Sotomayor Opponent Says She Has "Bias In Favor Of Politically Correct Individuals"

[hetsomani]

In most cases but Sotomayor did not create affirmative action laws.

[hetsomani]

Lol. What race war? How many white people in this country think like you? Probably the 300 members left in the KKK. I have no issue with other races. You and I are more different than black people and I will ever be. I only hope you do not reproduce. Wait! You are 26? Hillbillies begin having kids in their early teens, so your trailer home must be full by now.

[papavalium]

Some observers claimed that the Democrats also wished to avoid giving Bush points with Hispanic voters. The Democrats hotly contested this; however, internal memos to Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin mention liberal interest groups' desire to keep Estrada off the court because his Latino heritage made him "especially dangerous" as a potential future Supreme Court nominee

[hetsomani]

I am white. Again, I feel sorry for you.

[ipowers2927]

Say man u need to be cool with all the racial shit. Ur showing ur ignorance, but then again u might not care how ignorant u make urself look, so nevermind.

[hetsomani]

The claim from the firefighters was racial in nature, her decision wasn't. It will be hard for you to understand. A truly inferior being can justify thinking of himself as superior because of his race.  People who need to use their race, nationality, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sex..etc, to feel good about themselves are losers. They have no accomplishments. Have you traveled outside our country? How often do you read a book? Where you raised in a small town in the south?

[TheOffenda]

That is the single most ignorant statement I've read all day.

[ipowers2927]

It's real easy to talk that shit on the computer. if u called me or anybody else a nigger in my face I would fuck u up and trust me I can do it and I don't even know u. I guess it's ok when a white kid gets into an Ivy league school because of who their father and grandfather is without having the brainpower or the credentials to get there. She got to where she is the hard way. Not because of her family ties and connections to Yale like that last dumb ass President we had.

[ipowers2927]

Say dumb ass. First off I would BEAT ur ass if u said that to my face. Graduating FIRST in your high school class at a CATHOLIC high high school is what gets u accepted into PRINCETON, not affirmative action. AS far as great white thinkers. White thinkers were mesmerized when they saw the Pyramids for the first time, which required engineers and architects to build. I wonder where those Pyramids were ? Oh that's right Africa. One of the 7 wonders of the world built by AFRICANS. Gee !!!

[Hereticbooks]

Jackass! You forget that "empathy" was one of the virtues that GHW Bush named as one of the redeeming qualities of his pick for the supreme court, Clarence Thomas. Why is empathy a good thing for Thomas, and an evil thing for this latino woman? You republitards have selective memory.

[ipowers2927]

Unexceptional. Let's see. Second in her class at PRINCETON. Editor of the YALE LAW REVIEW. 17 years on the bench more than any other current justice had coming in. Did it ever occur to u that a lot of judges are what u call "bullies on the bench" and her critics may be those who she has ruled against or had disagreements with ? It probably didn't because I don't think that I'm talking to a scholar here. Princeton, Yale, 17 years on the bench. Yeah, unexceptional.

[TedinLasVegas]

I also find it telling the TPM cuts off the rest of the interview. Had TPM had the guts to show Sotomayor's actual comments, it would be ABSOLUTELY clear that she is a racist and a sexist. Anyone who is not an hispanic woman is beneath her.

[happy2bUSA]

ted: I heard that interview & U are 100% correct...shes not only Racist she is sexist. And since Barack took great pleasure in voting AGAINST all of Pres Bushes appointees AND voting to "buster" them if they got too close...I think its VERY appropriate that the other side slmas her as well. Have these people even followed her career or are they all hyped up for her because she is a leftist or Latina? Cuz her decisons have been radical & racist..ask the Firefighters in New Haven Conn....to start.

[hetsomani]

Race had nothing to do in the New Haven decision. Lets not use the race/sex card here. It looks bad enough when minorities use it,- let alone white men.

A judge's sex, race, ethnicity, economic background, personality...etc..., affects the way they interpret the law. Our constitution is not the book of 'objectivity.'

A conservative white male judge will tend to vote against liberal matters. A latin woman will more likely vote in favor. Judges are not 100% objective

[ipowers2927]

Thank you. People's personal experiences is what shapes their ideology and their perspectives. Finally somebody has something intelligent to contribute to the conversation.

[LeeandTree]

hetsomani: How can U say Race had nothing to do with her New Haven decision? (And please dont call me a racist because I have no problem telling you that I know MANY intelligent Blacks & Hispanics...many, many) But the fact of THAT matter is, Every person who did pass& qualify for thier promotion was White & everyone who failed was Black or Hispanic, & she would not allow the White people to recieved what they studied for, worked for & earned, b'cus no Black or Hispanic person did. Empathy?

[stillwaiting333]

Yeah Lee: Where the hell was her SO_CALLED EMPATHY for all the guys who gave up time with thier families, needed extra hours at work, and their own relaxing time, so they could hit the books for months to pass that test and make a few dollars more for their families? Her empathy is lopsided and not really empathy but jealousy and bias. Balck, white, Brown like her, or GREEN, it's RACIST!

[hetsomani]

I followed the case very closely because I was studying civil law. I think you are just looking at the overall picture. To begin - I think 19 white and 1 hispanic firefighters passed the test. The fact that you tell me they were all white tells me you are not even informed. I do not recall if any hispanics failed the test, I thought they were all black.

You also need to know about affirmative action and the process followed by the city to eliminate the test. She did not rule alone.

[LeeandTree]

Oh it tells you shit, it tells you what you want it to tell you. I did correct that to 1, but pulled up another video I had commented on by accident. Affirmative Action is why SHE got into school and why SHE is a judge, you dont think she'd cross them now do you?

[hetsomani]

Those are the rules of the game. Rupublicans nominate conservative judges, and democrats moninate the liberals. Because a judge's opinions affect how they interpret the constitution, a nonimation always makes the losing team cry. If you don't ilke it, move to Texas - I heard the governor there is trying to secede from the union.

[GorterPoss]

she has empathy though. That's awesome.

[TedinLasVegas]

Empathy does not make good judicial decisions. The late-great Oliver Wendell Holmes said that for the sake of the law and rationality, he many times had to decide against those who he felt empathy for.

Had he not gone against his empathies, we'd still likely have Jim Crow.

You have to ask yourself; empathy for who?

[kvjhedfbv]

Liberal extremist Obama chose a bigot, racist sexist pig.

Sotomayor has no business being a Judge and should be disbarred.

[ipowers2927]

If u took the time to look at her rulings in the past like a lot of law scholars have, u would see that like those who have studied her described her, she is a moderate. But like most on the right facts don't really matter

[kvjhedfbv]

Sotomayor's legal opinions were overturned by the US Supreme Court 60% of the time.

Those that studied her must be sexist bigot racists, like her.

This is the 21st century, not the 16th century.

Liberals need to be forced to live in the 21st century.

[qwertyman129]

She's been overruled 3 times in a decade on the bench. The SC has heard appeals on her 5 times. That's your 60%, but you overlook the fact that the average overturn rate for the SC is 65-75%. She's written more than 300 opinions. Her actual reversal rate is less than 1%.

And merely being overturned doesn't make a judge good or bad. Alito and Scalia were overturned on 100% of their opinions heard on appeal by the SC!

[kvjhedfbv]

Maybe Republicans should launch an attack on Sotomayor like Democrats attacked Miguel Estrada for being Latino?

Oh wait, only Democrats attack people for their race.

[qwertyman129]

I don't want to get into the identity politics here, because it seems to quickly get ugly, and because I'm sure your mind is already made up. Frankly, that's a matter of opinion.

But reversal rates are matters of fact. And as you see, Sotomayor is not overturned 60% of the time; and frankly, reversal rates are not important in determining the quality of a judge. That's my only point.

[kvjhedfbv]

Sotomayor is a racist sexist bigot.

Sotomayor should not be a Judge anywhere in the world except Puerto Rico.

[qwertyman129]

So I'll only note two things here:

1. At least you're not talking about reversal rates anymore. Hopefully that's because you see that I was right.

2. Isn't it a bigoted statement on your part to say that the only place a particular judge would be fit to be a judge is in Puerto Rico? That there's something so horrible about Puerto Ricans that you think they'd deserve her, but no one else?

Take the beam out of your own eye before complaining about the speck in the other person's eye.

[kvjhedfbv]

I suggested Sotomayor be a judge in Puerto Rico because she can only discriminate against men and non-Puerto Ricans there.

It would reduce the number of injustices!

I'm as concerned about Sotomayor being reversed by a higher court, as I'm concerned about some of her bigoted remarks explaining her judgments.

Sotomayor has no place in any legal system!

[qwertyman129]

She's been an excellent 2nd Cir. judge for over a decade and her judgments on matters relating to race are much more even handed than you think. I'd point you towards Norville v. Staten Island, in which a discrimination claim brought by a black employee was dismissed and Cruz v. Coach Stores, in which she dismissed a Hispanic woman's work discrimination claim.

Your view of Sotomayor as some sort of racist who summarily judges against whites without cause is totally false.

[kvjhedfbv]

You make a good point.

I'll assume, Sotomayor made these racist, sexist bigoted remarks to a group of racist Puerto Ricans (La Raza) for a speaking fee.

This tells me Sotomayor can be bribed as a Judge and has no problem making a decision based on skin color or genitals.

[WinterHaven]

Obama chose her because (1) due to being a woman (2) being hispanic. That's more "brownie" points on "change" but its basing it on gender and race.  Did you know most hispanics and blacks voted against gay marriage? I am also seeing all over the internet that she *IS* a racist. Do a google search and look for yourself.

[preagnantflea]

Gain brown points =lose white points

[Superplatanoman]

judicial watch?

[02teddykgb02]

I simply believe any supreme court justice should not be racist in any way. Sotomayor is a racist.

[Product1999]

you are aware that many justices in the past were in the KKK.

[02teddykgb02]

This woman Sotomayer...is on record as saying latino women make better decisions than white men. Now...if a white man had said the opposite...he would be burned at the stake. I think we can find a minority...and a woman to serve on the supreme court...with a better mindset than this paticular woman.

[EntropyGuardian]

Did it hurt your big white man feelings?

[rudeawakeningxxx]

mmmm....maybe women make better decisions than men in general??

[hossboss96]

im having a hard time deciding if tpmtv is a politically leaning station or not. it seems to be liberal to me often, but then again some things like this video are just republicans talking, which ironically still sound like they are done to favor democrats. someone help me out

[KruNae]

Yes it's Liberal and no tpmtv doesn't try to make Republicans sound dumb. They do that with their own words.

ps I'm a registered republican, not some left nutted hippy.

[bombonyou]

ok. Well, *I* read empathy to mean a curly-haired Spanish-speaking woman with sizable breasts and an Ivy-league education. But that's me.

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.

[whoo689]

Well, I read "empathy" from Obama as possibly referring to someone who enables bigger government and the welfare state while on the bench. Not someone that thinks (rightly) that the gov't had a huge hand in causing the financial crisis. Rather, someone who "feels" for the middle class by blaming the rich all the time and scapegoating them 100%. Claiming the poor are poor simply because the rich "screwed them over." Or someone who's a friend to ACORN on the bench.

[lhooq21]

What? The GOP does not want to be fair to people other than straight white christians? No surprise here.

[JacobFlores2]

Woo! I agree!

[gsuitter]

"The Second Amendment applies only to limitations the federal government seeks to impose on this right.

—Opinion of the court, including Judge Sotomayor, Maloney v. Cuomo 2009

Bork her!

[KataVideo]

really? that's what the hack "reads empathy to mean"?

"He is a delightful and warm, intelligent person who has great empathy and a wonderful sense of humor."

George H.W. Bush, on scotus nominee Clarence Thomas

July 1, 1991

Tom Fitton of Judicial watch: S*T*F*U

[studio7manga]

Hey hey now, I'm a white straight male and I consider myself politically correct as well. Why can't I be demonized by GOP bigots. If feel left out...

[hyperbrain20]

lol

[San47di]

It's said on the News that GOP could lose Latino votes if they attack Sotomayer's appointment to the Supreme Court. "News Flash!!" The GOP has already lost the Latino vote, and 42% of the white vote!! Did you not see the election return results??!! Viva Obama!!We have a Bold, Brave, and Competent President who is a serious man in a serious job, and he's not afraid to make the right choices. No one can effectively argue against this woman's credentials and accomplishments!!

[SlapHappyWrath]

wow that was so racist.

[geeoffchin]

couldnt agree more.

[Smartassawhip]

He made a fine choice. I think the GOP has colic.

[ehkinoh]

It's really amazing how republicans try and redefine english words to suit their arguments.

Empathy is the capability to share your feelings and understand another's emotion and feelings. It is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes," or in some way experience what the other person is feeling.

How is that a bad thing for a justice to have?

[RZetlin]

I guess words like empathy, compassion and love are now Anti-American values according to the GOP.

[DeletedDelusion]

Yes, one could certainly come to that conclusion.

Now the words which they think should represent America are more like, enemy, combat and leash.

[freedom8758]

"thats a fair point" NO IT ISNT DIPSHIT

[sailfished1]

The syncophants who populate this site are as blinded to the truth as any rush limbaugh dittohead,sad,wake up folks, nothing has changed in the agenda,Obama only represents a more palatable marketer of lies and disinformation

[ver506]

I saw this interview and this guy had several insane talking points!!!

His 1st comment, and a very telling one about the nominee, was that he didn't like her because President Obama picked her.....'nuff said!!!!

[nm353130]

"politically correct individuals" ????!!!!! wth?

[San47di]

Only ignorance of the Supreme would motivate a person to try and undermine this woman's hard work and stellar accomplishments. It's this very ignorance and stupidity that cost the Repubicans the election, and will continue to keep you out of office. You still haven't understood that the American people are SICK of your vile racism and lack of moral decency. Obama goes to great lengths to endorse the BEST minds of intelligence this world has to offer, and all you can do is see race. Pathetic!

[hisociety119]

So she will be biased in favor of people who seek to minimize offense to gender, racial, cultural, disabled, aged or other identity groups? And biased against those who are offensive?

[terpis]

Seems like what the white male attorney says.

The blacks, the Mexicans, the Puerto Ricans, women, the gays...a bigot's work is never done, apparently.

Here's the pure stuff that informs the anti-Sotomayor kickers and screamers....a burning desire for uppity types to be "humbled". Comedy gold, I promise.

watch?v=dGJEMKFF-xE

[JerezJulio]

So the republican only want judges that are bias toward white Man?

This comment shuold be use for Campaings Ads.

[CynicalSavior]

Am I the only one that thinks this guy looks like Stuttering John from the Howard Stern show?

[WKaliberr]

republicunts and conservatives make me laugh

[Hamandchees3]

oh,