Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor visited several federal legislators today in a bid to confirm support among Democrats and convince Republicans that she would be a solid pick for the top court.Democratic Senators Patrick Leahy and Harry Reid both met with her this morning and praised her judicial experience. Both legislators tried to deflect criticism that she is a “reverse-racist” as well as ridiculous critiques such as this piece of idiocy from Tom Tancredo. “I’ll tell you one thing that will motivate me to go sooner, rather than later — when you have vicious attacks by leading Republicans (who) call her the equivalent of the head of the Ku Klux Klan, and call her a bigot”, said Leahy.
Sotomayor also spoke with Sen. Jeff Sessions - the leading Republican on the Judiciary Committee. “She will get a fair hearing in the Judiciary Committee. She will be treated respectfully,” said Sessions though he contradicted President Obama by trying to push confirmations hearings for after the summer break.
According to an Associated Press-GfK poll released today, nearly a third of those surveyed have a favorable view of Sotomayor and half back her nomination. Democratic and Republican respondents where split in their support of her though she’s seen favorably by most independents.
Image- AP (“Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor shares a laugh with the Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., during their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh).”
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Republicans smearing Sonia Sotomayor :
ReplyDeleteRepublicans digging a hole in which they are going to be trapped for years.
The vileness with which the radical right wing has attacked Supreme Court Judge nominee Sonia Sotomayor may cost the Republican party in votes for many years to come.
I think that Latinos and other Minorities should be informed on the baseness, vulgarity and aggressivity of all these guys and what they have said against Sonia Sotomayor.
That is our task as bloggers, even if we are small or tiny or little ants, we should push against Racist Scoundrels.
Many Whites also dislike the vulgarity, grossness, tastelessness of all these people that accuse Judge Sotomayor of being a Racist, when in fact many of them are long life Racists.
These people are like the proverbial donkey that laughed at the big ears of other quadrupeds.
Many attacks and answers against vulgarity here :
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