There was much to dislike about the Sonia Sotomayor hearings in the Senate. Here was a woman who turned on herself, who renounced her own views, not once but over and over again. When asked by Republicans what she meant by this controversial statement or that, we got fog. What about that "wise Latina" comment? Sorry, if you misunderstood what I meant, Senator. Once she claimed she had used the wrong words to say what she had intended. Thanks. But what we saw for the most part was a woman prepared to abandon her most fundamental beliefs - only until the final vote on her confirmation is in, it's safe to assume -- to insure what was a sure thing in any case: that she would become the next Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Who Could Have Imagined It
Who Could Have Imagined It
Who Could Have Imagined It
There was much to dislike about the Sonia Sotomayor hearings in the Senate. Here was a woman who turned on herself, who renounced her own views, not once but over and over again. When asked by Republicans what she meant by this controversial statement or that, we got fog. What about that "wise Latina" comment? Sorry, if you misunderstood what I meant, Senator. Once she claimed she had used the wrong words to say what she had intended. Thanks. But what we saw for the most part was a woman prepared to abandon her most fundamental beliefs - only until the final vote on her confirmation is in, it's safe to assume -- to insure what was a sure thing in any case: that she would become the next Justice of the United States Supreme Court.