[Grovenet] From Politico . . .

[Ed Davie]

If viewed in context, as it should be, it is NOT a 
racist statement.
Ed
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Jerrett
  To: Forest Grove local interests list
  Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:46 PM
  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] From Politico . . .


  "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the 
richness of her experiences
  would more often than not reach a better 
conclusion than a white male who
  hasn't lived that life,"  was stated by Sandra 
Sotomayor, 2001.

  That my be true, but why the racism? It seems 
that anyone, regardless of
  race, with a rich life experience would bring 
more to the table than someone
  that has led a sheltered life.

  We all probably know that if the reverse were 
uttered by a white man,
  widespread outrage would ensue. Imagine the 
outrage if a  southern senator
  stated "give me a good ol' white man that's been 
through the school of hard
  knocks over an ignorant Mexican any day."

  Why aren't "progressives" joining in to denounce 
Sotomayor's blatantly
  racist statement? Instead,  such questioning is 
dismissed  as fractious
  rhetoric.

  If we as a society are to truly transcend this 
hypocritical cycle, we all
  must be honest and willing to denounce racism 
from all sources.


  Steve



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Allen Warren" <osubuckeye59 at yahoo.com>
  To: "Forest Grove local interests list" 
<grovenet at rdrop.com>
  Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:37 PM
  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] From Politico . . .


  It really is sad how our Congressional so-called 
"leaders" put Supreme Court
  nominees through the wringer. It's bad enough 
that nominees like Sotomayor
  have to first run a gauntlet just to reach the 
point where they can be
  considered as a nominee, but then each nominee 
has to sit through pompous,
  scathing badgering which is mostly show with 
little substance. And it's not
  just Sotomayor I'm talking about. It's all of 
her predecessors in at least
  the last 30 years.

  Kudos to Sotomayor for not jumping up to run 
over and strangle some of the
  Repulicans. And kudos to her predecessors for 
not doing the same with the
  opposition party in past nomination hearings.

  I firmly believe in and support our government. 
But these nomination
  hearings are simply a mechanism for the 
opposition party to drag on the
  pre-destined approval process to both badger the 
nominee and also hope they
  can somehow, magically find a "smoking gun" that 
simply isn't there.

  Allen Warren


  ________________________________
  From: Bob Browning <rab at jurislex.com>
  To: Grovenet <grovenet at rdrop.com>
  Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:20:23 PM
  Subject: [Grovenet] From Politico . . .


  I just heard Sen Coburn using a Dezi Arnas 
phrase from the Lucy Show. Yet
  another reference to Sotomayor's latin heritage. 
These Republicans never
  stop. If you're wondering what they're doing 
they're playing to the base.
  Recall what Limbaugh (the figure head of the 
conservative movement) remarked
  early in this process: "Sotomayor is a racist" 
(paraphrased). That's what
  they're probing for. They are looking to affirm 
their
  "reverse-discrimination" mantra. These guys are 
intent on making this
  nomination about race apprently because the 
latina woman has had her foot on
  the throat of conservative white male elites for 
such a long time. It really
  is an insight into the sociopathology and 
dogmatic intellect of the
  conservative mind.



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