us (white folk) the same way we feel about you!" And the newest Senator was the ones to ask the best questions. You would think this is a hearing on Scalia and the other racist on the bench. And the statement, "if I as a white male had made that statement everyone would have been all over me", make me want to puke. They didn't have to make the statement because for years that have acted out the role by keeping the bench filled with white males. It's like they are trying to bring her to her knees for being proud of her heritage. I am glad to know that CNN has this on its sister station in spanish so that all Latinos can see exactly how the Republicans feel about them. It never ceases to amaze me how whites find it absolutely shocking that minorities are not all in love with them and wish to be them. They can say that they don't want their children to marry a minority and a minority can agree with them and they are totally shocked and want to know why. Some people never get it.

Right - some people never get it. Don't forget that there are plenty of people WHO do.

Sonia Sotomayor should be proud of her heritage; it's who she is. Part of that 'she is who she is' is one of the reasons I never apologize for who I am, because I am who I am.

Oh GAWD, Strutiny. The word is "Scrutiny."

Sessions is setting the stage for their token white priviledged, Ricci.

He's accusing Sotomayor of being a coward. That dirty mofo!

Coburn is deeply troubled by Sotomayor's passion!

YT's SCURRED of the passionate, smart, Latina Judge who's going to sit on the highest court in the LAND.

I'd bet a dollar that these crackas really do have Hispanic maids and gardners....and I'ts killing them that Sonia Sotomayor is going to don that black robe in broad day light and they have their white robes hidden in the closet.

TC:

I believe you are passionate and reflect your passions. I look at myself and when I gave a speech, I let it all go. I'm more measured when I'm in Congress

TC's problem is that he really sees a dissonance outside her jurisprudence (just like Hatch said)


So no matter how passionate he paints her..he can't correlate that with her REASONED jurisprudence!!

hahahahaha

Apparently the word of the day from Repugnants is: Dissonance s/b, obviously, Hypocrisy.

yes...COGNITIVE dissonance...as if those ittybittybrains have any cognition!

Don't forget, "deeply troubled, and "concerned" all code words for "Us crackas aint used to you hispanics ruling the roost."

"....and if we had our ways, YOU WOULDN'T, Rosa....Maria.....Sonia - hmmptf "

Don't forget, Rachel Maddow is going to have Pat Buchanan on her show tonight to discuss some over the top bullshit it put out.

Its fascinating listening to these GOP senators repeatedly prodding Sotomayor to give her opinion on cases she may have to rule on once seated on the Supreme Court, knowing she would be indicating she's prejudged the issues by doing so.

I've also noticed how breathless and desperate the GOP's questioning is today, knowing its their last chance to trip her up after failing to do so all week.

Coburn is grilling Sotomayor about the 2nd ammendment.

Coburn: "Are you gonna take guns away from my bitter white contituents, if you do, you got some 'splainin to do!

Again....Jesus Christ! Are we rehashing yesterday?

Yes! Some of these folks were not there when the Q's were asked by other Senators...so it is a rehash...repeated Q on 2nd Amend,foreign law blahblahblah

Gotta run out for an hour..y'all
Specter is up now.

Sen. John Cornyn: "Do you agree with what Chief Justice John Roberts said?"

Translation: "Why aren't cosigning right wing talking points like we want you to?"

Gotta take off - this from the SCOTUS liveblogging.

Another firefigher will also testify, Benjamin Vargas: www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/nyregion/03firefight...
10:58
Kristina Moore: Oops that link did not work: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/nyregion/03fi...
10:58
Kristina Moore: The firefighters will likely testify this afternoon

Coryn:

What should I tell my constituents, who are watching these hearings, that in Berkeley and other places around the country you say one thing, but in these hearings you are saying something that sounds contradictory if not diametrically opposed?


SS:


Tell them to look at my record.


BAM!!


"What's creating this cognitive dissonance is that you appear to be a different person almost in your speeches and in some of your comments "

Damn, if this buttface did not just call her 2-faced!!

Here we go, here we go....all the closetgenderconfused issues;

Coryn:
Tying it to same sex marriage "If the Supreme Court holds that there is a right to same sex marriage, would that be interpreting the law or would that be making the law?"

SS:

I understand the seriousness of this question, I understand the seriousness of same-sex marriage. It's being hotly debated, debated in various courts on the state level, this is the type of situation where even the characterizing of whatever the Court may do one way or another suggests that I have prejudged an issue and that I come to that issue with my own personal views


hahahahah bamboozles his ittybittybrain...hahahaha..take it to 'em Sotomayor....now she is breaking it down like he is a retard...LOVIN it!!

SS: going over vaguely the process of judging for the thousandth time

"Policy," this is like the argument about the use of the word "fundamental," this is a case where the word means something different in the legal world and in the real world. I was talking about the ramifications of a precedent on all similar cases; when Congress talks about policy, it's talking about something completely different about choices in law

Coryn moves on:

What is the difference in your mind between a political contribution and a bribe?

SS:
It has been before the S Ct. since Buckley v. Valeo. Is a contributor seeking to influence or buy someone'

Coryn:
refutes that it wasn't a direct contribution...then says
is President Obama carrying out the mandate of a democratic society? Are you basically painting with such a broad brush when it comes to people's rights under the 1st Amendment...to make contributions, you consider that a form of bribery?

summabytch!!

SS: No sir!

JJPnese Translation:

Cornyn: What should I tell my constituents, as to why I should like a Mexican sit on the Supreme Court?

Cornyn: What's creating this cognitive dissonance is you're supposed to be this tamale eating, salsa dancing hot latina spitfire with a razor blade ready to cut somebody and you're sitting here just as cool as a cucumber.

Cornyn: If you sit on the SC and uphold gay marriage, you're just creating law and we can't have that.

Cornyn: ACORN and Bill Ayers are bribing you, aren't they?

Town,

Break it down, baby!

Yep, what Town SAID.

Klobuchar playing clean up hitter, cites Sotomayor's record...

K:Only death penalty you rule on, Heatley, you sustained the death penalty?

SS: Yes, rejected the defendant's claims

K: putting letters of support on the record is reading loving letters, including from cops.

Police love her
Law enforcement and DAs love her too


Go AMY! Set the record straight....Sessions has a prune face look...hahahaha

And here comes Coryn...his turn!

Amy's a champion. Interesting WRB, we have two senators on the judiciary committee from our state.

I've been wondering about that myself. But, maybe they'll speed up filling the backlog of shortage of judges nationwide. Also maybe for upcoming Bush cleanup Senate investigations. Time will reveal.

Yes, is that not just too coincidental? How did Franken land this plum assignment?

They are both REPRESENTIN..though very well.

Do they get asked? Becasue he said something about the committees when asked at his press conference when he had his wife standing there - after conceding by what's-his-name, Norm.

5 cops shot in Jersey shootout.
http://wcco.com/national/jersey.city.shooting.2...

Lindsay is sooo terrified;

"Every case I've seen by PuertoRicanLDEF advocated against restrictions on abortion and advocated federal tax payer funding of abortion for low income women. It advocated against the death penalty. It advocated against testing and quotas in employment law. That's just the record in this organization. Whether or not you advocate those positions, I haven't seen it in your judging "


Die from fright!


What gets me is why if pro-life is such an issue...no one talks about all the friggin Catholics on the SCOTUS...kennedy, scalia, alito, sotomayor....talk about a pro-life majority!!

Now, if David Brooks were nearby, Miss Lindsey could practice his Kung-Fu grip and then feel Brooks' leg...uh, feel better...yeah, that's it, feel better.

And Sotomayor would be another Catholic on the bench.

yepper!...I think I included her...isn't THAT interesting...how religion plays no role..despite..the US President creating such an uproar at NotreDame for his pro-choice views.

It was interesting to see that the Pope was more open to meeting with the President than the catholics were at Notre Dame? Cause you see I don't think it had anything to do with abortion; I think they were just a bunch of white folk who don't like the fact that he is a person of color in charge of this country. Given the history of the other leaders who they accepted regardless of beliefs. I have not seen so much hatred for a President in my entire life.

I think Unca Clarence is also a Catholic.

Hey, Unca Clarence is anything they want him to be. He has no mind of his own except to make sure that he does nothing that will uplift Black Americans. And we are stuck with him for life. What a raw deal.

He is indeed.

Is she a practicing Catholic?

Don't know...but she did rule against PlannedParenthood...said that the gov't does have the right to say how their funds are used.

Welll - one thing has nothing to do with the other.

Um, I was trying putting her presumably catholic views, in the context of rulings she made that were not pro-choice.

One can only speculate how personal/religious views will impact judgment...and so far the record shows her rulings are consistent with catholicism, on this issue.

and so far the record shows her rulings are consistent with catholicism, on this issue.

I understand....but we don't know if she's "pro/anti choice." At least I haven't heard anything one way or the other. Her rulings, I would venture, are C/W the law and for whatever reason(s) happened to be C/W Catholicism. Of course, that's also leaving a lot of room because the unknown here is what decisions you are referencing.

Ooooh!! Sonia Sotomayor is better than me, ya heard? Miss Lindsay was just straight up nasty to her. That shit was messed up!

they are hoping that Sotomayer
will jump up and start crying

but it seem the repubs are the only ones
having melt downs right now

These CRACKAS have been in MELTDOWN since November 4, 2008.

Scene from the GOP camp on election night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfV_ENR5IZE

i clicked the link but it was the wizard of oz


but i can see the repubs as the Wicked Witch
Barack Obama poured Hope and change all over them
and they melted

LOL! You're just too funny, danadevin.

raotfl

2 of my co-workers were so angry they didn't come to work for a week
stating family probs
but everybody knew what it was
your willing to give up a weeks pay
just because of Barack Obama
now thats some serious crazy
i didn't wan't George Bush to be president
but i wasn't missing work because of him


we have people who refuse to accept Barack Obama as President
and it's driving them crazy

Ya know - I stopped watching the news and shit for a good long time, months, and I mean MONTHS - 6 to 7 months. I couldn't stand to see any of their faces or hear their voices.

And what the hell does going to work have to do with who the president is? I mean that is flat out STUPIDITY.

I tell them the same thing they told me - FUCKING DEAL WITH IT.

it just shows the level of hatred they have
talking about socialist,marxist,communist, the average person doesn't even know what those words mean

i wonder if Hillary or Edwards had won would they be met with this much hatred?


yes it was Stupid. people lost their damn minds that night

Precisely...

it just shows the level of hatred they have
talking about socialist, marxist,communist, the average person doesn't even know what those words mean.

Really? That's deep. I wonder if it was also a more peaceful week for you! :)

I hope it's killin' 'em. Much less stupid to put up with.

my week was just fine

but i got a chance to see people for who they really are
people who i thought were okay
people i had lunch with everyday
now all of a sudden didn't even say hello
it was like they couldn't even look me in my face

They are who we thought they were.

yes i know it now
but i was still kinda hurt by it
im 34 years old and i should already know how it is
but i just didn't expect people to clown like that
the 2 co-workers i mentioned they seem to be okay with President Obama now
but i can't forget how they acted
so now when they speak
i wave and keep stepping

WRB -

That SCOTUS liveblogging is frickin' addictive

Yepper!!

Fuck Ken Starr and Lindsey Graham. Y'all "BUG' the hell out me.

Graham whines on the prospect of losing his white entitlement:

"A lot of the wrongs that have been mentioned have been righted and some have yet to come....do you understand the difference between that and letting 9 unelected officials change society....You will have to if you get on the Court with your fellow justices sit down and discuss whether the 2nd Amend. is a fundamental right and incorporated with every state. Even if you listen to your colleagues and read all the precedent, aren't you going to decide based on what you think America is all about?....You'll have to rely on your view of America, who we are, and how far we're gonna go "


hahahahaha...THAT's Riiiiight Lindsay...Sotomayor...is going to tell your southerncrackerasstoSUCKITUP...and STFU from the SCOTUS!!!

Graham's fear is palpable...as he so candidly articulates it...shrivels his testicles ..lmao!

I just loooove EQual OPPORTUNITY...lol lol


OOOOH...he is going LOW now...race and class...he asks:

Have you ever known a low income Latina woman who was devoutly pro-life?
Have you ever known a low income Latina woman who was pro-death penalty?

You spic, you know you are aborting babies and will not kill all those other violent spics!

Graham is FOS...can't STAND his HATE on full display...how crude and rude to be sosooo racist engaging in stereotypes, as if your race/income makes you a monolith without the capablity of independent thought.

Thanks to you guys watching and liveblogging this. I don't know how y'all can stand it. I would have probably done an Elvis on my TV by now.

Lindsay is such a southern-fried asshat...and he bugs the hell out of me.

Miss Lindsey is talking to Sonia like she is a child.

This goes beyond offensive at this point and will further cement the GOP as a minority party for some time to come.

Unbelievable.

It's like he's telling her she has been a bad "girl" and needs a timeout. They turn my stomach. They need to go take care of their moral majority, which is neither. Bunch of hypocrits that believe America belongs to them and everyone else is just of no importance. they can talk about this woman the way they do and then endorse a nitwit like Sarah Palin.

Agree, Lisa. These clowns are really showing just how much Latina woman has rendered them IMPOTENT.

Or turn them on if she is in Argentina.

No kidding. They really are out-classed here.

Okay - help me here.

I do not GET why those firefighters are there. It will add nothing to the story regarding THE LAW. Sotomayor based her decision on THE LAW. An appeal was made. The Supreme Court then 'changed the law' (as I think I heard her say Tuesday, I believe) and set the precedent.

They were not in the room when Kyl was spewing his opposition to her Ricci ruling.

We're on day four, which is already one day more than CJ Roberts or Justice Alito were called to testify

They are trying to say SS did her 'own thing' that she chose to look at precedent, even though the SCOTUS said there was no precedent, which is false for what her job was she followed the precedent of Circuit court rulings.

You are right the SCOTUS changed the law...set NEW precedent.

The Ricci case SHOULD have gone back to the state of Connecticut. PERIOD.

Lindsay's turn!!

Starts out speaking to her as if she is an imbecile!
"Graham, says that there are a lot of wrongs, but it's not the supreme court's job to fix them//do you understand that/"

ugh

Admits, he would not have had the courage as a judge, letalone politician in 1955 to have voted for Brown vs. Ed

Damn skippy..yellow bellied coward racistasshole

This hypocritical SOB, now starts in about marriage with his GAY ass, he switches up! NOW he DESIRES activism...guess his prostate needs a massage!!

Graham:
"Is there a legal cookbook you can go to and say 'a, this is a fundamental right and b is not?"

Such a WISEASS


Sotomayor:

You hire judges for their judgments, not for their personal views
hahahah...score one for Sotomayor

i love when she said "yes sir, i understand the constitution". I think they are desperately hoping to get a rise out of her.

I just wish she could say it as condescendingly as they ask the question. Pricks.

no, no, no. that would be described as passionate which would quickly devolve ..to hotbloodedLatina...not" reasoned" superior intellect.

ittybittyminds with power do not respect powerful intellect...they consider it their role to demonstrate how powerless that intellect is b4 them in all their ignorant GLORY as they revel in their stooopidity.

oh, jeezzus...

Lindsey Graham is a FUCKTARD!

What the fuck does he think WHTIE America has done all these centuries if it hasn't tried to impose it's views and way of life on any person who was not white.

A fucktard who is bent on creating more fuckery.

Damn skippy..yellow bellied coward racistasshole

Oh-oh, Miss Lindsay is starting off by jumping right into the fire, eh?

Kyl starting with Ricci!

"Neither the majority nor the four dissenting judges cited any cases that addressed the question of disparate impact. It found few if any lower court opinions that addressed the issue. Isn't it true that you were incorrect by your earlier statement that you were bound by precedent? "

"I'm aware of the facts of the case. The question I asked was very simple. What was the precedent that bound you? The Court itself noted it could find few if any precedent "

Nasty, disrespectful ..mofo...as usual!!

"Isn't it true that the result of your decision was to grant summary judgment against these parties, and secondly, that there was no Supreme Court precedent that required that result. I don't know what the precedent would be in the 2nd Cir. "

So far, Sotomayor, has not provided the precedent...hmmmm..Sotomayor cites prior appeals court ruling as precedent.

Kyl's claim that "all 9 of the justices disagreed" with her rationale is unfair, because on that point, the panel was bound by prior circuit precedent.

Feinstein points out that Ricci was 5-4. This is an important point. Ricci was a very close case. If the SCOTUS's ideological balance were a little different, it would have come out the other way.

Feinstein points out that Ricci was 5-4. This is an important point. Ricci was a very close case. If the SCOTUS's ideological balance were a little different, it would have come out the other way.

Yeah - and as I understand the Ricci case the decisions were all close.

What are the odds it'll be a white guy calling himself a Senator and "representative" of the people?

Senate hearing Schedule for Thursday, July 16, 2009:

9:35 am: Sessions and Coburn reenact a classic scene from “The Cisco Kid.”
10:15 am: John Kyl berates Sotomayor about her “Wise Latina” statements while dressed as Carmen Miranda.
11:00 am: John Cornyn calls Charro as a rebuttal witness.
11:45 am: Sotomayor finally snaps and charges the committee yelling “You think I won’t cut you???” forcing Sen. Tom Leahy to request an unscheduled recess.

11:46 am: Before Sen. Leahy can drop the gavel, however, Sotomayor whips out an AK-47, points it at Sessions and screams, "Say hello to my little friends!"

I am laughing my butt off...maybe my coworkers will suggest mental leave.

BWA HA HA!!!!

"11:45 am: Sotomayor finally snaps and charges the committee yelling “You think I won’t cut you???” forcing Sen. Tom Leahy to request an unscheduled recess."

......As she pulls the switch blade out of the sleeve of her blazer...... a tattoo of a crucifix is revealed.....

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Uh, Sonia could easily pass for black in this picture.

I'm just sayin.'

Well, the boat from Africa...stopped in PR and Jamaica BEFORE coming to the states!!

I know. If she showed up at a backyard BBQ, nobody would even give her a second glance.

Thanks for the thread Rikyrah.. good timing...hearing starts @9:30EST

Nice pic with Appellate Judge DamonKeith(center)...I wonder if it was taken at the Detroit WrightAA Museum.

Today, we'll have the remaining nine senators ask questions to Judge Sotomayor. So far, the Democrats have taken less than their allotted 20 minutes, so perhaps that will continue today

You know those southernwhitemales are going to continue to make asses of themselves,
I wonder what LindaChavez will say..should be interesting

There are 31 witnesses--including New Haven firefighter Frank Ricci, Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, and former Yankee pitcher David Cone--who have been called by the Senate Majority and Minority to testify. It is likely that their testimony will begin this afternoon and it's possible, though still very up in the air, that the hearings will conclude today

Yesterday , we got through Round 2 of questioning by 10 senators in about 2.5 hours. There are four Republican senators left and five Democrats left with 20 minutes each, so it stands to reason that we may get through all of Round 2 by lunch.

Possible we will hear from Ricci today?


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