TYT: Conservatives Call Sotomayor A Racist (Cenk Reacts)

[ihavenobias]

Run time: 07:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNBgtV5PkX4   Posted on YouTube: May 28, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: May 29, 2009 By DU Member: ihavenobias Views on DU: 757

 
Summary: Cenk plays and then breaks down a clip of various conservative pundits smearing President Obama's Supreme Court nominee (claiming that she's racist).

Also, Check Out These 5 Clips You May Have Missed:

1)-

2)-

3)-

4)-

5)-

PS---There are Also, you can Download the first hour of The Young Turks (M-F) free on Itunes

[OhioChick]

1. Bookmarked for later....

Cavs game on. :)

K&R

[pleah]

2. K&R "Those guys don't care what's out-of-bounds", yep.

That is it in a nutshell. They have cut their own throats with their racist statements and actions. They will never be back in power with their racist attitudes. The majority of the country has move so far beyond this way of thinking that I doubt that the thuglican party will ever catch up.

[hotnuke]

3. Wow, Cenk is usually right on the money, but not this time.

This time he TOTALLY fails to actually put the quote in context. Yes, he reads the rest of the statement in full, but without mentioning that the statement was made in REFERENCE to a question about how justices rule on race and sex discrimination cases he's left the listener free to surmise that Sotomayor is still talking about all cases, and not simply those specific type. In that kind of context, one could easily draw the conclusion that her remarks, while maybe not racist, were wrong at least.

That is simply not the case. Not only were her statements not racist, they weren't wrong in any way shape or form, precisely because she is making them in regard to justices dealing with race and sex discrimination cases, and she never made a statement of "FACT".

Furthermore, although he touches on it in a slight way without even realizing it, he doesn't, as my criticism of Eric Boehlert's of Media Matters for America, and Gil Smart's defenses of SotoMayor's statement mentioned, actually deal with the most important issue here. The "Knockout Punch" as I like to call it in regard to this issue.

Sotomayor stated "I would HOPE that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would MORE OFTEN THAN NOT reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.".

The emphasis in any defense of Sotomayor's statement should begin and end with those words from her statement I've highlighted. She never advocated once that she thought a Latina woman WOULD ALWAYS reach a better conclusion than a white male in ALL cases. She simply stated a HOPE that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, reach a better conclusion (on race and sexual discrimination cases) than a white male (would) who hasn't lived that life.

Emphasizing the words I have, and remembering to mention that the CONTEXT in this issue also includes the fact she was talking about cases of racial and sexual discrimination that would come before justices, accurately and emphatically defends her statement, and shows it's not only not racist, but completely and utterly correct. Anyone who would try to purport it as racist is not only morally and intellectually bankrupt, but are absolutely grasping at straws, for something this ridiculous, in the age of Google, will never in a million years derail her confirmation.

I truly wonder if the Repugliturds actually grasp the damage they're doing to their own party with this nonsense.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. K&R. I've heard these comments from the RW getting louder and nastier since her name was announced.....

This afternoon she was being called a "racist" and a "bigot." WTF?! These idiots are grasping at straws to find something to criticize about a nominee who has had more judicial experience than any justice now serving when they were nominated, not to mention an incredibly stellar education and having been appointed by presidents of both parties. So they're stooping to name calling, since that's worked for them before and that's all they've got... :wtf:

[Seldona]

5. The irony is out of this world.

These people are completely and utterly morally bankrupt. Until they are out of the leadership of the republic party, I don't think they are electable at all anymore.