Playing the race card, with an Ace up the sleeve

Sonia Sotomayor, Obamas pick for the Supreme Court, is playing the race card and playing it well. Her comments in 2001 about how a Latina woman would make better decisions than a white man was unacceptable, and I agree with Newt on this one, she shouldn't accept the nomination. Now, that sounds great, but here in the real world, that's not going to happen, and here's why: Democrats engage in race baiting every chance they can get. We watched Obama do it during the campaign, we watched Clinton do it in the 90's (you know, the FIRST black President), and we are watching it now. From the beginning everybody knew that he would pick a minority/woman/both to fill the position. It was common knowledge amongst us conservatives, and as conservatives, we know that we are not racists. The color of a persons skin means nothing to me. What matters to me is the ability to do the job and to be the best at that position, not to mention substance of character and morals. Now, Judge Sotomayor making those comments by themselves would have been bad enough, but then she rules in a case that had to do with firefighters taking an exam for promotion and ruled that they couldn't be promoted because no black guys scored high enough?! This baffles me, and it shows Obamas "audacity"(yes, I'm sure it's overplayed by now...but not for me) and sheer ignorance towards the American way of life. And you know what? It's brilliant. THIS is why we can not fall into this bear trap.

Obama has purposefully picked a racist minority Latina candidate for two reasons: to appease the left and to stir emotion in conservatives that believe in equal rights for EVERYBODY, not just minorities. Now, as far as the rulings, she has ruled pretty much right on with the code of law (except that firefighter case, of course) and has even ruled conservative on matters of abortion. So while I agree she should not be let on with out some stern words about fairness and upholding the law, I think this is a "pick your battles" type situation. Obama could have picked an even more extreme leftist, and we can bet that he will in the future. His administration will use Sotomayor against us if we cause Hell right now, and so far the slogan of the party of "No" seems to catching on amongst liberals without common sense (or a brain). We need to save up for the judge that will be an extremist, because he/she is coming.