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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
G. Gordon Liddy On Sotomayor: 'Let's Hope That The Key Conferences Aren't When She's Menstruating' — Yesterday on his radio show, conservative host G. Gordon Liddy continued the right wing's all-out assault on Judge Sonia Sotomayor. First, just like Tom Tancredo, Liddy slammed Sotomayor's affiliation …
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Republicans, Let's Play Grown-Up — Sotomayor's hearings are an opportunity for serious debate. — Printer — Friendly — “Let's play grown-up.” When I was a child, that's what we said when we ran out of things to do like playing potsie or throwing rocks in the vacant lot.
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Top Republican calls Limbaugh, Gingrich comments ‘terrible’ — (CNN) — A top Senate Republican is taking aim at recent statements from conservative commentators Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich suggesting Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a “racist.”
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Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
W.H. concedes Sotomayor misspoke — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs sought to tamp down criticism over controversial comments Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor made in 2001, regarding whether a Latino judge might render “better” rulings than a white judge, saying the judge …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Steele: GOP Needs To Stop “Slammin' And Rammin'” On Sotomayor — RNC chair Michael Steele, guest-hosting on Bill Bennett's radio show early this morning, repeatedly distanced himself from Republicans and conservatives who have been harshly attacking Sonia Sotomayor, saying the assault risked damaging the party.
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Media Matters for America:
Blown circuits: Rove levels attack on Sotomayor based on false claim that she and Alito were colleagues — SUMMARY: Karl Rove claimed that he “got wind of” allegations that Sonia Sotomayor “was combative, opinionated, argumentative” while reviewing the record of her “colleague on the court” Samuel Alito.
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Forget Whether She Qualifies as a “Racist.” Would Judge Sotomayor Qualifiy as a Juror? — In every trial — every single trial — judges solemnly instruct American citizens who are compelled to perform jury duty that they will have a sworn obligation to decide cases objectively — without fear or favor.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
A Republican Response to Sonia Sotomayor: Criticize, Then Confirm — Sonia Sotomayor has a classic American story. So does Frank Ricci. — Ricci is a New Haven firefighter stationed seven blocks from where Sotomayor went to law school (Yale). Raised in blue-collar Wallingford, Conn. …
Sen. John Cornyn / Senator_John_Cornyn's blog:
On the NRSC Endorsement
On the NRSC Endorsement
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
LEAVE IT TO LIDDY.... And here I thought Tom Tancredo …
LEAVE IT TO LIDDY.... And here I thought Tom Tancredo …
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The Cajun Boy / Gawker:
Did Erich ‘Mancow’ Muller Fake His Waterboarding for Publicity? — Yesterday we showed you video of Erich “Mancow” Muller, a Chicago-based right-wing shockjock, appearing as a guest on Keith Olbermann's show to discuss his being waterboarded. He claimed it led to an ideological conversion!
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Mancow Muller / Big Hollywood:
Bored Bloggers Are All Wet — I am not a magician. Many news cameras were there! — Obviously, it was on the radio and I wasn't in prison. I'm also not a radicalized Muslim terrorist. But it was not a hoax! I repeat: NOT A HOAX. — We kept telling management, the insurance companies …
Michelle Malkin:
Lefty blogs punked by Mancow “torture” stunt(?); Updated — Last week, liberal blogs went ga-ga over radio talk show host Mancow's waterboarding stunt. — Matthew Yglesias wet his pants. He featured Mancow's photo and the blaring headline: “Conservative Radio Host Has Himself Waterboard …
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The Ninth Justice:
Sotomayor, As Student, Attacked Princeton As Anti-Latino — Princeton University was guilty of “an institutional pattern of discrimination” against Chicanos and Puerto Ricans, then-sophomore Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a letter published in the May 10, 1974 edition of the student newspaper, The Daily Princetonian.
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
The AP's Sharon Theimer and her Sotomayor hatchet job
The AP's Sharon Theimer and her Sotomayor hatchet job
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Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Career lawyers overruled on voting case — Black Panthers had wielded weapons, blocked polls — Justice Department political appointees overruled career lawyers and ended a civil complaint accusing three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense of wielding …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
In which the president discovers an American intelligence agency at Five Guys — On his trip to get a burger with Brian Williams at Five Guys this afternoon, the President appears to have learned of the existence of a Defense Department intelligence arm, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency …
Laura Rozen / The Cable:
Netanyahu: “What the hell do they want from me?” — Last night, shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told journalists that the Obama administration “wants to see a stop to settlements — not some settlements, not outposts, not natural growth exceptions,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a confidante.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Reagan Appointee Sandra Day O'Connor Said Gender, Race Impact Judging — Sonia Sotomayor is taking a beating from conservatives for her 2001 speech saying that gender and race will inevitably impact one's judgment and jurisprudence. — But guess who said something very similar?
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Bob Owens / Pajamas Media:
Sotomayor: Obama's End Run on the Second Amendment
Sotomayor: Obama's End Run on the Second Amendment
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Bush, Cheney split on Obama — Former President George W. Bush is sticking by his promise to leave President Barack Obama alone - prompting some second-guessing by allies of Vice President Dick Cheney, who is determined to confront the new president. — Bush has stuck to his memorable declaration …
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Bush: ‘The information we got saved lives’
Bush: ‘The information we got saved lives’
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Sgwhiteinfla / ATTACKERMAN:
I Guess “The Use Of Sugar Free Cookies Saved Lives” Just Didn't Sound Tough Enough — I think one of the problems with the torture debate that people normally don't correct is that the premise that torture works better or quicker than traditional interrogation techniques is a lie.
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Bruce Bartlett / Forbes:
Liberaltarians? — Building bridges on economics, foreign policy and civil liberties. — I recently attended a dinner with a group of prominent liberal and libertarian bloggers to see if there is a community of interest that might lead to closer cooperation on some issues.
NewsMax.com:
Inside Cover — Muslim Group Shuts Down Conservative Conference — The manager of a prominent Nashville hotel cancelled a contract with a conservative foundation to hold a conference this weekend on radical Islam, apparently after learning that the group would feature a keynote address …
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
What DealerGate Says About the Conservative ‘Message’ Problem — Congratulations to Doug Ross and Joey Smith for aggressive research and reporting — the kind Matthew Yglesias says conservatives don't have the skills to do — on the scandal Michelle Malkin calls “DealerGate.”