Judge Sotomayor’s First Supporter

Ben Smith reports that conservatives are responding to the fact that Judge Sonia Sotomayor, whom they are painting as a dangerous left-winger, was originally appointed by the first President Bush–

One of the key talking points about Sotomayor is that she was first appointed by a Republican, President George H.W. Bush.

John McCormack partially punctures that one, noting that "Sotomayor was nominated as part of a compromise in which Democratic Senator Moynihan was allowed to recommend judges for two of the seven vacancies."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0509/About_that_bipartisanship_talking_point.html#comments

 

I remember the good old days in the 20th century when conservatives thought highly of Senator Moynihan’s judgement, when George Will wrote of Moynihan –  

 

His was the most penetrating political intellect to come from New York since Alexander Hamilton

 

http://920wgka.townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeWill/2003/03/27/pat_moynihan,_rip

 

And Michael Barone once termed Pat the nation's best thinker among politicians since Lincoln and its best politician among thinkers since Jeferson.

 

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/dpmoynihan.htm

 

I say that if Sotomayor was good enough for someone as smart as Hamilton, Lincoln & Jefferson, she’s good enough for me.