From Seth Stern (CQ Politics, Sotomayor Repeatedly Referenced 'Wise Woman' in Speeches , June 4, 2009):
A draft version of a October 2003 speech Sotomayor delivered at Seton Hall University stated, "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion." That is identical to her October 2001 remarks at the University of California, Berkeley that have become the subject of intense criticism by Republican senators and prompted conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh to label her "racist."
In addition, Sotomayor delivered a series of earlier speeches in which she said "a wise woman" would reach a better decision. She delivered the first of those speeches in Puerto Rico in 1994 and then before the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York in April 1999.
RTWT. In addition to reading the article, read the comments. There is a clear proof that some people do understand the double standard of racism, and they're, frankly, sick and tired of it, and not going to take it anymore.
The last comment (at the time I read the article) was the second in the batch of 21 comments that demonstrated how morally vacuous and tyrannically power-thirsty the Left has become (Posted by: jl, June 5, 2009, 1:41 PM):
Newsflash, Obama won. He nominates whoever the hell he wants. You drudge report loving folks can whine all you want but if you want a Supreme Court Justice that is acceptable to YOU, then I suggest you elect the next president. In the mean time, sit back and enjoy the show.
Yes, Obama won the election to become President of the United States, but he was elected as President, with limited powers granted to him by the Constitution, not universal powers, as an Emperor might have, to do whatever he damn well pleases, without the advice and consent of the Congress, nor thoughtful criticism by those who oppose his actions or nominations.
He may nominate "whoever the hell he wants" but we may analyze and criticize his choices, and make our opinions known to our Senators in Congress, and ask them to vote "no" if our conscience directs. We have every hope and goal to "elect the next president" but we will not "sit back and enjoy the show." We retain the right to petition our government, to demand that they address our grievances, to ask that they vote our collective desires not their own, and to speak our minds without sensor.
Obama may think Sotomayor made a "poor choice" in words. Some of us believe that Obama's nomination of Sotomayor is a "poor choice." Period. Things may not resolve themselves in the way we want, but we reserve the right to try, and to speak our minds if we believe that the direction we're headed is off the rails.
(H/t Ann Althouse, Instapundit.)
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