Post by 7th on Jul 23, 2009 15:42:27 GMT 12.75
I gleaned a sliver of hope that the Democrats have seen the light. I received this tonight in an email and would like to see how the Democrats address this? Again, I say: if I was ever to say this about any other race but a White Male, I would be up on UCMJ actions and drummed out of the Military. So, can you still look me in the eye and tell me she is the right one to place on the Supreme Court?
> I find it hard to believe how a judge could be so stupid to
> make such a statement. But who know it was allegedly said at an
> all girls get-to-gether. Danny
> *Obama can't get away with this big lie. He is damn slick, but not this
> time. I clearly understand it, and anyone who can read English gets it. Too
> bad Obama chooses not to. *
>
> *Obama Says Sotomayor's "Castrate White Males" Comment Taken Out of Context
> *
>
> **
>
> **
>
> *WASHINGTON - President Obama said that comments by Supreme Court nominee
> Sonia Sotomayor in a 2004 speech in which she called for the "castration of
> all white males until they are no longer dominant," have been "taken out of
> context" by right wing ideologues.*
>
> *In the speech delivered to the San Juan chapter of NOW, Sotomayor said, "I
> want to be perfectly clear about this next comment so that there is no
> mistaking my words to mean something other than what they plainly say: the
> time has come to end white male oppression by castrating every white male
> until they are no longer dominant in Western culture. That means forcible
> removal of their testicles. I realize the brutality of my comment, and I
> don't know how to say it more clearly."*
>
> *White House spokesman Robert Gibbs agreed with President Obama that the
> statement "has been taken out of context," and added that Sotomayor
> "certainly did not mean" that white males should be castrated." Judge
> Sotomayor was simply saying that there should be room at the American table
> for diverse cultures, that's all. It is astounding that people are reading
> 'castration' into it."*
>
> *President Obama told MSNBC: "Look, when Judge Sotomayor appears before the
> Senate committee, all this nonsense being spewed out by ideologues will be
> revealed for what it is."*
> I find it hard to believe how a judge could be so stupid to
> make such a statement. But who know it was allegedly said at an
> all girls get-to-gether. Danny
> *Obama can't get away with this big lie. He is damn slick, but not this
> time. I clearly understand it, and anyone who can read English gets it. Too
> bad Obama chooses not to. *
>
> *Obama Says Sotomayor's "Castrate White Males" Comment Taken Out of Context
> *
>
> **
>
> **
>
> *WASHINGTON - President Obama said that comments by Supreme Court nominee
> Sonia Sotomayor in a 2004 speech in which she called for the "castration of
> all white males until they are no longer dominant," have been "taken out of
> context" by right wing ideologues.*
>
> *In the speech delivered to the San Juan chapter of NOW, Sotomayor said, "I
> want to be perfectly clear about this next comment so that there is no
> mistaking my words to mean something other than what they plainly say: the
> time has come to end white male oppression by castrating every white male
> until they are no longer dominant in Western culture. That means forcible
> removal of their testicles. I realize the brutality of my comment, and I
> don't know how to say it more clearly."*
>
> *White House spokesman Robert Gibbs agreed with President Obama that the
> statement "has been taken out of context," and added that Sotomayor
> "certainly did not mean" that white males should be castrated." Judge
> Sotomayor was simply saying that there should be room at the American table
> for diverse cultures, that's all. It is astounding that people are reading
> 'castration' into it."*
>
> *President Obama told MSNBC: "Look, when Judge Sotomayor appears before the
> Senate committee, all this nonsense being spewed out by ideologues will be
> revealed for what it is."*