RICHARD is right. Trying to equate the softball questions fielded by Sotomayor to the risk of bodily harm, and possibly death that Mrs Eckford faced is insulting to Mrs Eckford and the equal rights movment, Rev Martin Luther King Jr would be outraged. Mrs Sotomayor "herself deplores metaphor and analogy", yet the writer of the op-ed Liz linked not only ran with it but expounded on it even dissing Clarence Thomas while she was at it. To call what Sotomayor recieved by the commitee a grilling is an insult to sandwiches.
The person who brought race and sex into the confirmation hearing was Mrs Sotomayor by repeating and standing by her wise latina statement. Ginsburg and O'Connor would repeat the line "at the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman reach the same judgment", I dont see any sexism or racism in that quote.
I wouldnt wouldnt say she has the same persona as a wet pile of newspapers, but I get RICHARDs point.
We finaly get a minority, a relatively young one as well, as the POTUS and he makes appointments based on race and sex, not character.
Are you sexist (equal rights speak to a sexist question)?Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
Your posts about Sarah Palin are very good examples of this type of behavior.
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