Newt Gingrich (Getty)
"White man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw," Gingrich wrote. This was preceded by: "Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a latina woman' new racism is no better than old racism"
Gingrich was referring to a lecture Sotomayor delivered at the University of California at Berkeley in October 2001 in which she discussed the relationship between her Latina identity and work as a judge.
"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life," Sotomayor said.
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When will the GOP learn that the repeated utterances of a misogynistic failed politician like Gingrich do more to rally people to the other side than to his cause. His arrogance walks three pace ahead of him, and the GOP would be better asking President Obama to nominate him to an Ambassordship in some far-distant land. Judge Sotomayor's comments were logical and inciteful, and only a racist bigot from Georgia could see otherwise.
Posted by: fenwaydawg
| May 28, 2009 10:14 AM
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