Comments on: President Obama picks Latina Judge Sotomayor for Supreme Court

By: theKaiser

theKaiser — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:48:06 +0000

Sonia Sotomayer doesn’t own any high end foreign cars. She drives an old Honda civic, and it doesn’t have 22” rims. She is charitable with her friends and has no huge hidden assets tied up in a shell corporation in Panama. She has average credit card debt and prefers baseball games to gala events. She shops at a wholesale club, and doesn’t fly out to Orange County so she can be seen at the South Coast Plaza. Merchants who deal with her say she never condescends to them when she contemplates a purchase. She is a self made woman, scholastically brilliant, and has worked her way up the judicial ladder through the admiration and earned respect of her legal peers. Of course members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus aren’t going to be supportive of her. And neither will Anheuser-Busch’s MALDEF. They want someone who is reflective of their values. And Sonia Sotomayer doesn’t fit that description.

By: DelToro

DelToro — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:59:03 +0000

“Estrada was a right wing wacko who had no experience as a judge”.

Ideology being the problem huh Anna?

Sotomayor’s comments regarding her ethnicity and judgement vs. “white males” is disgusting. Only after she was called on it did she say she regretted her words. In the post-racial election the truth is ethno-polotics has become the order of the day. It is hypocritical and sad. But what would you expect when statements about Congressional seats being for a particular race is order of the day?

By: Professor Y

Professor Y — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:32:50 +0000

I encourage everyone to contact their Congressional repsas well as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to let them know we demand their enthusiastic support for Judge Sotomayor. If they don’t then don’t expect our votes for them during the next election!

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:42:12 +0000

Estrada was a right wing wacko who had no experience as a judge.

By: DelToro

DelToro — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:25:25 +0000

Miguel Estrada? Anyone? Anyone? Hmmm. I wonder why his story wasn’t as compeling? He had it much harder than Sotomayor. I think I may know why he wasn’t as liked and so do many of you.

By: Bearguez

Bearguez — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:45:55 +0000

Isn’t it appalling that not one member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and I am including the Sanchez sisters has come to the defense of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayer? Not even a simple congratulations, or way to go sister, or even an “Oodalay?” What does this say about the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and I am again including the Sanchez sisters here? Could it be that they’re working overtime on pertinent legislation that will lift Latino voters from the bottom of America’s social ladder? Or is this Supreme Court nominee just too accomplished to be recognized by this group of politicians? Those of us who follow the actions of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are not surprised by this. However, we should all be appalled by this behavior from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, including the Sanchez sisters.

By: DoctorH

DoctorH — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:47:31 +0000

I think David Gregory of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” may have cleverly shamed U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions-R Alabama into rethinking his strategic questioning of Sonia Sotomayor on his show Sunday morning. It was a brilliant display of direct questioning that we haven’t seen on “Meet the Press” in decades.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-sotomayor-senate3-2009jun03,0,7796649.story
Now I wonder if Orrin Hatch-R Utah is going to be the jackass who introduces Rush Limbaugh’s rhetoric into the hearings.

By: WhatThe..

WhatThe.. — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:16:06 +0000

Thank God racism is only a white anglo phoenomenom. I was beginning to think blacks, latinos and others were capable as well.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:19:03 +0000

Re: “I would have preferred California Supreme Court Associate Justice Carlos R. Moreno”

I like him too, but he’s the only Democrat on the California Supreme Court. If he were gone, Arnold would chosse his replacement. No thanks! We need Moreno here.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:16:48 +0000

The Republican idiots can whine all they want, but Sotomayor will be confirmed. She’s highly qualified and they can’t take that away from her. They can’t criticize her work, so they have to call her shrill, bossy, and even a racist. lol