[Grovenet] From Politico . . .

[Walt Wentz]

Kindly read the entire sentence...
"I would hope..."
That means this is an optimistic speculation on her part.  She said,  
"I would hope," not "I say" or "I believe" or even "The Bible proves."
"...a white male  who HASN'T LIVED THAT LIFE."
Get it? Hasn't. Lived. That. Life.
What is implicit in her sentence is that a white male-- or anybody--   
who HAD lived "that life" might also reach "good conclusions."

My own reaction, listening to the endless blathering of the Repub  
politicos and spinmeisters, is that rich, old, white, right-wing  
Southern men not only have never lived "that life," they wouldn't  
recognize racism if it bit them on the keister-- because it never has!
They have always been on the delivering end, not the receiving one.
Walt

On Jul 15, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Steve Jerrett wrote:

> "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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