Jul 15 2009
Obama’s appellate court nominee chased from Senate chambers
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Today in a rare demonstration of bi-partisan cooperation both Republican and Democrat Senators physically chased Obama’s appellate court nominee from the Senate chambers. The chase occurred right after the Senators heard testimony and saw a video of nominee Sony Sotmayor giving a speech to the Harvard Law School in 2003. In the speech he said “a wise white man might arrive at a better legal decision than a black man”. Immediately after that statement was heard Senator Harry Reid began yelling “racist” at the nominee. Several other Senators joined in and it appeared that a fight might break out. Sony ducked several punches and ran out of the chambers and the Capitol. Several Senators did try to chase the nominee down, but Sony got away and was last seen running down the mall. There is no word on if he was injured or not. A panting Christopher Dodd was asked why the reaction and he said “If Obama ever sends a racist nominee like that down here again, I will chase him (Obama) out of the White House myself”. The White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, during a press conference later in the day, declined to comment on the incident; except to say that the Administration stood behind it’s nomination of Sotmayor.
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What a double standard.
Laughing my ass off. This is how Sonia should be treated.