Liddy: “Let’s Hope That The Key Conferences Aren’t When She’s Menstruating”
Well, let’s be honest. It was only a matter of time before conservatives got tired of insulting Sonia Sotomayor for being Hispanic. Fortunately for them, conservative pundit convicted felon G. Gordon Liddy has found something new for them to pick on: her gender!
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LIDDY: I understand that they found out today that Miss Sotomayor is a member of La Raza, which means in illegal alien, “the race.” [ed.: Nope] And that should not surprise anyone because she’s already on record with a number of racist comments.
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LIDDY: Let’s hope that the key conferences aren’t when she’s menstruating or something, or just before she’s going to menstruate. That would really be bad. Lord knows what we would get then.
And as if calling the Spanish language “illegal alien” and insinuating that women are incapable of making decisions because they menstruate wasn’t bad enough, Liddy then had this to say about the composition of the highest court in the land:
LIDDY: And everybody is cheering because Hispanics and females have been, quote, underrepresented, unquote. And as you pointed out, which I thought was quite insightful, the Supreme Court is not designed to be and should not be a representative body.
Yes, what problem could anyone possibly have with nine white men making decisions for a country which is not primarily made up of white men?
As John Cornyn demonstrated earlier today, Republican lawmakers–i.e. the people who actually have a say in Sotomayor’s confirmation–are trying to distance themselves from nutbars like Liddy, El Rushbo, and Tom Tancredo. Still, I hope the GOPers who are attacking her based solely on her race and/or gender stay on the TV and radio for the next day. Should be able to get a few good clips for Democratic campaign ads in 2010 and beyond. Let’s see if the GOP can win elections without women or Latinos.
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Update: Wonkette lady-editor, Sara K. Smith:
Ha ha, joke’s on him! At age 54, Sotomayor is probably very close to, or past, menopause. SEXISM PROBLEM SOLVED.
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