New York Times: Sotomayor Confirmed by Senate, 68-31

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Sotomayor Confirmed by Senate, 68-31

By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Published: August 6, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, concluding a 10-week battle with a resounding victory for the White House.


The largely party-line vote, 68 to 31, brought Judge Sotomayor, 55, to the threshold of one of the United States’ most prestigious institutions, completing an extraordinary narrative arc that began in a Bronx housing project where the Puerto Rican girl was raised by her widowed mother.

In brief remarks at the White House, President Obama hailed her confirmation as “breaking yet another barrier and moving us yet another step closer to a more perfect union.”

“With this historic vote,” he said, “the Senate has affirmed that Judge Sotomayor has the intellect, the temperament, the history, the integrity and the independence of mind to ably serve on our nation’s highest court.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/us/politics/07confirm.html?_r=1&hp

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1. I'm very pleased about this

I have a friend--liberal male of course, he calls me up and asks me "Why is it, every time they put Sotomayor on TV they do some sort of close up to make her look as fat as possible?"

His comment left me conflicted. First, it's probably true, since the press is what it is. The conflict part is who the fuck gives a good goddamn shit what she looks like on TV?

Anyway, You Go Latina Women!

His comment reminds me of the story of the Butterfly women in Clarissa Pinkola Estes book "Women Who Run with the Wolves" Pinkola Estes sets the tone of anticipation for this "butterfly dancer" and what a surprise when she arrives! I found this except on-line.


http://books.google.com/books?id=DlpKntuoWCsC&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=clarissa+pinkola+estes+butterfly+woman&source=bl&ots=CcY8tvxqLR&sig=Fwc-7EtxLnRQ6RxLYuXEHwWT330&hl=en&ei=0gKDSsj4It6PmAek4vihDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#