... is how it shows "progressives" to be the most ridiculous moral hypocrites. These arbiters of all things racially and sexually "just" in society have no hassle with the judge's statements (like this, for instance), and now they're warning us to watch our language regarding her:
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs issued a pointed warning to opponents of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination Wednesday, urging critics to measure their words carefully during a politically charged confirmation debate. . . .
Indeed. But recall their outrage after 9/11?
In 2001, then-White House press secretary Ari Fleischer drew criticism in the press for suggesting Americans “need to watch what they say” in the overheated aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
But of course! Just like how Judge Sotomayor's life story is "compelling," yet folks like Miguel Estrada and Clarence Thomas, two other minorities whose life stories are equally, if not more, compelling, were largely castigated by "progressives" -- and the MSM.
So, even though this is largely, well, silly, in my opinion, I definitely get a chuckle out of how it turns the tables on the faux progressives.
I'll be glad to watch my words, and will confine myself to responding to Sotomayor's record.
In that spirit, let me say that I simply think that a wise white man is more likely to have better judgment than a wise Latina woman.
Posted by: Rhymes With Right at May 31, 2009 10:12 AM