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The headline says it all…
Posted: May 30, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/newsTags: double standards, irony, just deserts, obama, reality, sotomayor
Thomas Nast, Obama and Judge Sotomayor
Posted: May 30, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/newsTags: conservatism fights back, history, just deserts, obama, reality, sotomayor
The attempt to silence critics of president Obama pick of Judge Sotomayor have run into into two large snags. One of them is Rush Limbaugh who the administration foolishly elevated, cowardly ducks, and has actually driven listeners to. His listing of democratic reactions to Janice Rodgers Brown and Alito are devastating to the above the fray arguments.
The second is the Thomas Nast like quality of Judge Sotomayor’s own statements. Boss Tweed knew that even the illiterate in New York understood “Those damn pictures”.
It helped lead to his downfall.
Like the Nast Cartoon pictured Sotomayor’s statement is devastating to her and the White Houses cause because it is easily understood by any person of any education. Some democratic analysts understood this right away. Attempts to spin it or “contextualize” it are doomed because the average person who doesn’t follow politics knows exactly what it means.
This is why the White house and media are slowly showing signs of concern.
I predict that within a few days the media will all decide it was a minor case of “mispeaking” and try to move on. We will see if it works.
They are just lucky there is not a youtube video of her saying it. That would be the stake through the heart.
I’m not a professor of anything…
Posted: May 30, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/newsTags: conservatism fights back, just deserts, reality, sotomayor
…but I think this argument is pretty weak:
If Sotomayor is unfit for the bench because she concedes that she struggles to remove herself from her own experiences, then O’Connor and Scalia are unfit as well because they believe the Court should not stop jurors from making decisions based on the own backgrounds and previous experiences.
Read the whole thing, it is one thing for a judge to state that you can’t remove a person’s life experiences from a juror’s judgment. (You can’t) It is a totally different thing to state that a particular racial or ethnic judgment is superior to another due to race.
The bottom line is Judge Sotomayor’s statement is indefensible and the “so’s your old man” argument isn’t going to wash. Very intelligent liberal voices know this, so the path of the argument has to change. This argument for example that rebuts the “radical” charge is solid but doesn’t address the question on the floor.
I repeat my question. If Judge Sotomayor’s was a white male who made such a statement publicly would that disqualify such a candidate for even a lower judgeship than Judge Sotomayor currently holds? Anyone Bueller? Bueller?
You know I read Krauthammer today…
Posted: May 29, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/newsTags: conservatism fights back, obama, Rush, sotomayor
…and I guess on Morning Joe they were reading a different column.
I didn’t see anything attacking Rush or Newt but the way the morning Joe crowd was talking you would have thought it was a shot across the bow attacking them.
You can certainly make the case that since the odds of blocking this appointment are slim we should save our powder for when it matters but I think that apathy and concession breeds apathy and concession.
Charles is trying to elevate the debate, he makes points but it seems to me he is choosing to be Captain America bringing a shield to a sword fight. In case you forgot here is what happens when you do:
What happens when you come to a swordfight without a sword.
This president is a Chicago Pol, the democratic party is one big Chicago Machine in the way it works. The right way to handle it is the Chicago way.
If we are going to uphold what we believe is right we have to be willing to fight. As one of my favorite presidents (a democrat) said: A public office is a public trust. If a person doesn’t meet that standard we need to fight it out. I can’t find the clip but the operative quote here is from the liberal movie The American President:
A. J. MacInerney: Oh, you only fight the fights you can win? You fight the fights that need fighting!
This fight needs fighting.
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