Sonia: You Got It Goin’ Girl
Posted by Michelle Moquin on 15th July 2009
Good morning.
I got off of work yesterday afternoon and I spent over two hours glued to the radio myself listening to the Sotomayor hearings while I sat in my car in the parking lot of Whole Foods and then in front of my house. I did not want to miss a minute of the time I could devote in between my errands. I was so impressed with Sotomayor. She was so calm and cool, answering with such grounded-ness (word?) and humble confidence while being, yes ‘grilled’. As expected, it was a show of hypocrisy at its best.
Unfortunately for the ones doing the grilling, the grill had no meat. The grillers claim that her speeches were filled with racist remarks, when her words were meant to inspire, was just pure hypocrisy. If you can’t understand the passion of her inspiration, the depth of her statements, or as in the case with these grillers, if your racist mind refuses to, you never will.
Just look at her long history; the cases that she has tried, speak much louder than her words that are being twisted, taken out of context, and misused. Yes, she is an empathetic woman (Yeah a human with humanity!), but it is obvious from her cases, that she is not making decisions on the bench based on her empathy, nor based on her heart. It is clear her pledge of ‘fidelity to the law’ is her driving commitment.
Hmm…’fidelity’ – it is a word that has come up a lot lately in politics. Is it just pure coincidence that in this group, those who claim ‘fidelity’ in their own lives, are also the ones calling her a racist? Like I said, ‘hypocrisy at its best’.
I am proud of Sotomayor. She is a wonderful role model and I look forward to another woman representing our judicial system.
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Peter: I suggest you keep trying. There is not much else you can do.
Hey Zen Lill: Yes…’the learning’…you and me both. The learning has been good and challenging. There is a part of me that sometimes wants to put my head in the sand and relive the saying ‘ignorance is blissful’…but just for a moment :) Thanks for the congrats – you too Al.
Sally: You have brought up a good point.
Ida and Cathy: Thanks for reading here, Ida, and welcome Cathy. I love that you are now sharing this venue together. – very cool. I am sure now that Cathy is allowed to read, your conversations will be taken to a whole new level. There are many interesting topics and people who comment here. Thank you for posting that very interesting story. And my answer is ‘No.’ As much as I am proud to have Obama as our president, I so look forward to a day when a woman is president. And Cathy, I look forward to seeing some comments from you now that you are of appropriate age :)
Lois: Thanks for bringing up the ‘fun’ part. I know this venue can get real serious, and it needs to. But a girl needs to have fun too. Sounds like you have a sweet hubby :)
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