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    Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom

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    Image of Little Green Frog (Wise Latina) Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    Does anyone have a copy of any speech Harriet Myers gave regarding her nomination? Because whoa, there is no way it was as good as this one.

    This lady seems to have a GREAT family.
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    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    Cue speculation on her sexuality in 3... 2... 1...


    Sorry to be a downer. Yay Sotomayor! And single moms!

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    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    Can't watch the video now (will try at lunch) but oh, I'm tearing up just thinking about how wonderful my mom is, all the things, big and small, she's done for me. So I feel you, Sotomayor.


    I looked her up, and her birthday is one day before mine. We late June kiddos are cool.

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    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    Sotomayer now has bonded herself with every other woman who lost their dad in childhood. And there's way more of us than you can imagine.
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    Image of ellaesther ellaesther
    05/26/09

    @brendastarlet is on it: You got it, sister.
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    Well done, Mr. President.


    And as to confirmation -- I don't think the Republicans can do a thing to stop her. And let's face it: George Bush Sr. put her on the Federal bench in the first place. This will prove interesting, but ultimately, will leave the Republicans feeling impotent.

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    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    THIS. IS. AWESOME.
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    Image of ALittleBitGothic ALittleBitGothic
    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    Awww, lovely!


    Now: the fight. The right wing is already screeching about how she's "hard-left" and how horrible it is that she believes judges should "consider the experiences of women and people of color" in their decisions.


    According to this article, the four attacks lines are going to be:


    1) She's dumb.


    2) She's a radical leftist judicial activist


    3) She's "unprincipled and dismissive of opinions with which she doesn't agree" --in other words, she's not like the rest of the "bi-partisan" "serious" people in Washington.


    4) She's "gruff and impersonable" --in other words, strong woman = uppity bitch.

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    Image of AlmostDream AlmostDream
    05/26/09

    @ALittleBitGothic: There's a fantastic quote Foxnews is pushing from her about how a smart latina woman with different experiences might make better decisions than a white man who hasn't had that experience.


    HOLY CRAP she thinks she's better than white men??! This is what happens when you don't put minorities and women in their proper place...Seriously, this is hilarious to watch.

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    05/26/09

    @ALittleBitGothic: What's funny is that while they see these as bad things, I think the first is a line of bullshit and the other three make her even cooler to me.
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    Image of ellaesther ellaesther
    05/26/09

    @ALittleBitGothic: I was listening to NPR in the lead-up to the announcement, and her former law school instructor, who later served with her on (I don't remember which bench, sorry) -- and who is clearly an old, old man, just from the sound of his voice -- basically went "Bish plz," as soon as the NPR reporter brought up #4. He said, bascially: "On the bench, I think she acts pretty much as a man would, and some people think that a woman shouldn't act like that. There is nothing wrong with her behavior."


    I love that man, and want to send him flowers.

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    Image of Newsgirl Newsgirl
    05/26/09

    @AlmostDream: "HOLY CRAP she thinks she's better than white men??!"


    I bet that is word for word what went through the Fox News execs' heads when they saw the quote. Word for freaking word.

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    Image of pandorasmittens pandorasmittens
    05/26/09

    @AlmostDream: It's hilarious how one can never, ever underestimate the ability of FOX News to completely obliterate the context in which a person speaks. And by hilarious, I mean "funny, yet disquieting".
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    05/26/09

    @ALittleBitGothic: Also: She's single, no kids. And a liberal? OMGZ! That must mean she is teh GAY and will make gay marriage mandatory for everybody!
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    Image of Tangy.Nihilista.Barcelona Tangy.Nihilista.Barcelona
    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    I get to see mi momma in two weeks, yay! It's been over six months since my last visit home.
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    Image of ellaesther ellaesther
    05/26/09

    @Tangy.Nihilista.Barcelona: Oh honey, yay! I used to live far away and had to go loooong stretches like that, too, and it can be really hard. Have fun!
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    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    This was a great start to the week. For real.
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    Image of wordinedgewise wordinedgewise
    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    Cue the Republicans saying that her crying means she's too emotional to serve as SCJ in 3... 2... 1...
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    05/26/09

    @wordinedgewise: Ugh, I do not want to have to stomp crazy Repubs so early in the day. I surely hope nothing like that comes up.
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    Image of Jello Mix Jello Mix
    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    Moms are so awesome! In all the wedding photos with me and my mom, tears are streaming down my face. I couldn't control it. I completely understand where Sotomayor is coming from.
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    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    Well, based on this she seems pretty fricken cool. Yea Judge Sotomayor!
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    I really like her speaking voice.
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    Image of HappyFeminist HappyFeminist
    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    "I have to sit next to SCALIA? No dice. My heart today is bursting with discomfort."


    Seriously, this Latina girl over here who hopes to go to law school is shivering.


    Way to go, single mother raising this brilliant woman. Inspiring.

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    Image of ellaesther ellaesther
    05/26/09

    @MooseWood: And how tough is the crowd when the son grows up to be a physician, and he looks like the underachiever?


    I like a tough crowd. I like a tough mom!

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    Image of ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox) ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
    05/26/09

    In reply to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans Everywhere, Love Mom
    Seeing a woman like this take such a seat in our government, awesome. Crying at 7:58am, priceless.
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    05/26/09

    @ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox): I meant me crying by the way. :)
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    Image of thesciencegirl thesciencegirl
    05/26/09

    @ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox): I'm glad I wasn't the only one crying this morning while watching this. :)
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