So, the Republicans were basically plotting strategies to derail anyone at all that President Obama might want to nominate to the SCOTUS. It is SO obvious that when Judge Sotomayor was announced as the candidate that the party’s PR machine just wanted to blastmail the base, “Dumb Spic Bitch!” Of course, they are still trying to figure out how to use their (racist) base, and not look like complete assclowns to the emerging generations that have no time for that happy horseshit. Honest to Dog, the leaked talking memos from the Rethuglicans and Talibangelists had at their core the idea that Sonia Sotomayor was somehow intellectually not up to the task.
Rove repeated it, “I’m not really certain how intellectually strong she would be.” So did Fox News, “not the smartest.” Um, do these people have any idea how freaking bright you have to be to graduate second in your class at Princeton? Karl Rove doesn’t even have a college degree! Rush Limbaugh dropped out of High School. She edited the Law Review at Yale. And she did all this growing up as a poor Puerto Rican immigrant in the Bronx who spoke no English till age nine. Not intellectually strong coming from a dropout. Nice move, Karl.
Think GWB would have made it to Yale and Harvard with that pedigree and his intellect? I think not. They just want to play the race card so badly, and they can’t figure out to do it and not lose a couple of generations of voters.
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and, yet, the republicans are out-fundraising the democrats at the moment. the american public (and i know i'm not the first to point this out) is a largely brain-dead reaction machine, having never been educated in anything like morals, values, ethics, etc. and, therefore, ill-equipped to do something like evaluate information and make a reasoned decision.
the party that can grab a willing viewer by the television antenna that passes for a brain in the average person, and beam nonsense that strikes a visceral, emotional chord (whether it be "yes we can" or "obama's going to let the terrorists live in your house") into that passive, sheep-like viewer's head, wins.
it's as simple as that.
Anyone who can read or cares to read can see that this woman is imminently qualified and that all of the GOP opposition is nothing but complete and utter crap.
I think the Republican Russian Roulette Marathon is far from over. At a time when their popularity with minorities approaches an all time low, they are alienating one of the fastest growing minorities in the nation. The RNC once touted a 35% participation with Latinos. Now, it looks like Tancredo, Beck, Limbaugh, et al. are out to whittle that down to a more manageable 10%.
Well at least it will save money on all that Spanish language Republican campaign advertising.
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