Still Don't Get It

Conservatives continue to play the "Obama only picked Sotomayor because she's a Latina, not because she graduated summa cum laude from Yale Law School!" card with such reckless abandon and echoing volume I honestly don't know if they're even aware of the fact they've already lost the battle in the long run. The Village too seems to think anyone Obama picked that wasn't a white male on a Supreme Court dominated by white males would be an example of "identity politics".

This may play in parts of the South, but to be honest, the GOP is about to piss off a good 70% of America if they keep attacking her by implying strongly that only white males have what it takes to be on the Supreme Court.

What continues to amaze me is that the Village is making the same mistake. "She can't possibly be qualified because she's a Latina" strikes me as the largest single screw-up the GOP has made since McCain's "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" quote cost him the election.