For just the third time in my lifetime, a Democrat will appoint a Supreme Court justice. Barack Obama is set to nominate Sonia Sotomayor to the high court. As an Hispanic woman, Sotomayor might be seen as a quota pick--if a Republican were appointing her. But her opinions aren't exactly Clarence Thomas's, so no senator will introduce such nastiness into the discussion. It's worth noting that George H.W. Bush initially placed Sotomayor on the court. His horrible judicial picks are like the gift that keeps on giving, with judicial activist Sonia Sotomayor replacing judicial activist David Souter. At least the people who voted for Obama expected him to appoint a judge with disdain for the Constitution to the court.
This is why G. W. Bush should've put Emilio Garza on the Supreme Court. If he had, Republicans couldn't be painted as bigots for opposing that hard-core leftist Sotomayor. (Plus we'd have proven that you could nominate a Supreme Court justice who had openly and publicly said Roe v. Wade was "inimical to the Constitution," instead of having this stupid situation where Republican presidents can nominate only closet opponents of Roe.)
The Dems are talking like she's a moderate. Yep, real moderate. If you're not a white male...
“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,”
She's been chastised and her judicial decisions rebuffed and reversed many times even by liberal judges of her own ilk.
She, like her Presidential sponsor, is an extreme radical. And somewhat of a racist, I might say.
For all of you protest Obama voters - how do you like these apples?
"With budget deficits soaring and President Obama pushing a trillion-dollar-plus expansion of health coverage, some Washington policymakers are taking a fresh look at a money-making idea long considered politically taboo: a national sales tax.
Common around the world, including in Europe, such a tax -- called a value-added tax, or VAT -- has not been seriously considered in the United States. But advocates say few other options can generate the kind of money the nation will need to avert fiscal calamity.
At a White House conference earlier this year on the government's budget problems, a roomful of tax experts pleaded with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to consider a VAT. A recent flurry of books and papers on the subject is attracting genuine, if furtive, interest in Congress. And last month, after wrestling with the White House over the massive deficits projected under Obama's policies, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee declared that a VAT should be part of the debate.
"There is a growing awareness of the need for fundamental tax reform," Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said in an interview. "I think a VAT and a high-end income tax have got to be on the table."
Hey, how is little Barry working out for everybody? Got to pay for that bigger than big government somehow and now that income tax revenues are down because he's killed the economy - who you gonna call?! TAXPAYER! This is a sick joke.
