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Originally posted by sgtclub
II think the DEMS are on the wrong side of these confirmations when it comes to minority candidates. Opposition to one candidate I can take as legitimate. But they have consistently opposed nearly all the minority candidates nominated and that is just BULL SHIT in my mind.
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Club, think about what you're saying. Are you filling in for zRush while he's on vacation in the "sanitarium"? You can't seriously be suggesting that the Democrats are opposing minoity candidates based on race. Instead, consider those candidates, their views and their qualifications. With the possible exception of Estrada, every single controversial minority candidate nominated by Bush has been hard, hard right. (While the particular lady you're discussing now is in my view a baying-at the-moon lunatic -- and has never received any kind of solid support from her peers in the legal community for judicial nomination at any level.) The Democrats aren't prejudiced against women, blacks, or Hispanics -- they're prejudiced against the hard right -- aka "strict constructionists" et al. Nothing BULLSHIT about that.
Now, as a side note, props to Bush for searching out and finding minorities whose views he can live with, and putting them forward in significant numbers. This could be a big step for the Republicans, who never bothered to do that before except for Justice Thomas (who got the nomination ONLY because it was for Marshall's old seat).
S_A_M
