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John Glenn remembers Walter Cronkite, Senators Leahy and Sessions go toe-to-toe on Sotomayor, and one pundit declares herself a “wise white woman.” That and more in our Sunday roundup
Will Abortion Be a Poison Pill for Health Reform?
On Fox News Sunday, White House Budget Director Peter Orszag says he can’t rule out taxpayer-funded abortions as part of a government health-insurance plan. This may be a deal-breaker that 19 House Democrats have already expressed opposition to in a letter last month to Nancy Pelosi, and an issue which fellow Fox guest Sen. Judd Gregg also can see posing a problem down the road.
Sen. Mitch McConnell: A Party of ‘No’
On Meet the Press, Sen. Mitch McConnell shot down not only the president’s plans for a health-care overhaul, claiming that it’s not good for the country, but also his pick for Supreme Court justice. McConnell says that as much as he admires Sonia Sotomayor as a person, he will not be voting for her confirmation because she lacks “objectivity.”
Monica Crowley Declares Herself a “Wise White Woman”
We thought Pat Buchanan would go furthest in denouncing Sonia Sotomayor—hard to beat his recent appearance on Maddow, after all. But give credit where it’s due: Monica Crowley, invoking her authority as a “wise white woman,” slams Sotomayor for having once face before her nomination, and for trying to be “Alexander Hamilton in drag” after it.
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TJColatrella
Meet the Press is more like Meet the Oppressors...!
That's what I call it...!
Rustafur
Care to expound on this, or just leave it as snappy saying with not substance?
...!
MaliciousDisorder
People that sit home and watch this garbage should get outside more. It's SUNDAY
deltablue
Amen!!!
Resolute
I find it hypocritical for people in the GOP to claim that Sotomayor lacks the "objectivity" to serve on the high court when they support people like Scalia who claim to be originalist and strict constructionist but then fail to apply those philosophies when it suits them (Eldred case, anyone?)
P.S. I <3 Fareed
xbainx
Republicans are terrible, their ideas are stupid, and they are hypocritical, racist, and sexually frustrated.
And worse than any of these sins, is the fact that they assume there is some silent majority out there in America backing them up. But there isn't. There is only the circular echo chamber of radio, TV, and magazines, in which a person can create a world where all media they consume tells them what they want to hear.
Humor-In-Uniform
The majority of media is unarguably very left leaning and you listen to them. What does that say about you?
Rustafur
Says the man who probably watches Fox News and reads the Drudge Report almost exclusivly...
But yes, it would be natural for an organization, body of people, who depend on the freedom of speech to do business to favor a political party who's dogma allows for less restriction on that freedom of speech. Wouldn't it?
dmspeech
Monica Crowley may be "white" but "wise?"
persist
Yeah, but I'd still do her. And Palin, too.
(Take that, reasoned political discourse!)
scutterhadley
Mitch Mcconnell is an absolute fool who is so out of touch with what the American people need. How embarrassing it must be to have to admit he represents your state!
clearthinker
Hey Rustafur, I'm sure you are glued to the Schultz,Matthews, Olberman, Maddow network aren't you. Talk about an echo chamber. I'm sorry, I'll let you get back to HuffPo....and then Salon.
xbainx: I know you are, but what am I?...... c'mon, name calling?... Seriously?
fleetw1978
Luckily, I have decided that no matter what I think or what I do, it will make zero difference. So far I have not seen the "change" I thought I could believe in, therefore I no longer care and as mentioned in an earlier post, I now have my sunday mornings and some primetime free to live my life.
Thank you.
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