It's amazing that the Democrats would have the audacity to accuse GOP congressmen of racism simply for opposing Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination. It's outrageously hypocritical.
Am I the only one who remembers Miguel Estrada? This guy?:
He was the Honduran-American judge nominated by Bush to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals back in 2001. The Democrats filibustered Mr. Estrada's confirmation until he eventually withdrew his nomination...28 months later. Ostensibly, the Democrats objected to Mr. Estrada's lack of jurisprudence and that his stances on social issues were "outside the mainstream." Nevermind the fact that Mr. Estrada, who immigrated from Honduras at age 17, graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University and later received a Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.
Huh?
Internal memos between Democratic senators and their aides reveal the truth: Miguel Estrada was a victim of racial politics. Behind the scenes, the Democrats feared that confirming a Bush-nominated Hispanic judge to the courts would give the President an edge among Latino voters in his re-election. I'm not making this up. You can read about it here.
I am so enraged by this hypocrisy...I can barely type.
That's why this is such a short post.
Bye.
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The trick here is that it's only called "racism" if you're a white male. If you can be described any other way, it's called "Affirmative Action."
-Will W.
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