Gingrich: "Racist" Sotomayor Should Withdraw
Update: WSJ Inadvertantly Exposes Silver-Bullet Sexual Scandal?

She is racist, for the same reason white racists are racist; they wish to ascribe to themselves moral and intellectual and spiritual gifts that only they possess, due solely to their race and their blood.

But, of course, everyone except white people are allowed to subscribe to this "excellence lies in the blut und landes" philosophy, so she'll get a pass.

Gingrich today joined the chorus of conservatives such as Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh, who called Sotomayor a "reverse racist."

The accusations are aimed at comments Sotomayor made during a 2001 lecture at the University of California-Berkeley. Referring to former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's saying that "a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases," Sotomayor said, "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."

On Wednesday afternoon, Gingrich wrote on Twitter: "Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman' new racism is no better than old racism."

"White man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw," Gingrich wrote.

It's pathetic when a no-account White Racist claims some less than apparent superiority based only on his blood and skin. It's even worse when a potential Supreme Court justice does so.

It's not just that Supreme Court justices shouldn't be racist.

It's that she cannot apparently conceive of any better qualification or recommendation for herself than the mundane accident of her sex and ethnicity.

Scandal! If this WSJ headline is to be believed, I'd say Sotomayor has a cronyism issue far worse than Abe Fotas did.

Thanks to Slublog.

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