Conservatives vs. Conservatives

"She made racist statements. That is a fact. Nobody should have to apologize for making a judgment based on her words." When someone makes a statement that can possibly be taken as a "racist statement" it's totally subjective since we can't read the person's mind. Unless the person says outright that he or she hates anyone of a specific race, that is. If one reads the entire speech Sotomayor made in 2001 it comes across a bit differently, in my opinion. The thing with anything that's subjective like this is we can read into what we choose; how many conservatives will swear until they're blue in the face that Rush Limbaugh isn't a racist while many liberals will take some of his statements as proof that he indeed is? Personally, no matter who it is I don't think it's fair to judge someone by one speech alone when there's a large body of work to also consider! "McCain and Palin were both called racists for no good reason." I'm sure you're going to "prove" me wrong, Taskr, but I don't recall either of them being called racists in any way even remotely comparable to what Limbaugh, Gingrich or Tancreado to name a few did of Sotomayor or certainly BY anyone of the latters' stature. For the record, Gingrich has dialed back his remarks a bit to his credit. "Those who attended Tea Parties were called racists on MSNBC and no democrats objected to that either." So do Republicans make it a point to "object" to every guest star or commentator on Fox News who makes derogatory remarks about Democrats? "With 60% of her decisions being overturned..." As compared to Justice Alito's 100%? "...and a decision to support discrimination against white firefighters, I don't think she is a good fit for the job." I know you're somewhat of a "legal scholar" and I'm NOT but I've heard others who definitely know more that I do and maybe even more than YOU do say that she made the correct ruling in that case under the law and given legal precedent. I'm sure this is something that will be discussed in full detail during the hearings. I'm willing to reserve judgment on that one particular case until then. Annie

Well said by Taskr about the Tea Parties. My Uncle and Aunt went to the one in Madison it had 5,000 people attending it. CNN and others except for Fox pretty much ignored it or in NBC's case made fun of it as much as possible. Huge blow to the mass media's credibility. About Satomayor.. well I don't know much about her so no comment. About Rush and other conservatives especially on the illegal immigrant issue.. you can't just kick out millions of people from a country so lets find an intelligent way to solve the problem. Don't worry though Republicans theres a big pot of boiling water that will spill over the Dems in the next elections oh and the Media will be flabber-gasted by it. just my prediction. From a Moderate Republican... out.

I wonder if it would be possible to classify a person as a Moderate, is there no place for a moderate in this society? I don't consider myself a liberal as I don't believe in abortion? The fact that we the people of the U.S. are so far in debt to other countries, such as China, I don't approve of that! Does this make me a conservative? Not if I have to vote only the republican line! I have voted for both republican and democratic candidates in the past and I'm sure the time will come that I will do the same. I believe in voiceing my opinion about situations that I feel are unfair and since I helped defend my country during war time, I feel I have this right. I don't know everything about the nominee for the Supreme Court, but I believe her to be a fair person in her judgements. If she has to defend Roe vs. Wade, when the time comes, it will be her call, the law has been established concerning Roe vs. Wade. I don't believe that politics and religion should mix on the pulpit and I believe it is wrong when the Catholics are told my their priests that they must vote one way because of the abortion issue it is a sad and wrongful thing.

You asked what the Principled Conservative should do? Use our brains just like you say you have done. My comment was to your original point, making it sound like all Conservatism has to be of one mind.