In the hustle and bustle that naturally occurs when folks rustle up quick opposition to supreme court nominees, sometimes the best arguments against potential justices don’t come out right away. More to the point, sometimes the best arguments are too racy and cutting-edge to be broadcast. Oh they’re there; people just don’t want to be the first to say them.
So what do we have so far?
We’ve heard from our Limbaughs, our Hannitys, our Gingriches. That’s just about everyone, we think. And by now, there’s certainly a strong case being built against the Bronx Bomber.
So what’s the scuttlebutt?
- Sonia Sotomayor is a big Mexican
- She’s dumb
- She’s a racist
- She can’t even do her job!
Of course the whole time, we all knew the real reason she shouldn’t be on the court; we just didn’t want to say it. Because it’s grodies.
Enter American hero and human-mustache-ride G. Gordon Liddy. Here’s what he had to say about Sotomayor on his nationally-syndicated radio program yesterday:
Let’s hope that the key conferences aren’t when she’s menstruating or something, or just before she’s going to menstruate. That would really be bad. Lord knows what we would get then.
Oh, don’t act like you weren’t thinking the same thing!
Ugh. So that happened.
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