Sotomayor is toast

Posted on June 3, 2009 by nuke

Update:  Foxnews — the wise latina remarks are “far from isolated’

Breaking over at Greg Sargent’s blog …

Sotomayor Made Same “Wise Woman” Speech In 1990s — And No One Objected

I’ve just obtained a speech that Sonia Sotomayor gave in 1994, in which she made a comment virtually identical to the “wise Latina” one from 2001 that has generated so much controversy.

And though the 1994 speech was disclosed to Republican Senators as part of her confirmation for Court of Appeals in 1998, there’s no sign that anyone objected to it in any way.

Greg believes that the existence of this previously disclosed speech suggests “that the comments are not as controversial as her critics claim.”

As much as I would have rather seen this information come out during direct questioning in the confirmation hearings, I have to disagree with Sargent’s assertion.

First, the disclosure was made prior to her confirmation hearings in 1998 for the Court of Appeals, not for a spot on the Club of Nine. Big difference.

But more importantly, this revelation absolutely smashes and destroys the “she misspoke” defense offered up by President Obama, WH Spokesman Robert Gibbs, and NBC reporter Brian Williams.

The Sotomayor nomination has just crashed and burned.

h/t Free Republic

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4 Responses

  1. no2liberals, on June 3rd, 2009 at 9:15 pm Said:

    I will wait and see.
    Her polling numbers have certainly changed, since she was first announced.
    Then there was an interesting report about her meeting with Sen. Lindsay Graham, that made the leftard Wonkette go screeching into the innernut.

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  2. nuke, on June 3rd, 2009 at 10:41 pm Said:

    I saw the graham comments. sounds like he’s positioning himself for a re-election run.

    sonia has managed to disqualify her self with her own words. obama and gibbs gambled that there were no other examples of her making the ‘wise latina’ comments out there.

    I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that there are other examples as well.

    Too bad this didn;t come out in the hearings.

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  3. no2liberals, on June 3rd, 2009 at 11:10 pm Said:

    I agree.
    It’s also unfortunate this info isn’t given more circulation.
    Latinos for Impartiality. [Rich Lowry]

    Obviously, the question for Judge Sotomayor, is whether she now agrees with Judges Saucedo and Paez. In any case, Senate Republicans need to bring up Judge Paez’s disagreement with Judge Sotomayor as frequently as possible.

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  4. Don’t Bury Sotomayer. | Little Miss Attila, on June 5th, 2009 at 12:13 am Said:

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