"Us."

[majkia]

So the hearings for Sonia Sotomayor are being beamed to the universe. The sideshow continues. And then there's the beltway villagers who live up to their billing as obnoxious pricks.

"Us"

Here's a taste:

WHAT SHE SAID: "If I introduced every one that's family," Sotomayor said with a strong voice and a smile, "we'd be here all morning."

WHAT SHE MEANT: I may not look like all of you but, trust me, I'm no different than every other family-loving American. I'm surrounded by people who love me.


WTF????????????????????


A rebuttal:

Does Sotomayor really look different from all of "us?" She's a middle aged woman with brown eyes and dark hair, which describes a rather large portion of the population. She looks as American as anybody in that room. Of course, any member of the human species could be equally described that way. "American" isn't an ethnic or racial identity --- unless you are a privileged white person who thinks that anyone who doesn't look like you is an interloper (not to mention an untrustworthy, anti-family freak.)

This kind of remark says far more about the person who says it than the person they are ostensibly describing.

The ironic thing is, they have no clue how disgusting they are....