With Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, Obama has found the perfect combination. He has found a nominee who will be every bit as liberal and activist as he could hope for, and also, he has found someone in which to score tremendous political points.
In a previous column, I have already touched on Sotomayor’s judicial background. However, it is this very background that is being ignored by the main stream media. Instead, we hear stories of “rising up” from poverty and “reaching out” to the community, and, of course, we hear stories of her Hispanic heritage and what an asset that is. All of this fits perfectly into Obama’s plan of reaching out to Hispanics. The fastest growing voting bloc in the entire country is being presented with “their” nominee. What’s so sad from a political point of view is that all of this could have been accomplished with OUR nominee… Miguel Estrada. Read the rest of this entry »
