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Old 06-01-2009, 03:38 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aceventura3 View Post
And....we should have the right to have her answer questions about how she came to her conclusions including how she came to the conclusion that being a latina would make her better able to sit in judgment as compared to anyone else. That is an absurd statement on its face, ethnicity or race has absolutely no impact on a person's ability to process information and if she is saying she carries a bias as it applies to her job as a judge and that the bias should be accentuated rather than minimized she should resign as a judge and should not be on the SCOTUS.

{added} Perhaps they simply need to be honest and say she was pandering to her audience, which has been all too common for Obama people.
I think the reason that it appears absurd to you is that you don't understand what she was talking about.
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