Compare Sotomayor with Bush 1's Clarence Thomas


	Compare Sotomayor with Bush 1's Clarence Thomas

masbury

5-29-2009 6:06 PM

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masbury says:

University of Utah dropout Karl Rove opines that Sotomayer - the summa cum laude Princeton grad - might be a little light for his taste. But George the First nominated Clarence Thomas, who remains, to the right, "a reassuring beacon of black inferiority."

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5-29-2009 9:34 PM

debbyski

Great clip Mas. Thank you.

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