I don’t know enough about Sotomayor, and like most of us, I must read a bit about her. For now, though it is interesting to watch how the press has immediately begun the sympathetic framing of this nominee, based not upon her previous rulings (many of which seem to have been reversed on appeal, but upon her “story” and her race and gender. Not on substance but on externals and superficials.
Once again we see the American Press – which purports to be a free press – quickly move into water-carrying mode for the government they helped carry into place, and the party they nakedly support.
The press “water-carrying” for the Democrats, “not on substance but on the eternals and superficials.” Funny, the same could have been said about Barack Obama… and he won the Presidency with ease. Guess that means Sotomayer is a shoe in.
Absolutely…