Probably no one way the Republicans can stop the Sotomayor nomination and no one way they’d get anyone less liberal or who actually cares what the Constitution. Common wisdom is that the Republicans should put up a big fight anyway to just sort of stake out their territory and drain Obama’s capital, but maybe it’s time to try something different. The Republicans are so far behind right now they might as well try something crazy, so here’s me idea: Let’s be super enthused.
Man, it will freak out all the Democrats if the Republicans are suddenly giddy at the thought of Sotomayor becoming a Supreme Court Justice. They’ll know something is up and dedicate their little Democrat brains to trying to figure it out. And when the hearings start, we can all be like, “It’s just so thrilling to think we could have a Latina on the Supreme Court. We can’t believe it! I don’t know why the Democrats want these hearing; I just want to vote for her right now!” And we can ask all inane questions at the hearings like, “What’s your favorite color?” and “What font do you prefer for your decisions?” and “How awesome is it that you’re Latina?”
What will this achieve? I don’t know. But it’s unpredictable, and that’s what the Republicans needs right now. The way so many Democrats act like cornered rats they just know that this brief bit of power isn’t going to last, so let’s keep ’em paranoid.
someone should bring a bag of taco bell in for her at the hearings, then ask her to salsa dance at the after party
“You’re Hispanic. How do you explain the vicious destruction of the native tribes of the Caribbean at the hands of your ancestors?”
She could answer that long before she could answer anything about the Bill of Rights.
I think Republicans should extend the same courtesy and warmth
that Judicial appointees Robert Bork, Miguel Estrada , and Clarence Thomas recieved.
Judiciary Committee members should set cans of Coca-cola by their name tags,
and wear ‘Sen. Paul Simon’ bowties to remind them of the gentle treatment Bork and Thomas recieved at their hearings.
Proper response to Sotomayor is revulsion. If you put Fran Drescher and Janeane Garofalo in the superconducting supercollider and caused them to crash into each other at the speed of light, the ugly merger resulting of that impact would be Sotomayor. Worse, she’s comparatively young and would be on the court for a long time, getting older and uglier as the years go by. We already have Helen Thomas and Ruth BaderG polluting DC, do we need her, too?
While it is a given that Obeyme will only nominate far-left incompetents, is it too much to ask that he name a far-left incompetent who isn’t uglier than a baboon’s butt?
Along with being super-enthusiastic, Republicans should characterize Mayor Soto as a Pro-Life Catholic Homophobe who reveres the Constitution. When she, or the Industrial Media Complex, or the O-bah-muhh administration deny this as ‘slander’, Republicans say prove it. If they trot out proof she’s a lefty moonbat, then Republicans can profess their shock and dismay that they have been misled/misinformed, and vote against her, with regrets of course.
How about, “What is it you find most enchanting about becoming a supreme?! (Whoever asked that stupid question of Obey-me should be taken to the woodshed!!)
1. I’d like to know what she thinks about the words ‘Hispanic’ and ‘Latino/Latina’. Most Mexican or Tex-Mex guys I know don’t like them, because they’re sort of impersonal, made-up words concocted by academics.
2. I also hope someone bears in mind that ‘Spanish’ folks (that’s the word most of the guys I know use) aren’t all of a piece – her “rich wise Latina” experiences probably have nothing at all in common with the vatos and vaqueros I know who come from the US southwest. Some are first- or second-generation Americans, and many have names like “Miguel Walker” and “Travis Morales”.
3. Out in, say, southwest Oklahoma, there are a lot of Americans who speak both Spanish and English at home, and there’s nothing novel about it – these folks have been part of their communities for over a hundred years. So, from a certain POV, I don’t understand what the big deal is.
4. While we’re here, I’d like to know why Benjamin Cardozo doesn’t count as the first ‘Hispanic’ SCOTUS justice. Actually, he was both Portuguese and Jewish.
The way so many Democrats act like cornered rats they just know that this brief bit of power isn’t going to last, so let’s keep ‘em paranoid.
Well keeping dems paranoid is easy (cause dem are paranoid, nutwad, commie, pinko, hippie, whacko, moonbat, ding dongs anyway) and all you have to do is say hey whats that over there an illeagl not getting welfare. It works everytime.
And we can ask all inane questions at the hearings like, “What’s your favorite color?” and “What font do you prefer for your decisions?” and “How awesome is it that you’re Latina?”
And “Does that come with re-fried beans?”
Actually, my Latino (all Mexican, as it happens) friends are a whole lot closer to me politically than they are to Sotomayor.
Now, I know why there aren’t a lot of comments here. I wanted to mention the rumor that Sotomayor is Pro-Life but Live Free or Die beat me to it. Then I was going to find the word the “enchanted” reporter used in his question to Obama and Upnorthlurkin already had it.
But if innominatus’ – Drescher Garofalo in the superconducting supercollider crashing into each other at the speed of light, creating the ugly merger resulting in Sotomayor – were the only comment it would have been enough for me. Still laughing. What more can you say?
Here is a good question…
“Judge Sotomayor, would you say that you and Justice Thomas were nominated to the Supreme Court for basically the same reason ideological reasons and with equivilant credentials in juriseprudence?”
hehehehehehehe!
Judge Sodomy will be confirmed!
Now, now, ussjc, we must work up to a play on word-sounds slowly. See, I’m stuck on ‘Soto’ and ‘Mayor.’ Is she Mayor of Soto (Live Free Or Die, #5) or more correctly, Mayor of De Soto, MI? Is she the ‘soda mayor?’ ‘Soda queen? ‘ ‘Soda jerk?’ That’s it: she’s a soda jerk from the Bronx.
I hear that 80% of her decisions have been overturned. That’s kinda like letting the bubbly out of the bottle before you pour it. So, she’s not a very good soda jerk.
Can a Constitutional Convention shut down the Supreme Court?
The GOP Senators should do nothing. Not answer media questions, not ask questions, not attend the hearings, and not vote yea or nay. Forget her name and never let it pass their lips.
The media will crap on them for doing that. But the media will crap on them anyway. So why provide anything to distort?
It is an utter waste of time. And besides, it means they needn’t be in the same room as Specter. That is a clean air bonus for any person.
THERE ONCE WAS A LITTLE CHICA NAMED SOTOMAYOR,
UPON THE HIGH COURT SHE WILL BE A PLAYER,
UPON THE CONSTITUTION SHE WILL SQUAT,
HER FORTE WILL BE JUDICIAL FIAT,
KEEP ON HAND PLENTY OF BAYER.
A good question for Sotomayor would be: What is your stance on Telepropmters?
We need to have all the republicans show up with soft drink cans relabeled “sodameyer”. Fizzy, tastes like root beer, with a hint of salsa. Whenever she speaks a can could be pooped open and fizz out, like her fizzy thinking. Lame, but sarcastic. It would drive the dems crazy.
Or they could fill thye cans with kool-aid and pass then out to the dems.
#14, So then the GOP Senators will keep acting the way they have since hObama got elected?
They may as well just rename the party to Castrati. Everyone wants to compromise and moderate and that should never be a position. You never have to apologize for your principles if your principles are right. Sadly,they keep apologizing for adhering the the very principles that founded this great nation.
The GOP is dead. It’s just shambling around like a recalcitrant zombie. Conservatism lives, but it has 40 years of leftist tendrils and brainwashing to overturn. This isn’t a war, they’ve already won. And they did it while we were all sleeping. I love my country and want it to return to its Constitutional roots, but it seems almost as if she may still be breathing, but the brain died a long time ago.
So, see you all in Montana or Wyoming when we decide which state we want to turn into our own nation.
What’s a Republican? Isn’t that one of those people that used to be around back before the first Bush was president? I haven’t seen a real Republican in years, I didn’t known they still existed.
18: I didn’t say apologize for principles. I didn’t say do nothing. I said forget about this nomination. It is a no-win and a hopeless site for a battle.
In fact the entire Capitol and Washington D.C. is a hopeless site for the GOP or Conservatives (with or without a capital c). The GOP has no strength left there. A handful of Senators with principles, a few dozen Representatives. Even in party caucus they are outnumbered by those who will sell out for the smallest earmark or favor.
And the other check and balance, the SC, will soon be a tame parrot on Obama’s shoulder.
Out in the states there is some hope. And that is where any comeback must take root. Town by town, county by county, for every legislative seat and state office. I don’t expect it will work, and certainly I won’t live to see it, since the federal government will sabotage and undermine every attempt. But I am certain nothing will work at the federal level and expending effort on national races is a suicidal hunger strike.
DE: Options could include Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska, two of which have salt water! Am I leaving anyone out?
So, any word on how she intends on protecting the borders from the invasion of less-than-Americans? Is committed to the US constitution or, as is the case so many nauseating times here in the SW, does she consider herself a constituent of ‘La Raza’?
Do I have the same rights – the same equal protection under the law of THIS land – or am I just another “guero” & my wife a “mayate” here in (snicker) Aztlan?
Feel free to look those terms up if you don’t already know what they mean. If anyone tries to say that “guero” just means “white”, ask them why they don’t just say “white”. And Aztlan, from the way I define it, means “Land traded for money & booze”.
The proper response is: “Crap.”
I think the real unpredictable thing for the Republicans to do would be to put up a fight. I won’t be holding my breath.
A couple of serious suggestions:
1 – They should ask some tough questions about her judicial philosophy during the confirmation, but they shouldn’t put up a fight. First, Republicans argued left and right that the President was owed deference in judicial picks, so they’d lose all credibility if they put up a fight now. Second, they probably couldn’t filibuster anyway, so they should take the high road now and build up some credibility for later. And third, anybody Obama puts forward is going to be a reliably far-left liberal, so we should at least be hopeful that this one might not be able to influence the squishes (sorry, “moderates”) on the Court.
2 – While taking the high road, Republicans should nonetheless remind people every chance they get that it was Democrats who probably kept a Latino from reaching the bench earlier. Miguel Estrada was viewed as a likely Supreme Court nominee under President Bush, so Democrats filibustered his appointment to the most important appeals court (the D.C. Circuit) back in 2001. Bush reportedly was high on the idea of appointing the first Hispanic to the Supreme Court. If not for the Democrats, he probably would have.
Jimmy~~Considering I’m originally an Okie, I’ll go back there or Texas. I’ll go to Alaska, too; lived there for 6 months during the winter.
Have we even seen her arms yet? I haven’t seen her on Access Hollywood or Entertainment tonight so far. How do we know that she is even qualified to be in Washington?
Whoa, Tink, Alaska in the winter. If I were young, I might try it. But it has ussjimmycarter-grade mosquitoes in the summer!
#5 – Live Free or Die,
“You know, it’s a crazy plan, but it just might work!”
#22 – Jimmy,
Tennessee just passed 2 state laws, One allowing permit holders to carry guns into bars and restraunts that serve alcohol (as long as you have a ‘designated shooter’) and the other allowing permit holders to carry guns into public and state parks.
No income tax, no casinos, and Fred Thompson.
“Come for the Freedom, Stay for the Revolution”.
PS. few mosquitoes, good BBQ.
I like Tennessee, 4 of 7 – a lot. Got a son who homeports there. But I figure Socrates’s’s’s State of Illannoyed will invade both it and Kentucky and that’ll be it. It’s those zombies from the north that’ll getcha.
Sad, but true. Although here in Central PA, it’s the south. Maryland just can’t help but spread its disease.
“We need to escape Maryland because of the high taxes. Then we’ll vote for Democrats when we get to Pennsylvania!”
Is there a cure for blindness?
Actually, “What’s your favorite color?” is a very good question. Based upon her stated emphasis of her Latina heritage, I would guess that it is not white.
Since her Latina heritage is an important basis for her thought processes, and most Latinas are Christian, we should expect her to bring a greater emphasis on Christian doctrine to bear on her SCOTUS decisions. She should be asked about this.
Since her Latina heritage informs her judicial decisions, and most legal Latinas (especially those of long residence) are disdainful of, and alarmed by, the illegal migration from south of the border, we can expect her to take a dim view concerning the rights of illegal aliens. She should be asked about this.
Since her Latina heritage guided the development of her mental processes, and most Latinas grew up in a culture where personal firearms are prevalent, we can expect her to exhibit strong support of the 2nd Amendment. She should be asked about this.
Since her Latina heritage stands a point of personal pride to her, and most Latinas are not homosexual or bisexual, we can expect her to have a fundamental character bias against legislative and judicial challenges to DOMA. She should be asked about this.
Perhaps instead of lambasting identity politics, we should take a lesson from FrankJ and celebrate them.
I’m open to the first state that passes mandatory carry for all law abiding citizens and no buggering! I’m there!
Telling lies with the hope that it will compel the Obots to tell the truth is the Blanche DuBois, relying on the kindness of strangers approach, & destined to fail. The Obots talking points are that Obama’s nominee is a mild mannered centrist. If you repeat that she’s a mild mannered nonpartisan centrist, the Obots will just assume that you are a stupid RethugliKKKan with a very little brain. If you disagree with them, they’ll still assume that you are an evil RethugliKKKan with a very little brain, but an very evil & dangerous one.
I read an editorial today by E.J. Dionne (Washington Post)
“GOP must embrace nomination”
“She also upheld a ban on federal funds going to family planning groups that provided abortions overseas. Sotomayor wrote that “the Supreme Court has made clear that the government is free to favor the anti-abortion position over the pro-choice position, and can do so with public funds.”
Dan Gilgoft, on his excellent “God and Country” blog, points out that Sotomayor also ruled in favor of a group of Connecticut anti-abortion protesters who asserted that police “used excessive force against them at a demonstration.” He concluded that her “thin record on abortion is most likely a relief” to pro life groups.”
Is this LiveFreeOrDie’s crazy plan taking root?
The rest of the editorial made her out to be a centrist-moderate – but they tried to present the Marxist-in-chief the same way, so I can’t take much assurance from that!
PS. Jimmy, Kentucky AND Tennessee vs Illinois? I’ll take those odds. (will we have a choice?)
This woman reminds me of a character in the Harry Potter series. Dolores Umbridge, grand inquisitor, dark arts instructor (pitiful) and shill for the Minister of Magic who despite all evidence continued to disbelieve everyone was in terrible danger.
Hmmmmmmmm life imitating art again.
I really hate when that happens.