Sotomayor Nomination

Please join me in doing everything we can to block the nomination of this racist nominee for Supreme Court. Now I try not to throw the "R" word around too loosely (like the democrats did in 08' if you didn't vote for Obama), But this is what Ms. Sotomayor said at UCLA berkeley in 2001. "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a white male who hasn't lived that life." How many white judges do you think could have gotten away with a comment like that? This isn't her only shortcoming by far, even though she managed to make it to a federal court appointment without the help of lawmakers, still she rabidly supports affirmative action. Sotomayor was on the panel that not only quashed but then tried to bury the claims of the Conn. firefighters who filed a claim of reverse discrimination over the promotion practices in New Haven. For those who aren't familiar with the story New Have decided to use a standardized test to decide promotions but when the results of the test were in, and all the promotable passing scores belonged to white firefighters and one hispanic N.H threw the results out. We do not need more affirmative action I believe we as a country have fulfilled our obligation to minorities. I think the responsibility rests upon individuals to better their situation, just like all the other Americans. Write your congressman, sign any petitions you find, we must block this nomination.

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