Tom Tancredo Says Sonia Sotomayor Member Of "Latino KKK"

[Kodiak]

[adymond]

La Raza translates to The Race. Sounds sort of, well, racist to me.

[schr8er2000]

La Raza translates to The Race. Sounds sort of, well, racist to me.

WHAT HE SAID....... THE RACE.. THE RACIST.... THE ULTIMATE RACE... THE SUPERIOR RACE... they all mean the same thing......

[JoeWilliams]

La Raza translates to The Race. Sounds sort of, well, racist to me.

If you think the name is racist, you should read up on what they stand for. If these people were white, nobody associated with them would ever hold public office. They make the KKK look downright neighborly.

[TXDMERC73]

to me looks like Sotomayor is gonna get her revenge .. on the racists , in HER coutroom! even if she is a supreme court justice she cant make single decisions it has to be made by the other 6 Judges.

[Kodiak]

MEChA is even worse...

[PocketProtector]

If you think the name is racist, you should read up on what they stand for. If these people were white, nobody associated with them would ever hold public office. They make the KKK look downright neighborly.

It's okay, It's okay ...... she's leftist. Different Strokes for Different folks.

[autotech6506]

wow. It appears that thing guy doesn't even give a flip. he's just giving her a free pass.

[Kodiak]

Is it just me or did some of my posts magically disappear?

[rev214]

It's okay, It's okay ...... she's leftist. Different Strokes for Different folks.

So true. Remember this not too long ago:

George W. Bush nominated [Miguel] Estrada to a position on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on May 9, 2001; the court is very influential, and is widely seen as a stepping stone to the Supreme Court. He received a unanimous "well-qualified" rating from the American Bar Association. Democratic Senators opposed the nomination, noting Estrada's lack of any prior judicial experience at the local, state, or federal level. Democratic Senators also objected to the refusal by the Office of the Solicitor General to release samples of Estrada's writings while employed there. Republicans, however, stated that the Democratic concerns were actually just an attempt to deny Estrada a circuit court seat because of his conservatism.

A bipartisan group of former Solicitors General wrote a letter objecting to the Democrats' demand for memos that Estrada had written while he was with the office. While not addressing past instances where such memos had previously been released, the letter argued release of prior memos by government employees to the public would endanger the Solicitor General Office's ability to provide confidential legal advice to the Executive Branch. Some observers claimed that the Democrats also wished to avoid giving Bush points with Hispanic voters. The Democrats hotly contested this; however, internal memos to Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin mention liberal interest groups' desire to keep Estrada off the court because his Latino heritage made him "especially dangerous" as a potential future Supreme Court nominee.

On March 6, 2003, there was the first of several failed cloture votes on Estrada. Fifty-five senators voted to end debate on his nomination and allow a final confirmation vote, and forty-four senators voted not to end debate. After twenty-eight months in political limbo and a protracted six month long battle using the filibuster, Estrada withdrew his name from further consideration on September 4, 2003. Bush nominated Thomas B. Griffith in his place, who after initial obstruction was confirmed in 2005 under the terms of the Gang of 14 Deal .