hi haters
politics
wed 6/3/2009
(image by The White House via flickr)
President Obama made history last week when he picked Nuyorican Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice nominee. To some, her appointment and personal story are inspiring. To others, it's a problem.
Rush Limbaugh, influential conservative radio talk show host: "And how can a party get behind such a candidate? That's what would be asked if somebody were foolish enough to nominate David Duke or pick somebody even less offensive."
Former Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo: "If you belong to an organization called La Raza… which is, from my point of view anyway, nothing more than… a Latino KKK."
TV commentator Pat Buchanan: "Like Obama, himself a beneficiary of affirmative action, she thinks 'Latina women,' because of their life experience, make better judicial decisions than white men."
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich: Sotomayor is a "Latina woman racist" who should "withdraw her nomination."
Karl Rove, Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush: Sotomayor is not necessarily "smart," adding, "I know lots of stupid people who went to Ivy League schools."
Conservative radio talk show host G. Gordon Liddy: "Let’s hope that the key conferences aren’t when she’s menstruating or something, or just before she’s going to menstruate."
Head of the Center for Immigration Studies Mark Krikorian: "Putting the emphasis on the final syllable of Sotomayor is unnatural in English… and insisting on an unnatural pronunciation is something we shouldn't be giving in to."
Curt Levey, head of the Committee for Justice: "It’s fine to identify with Latina heritage all she wants, just not in the courtroom."
contagious
daily dos
tue 12/9/2008
Controversial Congressman Tom Tancredo (R - CO), a longtime anti-immigration activist who once called illegal immigrants "rapists and drug dealers," has announced his retirement.
contagious
daily dos
tue 12/9/2008
For the first time ever, unmanned airplanes called "drones" will patrol the Northern U.S.-Canada border. Similar drones have patrolled the U.S.-México border since 2005.
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daily dos
fri 12/21/2007
Republican presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo has abandoned his bid for the presidency. Tancredo had campaigned on his vigorous opposition to illegal aliens.
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