LA Times: Republicans will make race an issue in Sotomayor confirmation

Republicans will make race an issue in Sotomayor confirmation
GOP conservatives didn't hesitate to call the Latino Supreme Court nominee racist, but Republican senators were cautious. Now, the gloves are off.

By Peter Wallsten
12:35 PM PDT, May 31, 2009


Reporting from Washington -- Since the introduction last week of Sonia Sotomayor, Republican senators wary of attacking the first Latino Supreme Court nominee have criticized fellow conservatives who have branded her a "racist" and even predicted a smooth confirmation.

But several of those same GOP senators, now reluctant to criticize conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich for their racially tinged critiques of Sotomayor, signaled today that they too are ready to make race a key focus of the nomination battle as they settle on a touchy question: Can a woman who says her views are shaped by her gender and ethnicity make fair decisions when it comes to white men?

"We need to know, for example, whether she's going to be a justice for all of us or just a justice for a few of us," said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaking on ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopoulos."

Only days earlier, Cornyn said in a radio interview that it was "terrible" for conservatives to be attacking Sotomayor as a "racist." But today, the senator did not reiterate those sentiments and pledged that he and other Republican lawmakers would probe deeply into Sotomayor's past comments and rulings to see if her heritage colors her ability to make fair decisions.

Cornyn's comments were echoed in television appearances by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky; Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee; and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), another member of the panel that will conduct hearings. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-sotomayor-gop1-2009jun01,0,6441167.story

Non-.

but then again, what more would we expect from a lame and pathetic group of losers.

EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE IS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A WHITE, RICH, MALE ASSHOLE TEXAS REPUKE

Nothing gets by them.

:rofl:

I hope that when they do the Hispanic vote comes out in droves in the 2010 elections and votes their asses out of office. We need to be at the forefront of this movement.