Rachel's Recap of Sotomayor's Confirmation

Rachel Maddow analyzes day two of Sotomayor's hearings.

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Rusty's picture

Rachel just kicked Pat

Rachel just kicked Pat BuKKKanan's ass over the Sotomayer nomination. Very different than the way she treated him when her show first aired. About.Damn.Time.

Nicely done, Rachel.

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Rusty's picture

As if we needed any other

As if we needed any other reason to get her on the Court, Sotomayer knows her martial arts weapons. In response to a question from Sen. Hatch:

SOTOMAYOR: Sir, in Maloney, we were talking about nunchuk sticks.

HATCH: I understand.

SOTOMAYOR: Those are martial arts sticks.

HATCH: Two sticks bound together by rawhide or some sort of a...

SOTOMAYOR: Exactly. And -- and when the sticks are swung, which is what you do with them, if there's anybody near you, you're going to be seriously injured, because that swinging mechanism can break arms, it can bust someone's skull...

HATCH: Sure.

SOTOMAYOR: ... it can cause not only serious, but fatal damage.

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minniesota's picture

Lemme guess. That was

Lemme guess. That was discussion of the 2nd amendment (I didn't hear Hatch's questions).

Rusty's picture

You are correct.

You are correct.

We are star stuff. We are the universe made manifest trying to figure itself out. ~ Delenn