{"id":4250,"date":"2009-07-18T17:11:19","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T21:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2012-12-26T20:59:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T01:59:17","slug":"conservatives-historical-hypocrisy-in-screaming-affirmative-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/government_employee\/07\/18\/conservatives-historical-hypocrisy-in-screaming-affirmative-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives &#038; Historical Hypocrisy In Screaming Affirmative Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the highly entertaining aspects of Sonia Sotomayor nomination and confirmation process has been the constant refrain of &#8220;Affirmative Action&#8221; pushed by conservatives as they seek to undermine Sotomayors reputation. You see, in conservative circles, affirmative action is synonymous with a person of color getting a job that they didn&#8217;t deserve (when there is probably a much more qualified White Male available!).<\/p>\n<p>Apart from being laughable given Sotomayors extensive judicial experience and readily apparent intellectual discipline, conservatives seem to have a comically short-term memory in relation to their own less-than-qualified picks for the Supreme Court. Or, in short, Clarence Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not necessarily saying Clarence Thomas was selected by George H.W. Bush for the Supreme Court because he was black. But I am saying Clarence Thomas has been an embarrassment to the Supreme Court for his 18 years on the Supreme Court, displaying a complete lack of even basic understanding of Constitutional Law and repeatedly falling asleep during oral arguments on some of the most important constitutional and civil right cases of the past 2 decades. Incidentally, Sotomayor was appointed by H.W. Bush to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York around the same time Thomas was appointed to the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n<p>The simple question is <em>Independent of personal background, is Sotomayor qualified for the Supreme Court?<\/em>, and the answer to that question is a resounding yes.  Pose the same question about Clarence Thomas, and the answer is a resounding no.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2009\/07\/sonia-sotomayor-and-affirmative-action.html\">Sonia Sotomayor and Affirmative Action<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2009\/07\/if_you_got_a_racist_mind.php\">If You Got A Racist Mind<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/pandagon.net\/index.php\/site\/uncle_pat_on_msnbc_america_is_a_country_built_basically_by_white_folks\/\">Uncle Pat on MSNBC: America is \u201ca country built basically by white folks\u201d<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/obsidianwings.blogs.com\/obsidian_wings\/2009\/07\/stop-it.html\">Stop It<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feministing.com\/archives\/016756.html\">&#8220;Affirmative Action Increases Diversity by Discriminating Against White Men&#8221;<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/themoderatevoice.com\/39752\/pat-and-sonia\/\">Pat and Sonia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/contexts.org\/socimages\/2009\/07\/18\/stephen-colbert-on-sotomayor-and-white-privilege\/\">On Sotomayor And White Privilege<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.concurringopinions.com\/archives\/2009\/07\/judging-sonia-sotomayor.html\">Judging Sonia Sotomayor?<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.complex.com\/blogs\/2009\/07\/17\/the-5-most-racist-moments-of-the-sotomayor-confirmation-hearings\/\">The 5 Most Racist Moments of the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[tags]Sonia Sotomayor, sotamayor, supreme court, affirmative action, reverse racism, clarence thomas, conservatives, qualifications for supreme court nomination, confirmation, republicans[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the highly entertaining aspects of Sonia Sotomayor nomination and confirmation process has been the constant refrain of &#8220;Affirmative Action&#8221; pushed by conservatives as they seek to undermine Sotomayors reputation. 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