Ms. Sotomayor: The Compelling Story & Why Must I Be The Only Feminist & Other Rantings–UPDATED

Already posted this YouTube to Twitter, but thought I’d add it here because the whole thing is still annoying me. So Judge Sotomayor is sorry she revealed her racism and sexism. Yeah, I’m sorry, too. I’m sorry that a woman feels that way and I’m sorry that she’ll glide through to the most important job in the land unopposed for the same reason she was nominated: She’s a woman and she’s a Hispanic Puerto Rican.

You know that thing called feminism? Why must I be the only feminist around here and expect a woman to be able to handle the tough questions? Robert Gibb’s threat just pisses me off. Why had we better go carefully? Because Democrats did with Miguel Estrada or Justice Thomas or Robert Bork? Hmmmm….?? We can’t ask because she has ovaries? We can’t ask questions about her belief system because Hispanics might not understand that this woman is being put into the highest court in the land?

Who is racist again? Who is sexist again?

People should be treated the same no matter their gender, color, ideology. But not so with Democrats and now the willy-nilly D.C. Republicans who’ve drunk the MSM’s Koolaid.

NOTE TO REPUBLICAN SENATORS:

You do realize that every question you ask, no matter how trivial and soft-ball will be portrayed as a tough, penetrating and unfair question? You do get that right? Might as well take that tail between your legs and ….dare I say it, woman up and ask a useful question. Hells bells, if the Republicans had the balls of Nancy Pelosi, they wouldn’t be reviled so. Good grief.

And as to all you hypocritical dumbass Democrats, I don’t want to hear one more word out of your mouth about the mistreatment of women and minorities. Not. One. Woman after woman has cried foul on your side before a punch has been thrown. If you can’t freaking take the fight, Get. Out. Of. The. Ring. If you need a moobed guy like Robert Gibbs to run interference for you, you should be back in the kitchen baking cookies with Hillary Clinton. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Nancy Pelosi fumbles around like a deer in the headlights at a press conference about torture and she’s the toughest politician DC has got. That says something.

And since I’m ranting…you know who I miss? I’m going to miss the bloviating Joe Biden and his pompasity asking stupid questions that guys 10x smarter than him are going to have to answer with seriousness. I’m going to miss old ornery Arlen Specter for the same reason. Wow. The Judicial committee just won’t be the same without these towering intellectual giants explaining things for the judges and the rest of us dummies.

Someone will stand in the self-important, aggrandizing gap. Who will this genius be? I can hardly wait.

In the meantime, watch another American tell his sad American, come-from-nothing compelling story. I’m freaking sick of compelling stories. We’ve all got a compelling story. We’ve all experienced life. Shut. Up. About. The. Compelling. Story. We’re Americans. We all come from somewhere and we all walked uphill both ways. In snowdrifts. Barefoot. Big freaking deal.

We’ve become a nation of self-pitying, identity-politicking jerks where character and accomplishment matter less than genetics, gender and cultural identity. Blech.

UPDATED:

And now, top Republican strategist kvetch to the Huffington Post. Is anyone worried about what this woman actually believes? Her comments about her gender and race make the law about her and not the law about the law.

Does she believe the Constitution should bend to her experiences? Is the Constitution still relevant? Is it a timeless document embodying timeless values? Or, does Ms. Sotomayor believe that the Constitution should be a living, breathing document that expresses her own views? How does she feel about states rights? How would she have decided Kelo? How would she have decided in the LA child rape case? THAT’s what I care about.

And what I am afraid of is that tough questions won’t be asked because she’s a woman and Latina. And any tough questions would be perceived as racist and sexist. And I view the withholding of tough vetting as racist and sexist. The job is too important to get lost in compelling life stories.

That the Democrats are playing this game is utterly predictable. That Republicans play along is tiring and frustrating.

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Tags: Democrats • Feminism • Politics • Women