Conservatives' Crazy Reactions to Obama's Supreme Court Nominee

Posted by Chris Bowers, Open Left at 12:22 PM on May 26, 2009.

The negative reaction from conservatives on Sotomayor is the best indication that her nomination is a good thing for progressives. Here is a sampling:

Mitt Romney, hairdo and conservative movement suck-up:

The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is troubling.

Ed Whelan, President, Ethics & Public Policy Center

President Obama abided by his dismal and lawless "empathy" standard and, in his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, picked a nominee whom he can count on to indulge her own liberal biases.

Mike Huckabee, Republican gaffe-master (yes, his PAC really said "Maria" Sotomayor in their first release):

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. Sotomayor comes from the far left and will likely leave us with something akin to the "Extreme Court" that could mark a major shift.

Wendy Long, Counsel to the Judicial Confirmation Network and apparent resident inside Sonia Sotomayor's mind:

Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important than the law as written.

Run of the mill right-wing radio host:

Barack Obama has nominated the viciously anti-White federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring justice David Souter for the Supreme Court of the United States.

The conservative boilerplate buzzword award goes to Connie Hair at Human Events:

It should come as no surprise to anyone that Obama would continue playing identity politics by nominating an Hispanic woman.  Sotomayor, 54, is also of the most radical liberal activist judges he could have nominated.

In a presentation that will likely lean heavily on style over substance, Sotomayor's background will allow the administration to again play class warfare with their presentation of her biography.

Don't hold your breath on conservatives offering up potential nominees who are entirely genderless and lacking in ethnicity. They aren't fans of Marilyn Mason, after all.

Please post more negative conservative reactions in the comments. I promise that doing so will make you feel good about Sotomayor.

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Chris Bowers was a full-time editor at MyDD from May 2004 until June 2007. Some of his projects have included the creation of the Liberal Blog Advertising Network, the first scientifically random poll of progressive netroots activists, the Use It Or Lose It campaign, the nation's most accurate forecast of Democratic house pickups in 2006, and the 2006 Googlebomb the Elections campaign.