Comments on: The Sotomayor Reflex http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/28/the-sotomayor-reflex/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: uknowbetter http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/28/the-sotomayor-reflex/#comment-25356 uknowbetter Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:10:19 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3447#comment-25356 Do you expect them to praise a quote like that? Racialism is getting ridiculous. Do you expect them to praise a quote like that? Racialism is getting ridiculous.

]]> By: uknowbetter http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/28/the-sotomayor-reflex/#comment-25355 uknowbetter Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:10:19 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3447#comment-25355 Do you expect them to praise a quote like that? Racialism is getting ridiculous. Do you expect them to praise a quote like that? Racialism is getting ridiculous.

]]> By: Liz http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/28/the-sotomayor-reflex/#comment-25354 Liz Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:00:53 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3447#comment-25354 No, their formula includes using that quote in very predictable ways. No, their formula includes using that quote in very predictable ways.

]]> By: uknowbetter http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/28/the-sotomayor-reflex/#comment-25353 uknowbetter Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:17:29 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3447#comment-25353 Yeah, their formula includes having her say a very dubious quote years ago. Yeah, their formula includes having her say a very dubious quote years ago.

]]> By: Igormarxo http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/28/the-sotomayor-reflex/#comment-25352 Igormarxo Sun, 31 May 2009 18:42:05 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3447#comment-25352 How you tell when politician lie?<br><br>Comrade Pelosi blink<br><br>Slick Willy rub nose<br><br>Comrade Oboma open mouth<br><br>Dumb Donkey Gibbs laugh...Hehaw..he..haw..he..haw!<br><br>I Igor produce Barrack Milhaus Hussein Obama Birth Certificate at <a href="http://www.igormarxo.org/" rel="nofollow">www.igormaro.org</a> How you tell when politician lie?

Comrade Pelosi blink

Slick Willy rub nose

Comrade Oboma open mouth

Dumb Donkey Gibbs laugh…Hehaw..he..haw..he..haw!

I Igor produce Barrack Milhaus Hussein Obama Birth Certificate at http://www.igormaro.org

]]> By: Liz http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/28/the-sotomayor-reflex/#comment-25351 Liz Sun, 31 May 2009 17:25:14 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3447#comment-25351 "But, more to the point, I took Will to be commenting on the kind of crass and predictable spectacle that the nomination has cause, with Republican opinion leaders behaving as boorishly and viscerally as Democrats did when Justice Alito was nominated. I too hate this kind of grubby, circus electoral politics."<br><br>This is essentially what I grabbed from the post as well. It's not that criticism of Sotomayor is unwarranted, but the Republican response is so formulaic that I feel like I could preempt their comments much in the same way I can recite lines from Clueless before each scene.<br><br>The difference being that I thoroughly enjoy watching Clueless, of course. “But, more to the point, I took Will to be commenting on the kind of crass and predictable spectacle that the nomination has cause, with Republican opinion leaders behaving as boorishly and viscerally as Democrats did when Justice Alito was nominated. I too hate this kind of grubby, circus electoral politics.”

This is essentially what I grabbed from the post as well. It's not that criticism of Sotomayor is unwarranted, but the Republican response is so formulaic that I feel like I could preempt their comments much in the same way I can recite lines from Clueless before each scene.

The difference being that I thoroughly enjoy watching Clueless, of course.

]]> By: A Liberatarian View on The Reaction To Sotomayor - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/28/the-sotomayor-reflex/#comment-25350 A Liberatarian View on The Reaction To Sotomayor - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Sun, 31 May 2009 06:13:43 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3447#comment-25350 [...] Will Wilkinson on the reaction to Sonia Sotomayor [...] [...] Will Wilkinson on the reaction to Sonia Sotomayor [...]

]]> By: Mike http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/28/the-sotomayor-reflex/#comment-25349 Mike Sun, 31 May 2009 02:40:04 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3447#comment-25349 <i>And I really don’t get why many Republicans have taken this opportunity to reinforce the already widespread impression that they are morally odious morons.</i><br><br>Because they (Gingrich, Limbaugh, Hannity, Goldfarb, Tancredo, Liddy, etc) think that this sort of barely-disguised racism will benefit them personally by appealing to their intended audience. (And if that crowd aren't vermin, they've spent years perfecting the imitation.) And I really don’t get why many Republicans have taken this opportunity to reinforce the already widespread impression that they are morally odious morons.

Because they (Gingrich, Limbaugh, Hannity, Goldfarb, Tancredo, Liddy, etc) think that this sort of barely-disguised racism will benefit them personally by appealing to their intended audience. (And if that crowd aren't vermin, they've spent years perfecting the imitation.)

]]> By: uknowbetter http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/28/the-sotomayor-reflex/#comment-25348 uknowbetter Sun, 31 May 2009 02:08:07 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3447#comment-25348 I'm not all that incensed about her. Not any more than your typical brain-dead liberal.<br><br>But what I am incensed about is the crazy double standards that the MSM applies. She would be roasted if she was white and said the same thing. I'm not all that incensed about her. Not any more than your typical brain-dead liberal.

But what I am incensed about is the crazy double standards that the MSM applies. She would be roasted if she was white and said the same thing.

]]> By: R. Kevin Hill http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/28/the-sotomayor-reflex/#comment-25347 R. Kevin Hill Sun, 31 May 2009 01:07:18 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3447#comment-25347 Will and I agree, because we both believe that you can have democratic politics AND sane civility with a minimum of hysteria, hypocrisy and vindictiveness. Well, once upon a time you could. Will and I agree, because we both believe that you can have democratic politics AND sane civility with a minimum of hysteria, hypocrisy and vindictiveness. Well, once upon a time you could.

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