Despite Herself, This "Wise Latina" Will Prevail!

I have been watching this joke of a confirmation hearing, headed by that lying m-f'er (Cheney's words, mind you) Pat Leahy, on Judge Sotomayor's nomination for the Supreme Court vacancy and I am amazed at the amount of contradictions, double-standards and revisionist history in place. I'm not sure why ANYTHING surprises me anymore when it comes to Capital Hill- just a dreamer, I guess- but this nomination truly takes the cake. In general, I feel that when one party wins an election and has the majority, they they also win the right to make these selections and the "loser" basically has little say. In this case, however, it seems like it's just WRONG! To begin with, Sotomayor's biggest case decision has been appealed and reversed (the Connecticut Fireman discrimination case) by the same Supreme Court she hopes to join. To sum up her decision on that case, she basically stated that the fireman's test was illegal because no person of color scored high enough to get the promotion (11 out of 30 passed the test). It might have helped if the other 19 STUDIED!. Shouldn't the mere FACT that one her cases was reversed by the Supreme Court automatically exclude her from consideration? Had this been a more conservative-leaning jurist, I'd make the exact same comment; yet, the Liberals I'm sure would switch their argument to fit their ultimate goals. Next, her Honor stated- not once, but many, many times- that she was a "wise latina" and being a "wise latina woman" gave her distinct advantages to making LAW over the older white men of the past (paraphrased, but the sentiment is there). Now, stop for a second and IMAGINE, if you will, what would have happened if the roles were reversed. Imagine if a WHITE male made a similar comment, stating that being white made them more qualified to MAKE LAW, over those credentials of non-whites, or "wise latina" women. First of all, judges are supposed to INTERPRET law, not MAKE law. Secondly, her comment is SO racist on it's face value, how can this possibly be overlooked? I'll tell you how. She's liberal- a card-carrying member of the A.C.L.U., that's how. To think that many of these same members sat in judgment of Clarence Thomas- a brilliant jurist of color nominated by a Republican President- and for all practical purposes, ruined his career even if he was eventually confirmed. I'm just tired of racism being only a one-way street in this country. We all realize that our history of treatment of people of color is shameful, at best. It was a long, painful road, but we've improved tremendously in this area. We're still not perfect, but it doesn't mean that it should be acceptable to condone reverse discriminations to "even the score". That's ridiculous. This judge does exactly that, and the stats prove it. I am also tired of one party being in power over the other, and being accepting of bad behavior and lying, then making speeches that "apologize" for their actions. This goes for BOTH parties. I mean, seriously- how can the right claim family values a s a serious platform when they themselves are screwing everything that moves? I despise hypocrisy above all other things, and both of these parties are full of hypocrites. So, make room for Judge Wise Latina, another historical step in the right direction -just the wrong person making it!