Sen. Whitehouse No Habla Espanol
| Wed Jul. 15, 2009 11:15 AM PDT
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has done a good bit of babbling over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor this week. He's so proud of her that today, he confessed that she gives him "piel de gallina." That would be "goosebumps" for all you gringos out there. The good senator was obviously trying to be nice by, you know, speaking her language. But throwing bad Spanish at the country's first Latina Supreme Court nominee is akin to questioning Justice Clarence Thomas in Ebonics. How much more patronizing can these guys be? Next we'll have Sen. Kyl demanding, "comprende Senora?" after one of his windy questions. It just shows why it might be a good idea to have a little more diversity in high places. A "wise Latina" might have prevented Whitehouse from making such an embarassing gaffe. Or at least she could help him with his accent.
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Comments
That sucks
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed Jul. 15, 2009 6:10 PM PDT.
Whitehouse is normally one of the few Senators I don't hate. I guess everyone makes mistakes, but this was a bonehead move.
Guess what
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed Jul. 15, 2009 10:44 PM PDT.
She doesn't even speak Spanish. Wow, Sotomayor, Franken, Whitehouse, Barney Frank, Kennedy, Biden, Maxine Waters, Charlie Rangel, Ogabe, etc, etc-
You leftists must be so proud!
I heard that one of our
Submitted by Pete (not verified) on Thu Jul. 16, 2009 7:08 AM PDT.
I heard that one of our esteemed Senators also told Sotomayor that she "had some 'splainin' to do", in full Ricky Ricardo accent. (Never mind that Desi Arnaz was Cuban, not Puerto Rican.) Can you imagine the outcry if a Democratic senator had questioned Clarence Thomas in jive during his confirmation hearings?
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