Funny how Limbaugh and Hannity might be OK with Sotomayor if she's biased in their favor
By David Neiwert Thursday Jun 04, 2009 12:00pm
[H/t Scarce]
Sean Hannity interviewed Rush Limbaugh again on his show last night, and as you might expect, it featured the usual endless stream of insane right-wing crap. Now there's a big surprise.
Limbaugh repeated the point he made yesterday on the radio -- that perhaps Sonia Sotomayor, being Catholic and all, might secretly be anti-abortion. In which case, he'd probably be fine with her nomination to the Supreme Court:
Limbaugh: If -- now I'm speaking for me personally -- If I've learned, if I can be assured, that she is actually a pro-life person, and does think that Roe vs. Wade is bad constitutional law, and if she would rule on the right side of the life issue, I might look past this racism -- we can deal with that. But that's something very, very important to me, and she could be stealth in that regard. And I know that -- well, there's no record. Normally most liberals, they love to tell you how pro-choice they are on abortion -- she doesn't have any of that.
Now remember: The entire reason all of these right-wingers say they have been opposed to Sotomayor is that (given the way they've managed to deliberately distort her "wise Latina" remarks) she might be predisposed to favor identity politics with a feminist and Latino bias. Or as Newt the Phony put it, "Sotomayor’s words reveal a betrayal of a fundamental principle of the American system -- that everyone is equal before the law."
That means pretending that a judge's experiences and backgrounds and predispositions are never supposed to come into play when they make rulings, as though the law is some kind of abstract entity whose purity must be defended. It's an outgrowth of the "strict constructionist" philosophy, which likes to pretend that there can only be one perfectly literal interpretation of the law.
But that of course goes flying out the window when these same right-wingers contemplate the possibility that Sotomayor might harbor a secret bias about abortion that actually skews in their favor. Then they're all good with it -- supposedly.
Limbaugh doesn't mean a word of it, of course. We get the real reason that Limbaugh is saying this: He just wants liberals to start fretting and stewing and raising questions about Sotomayor's positions, driving a wedge into the heart of her support. Pretty clever ruse, Rushie boy. Too bad most of us long ago learned how to see right through your crooked lies.
Just like when you claim that "no one has denied" that Sotomayor is a racist. Um, yeah, right.
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... for the past couple of weeks has been that a person from a minority may not be "fair" towards the white majority.
And then it just hits me, these people can not understand the world they live in... unless they add their projection onto it.
Projection, combined with absence of empathy, and narcissism. They do not know what they are missing. They are unaware of their 'blind spots' but the rest of us are painfully aware.
What Litmus Test? Wasn't that a bad thing once upon a time?
Actually this way should she be aproved Rush can say "see I was right about her" and if she doesn't get approved Rush can say "seee I was right about her". And his dittoheads can say "wow how did he know? He IS a genius!"
talkin turds these two are.
Absolute balderdash!
I prefer they behave like normal turds...quietly floating face down in a pool of water
Q. Know how to cook kidneys?
A. Boil the piss out of 'em.
they both stink and should be flushed.
I though witches were supposed to float (something about wood...), no?
Neither of these two turds look to me like they could have been created via natural digestive processes. They sound, act, and smell like some unholy evil creation.
How about some diversity on SCOTUS. Like less religionists and more secularists...do we really need 6 catholics and 0 non-religious folk?
Remember that about 20% of americans claim no religion.
Where's our representation?
we're bloody pagan heathen sob's remember?
pinko godless commies
... except that using Christian Math, 20% of non religious people are just 20% of future Christians who are yet to find Jesus (bless their hearts).
So the way they see it, at the end of the day... when you take past, present and future Christians... America has always been, is, and will be a Christian nation. So an all Christian supreme court captures perfectly the population they rule over.
..even be an issue in our country where we separate church and state. Religion in this or any other appointment is moot and has no place in the discussion.
Listen, I also have this swamp land in Florida I can sell you cheap!
The republicans have not been honest about their agenda. They will not start now either.
..about their agenda and expect to get a single vote?
"Here, I get all the cheese and you guys get none, okay?"
Gee, all of a sudden these mouthpieces turned around on Justice Sotomayor; do you think they may be getting the same talking point faxes the other Repugnicans are getting? Perhaps someone told them to change course and save the battle for another nominee that wasn't Hispanic and a woman, so they don't disenfranchise themselves from millions of votes?
How do they find cheesus when there ain't no such thang?
I'm gonna go try my luck with my new roommate!
HA!
Kiiiiidding!
I'm kidding, I'm a kidder, that's what I do.
Good luck. Lol.
Just have her deposit money handy...
I've never seen Rush so ubiquitously present before - this is a guy who usually detests having guests on his show (unless his name is Dick Cheney). Are his people telling him to go on a PR talking tour?
they are on the "we are nice people" tour.
Don't let your children take candy from a republican. Don't even let your children talk to a republican.
You get sick from talking to a republican.
Like Limbaugh even cares about abortion. He'd kill ten babies for a 20 spot. It's all about money to him and nothing else. His gripe about the left is taxes.
...the the last, ain't he? Makes me sick that I have to share a landmass with him.
off Palm Beach Co, FL.
Faulty crack, frequent eruptions.
built for access, but FL is out of cash for another bridge to nowhere...
Think of the pharmaceutical mining possibilities!
I think you’re wrong. An economic royalist would always favor prohibiting commoners from any form of planning.
I find the fact that Rush even cares about unborn babies absolutely laughable. He does not possess a heart.
He only says this shit so his ignorant foaming at the mouth ditto heads will listen to his blathering every day.
"Sotomayor’s words reveal a betrayal of a fundamental principle of the American system -- that everyone is equal before the law."
Yes, the American system has been so perfect and worked so perfectly for minorities while being run by the white male ruling class up till 1981 (when Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman Supreme). Now that perfection is about to be totally smashed to smithereens by some silly upstart chambermaid/drug dealer/thug/lowlife like Sotomayor [sarcasm alert].
Oh, the hypocrisy!! What a total ass. If justice exists, Newt will be struck by lightning.
LATER ADDED NOTE: I forgot about the first Black Justice who was on the court, can't think of his name. Was before O'Connor.
Listening to these two racist pigs endlessly contradict themselves with absolute lies is no different than the bullshit I hear from some of the potential defendants I interview whenever I drag my depressed ass to Cook County Jail here in Chicago.
And Rush, black folks never supported Clarence Thomas from day one...just another lie from the lumpy cyst assed junkie racist pedophile.
Do you have any links to evidence that shows Rushbo's ass is lumpy or did you just make that part up?
If he did have a link, would you really want to go there?
I would trust intrepid surfers such as yourself to verify that kind of info. Better wear those sunglasses you used during the solar eclipse.
me and LanL, let me point out he did not call his ass lumpy.
He either called Rush lumpy in general, which is undeniable, or lumpy was in reference to his cyst.
UnNewt-like, I hereby make an immediate and full retraction of my earlier inference and now believe that LandL's statement was 100% factual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6loxG3pRA10
Both you and L&L will soon be summoned to Rush's throne to make an apology to him, his ass and his cyst. Beware!
5 Hail Mary's and 5 Our Father's can be offered instead of an apology.
Not the best Hail Mary material here.
Our Lady of the Lake and not Notre Dame or BC.
Rush: I hope he fails.
Rush: I hope his policies fail
Rush: She is a reverse racist
Rush: If she's Catholic I could support her if she's aagainst abortions..
I just think Rush believes since the news lately has been about anti-abortion subjects, he'll get more play out of using that than he was getting with his racist theme.
First he was sure she was a racist, now he takes that kinda back and decides she might be an anti-abortionist. Kind of hard to keep up with dude and his ever changing opinions.
Kind of hard to keep up with dude and his ever changing opinions.
I think it's simply the medication.
he do look a tad more svelte above than he did at his rant a couple of months back (@ Press Club?--the televised venue where he went on for hours and hours).
And I could not take more than 30 seconds of it. My brain could not compute which one of the two boobs in that interview was bigger.
Maybe this country should stop trying to take seriously the opinion whose main achievement in life seem to be able to breathe and speak at the same time. I think these two jagoffs are so enamored with their own voice, that they just say sh*t to hear themselves talk. It just made no sense whatsoever, neither the questioning nor the answering.
In fact, if you play the video backwards, so it sounds like they are speaking in Swedish... I bet this interview makes as much sense, i.e. none.
I've always paid attention to the opinion of the bigger boobs.
Rush's boobs.
..you mean like breastseses? Oh wait, you mean like Boobies, those weird birds..
http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?x=boobie_(sulidae__bird__animal
like THIS ( o Y o )
NOT like the two boobs that made the last two comments! LOL!
... so I resent that comment! ;-)
sandwich, dear?
Must you boys always turn every topic into something sexyal?
I am just standing up for the honor of feminist crazy Cornell coeds.
who happen to be crazy about feminism.
Yawn...
One on my most awkward moments.
Honestly, the passive aggressive buzz-killing, in which you engage sometimes, is just not that funny.
You must be a "hit" at parties... LOL.
What else can you do?
if you could pay attention to anything if you had your head in between Rush's boobs.
Old stripper technique...
You're an old stripper? I never would've figured that.
Got out before they I married either and they started dating my lawyer...
that's just sad man...
probably not.
Let's be clear, Rush will do whatever benefits Rush. If talking crap will make money for him he'll become a human verbal ass hole.
With Hannity I think whatever makes Rush happy, makes him happy. Maybe Rush is thinking of retiring and Hannity wants that Rush crowd of listeners for his very own.
I envision Rush expiring first.
Don't forget, Limbaugh is finally being discovered for what he is by many people, hopefully that is. His motivation to influence public opinion might be as simple as 'winning the game' he has been playing for years. He is a narcissist after all.
Rush is all about Rush. Rush is lookin' out for Rush. Rush doesn't care about the country at all.
...that Rush (drug addict) Limpballs is a scumbag, lying, baby raping pedophile, either.
How utterly grotesque those two in the same room, the only one missing was Cheney. They shouldn't be talking about a Woman's right to choose. My uterus is none of their business.
Amen sister. Just the thought of them having a discussion about my uterus makes me want to hurl. Oh God, it's coming.........gotta go vomit now.
If you can correctly understand why the absolute hypocrisy on the issue(s).
On a side note the President gave a fine speech in Cairo, though I can't seem to replay the video again. :-/
Due to pressure from the left leaning blogosphere Rush is running for cover lest anyone point out the inconsistency of his opposing an open racist for the Supreme Court.
I just heard on msnbc that Rush also said that if al qaeda wants to demolish America they better hurry before President Obama beats them to it.
Wow! Now that's the talk of a Patriot, isn't it?
When these two entertainment giants (snark..) get together first-rate stupidity is sure to follow... This was no disappointment...The first installment of this intimate circular firing squad left nothing un-touched.
It's amazing the level of unbridled trash that can come from leader and student when they sit together...Great entertainment, if throwing up repeatedly, is something that each of us surely wants to do daily...I don't think so..
Wonder what is said into Limberger's ear constantly thru his permanent ear piece that has got to be plugged directly into Murdoch's brain...it is truly a wonder to watch these small, unimportant people work...
"The Religion that Damns is a Damned Religion "
This world would be a better place without the likes of people like him. And he can take that sack o crap Hannity with him when he goes.
Yeah!
and morning shows, I see Gingrich. WTF? Didn't he have to resign the Speakership in disgrace? Why is he the voice of anything?
He isn't elected to anything at the moment. He is a philanderer and abandoned his dying wife. He embodies the very principals that the electorate rejected on Nov 4 and continues to reject in every poll not taken by the Eagle Forum or the Federalist Society.
dicks in the party, he's the least worst. His ethical violations have a statute of limitations; war crimes do not.
These two, especially together, make me puke.
I rarely listen to the guy, but today I heard a caller into Limpballs show speculate that the reason Michelle Obama and Sotomayor were "angry" is that they are minorities, and they were raised that way....to be angry...in order to have an "edge" and get ahead in life.....in other words, when going to say a job interview, play up the fact that you're a minority, maintain that edge (from anger), and you'll have a better chance at getting a job.
Limpballs agreed with her.
I wonder, then, why Limpballs is always so angry? Is it because he is a minority, a redneck from the bootheel of Missouri? Was he raised that way, to be an angry white male so he could get ahead in life?
All due respects to any friends out there from the bootheel.
"Why be "born again" when you can just grow up?"
What are these two 5 years old, what's with the do overs? That's what a 5 year old would say. And rushki saying "a racist is a racist" well you seem to know them all (a 5 year old saying), because you are the biggest with Hanny being in 2nd place.
.......if she's pro-life, she's okay with Rush?
As if abortion is the ONLY issue that matters. I get so sick of the right incessantly babbling on about abortion, gay marriage, or immigration. Meanwhile, the economy is in shambles, our standing in the world is crap, and we're mired in a war we can't seem to end; all thanks to the previous administration.
Hannity and Limbaugh on the same show; I didn't see it but I can only imagine that was one hard hitting, informative interview!
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