“The G.OP. has to make a stand,” said Scott Reed, manager of the 1996 presidential campaign of Bob Dole. “This is what the base and social conservatives really care about, and we need to brand her a liberal with some out-of-the-mainstream positions. Forget about cosmetics and ethnic heritage, and focus on her record.”
But some Republicans warned that the image of Republicans throwing a roadblock before an historic nomination could prove politically devastating. Republicans saw a dip in Hispanic support in 2008, after eight years in which former President George. W. Bush and his political aides had made a concerted effort to increase the Republican appeal to Hispanics, the nation’s fastest-growing group of voters.
“If Republicans make a big deal of opposing Sotomayor, we will be hurling ourselves off a cliff,” said Mark McKinnon, a senior adviser to Mr. Bush and a long-time advocate of expanding the party’s appeal. “Death will not be assured. But major injury will be.”
However will the Republicans resolve this perplexing dilemma? Ordinary minds are baffled. But thanks to my Superior Powers Of Mental Telepathy, I, and I alone, can provide a verbatim transcript of the GOP’s deliberations on whether or not to aggressively attack Sotomayor and risk (further) alienating Hispanics and women:
Letusthinkaboutitforasecondyes.
I am fairly certain that no-one else could have possibly anticipated this.
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Hey Eli!
We always suspected you had Superior Powers.
Hey eg! I try.
Yes, but is this a pyric “victory” for liberals?
Sotomayor upheld Dubya’s worldwide anti-contraception ignorance. She is not a liberal by any stretch of the imagination.
Or however you spell pyric.
Sadly, I think she was probably the best we could expect from Obama…
Holy Frijoles … we’re een a soup !
Eli !
pyrrhic
Oh, please. Please. Please. Please.
It’s been working so well for them, no?
Yeah, keep up that Hispanic outreach, guys. It’s working great.
More’s the pity. I love her life story, but then Thomas’s was great too.
Maybe she has crossed paths with Bill Ayers.
I coulda goggled it. *g*
Barbara Boxershorts stated that she hopes that Soto will prove to be a liberal after all. Even as Soto sided with Republicans 95 percent of the time when Repubs held the majority opinion.
Ruht Roh!
Excellent SNL clip. Walken’s admittedly limited range is superb when used properly. His scene in Pulp Fiction was one of my favorites
What time IS it?
Those dirty bastards!
You probably already know you can type a word in the google box and the correct spelling will drop down without having to leave the webpage you are on.
Despite it’s spotty history it did turn out to be a lucky watch.
His performance in the Stalk Talk sketch was a masterpiece, but it’s impossible to find. Apparently the people who put together the SNL Best Of Christopher Walken compilation thought the sketch where he was Cheri Oteri’s New Jersey neighbor was funnier.
Shit on you for calling my laziness out. *g*
OK, I gotta crash but please don’t drive yourselves into despair. No one really knows what a person will do when they get on the court.
Tom Petty
Most things I worry about
never happen anyway
She may have but I didn’t.
So thinks.
Damn, it’s a shame that’s not available. Was just reading the comments for that episode at the SNL site and everybody is asking for it.
I know there are a number of cases of judges getting on the court and being more liberal than expected, but does anyone know of a judge who became more conservative after being appointed to SCOTUS?
‘night, Raven.
I think all the current conservative SC justices portrayed themselves as being more moderate during their confirmation hearings.
But they weren’t. So it’s not like they actually changed.
Difficult to tell if anyone ever changed or if the setting simply brought out unanticipated aspects of their character.
I don’t think there were any credible indications that, say, Thomas, Scalia, Roberts, or Alito were even remotely moderate.
They’re about as far back as I go, though.
Nobody could have expected Christopher Walken would be so funny. LOL
I’ll bet he’s Condi’s favorite actor!
At the risk of repeating myself, I find great cause for concern over any judge who would support any of Shrub’s regressive anti-abortion and anti-contraception policies (Sotomayor did). In this case, the fact that she is a female makes the positions she had taken on these issues even more disheartening to me.
Soto is a gift to Republicans. They will raise hell because their base expects it, but she will be readily confirmed.
The decision you mention was rendered more on technicality than some philosophical basis. It’s kind of difficult to discern where she might stand on reproductive rights. Good rundown by Tom Goldstein of her Appellate opinions here. Kind of a mixed bag.
I do think it would be difficult for the GOP to depict her as a radical left-wing ideologue if they tell the truth… which they will not.
I would like to know more about the particulars of the case(s) which concern you on abortion and contraception. Judges have to uphold the law, even if they find the content of that law not to their liking.
Christy has been researching Sotomayor since before the election and has found nothing alarming on contraceptive freedom. Trust me if she did you would have heard about it.
Quite the powers you have, Eli!
wondering what eli’s superhero costume looks like
Well that’s good to hear. Rachel Maddow mentioned Soto/abortion/contraception on her show tonite. It didn’t sound good.
It’s a thong with an E on the crotch and a little cape on the back.
Hi, Eli!
Hi, Pups!
OT, but…
Have I been under a rock for the last several years? Or is Jonathan Alter talking out of his a$$ on Countdown/KO? “The Surge worked…history will have a positive verdict on The Surge” Huh? Wha?
Oh, and he’s going on about how “Cheney is laying a trap for the pres” vis a vis another “attack”. No mention of the media’s role in amplifying the Right’s efforts to politicize and horse-race-ize everything…
Sheesh.
Funny Wheelie Diva
Yeah, after Rachel, I’m not feeling nearly as happy about Sotomayor. On the other hand, extremely bright/smart, extremely experienced and dedicated to the Rule of Law aren’t to be sneezed at these days…
Funny Wheelie Diva
Good, I think all thongs should include capes in the back. I also think dogs who can’t keep their tails down should be required to wear pants…
Good point, I mean, is Nero fiddling, and was he last seen with a match, a strike box, an oil lamp full of oil, a wet cloth, and a fuse?
Are we burnin?
Is Jim Morrison sangin ‘Light My Fire’?
Just how much of a Pyrrhic Victory is it?
*G*
Trying for the tasteful response.
i’m trying to not ask if the
banana hammockthong will be yellowWhy am I being told she’s pro choice?
Ye. Ah. Uh.
Ya tink?
Doh. ;-)
Uh, Civil Rights? lol
Looks like a Repub has been fiddlin with Sotomayor’s Wiki page, or someone with bad grammar:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor
They’re trying SO hard this time around on the “Democrat Party” thingy. They want that to just become “the norm.”
Only in front.:-)
Obama=Bush. Didn’t you get the memo? There’s nothing to be happy about. Nothing.
I was afraid of this . . . no need to look people, move on.
Nothing to see here, keep moving, thanks, the authorities have it all under control.
That’s it, move on folks . . . . keep movin . . . .
lisa has late nite upstairs
Soooooo, one or more of the legal beagle sites must have a way to list the cases that came before her and her decisions, no? I know I’ve heard decisions talked about by the pundits, hacks and the corporate lackeys known as congresscritters in the past.
FWD-
Keith kicked Jonathan Alter off his show for quite a while because of his views. (Can’t remember the issue…)
I think he’s back on now because of his contract, but I never get a warm, fuzzy feeling from Keith about it.
Burns my eyes . . . please stop . . . oh the burns . . .
Ewww . . . .
lol
Obama is the Doung Henning of Presidents…it’s all an illUUUUUUsion…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwrsIGPfMoQ
Bye, bye elephants.
Sadly, I agree with Eli.
Is she catholic?
I hope so; they’re terribly underrepresented on the Supreme Court…
The ruling for Bushco on no funding for birth control/abortion was that government has the right to chose not to fund.
Cardinal Spellman High School my guess is she is not pro choice…will Roe vs Wade go down?
The confirmation hearing should reveal a lot about where she stands.
The G.OP. has to make a stand,” said Scott Reed, manager of the 1996 presidential campaign of Bob Dole. “This is what the base and social conservatives really care about, and we need to brand her a liberal with some out-of-the-mainstream positions. Forget about cosmetics and ethnic heritage, and focus on her record.”
Uh huh she is so out of the mainstream that George Bush 41 thought she was an excellent judge, and many of the pukes sitting there now approved of her in the 1990’s.
The sky is falling!!!11!1
The pukes were for her before they were against her…..
Well, well…it’s been fixed at her Wiki page. Hmmm….
The Democrats have quite correctly stated that they will do healthcare without the Republicans if they wish only to be obstructive. Similarly, they should inform the Republicans that they will staff the Court without them, if necessary. The Democrats have the muscle to invoke the Nuclear Option, if need be.
Phyrric – a one word response to describe every republican policy and action from Nixon onwards. It explains why the US is where it is today.
pyrrhic