Liberals have almost as much disdain and contempt for white people as they do for America.  Their ideas for “fairness” have an annoying pattern of consistently discriminating against Whitey.  (Think affirmative action!)  What would happen if we applied affirmative action to, let’s say, the NBA or the NFL?  It would not work for obvious reasons.  This example in itself illustrates why it’s a disaster wherever else it’s been attempted.  But liberals believe that a less qualified minority is entitled to a position more than a more accomplished Caucasian.

The debacle now known as the Sonia Sotomayor nomination is liberalism at its best.   This woman is a complete leftist radical whose decisions while serving on the appellate bench have been overturned more than upheld (60%).  Her most noteworthy case (Ricci v. DeStefano) involves a group of firefighters from New Haven, CT, who took a standardized written exam in order to advance to lieutenant or captain.  Of the 118 applicants who participated, 59 earned passing scores.  Because there were limited vacant positions, only the top scorers were eligible for promotion – which translated to:  17 whites, and two Hispanics.  Although 27 black firemen passed the exam, their lower scores did not permit them to be promoted.

Judge Sotomayor was quoted “If your test is going to always put a certain group at the bottom of the pass rate so they’re never, ever going to be promoted, and there is a fair test that could be devised that measures knowledge in a more substantive way, then why shouldn’t the city have an opportunity to try to look and see if it can develop that?”  So, does the city get do-overs until the right race comes out on top?  This is classic liberalism.  When liberals look at a person, they do not see an individual.  They see a woman, a black, a Latino, an Asian, etc.  They group people into stereotypes.  They cannot recognize the fact, that each person in this country has all of the same potential of every American.  

In reality, there is probably not a lot that can be done to block Sotomayor’s confirmation, given the Democrat majority in the Senate and House of Representatives.  But at least we can identify her motives, and be aware of how she plans to influence the Supreme Court.