tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post7478760083622428008..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: How Republicans Can Turn Sotomayor's Identity Politics to Their Favormike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-42526724634044846022009-05-30T12:09:18.631-07:002009-05-30T12:09:18.631-07:00I wasn't at the event in NY. I was at the one in C...I wasn't at the event in NY. I was at the one in Chicago and he didn't say that. I wouldn't question her intelligence. I would raise the statement and use the term "troubling" or something similar. There's no need to question her intelligence.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-7464141135264450762009-05-30T11:29:11.277-07:002009-05-30T11:29:11.277-07:00Rove: "She is competent and will be confirmed....S...Rove: "She is competent and will be confirmed....She has an interesting and compelling life story..."<br /><br />Charlie: "She is very smart."<br /><br />Rove "Not necessarily."<br /><br />Charlie: "What do you mean? She went to Princeton where she graduating with honors and then went on to Yale Law School...."<br /><br />Rove: "I know lots of stupid people who went to ivy league schools." The crowd applauds.<br /><br />Quotes from a Carville/Rove debate in NYC on May 26.<br /><br />"I’m not really certain how intellectually strong she would be, she has not been very strong on the second circuit"<br /><br />Quote from Rove on Fox News May 26.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-55427165297054385882009-05-30T07:58:51.923-07:002009-05-30T07:58:51.923-07:00No, he didn't. He never questioned her intelligenc...No, he didn't. He never questioned her intelligence. What are you talking about? You're trying to grasp at straws to make it racist. <br /><br />He questioned her judicial philosophy.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-13323086497057272822009-05-30T07:55:56.925-07:002009-05-30T07:55:56.925-07:00Rove may not have said that she's racist, but he d...Rove may not have said that she's racist, but he did question her intelligence. I'm not saying they're the same thing, but I'm sure someone is going to try and attribute a racial undertone to questioning the intelligence of a Hispanic woman who graduated near the top of her class from two Ivy League schools.<br /><br />The real question on my mind is will the media go back to talking about Pelosi when this is over with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-22816654751592367722009-05-29T18:53:48.098-07:002009-05-29T18:53:48.098-07:00The comment I would also play over and over is the...The comment I would also play over and over is the "Appellate Court judges make policy." This ties into the gay marriage debate where the voters consistently reject it, yet activist judges (almost) consistently overrule them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com