Whoa Nelllie, that bu** looks a little wide for the bench!
A lot of the brouhaha over Sonia Sotomayor's controversial remarks at the confirmation hearings finally died down by the end of the week once her interrogators figured out she was going to be one tough nut to crack.
Oh, she's a piece of work alright.
That smug smirk on her tired old face said it all, in my estimation.
The words were pretty telling, too.
If you recall, the fury was initially triggered on Capitol Hill when Sotomayor - driven by a nasty ego and overblown sense of judicial self-importance - had the audacity to take a swipe at white male members on the bench.
"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 had the experiences," she caustically spat out at one point.
A revealing moment, to say the least.
If anything, Sotomayor is just a dumb racist not fit to warm the bench in the environs of the Supreme Court in Washington, especially given her propensity to put down her Caucasian male colleagues in a deceitful bold-faced effort to raise herself up at their expense!
Notwithstanding, Sotomayor's lack of foresight - and utter inability to anticipate from the get-go that her inappropriate remarks would trigger the furor it did - underscored just how ignorant (thick in the head?) the lady (I use the term loosely) truly is.
Unless, of course, she was just feigning ignorance because of the tight fix she got herself in on the heels of opening up her fat yap without considering the consequences first.
Ultimately, what was her defense?
"It was a failed rhetorical flourish."
Huh?
What a load of bullsh**!
She sure can shovel it, can't she?
If you ask me, Sotomayor was running circles around all those huffy politicians in Washington this past week, playing games with their heads, and what-have-you.
Bottom line?
She made fools of the lot of 'em.
Was it a case of improper wording?
Duh, just a mispeak, dudes!
If so, maybe she should have expressed her "altruistic" thoughts this way, instead.
"I trust that an individual with a richness of experience would have the capacity to reach a better conclusion that one who does not."
Because Sotomayor was instinctively inclined to take a slap at white male jurists underscores that by nature (in her psyche thru-'n-thru and deep down in her taco-filled gut) that she is a racist.
And, I expect, one who may be prone to hold grudges against those who mistreated her highness "up the ranks".
Adversaries, beware!
In one respect, I am inclined to agree with Sotomayor, however.
A Judge shouldn't just follow the "letter of the law" when making Judicial determinations.
After all, the court is supposed to be one of equity.
A Judge who reviews applicable law - but, also applies knowledge and wisdom acquired by virtue of "rich life experience" - is capable of arriving at a decision that is not only legally sound - but one that balances the scales of justice so that it is morally correct, too.
In the case of Sotomayor - well, just betcha - if she lands on the bench she'll have a few axes to grind.
In that event, look out America!
Hell hath no fury like a minority female Judge scorned after a treacherous climb to the top!
