Yesterday I had to work and couldn't follow the live coverage of the "Sotoshow"--the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor-- but I did get to check out Anne Marie Cox's live-blogging (a hilarious antidote to the pontificating and posturing by most of the Senators). After all the snark and laughing though, I get back to the fact that it's still OK for the mainstream media to make outrageously sexist and racist remarks with impunity. And some of the Senators, especially Sessions, were appealing to that hateful rhetoric.
The Women's Media Project documents the relentless smears against Sonia Sotomayor since her nomination. Listen to all these white men--all the usual suspects--rant and rave, attempting to accuse Sotomayor of what they themselves promote: malice and hate. Bullies who are afraid of mommy and teacher.
Thank goodness that there are a few people of common sense who can offer a different perspective. Like Rachel Maddow!
And Amy Klobuchar. Thank you, Senator, for showing us what it's like when a grown-up talks.
And what about Judge Sotomayor herself? Here she answers a question from Diane Feinstein on the limits of executive power. (For the Constitutional law wonk take on this process, try The SCOTUS blog. For the analysis of the political theater, try HuffPo's live coverage)
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