Repubs: She's not really very smart. she's an affirmative action appointment

[cali]

that's where they're going to go. it's already started. that and they'll do the usual liberal activist crap. they're going to try and portray her as not intellectually qualified. She's a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton and a Yale law review editor. She's sat on the bench since 1991 and they're going to try and demean her in that way.

[BzaDem]

1. I've heard somewhere that she was one of the top two in her Princeton graduating class.

[JayMusgrove]

11. So that canard from Republicans is just

foolish angry lying to make themselves look "intelligent"!!!!!!!!!

RIGHT

Anyone who gets into Princeton Law School is, (by Republican definition) not intelligent.

Anyone who is top in their class is (by Republican definition)not smart.

[CreekDog]

2. Republicans: She's smart.

We can't be having any of that! :rant:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Appointed by Poppy.

[Adelante]

4. Appointed to appeals court by Clinton nt

[cali]

8. so was Souter. Do you think that because she was first appointed

by poppy she's unacceptable?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. Not necessarily.

But it makes the talking points ring hollow.

[Solomon]

33. LOL They don't understand you Rummy.

You're one of my favorites.

[RoadRage]

5. She was initially nominated by George H.W. Bush. Tell them to STFU!

We're just replacing one G.H.W.Bush appointee with another.. how bi-partisan of us!

[jefferson_dem]

6. Same thing they say about the President...

With all the teleprompter and "he's just a celebrity" snarks and their childish criticisms of his occasional "uhs"... It's like they can't wrap their small minds around the reality that there actually intelligent, successful non-whites.

[JayMusgrove]

13. Yes, I wonder if Sonia uses a teleprompter!!!!!!! n/t

[a kennedy]

7. thought this thread fit perfectly......Anatomy Of A Sotomayor SCOTUS Whisper Campaign.

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5720673>

[Thrill]

9. Thats a hard sell when you look at her academic background

Also she apparently has more judicial experience than anyone appointed in 70 yrs

[NJmaverick]

10. That may be the knee jerk reactions

however I doubt the GOP will go with the AA talking point, in the long run. The GOP is still trying to court the hispanic vote, so I doubt they will want to go that route.

[liberalmuse]

15. They obviously don't care about the female vote...

I wonder if they can come up with something that will offend both Hispanics AND women this time. (Two words: 'Pussy Galore')

[old mark]

14. Since when did the GOP worry about "not smart?" What a bunch of

jerks.....

Every time they say anything, they lose support.

mark

[SemiCharmedQuark]

32. Good point. Didn't Bush campaign on being an "average" guy?

[tekisui]

16. They are such little people.

6 repukes, including Hatch, voted to confirm her in her last appointment. Saying she is not intelligent is misogynistic and maybe racist.

[ecstatic]

17. AA is appropriate in this case. As you said,

"She's a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton and a Yale law review editor." No reasonable person can deny that she's qualified. Affirmative action is about putting in a qualified racial and/or gender minority for the purpose of diversity. The supreme court is virtually all white males. This country has changed dammit, and it's time that our courts reflect that change.

[TimesSquareCowboy]

18. She graudated a Catholic High School, so that fits with the Republicans main criteria.

[cali]

19. Just heard fred barnes belittling her intelligence on Fuqs News.

[rocktivity]

20. I've got two words for them: Harriet Miers.

Repubs: Our idea of affirmative action is hiring the completely unqualified.

:boring:
rocktivity

[mvd]

21. LOL - true

:hi:

[LiberalFighter]

26. She looks a lot older in that picture.

[JamesA1102]

22. How ever said Republicans were smart??

If they were really smart they'd by Democrats!!!!

[DFW]

23. Plus--she fails the crucial Republican "activist" test

Republicans want guys like Clarence Thomas--a guy who sleeps through
Supreme Court hearings can't be an activist, and they want more of
those types. Let Scalia and Roberts dictate rulings, have Kennedy and
Alito rubber stamp them, and wake Thomas up when it's time to cast the
fifth deciding vote for the radical right.

Then the five of them yell "nyahh nyahh" to Bader-Ginsbug, Breyer,
Stevens, and Souter (or Sotomayor) and go out for champagne.

[MoonRiver]

24. The confirmation hearings will undoubtedly prove them wrong.

And gee, many of them voted FOR her in her previous confirmation hearings. Her intellectual prowess didn't seem to be an issue back them. Hmmmm.

[HamdenRice]

25. Minor correction. She was not an editor of the Yale law review

She was an editor of the Yale Law Journal.

Yale tries very hard to be special and refuses to call it's law review, a "law review." It's "the" Yale Law Journal.

[masuki bance]

27. Turley is saying the same thing.

[cali]

28. yep. and it's still pernicious.

[iamthebandfanman]

29. oh who gives a fuck, shes gonna be given the thumbs up. n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

30. Let the motherfuckers piss off a bunch of Hispanics with that shit.

My (Hispanic) grandma just called and she's absolutely beaming.

[geiger]

31. calculated words. how low the scumbag R's go.

[JVS]

34. Like Roberts and Thomas?

The conservative side of the court is going to be up shit creek when Scalia dies.

[otohara]

35. She Was Smart Enough When Confirmed

twice before by GOP.