June 8, 2009 - Sotomayor Special
Just a few short years ago Karl Rove's Republican party ruled with an iron fist. It was a a fearsome, efficient political machine. A glorious choir of evangelical Christians and pro-business moderates singing in perfect harmony, accompanied by Fox News at the piano.
And now they have completely lost their minds.
Last week President Barack Obama made his first nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, and it was a surefire hit both academically and politically. Academically, Sonia Sotomayor graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University, and then went on to edit the Yale Law Review. After a successful career as a prosecutor she was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by George H. W. Bush, and then to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by Bill Clinton. She has been a federal judge for 17 years. Politically, she has a compelling personal story - she was born in the Bronx and raised by a single mother (after her father died). And of course she would be the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice, and only the third female.
So let's be honest. Unless someone discovers that she's actually Osama bin Laden wearing a mask, she's going to be confirmed. But don't tell that to the Republican Party, who never met a brick wall they didn't like to run into head first without a crash helmet!...........
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