Dianne Feinstein Hand Notes 1990 - Another Cheating Moment for Feinstein

Liberals reported Sarah Palin's "hand notes" as further proof of Palin's lack of intelligence - can't make a speech without notes - nevermind that the President cannot utter a word without his TOTUS (Teleprompter of the U.S). What would Liberals do without Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin, neither of whom lack for anything, as they well know.

Palin wrote three topics on the palm of her hand when addressing the National Tea Party in Nashville. Palin has a lot to say. She never lacks for words. It is easy to get wound-up, go long on one topic and end up short on another. So, she wrote a reminder on her palm.

And so did, now Senator, Dianne Feinstein, but Feinstein was in a debate; notes, including palm notes were forbidden - but she did it anyway. Watch the video of Feinstein, and notice that former Bush Press Secretary, Dana Perino, said had she done the "palm note" tease from the White House Press Secretary's podium, as did Robert Gibbs, she would have probably been fired.

Dianne Feinstein Uses Palm Notes h/t Hot Air

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Sonia Sotomayor White House: White House Window Dressing, Deception, Deviants

How hilarious is this? Sonia Sotomayor showed up for the congressional hearings to confirming her position as justice on the U.S. Supreme Court wearing clothing that she says the White House chose for her. That's what this White House is all about - window dressing, deception, and deviants.

Sonia Sotomayor - White House Window Dressing, with Megyn Kelly

I remember Megyn Kelly, FOX News anchor (and attorney) covering the proceedings and she and Sotomayor were wearing the same suit, on the same day.

The Yale Law School grad talked about shopping for clothes to wear to her acceptance ceremony, but government officials took over the fashion decisions. They told her to bring five suits and then recommended which one she should wear, Meyer said.

Unbelievably, there was no concern that Sotomayor is a member of the hateful LaRaz organization, but much concern that she cannot dress herself.

This Oval Office operates by window dressing, deception and deviants.

Republican List of Sonia Sotomayor Supporters

Bloomberg reports that the vote for Sotomayor's confirmation has been delayed one week to accommodate Republicans. Now is the time to let your Senator's hear from you again, or hear from you even though the RINO's listed below are not your own Senator. If your Senator is not on this list, contact them anyway and register your vote against Sotomayor. Contact information is listed below. Also below is a link to an article about Sotomayor that you must take a look at. For a list of reasons not to vote for Sonia Sotomayor, and for discussion points, please read this. The latest list of Republican Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor supporters is:

Sonia Sotomayor

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) - up for re-election in 2010 Washington, D.C. Office (202) 224-2532 Augusta Phone: (207) 622-8414 Bangor Phone: (207) 945-0417 Biddeford Phone: (207) 493-7873 Caribou Phone: (207) 493-7873 Lewiston Phone: (207) 784-6969 Portland Phone: (207) 780-3575 Email Washington, D.C.Fax (202) 224-2693 Augusta Fax: (207) 622-5884 Bangor Fax: (207) 990-4604 Biddeford Fax: (207) 283-4054 Caribou Fax: (207) 493-7810 Lewiston Fax: (207) 782-6475 Portland Fax: (207) 828-0380 Senator Olympia Snow (R-ME) - up for re-election in 2010 Toll Free in Maine: (800) 432-1599 Auburn Phone: (207) 786-2451 Augusta Phone: (207) 622-8292 Bangor Phone: (207) 945-0432 Biddeford Phone: (207) 282-4144 Portland Phone: (207) 874-0883 Presque Isle Phone: (207) 874-7631 Email Auburn Fax: (207) 782-1438 Augusta Fax: (207) 622-7295 Bangor Fax: (207) 941-9525 Biddeford Fax: (207) 284-2358 Portland Fax: (207) 874-7631 Presque Isle Fax: (207) 764-6420 Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) - up for re-election in 2012 Washington, D.C. Phone: (202) 224-4814 Evansville Phone: (812) 465-6313 Fort Wayne Phone: (260) 422-1505 Indianapolis Phone: (317) 226-5555 Valparaiso Phone: (219) 548-8035 Email Washington D.C. Fax: (202) 228-0360 Evansville Fax: (812) 421-1883 Fort Wayne Fax: (260) 424-1342 Indianapolis Fax: (317) 226-5508 Valparaiso Fax: (219) 548-7506 Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) - retiring in 2010 Washington, D.C. Phone: (202) 224-3041 Orlando Toll Free: (866) 630-7106 Orlando Phone: (407) 254-2573 Fort Myers Phone: (239) 332-3898 Jacksonville Phone: (904) 398-8586 Miami Phone: (305) 444-8332 Palm Beach Gardens Phone: (561) 842-8300 Pensacola Phone: (850) 433-2603) Tampa Phone: (813) 977-6450 Email Washington, D.C. Fax: (202) 228-5171 Orlando Fax: (407) 423-0941 Fort Myers Fax: (239) 332-3898 Jacksonville Fax: (904) 398-8591 Miami Fax: (305) 444-8449 Palm Beach Gardens Fax: (561) 842-8949 Pensacola Fax: (850) 433-2554 Tampa Fax: (813) 977-6593 Locate all Senator's contact information here. Main U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121 Run over to Right Truth and see an astonishing press release. Here's a hint:

In Congressional testimony, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayer claimed she couldn't think of a self-defense case having come before the Supreme Court, adding, "I could be wrong, but I can't think of one."

Sonia Sotomayor La Raza: Conservatives and Liberals Agree on Sotomayor

Conservatives and Liberals agree that Sonia Sotomayor hid her liberality while testifying at Congress about her views, and how those views will influence her decisions if she is confirmed for the U.S. Supreme Court. Ignoring Sotomayor's La Raza membership, an extremist organization known as the "Latino answer to the KKK," and many other controversial opinions, papers and speechs, some Conservatives will cast a vote for her. Liberals will all vote for her, but activists are grousing that she has let down the cause, abandonded her judicial captial, and betrayed minorities by donning her Conservative hat and keeping her cool. Conservatives and Liberals agree that the "real Sonia Sotomayor" has not yet stood up.

Sonia Sotomayor

Conservatives are flummoxed that the Sonia Sotomayor witnessing under oath, is a completely different Sonia Sotomayor known by her previous court rulings, her speeches and her mammoth pile of writings. Liberals are flummoxed that this week's testimony is not the Sonia they know and love, ...the same Sonia that will deny a White man his right to have a reverse discrimination case heard, the Sonia that holds membership in La Raza,

La Raza was condemned in 2007 by former U.S. Rep. Charles Norwood, R-Ga., as a radical “pro-illegal immigration lobbying organization that supports racist groups calling for the secession of the western United States as a Hispanic-only homeland.”

Norwood urged La Raza to renounce its support of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan – which sees “the Race” as part of an ethnic group that one day will reclaim Aztlan, the mythical birthplace of the Aztecs. In Chicano folklore, Aztlan includes California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas.

...the same Sonia that, speaking as a member of La Raza, said "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion as a judge than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,” and then repeated it another 6 times, the same Sonia that supports "the Latino answer to KKK," :

Miguel Perez, a La Raza spokesman at Cal State-Northridge, has been quoted as saying: “The ultimate ideology is the liberation of Aztlan. Communism would be closest [to it]. Once Aztlan is established, ethnic cleansing would commence: Non-Chicanos would have to be expelled — opposition groups would be quashed because you have to keep power.”

...the same Sonia who has had 60% of her rulings overturned by the Supreme Court,

 ...the same Sonia who in January 2009 ruled that States do not have to abide by the Second Amendment. In other words, if a State decides that residents do not have the right to keep and bear arms, then Sonia thinks that decision is Constitutional. In Maloney v. Cuomo, she signed the opinion stating a that the Second Amendment does not protect individuals from having Second Amendment rights.

 ...the same Sonia who holds for abortions at any stage of pregnancy even if the mother's life is not endangered, the same Sonia who ruled in favor of a Muslim inmate's right to have a "holiday feast" (which had been denied him because the particular holiday was not a mandatory holiday in Islam) on the grounds that it was "subjectively" important to him, regardless that it was not important to Islam. ...the same Sonia who opined in a dissenting opinion that minority felons should have the right to vote, based on past discriminations,

 ...the same Sonia who voted for the courts of other Nations to have a say when one parent removes a child from the country without the other parent's consent - in other words, you, the parent, might be subject to the opinion of a court in another land where your spouse absconded with your child without your permission.

 Still yet, some Republican liberals plan to vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. The names are no surprise. We learned some time ago we cannot count on Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Senator Olympia Snow (R-MAINE) and now Senator Mel Martinez, a Republican Hispanic senator from Florida who is retiring in 2010. Some more about La Raza and what it means for Judge Sotomayor to hold membership in this organization:

La Raza Facts: 15 things you should know by Michelle Malkin writing for NationalReviewOnline: 

Only in America could critics of a group called “The Race” be labeled racists. Such is the triumph of left-wing identity chauvinists, whose aggressive activists and supine abettors have succeeded in redefining all opposition as “hate.” 

Both Barack Obama and John McCain will speak this week in San Diego at the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, the Latino organization whose name is Spanish for, yes, “The Race.” 

Can you imagine Obama and McCain paying homage to a group of white people who called themselves that? No matter. The presidential candidates and the media have legitimized “The Race” as a mainstream ethnic lobbying group and marginalized its critics as intolerant bigots. 

The unvarnished truth is that the group is a radical ethnic nationalist outfit that abuses your tax dollars and milks PC politics to undermine our sovereignty. Here are 15 things you should know about “The Race”: 

15. “The Race” supports driver’s licenses for illegal aliens. 

14.”The Race” demands in-state tuition discounts for illegal alien students that are not available to law-abiding U.S. citizens and law-abiding legal immigrants. 

13. “The Race” vehemently opposes cooperative immigration enforcement efforts between local, state, and federal authorities. 

12. “The Race” opposes a secure fence on the southern border. 

11. “The Race” joined the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in a failed lawsuit attempt to prevent the feds from entering immigration information into a key national crime database — and to prevent local police officers from accessing the data. 

10. “The Race” opposed the state of Oklahoma’s tough immigration-enforcement-first laws, which cut off welfare to illegal aliens, put teeth in employer sanctions, and strengthened local-federal cooperation and information sharing. 

9. “The Race” joined other open-borders, anti-assimilationists and sued to prevent Proposition 227, California’s bilingual education reform ballot initiative, from becoming law. 

8. “The Race” bitterly protested common-sense voter ID provisions as an “absolute disgrace.” 

7. “The Race” has consistently opposed post-9/11 national security measures at every turn. 

6. Former “Race” president Raul Yzaguirre, Hillary Clinton’s Hispanic outreach adviser, said this: “U.S. English is to Hispanics as the Ku Klux Klan is to blacks.” He was referring to U.S. English, the nation’s oldest, largest citizens’ action group dedicated to preserving the unifying role of the English language in the United States. “The Race” also pioneered Orwellian open-borders Newspeak and advised the Mexican government on how to lobby for illegal alien amnesty while avoiding the terms “illegal” and “amnesty.” 

5. “The Race” gives mainstream cover to a poisonous subset of ideological satellites, led by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan (MEChA). The late GOP Rep. Charlie Norwood rightly characterized the organization as “a radical racist group . . . one of the most anti-American groups in the country, which has permeated U.S. campuses since the 1960s, and continues its push to carve a racist nation out of the American West.” 

4. “The Race” is currently leading a smear campaign against staunch immigration-enforcement leaders and has called for TV and cable news networks to keep immigration enforcement proponents off the airwaves — in addition to pushing for Fairness Doctrine policies to shut up their foes. The New York Times reported that current “Race” president Janet Murguia believes “hate speech” should “not be tolerated, even if such censorship were a violation of First Amendment rights.” 

3. “The Race” sponsors militant ethnic nationalist charter schools subsidized by your public tax dollars (at least $8 million in federal education grants). The schools include Aztlan Academy in Tucson, Ariz., the Mexicayotl Academy in Nogales, Ariz., Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School in St. Paul, Minn., and La Academia Semillas del Pueblo in Los Angeles, whose principal inveighed: “We don’t want to drink from a White water fountain, we have our own wells and our natural reservoirs and our way of collecting rain in our aqueducts. We don’t need a White water fountain . . . ultimately the White way, the American way, the neo liberal, capitalist way of life will eventually lead to our own destruction.” 

2. “The Race” has perfected the art of the PC shakedown at taxpayer expense, pushing relentlessly to lower home-loan standards for Hispanic borrowers, reaping millions in federal “mortgage counseling” grants, seeking special multimillion-dollar earmarks, and partnering with banks that do business with illegal aliens. 

1. “The Race” thrives on ethnic supremacy — and the elite sheeple’s unwillingness to call it what it is. As historian Victor Davis Hanson observes: “[The] organization’s very nomenclature ‘The National Council of La Raza’ is hate speech to the core. Despite all the contortions of the group, Raza (as its Latin cognate suggests) reflects the meaning of ‘race’ in Spanish, not ‘the people’ — and that’s precisely why we don’t hear of something like ‘The National Council of the People,’ which would not confer the buzz notion of ethnic, racial and tribal chauvinism.” The fringe is the center. The center is the fringe. Viva La Raza.

Protesting Sotomayor: Do it Now, Do it Again, Start All Over and Do it Some More

If you are concerned about the successful confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, then I know you are calling, emailing, faxing and calling some more. But in the event you are too busy to think about how to express the extent of your feelings about this woman making it totarget="_blank">blogger friend provided the following for your convenience, and my friend received it from her friend. I know, more information than you want to know, but I want to give credit where credit is due.

Protesting Sotomayor - U.S. Supreme Court Building

While we may think Sotomayor's succession cannot be stopped, let us not stop our opinions and protests until this segment of showtime is over. No matter how you think your Senator will vote, call, email, fax and call again anyway. Use the following as talking points, or a letter or a fax, and if you are Republican, don't forget to include these words in your communications:

Senator, if you think that women and Hispanics will not vote for you in your next election, because you did not vote for a Hispanic woman for the Supreme Court, think again. They have no record of voting for you at any time, so vote NO on the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor.

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Dear [Senator] I am writing to urge you to join with me in rejecting Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the United States Supreme Court. The essential issue with this nominee is whether she will perform her duties to the Constitution of the United States fairly, impartially, and within the context of the supreme law of our land. [Senator] , there is no doubt that Sonia Sotomayor is a judge, but she is not a fair judge, nor has she demonstrated impartiality on the bench, nor do her previous statements reflect a willingness to fulfill her important task of interpreting the law. I may not be qualified to evaluate her judicial qualities, but I can certainly surmise that when 71.4% of her cases referred to the Supreme Court were overturned, we may justifiably question her judicial competence. Further, [Senator], the public is already aware of statements she made with respect to making policy at the appellate court level. She may certainly deny this statement now, but there is no question that she said it, and even worse was the facial expression and tone of her voice when she made that statement. She is, in my view, far too arrogant to assume the awesome responsibilities of a Justice on the highest court in our nation. And now finally, [Senator], let me suggest to you that a decision whether or not to confirm Sonia Sotomayor must be determined based on our country’s best interests. It is my determination as a citizen of these United States that no elected official who cares about his or her country, its people, or its hallowed traditions, can possibly vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor. I will evaluate your vote in this matter, and your decision will weigh heavily in the next elections. Sincerely yours,

Patrick Leahy, Sotomayor Misquote: Leahy Misrepresents Sotomayor

Senator Patrick Leahy gave Sonia Sotomayor an opportunity to explain one of her now infamous remarks, and in doing so Leahy chose to misrepresent Sotomayor's own words - leaving out that stuff about her capability in a court of law to reach "a better conclusion than the white male."

Patrick Leahy
 

The exact Sonia Sotomayor quote, in a 2001 speech, and then in another 7 instances is:

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.

But if you were watching the Leahy-Sotomayor exchange, as was I and the Washington Examiner was, you noticed that Leahy specifically left out the racial and ethnic point of her comment. As the Washington Examiner said, "one way to lessen the impact of Sonia Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment is to misquote it."

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.: "You said that, quote, you would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would reach wise decisions. ... So tell us, you've heard all of these charges and countercharges, the wise Latina and on and on. Here's your chance. You tell us — you tell us what's going on here, Judge."

Senator Jeff Session (R-AL) set the record straight when it was his turn at the microphone:

I would suggest that the quotation he [Leahy] gave was not exactly right of the wise Latina comment." Sessions then read the correct quote. It was only then that Sotomayor said her remark "fell flat" and "left an impression that I believed that life experiences commanded a result in a case, but that's clearly not what I do as a judge.

Of course, it is exactly what she meant. It was what she intended and it was exactly the impression that she hoped to leave with the audience on those occasions when she spoke the words. Sotomayor explained [paraphrased - but a very close paraphrase] that when she was speaking to women lawyers or young Latino lawyers or students, she intended to inspire them, to show that their life experiences could enrich the legal system, and that they should believe that they could become anything they wanted to become. So the question is, what does a white man's conclusions have to do with inspiring other women? The answer is that she intended to inspire them through encouragement that a Latino woman's conclusions are better than a white man's conclusions.

It is not difficult if you cut through the misrepresentations of Leahy's and Sotomayor's part, and then apply a slight bit of common sense. Jim Kouri at examiner.com has some interesting comments about Leahy, his warnings to the GOP and his legacy as "Leaky Leahy," when it comes to "top secret communications," (in other words - government secrets). It is worth reading, and being reminded who so many of these powerful Democrats are somewhere inside their shallow souls. Are you contacting your Senators?

Whether Republican or Democrat, whether you think you know how they will vote on Sotomayor or not, give them a call today, another tomorrow, send an email, send a fax, give them another call.

Frank Ricci is Sotomayor Target: Frank Ricci the new Joe the Plumber

Frank Ricci is the New Haven, Connecticut firefighter who just had his reverse discrimination lawsuit upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision brought to light Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor's decision against Ricci in a District Appeal Court ruling. The People for the American Way are stepping in to discredit Ricci. Don't you know they would?

Frank Ricci

The City of New Have paid $100,000 to a testing firm to come up with an exam "completely free of any racial bias." Ricci took a test for promotion along with other firefighters. Nineteen Whites and 1 Hispanic (considered White and Hispanic) passed the test but in the end, was denied promotion because no Blacks and only one Hispanic passed the exam. There were no promotions for anyone!

The city gave the test to 118 candidates, 27 of whom were black. None of the black candidates scored high enough to qualify for the 15 immediately available positions. All 20 of the plaintiffs qualified. After a series of raucous meetings, the city civil service board decided to scrap the test results and promote no one.

The firefighters filed a reverse discrimination case that was heard by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, on which Sonia Sotomayor sat. Sotomayor and a majority of the Appeals court sided with the city of New Haven that the city had a valid concern that had the White firefighters been promoted, the city may have been sued for civil rights violations, by the Black firefighters who failed the test. The case made it's way to the Supremes and in June in a 5-4 vote, the Court overturned 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Sotomayor's confirmation for the highest court in the land begins on Capitol Hill on Monday, July 13th. Ricci is expected to testify in front of the Judiciary Committee, on behalf of Republicans. People for the America Way, and reportedly other unnamed sources are "discreetly" urging "journalists" to look into Frank Ricci and his "litigious background." In 1995, Ricci filed a lawsuit against the city of New Haven for discrimination related to his dyslexia. Another story is making the rounds of Ricci being fired by a fire department in Middletown, Ct because Ricci reported safety concerns. That fire department was fined for safety violations but the lawsuit went nowhere.

With his awards for bravery, some 17 years of fire department service and history of overcoming dyslexia, Ricci has become a compelling human character in the Sotomayor confirmation drama. Senate Republicans have summoned him, along with Lt. Ben Vargas of the New Haven Fire Department, as two of their 14 witnesses next week.

For information about the test and the positions that went unfilled, read this. So what this boils down is a hit job on Frank Ricci. The Left plans to turn Frank Ricci into the new Joe the Plumber. You probably remember Joe Wurzelbacher, known as Joe the Plumber, asking the campaigning Senator Barack Obama "you are going to raise my taxes, arent' you?" In that moment, Mr. Wurzelbacher's life changed. With the camera rolling, he told Obama that he was a plumber and might be buying a company that would make $250,000+ a year. Obama told Joe that "spreading the wealth around" was a good thing. Blogs on the Left and the mainstream media had a field day. Accusations against Joe flew: he wasn't registered to vote, he was a liar and then Politico.com reported that Wurzelbacher had a lien against his property. From Michelle Malkin:

After Wurzelbacher told Katie Couric that Obama's rhetorical tap dance was “almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr.,” the inevitable cries of “bigotry” followed. (There are now tens of thousands of hits on the Internet for “Joe the Plumber racist.”)

This is what Frank Ricci has to look forward to. Frank Ricci, the Sotomayor target, the new Joe the Plumber.

Sonia Sotomayor Loses to Firefighters: Supreme Court Agrees with Firefighters: Sotomayor Overturned

Developing and just in, Judge Sonia Sotomayor's ruling at the 2nd Circuit Court holding that White New Haven, Connecticut firefighters were not discriminated against has been overturned in a 5-4 vote in the Supreme Court with retiring Justice Kennedy writing the opinion. Updates below.

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The Supreme Court has overturned the Sotomayor 2nd Circuit decision denying discrimination. Sotomayor must be used to this by now, as 60% of her decisions reviewed by the Supreme's have been overturned.

The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.

As background, the city offered tests for promotions. Whites outscored Blacks. No one got a promotion because the city felt it would be discriminatory to award the Whites passing the tests with promotions and denying promotions to Blacks who did not. Update 6-30-09: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg read the dissenting opinion, but it is unclear who wrote the dissent:

In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the white firefighters "understandably attract this court's sympathy. But they had no vested right to promotion. Nor have other persons received promotions in preference to them."

Other dissenting Justices: Breyer, Souter and Stevens. Judges upholding the claims of the White firefighters: Kennedy, Thomas, Scalia, Alito and Roberts.

The Supreme Court ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.

New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African-Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters were likely to be made lieutenants or captains based on the results, the court said Monday in a 5-4 decision. The city said that it had acted to avoid a lawsuit from minorities.

Frank Ricci was the lead plaintiff firefighter in the lawsuit. Here's a quote from his father:

Now we're going to get the best managers as far as firefighters go.

An outside firm developed the test given to 77 candidates for lieutenant and 41 candidates for captain:

Fifty six firefighters passed the exams, including 41 whites, 22 blacks and 18 Hispanics. But of those, only 17 whites and two Hispanics could expect promotion.

Sonia Sotomayor Loses to Firefighters