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Sunday, July 19th, 2009The “activist judge” accusation is one that conservatives like to pin to progressive judges, but the reality is conservatives only consider judges “activists” if the they disagree with the judge’s ruling.
Chief Justice, and overall golden boy of the right, John Roberts, as Juan Williams points out in the clip, fits the definition of an activist [...]
Was The “Wise Latina” Comment Racist?
Friday, July 17th, 2009According to virtually every right wing pundit and politician it was. But can we really base our judgment of that comment solely on what white men, who are racists themselves, say about it? I would hope not.
First the comment in its entirety:
I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences [...]
The Empathy Double Standard
Friday, July 17th, 2009Am I the only one who has realized this? I have not seen any coverage on the fact that Sotomayor, while being criticized for using empathy as a tool to determine justice, is now being questioned as to why she did not overturn the existing law, when faced with such an egregious case of “reverse [...]
Hannity Tries To Deliberately Distort Sotomayor Quote And Gets Caught
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009David Boies corrects Sean Hannity by emphasizing that Judge Sotomayor said that she “hoped” that she would come to a better conclusion…
Hannity interrupts him and restates Sotomayor’s quote, but deliberately leaves out the word “hope.”
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O’Reilly Distorts Justice Ginsburg’s Dissent In The Hew Haven Firefighters Case
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009It is obvious that Mr. O’Reilly did not read Justice Ginsburg’s dissenting opinion, because if he had, he would have realized that much of what he said during his “Talking Points Memo” commentary was garbage.
Here are the points O’Reilly got wrong:
O’Reilly said:
00:39 – With many wrongs now righted, we are supposed to be a society [...]
Misogynists Unite: Hannity And Huckabee Distort Quote On Abortion By Justice Ginsburg
Monday, July 13th, 2009At what point does Hannity’s antics become slanderous? Seems to me, he passed that threshold long ago.
Now that the Judge Sotomayor confirmation hearings are officially under way, right wingers are taking off the gloves and looking for anyway to attack Judge Sotomayor, without seeming racist (although some obviously do not care about displaying their racists [...]
Contrary To What Hannity Believes, Footage Of Sotomayor Proves That Affirmative Action Works.
Friday, June 12th, 2009Poor Sean Hannity. He is always stepping in his own excrement.
Newly released footage of Sotomayor seems to have Hannity and his right wing friends all excited that they finally got something on Sotomayor.
In the footage, Sotomayor says:
I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am a Puerto [...]
Juan Williams Puts Kristol In His Place
Sunday, June 7th, 2009Juan Williams did a nice job of rebutting what Kristol said, but Kristol was also wrong on another issue.
The issue of whether Sotomayor was practicing “identity Jurisprudence” when she ruled on the New Haven, Connecticut case.
The reason why Kristol was wrong on this, and this has been widely reported, is that he fails to mention [...]
Economy Must Be Forcing National Review To Maximize The Amount Of Racism Per Cover
Saturday, June 6th, 2009The only thing this cover is missing is having Sotomayor next to Pat Buchanan, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh, and Glen Beck’s decapitated heads jammed on to the top of poles that are staked in the ground.
Why not place a sheet over her head and put her in a robe that says “Latina Power.”
You are already [...]
Wendy Long Illogically Argues Against Empathy
Saturday, May 30th, 2009Wendy Long of the Judicial Confirmation Network, sparred with Chris “Tweety” Matthews about the role of empathy in court decisions.
Matthews brings up Brown v. Board of Education as an example of empathy having a positive impact on the Supreme Court.
Matthews asked Long if empathy is needed beyond the law books?
Long’s response was “so you are [...]
Glen Beck And His Guest Would Not Know Empathy If It Slapped Them In The Face
Thursday, May 28th, 2009I had to post this clip due to the fact that it is riddled with stupidity.
First off, since all Hitler references are overused, they should be banned from being injected into any future debate about anything from this point forward. It ranks right up there with, “God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and [...]
Republicans Must Believe That Having A Vagina Makes You Monolithic And Stupid
Thursday, May 28th, 2009The recent comparisons between Sonia Sotomayor and Harriet Miers are just examples of the G.O.P.’s misunderstanding of the female gender. This is the second time in the last year that the Republicans have tried to pigeonhole women as monolithic and shallow.
The first time the Republicans insulted the intelligence of American women was when they choose [...]
Limbaugh Comedy Hour: Says Opposition To SCOTUS Selection Not Motivated By Race Or Gender
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009See if you can spot Limbaugh’s contradictions.
I’ll give you a moment to listen…Jeopardy tune plays…
Did you hear it? Not based on race or gender?
He could have fooled me with the use of words like “racist” and “bigot” and “angry woman.”
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What Does A Minority In America Have To Do To Be Considered Qualified?
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Progressives can only hope that the GOP will run with Buchanan’s outlandish angle with regards to Sotomayor. Imagine all of the Hispanic Americans out there who see a woman who received her law degree from Yale, and spent the last 17 years gaining experience on the federal bench, still being called an “affirmative action pick.”
If [...]
Tucker Empathizes With The Horribly Opressed “White Male”
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Tucker, you can’t be serious.
A couple things. One, Carlson mentions “identity politics,” and faults Obama for playing the identity politics game when he said:
It is very clear that those were major calculations [the fact that Sotomayor is Hispanic and a woman] in this decision.
Apparently Tucker has not looked at her resume.
It is quite clear that [...]