Senator Sessions asks colleagues to quit calling Sotomayor a racist and promises a fair hearing

[BirminghamExaminer]

Excerpt:

Though some Republicans are urging a filibuster on the nomination of Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court, some in the GOP appear to be more cordial to President Obama's pick.

Senator Jeff Sessions (R), Al., said on Sunday that he would like his Republican colleagues to stop attacking Sotomayor over remarks about her Latina background in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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[NC_Nurse]

1. I think a few of them are waking up and realizing they are soon to be extinct

if they don't tone down the RW loonies. Good luck with that, tho. They aren't so easily controlled once you've
prodded them into the fear and rage they suffer from. They are foaming at the mouth and no longer care about
political survival - it's all about thwarting the other side for them.

That's what happens when you start screaming "fascism" and "socialism" and "racism" to these people. Along with
the usual "gay agenda" and "baby killers" rhetoric. The chickens are home to roost.