Sotomayor Asked About ‘Temperament’. Sexist Question?

His question to her is being commented on because he is a white man asking a minority a question. The left wing liberal media has a problem with conservative white men. PERIOD.

Steve,
It has nothing to do with liberal bias, the man is a jerk. He’d never ask that kind of question of another man…no matter what color He was.

It is a fair question. On every college application and many application the question is asked – “how would your peers describe you?” In this case, the question was leading and adversarial. To read anymore into the question is just dumb. Anyway Maureen Dowd is way left of center, and of course, she would try to editorialize the question to make it look it sexist. Its her job to be biased and to try to make things up and cause controversy.

I’m a 44 yr old white married female. I would like to see the ‘diversity’ and balance of another female on the Supreme Court. But after living in NYC for a little over a year some time ago, I hesitate to feel comfortable with a NY Puerto Rican woman with her history. We are all a product of our upbringing and I fail to see how she can judge a case w/o a bias. Sure she brings much absolute knowledge of the law of this land, but she also brings –what I feel would be– the effect of her experiences.

It is a profoundly sexist question. No man would ever be asked it. A man who stands up for himself and his views is perceived as being forthright and principled; a woman doing the same is perceived as being temperamental. B
y the way, I am not a liberal, and I am not a woman. I’m a straight white male independent who has seen first-hand the treatment that my wife and sisters have endured by cretins like Graham.

“The firefighter case discredited Sotomayor and showed her bias for her personal views outside of the law.”
No! The firefighter case showed that she follows the law, as written. The Supreme Court overturned the decision based on new criteria, new grounds that the appeals court could not take into account.

It is ironic that Senator Graham has indicated that “he likes her (Sotomayor)and may vote for her”. Likes her??? what about judicial qualifications, this is not a personality contest Senator Graham. With the exception of republicans who need a piece of red meat, his comment reflects the lack of critical thinking.

What hyocrits! Many of the senators now in the house have awful temperaments and are considered gross,vulgar and real BULLYS. One that comes to mind right away is Sen. John McCain who has been called on his gross, insulting behavior many times. Where he has come down on his peers and constituents with the four letter words. The other one is former hypocrit and senator Phil ‘Foreclosure’ Gramm. How can they sit there and condemn others for what they do regularly. As far as being ‘racist,’ what about the senators who belonged to private clubs that excluded Jews, Blacks, women and Latinos. Now that is being bigoted and racist!

I can’t believe that Senators are asking Sotomayer questions, I thought she was supposed to just breeeze through these hearings. Isn’t that the way it works for minorities and Democrats.

What’s all the boo-hooing about? She’s called temperamental? So what. Male judges perceived as bullies on the bench get called much worse. And ‘meltdown’ has passed on from defining a tantrum to a definition that is more in line with its original meaning – a situation that goes horribly wrong very quickly, leaving a mess no one wants to deal with. To be honest, I’ve never heard of ‘meltdown’ being applied to a woman.

Who wrote this indefensible drivel? I see there is no byline! Whoever it is, they are desperately trying to reinforce their absolutely firm conviction that all Republicans MUST be racists/sexists/whateverists by manufacturing up some controversy out of thin air.
What an preposterous stretch to take a “temperament problem” comment and try to call it “sexist”! This is from the same liberal crowd that was all over McCain for his “temperament problem” – AND the same crowd that gives Sotomayor a complete pass on her “wise Latina” comment.

Since the beginning of this country, we have had 111 Supreme Court Justices. Of these, 2 have been African-American men and 2 have been women. So, tell me again what you point is, sweetie, when you don’t understand that there are many men in power who, for no fault of their own, don’t realize when they are patronizing? 111-2-2. You don’t have to be a statistican to recognize a non-random distribution.

“temperament” seems generic to me. I’ve had both male and female bosses with temperament problems, and I’ve seen both sexes have “melt downs”. Looking for something that isn’t there, people!

Sotomayor is a moderate to conservative judge who was appointed by Republican George H.W. Bush. She wrote three opinions favoring anti-abortion protesters and anti-abortion policies. When Sotomayor made the “wise Latina” comment, she was specifically discussing the importance of judicial diversity in deciding “race and sex discrimination cases. There has been no bias in her judicial record. In 96 cases alleging racial discrimination, Sotomayor and the panel rejected the claim of racial discrimination roughly 78 times. In 80 percent of immigration cases she rejected the immigrants’ applications.
Sotomayor also was tougher on convicted criminals than her colleagues during her six years as a federal district judge, sending more convicts to prison and handing out longer sentences than her colleagues. In the Ricci firefighter case, Sotomayor simply followed existing law; the Supreme Court in overturning that decision created new precedent (which is fine for the Supreme Court to do, but it is not the job of a lower court; Sotomayor rightly followed precedent in this case.) It will be interesting to see how Republicans vote; a straight party line vote here is likely to send a strong message to Hispanic and women voters.