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Re: White cracka Senator Jeff Sessions says Sotomayor comment is "troubling", but not nearly as troubling as the comments Sessions made when he lost his bid for a federal judgeship in 1985 and 1986. hint: ok, so it was Ronald Raygun, SAME DIFF!
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sincereq...@gmail.com
May 29, 2009, 3:44:00 PM5/29/09
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On May 29, 3:37 pm, sincerequestio...@gmail.com wrote:
> http://www.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/05/67371675/1?p...
>
> *********
> posted for fair use and to show 1) what neanderthal Senator Jeff
> Sessions is and 2) what a crybaby he is when he got his ass rejected
> after he showed what a racist he was when his
> words came back to haunt him. to wit and quoted directly from my copy
> of today's USA today
> "Sessions testified, for example, he was joking when, during the
> prosecution of two Ku Klux Klansmen for killing a black man, he said
> he had respect for the Klan until he found out some
> members of the white supremacist group smoked marijuana." That white
> cracka racist got busted out for his own words..and so very rightfully
> so!
> **********************
>
> The Senate Republican who is charged with grilling Supreme Court
> nominee Sonia Sotomayor during her confirmation hearings told USA
> TODAY's Matt Kelley this morning that she needs to explain a 2001
> speech in which she said a "wise Latina woman" might make better
> judicial decisions than a white man.
>
> "The American people need an answer before she goes on the bench as to
> exactly what she meant by that," said Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama,
> the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee.
>
> "It's on its face a troubling statement," Sessions continued. "It goes
> against the idea of color-blind justice -- blind justice, not just
> color-blind justice."
>
> Conservatives have seized on the speech Sotomayor delivered at the
> University of California, Berkeley's law school. In a discussion about
> discrimination cases, the federal appeals court judge said: "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."
>
> Some conservative commentators, such as former House Speaker Newt
> Gingrich and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, have called the
> statement racist. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs suggested
> yesterday that the statement was being taken out of context. "I think
> she's talking about the unique experiences that she has," Gibbs said.
>
> Sessions said that the confirmation hearings will be "a very rigorous
> examination, but fair."
>
> One reason he wants to give Sotomayor a fair chance to defend herself:
> Sessions told USA TODAY that he feels he was treated unfairly in 1986,
> when the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination by
> President Ronald Reagan to a federal district bench. Several Justice
> Department lawyers testified at the time that Sessions, then the U.S.
> attorney in Mobile, had made racially insensitive comments. Sessions
> testifed that he never made such comments and that some were taken out
> of context.
>
> In her 2001 speech, Sotomayor went on to say that "we should not be so
> myopic as to believe that others of different experiences or
> backgrounds are incapable of understanding the values and needs of
> people from a different group."
>
> She continued:
>
> "However, to understand takes time and effort, something that not all
> people are willing to give. For others, their experiences limit their
> ability to understand the experiences of others. Other simply do not
> care. Hence, one must accept the proposition that a difference there
> will be by the presence of women and people of color on the bench.
> Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see
> http://www.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/05/67371675/1?p...
>
> *********
> posted for fair use and to show 1) what neanderthal Senator Jeff
> Sessions is and 2) what a crybaby he is when he got his ass rejected
> after he showed what a racist he was when his
> words came back to haunt him. to wit and quoted directly from my copy
> of today's USA today
> "Sessions testified, for example, he was joking when, during the
> prosecution of two Ku Klux Klansmen for killing a black man, he said
> he had respect for the Klan until he found out some
> members of the white supremacist group smoked marijuana." That white
> cracka racist got busted out for his own words..and so very rightfully
> so!
> **********************
>
> The Senate Republican who is charged with grilling Supreme Court
> nominee Sonia Sotomayor during her confirmation hearings told USA
> TODAY's Matt Kelley this morning that she needs to explain a 2001
> speech in which she said a "wise Latina woman" might make better
> judicial decisions than a white man.
>
> "The American people need an answer before she goes on the bench as to
> exactly what she meant by that," said Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama,
> the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee.
>
> "It's on its face a troubling statement," Sessions continued. "It goes
> against the idea of color-blind justice -- blind justice, not just
> color-blind justice."
>
> Conservatives have seized on the speech Sotomayor delivered at the
> University of California, Berkeley's law school. In a discussion about
> discrimination cases, the federal appeals court judge said: "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."
>
> Some conservative commentators, such as former House Speaker Newt
> Gingrich and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, have called the
> statement racist. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs suggested
> yesterday that the statement was being taken out of context. "I think
> she's talking about the unique experiences that she has," Gibbs said.
>
> Sessions said that the confirmation hearings will be "a very rigorous
> examination, but fair."
>
> One reason he wants to give Sotomayor a fair chance to defend herself:
> Sessions told USA TODAY that he feels he was treated unfairly in 1986,
> when the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination by
> President Ronald Reagan to a federal district bench. Several Justice
> Department lawyers testified at the time that Sessions, then the U.S.
> attorney in Mobile, had made racially insensitive comments. Sessions
> testifed that he never made such comments and that some were taken out
> of context.
>
> In her 2001 speech, Sotomayor went on to say that "we should not be so
> myopic as to believe that others of different experiences or
> backgrounds are incapable of understanding the values and needs of
> people from a different group."
>
> She continued:
>
> "However, to understand takes time and effort, something that not all
> people are willing to give. For others, their experiences limit their
> ability to understand the experiences of others. Other simply do not
> care. Hence, one must accept the proposition that a difference there
> will be by the presence of women and people of color on the bench.
> Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see
gwbush = hgwbush = ronald raygun = richard nixon
but you all already knew that!
fargo116
May 29, 2009, 3:54:30 PM5/29/09
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Sessions has never really gotten over the fact that his redneck ass
had a mudhole stomped into it 23 years ago. He's still pissed about it
to this day.
S. Olson
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