Inevitably, right-wingers are having a conniption over Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court justice. Are they attacking her political ideology or her experience? Nope. They are attacking her for this little statement she made back in 2001:

"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."

According to right-wing conservatives: "OH EM GEE, THAT LIBERAL ACTIVIST JUDGE JUST SAID THAT LATINA WOMEN MAKE BETTER JUDGES THAN WHITE MEN!!!!!!111"

According to Tucker Carlson, and - ahem - Ann Coulter, Judge Sotomayor is a damn racist:




Pat Buchanan calls "reverse discrimination," which is a phrase that can make my skin crawl like no other:


Oh, and this is cause for a laugh: Mike Huckabee, if you're going to attack someone, at least get their name right:

"The appointment of Maria Sotomayor for the Supreme Court is the clearest indication yet that President Obama's campaign promises to be a centrist and think in a bipartisan way were mere rhetoric."

Dear morons: when Judge Sotomayor made this statement, she was not implying that Latina women are better than white men. She was referring to the fact that both women and Hispanics have been oppressed for years, and it is this oppression that caused Latina women to develop a strong sense of cultural identity and undergo unique experiences, and it is this sense of self and uniqueness that will cause her to be able to use her experiences to make good decisions. So calm the fuck down, please.