Quite possibly one of the dumbest questions ever

[Bluzmann57]

on CSpan now. The question is "Does race and gender matter when considering a SC nominee?" I tried and tried to get through on the phone and have been unsuccessful so I'll try email instead. And I'm going to tell them that that is one of the stupidest questions ever. If a person is qualified, they should be considered, period. Race and gender should not make a bit of difference.
Oh no, my "esteemed" Senator, Grasley is coming up soon. Yech.

[Skittles]

seems like it matttered a lot when only white men were allowed on the court

[Enthusiast]

2. These assholes can't even

see through the veil of their own hypocrisy.

[CrispyQ]

5. That attribute boggles my mind. -nt

[iamjoy]

4. Yes, Certainly Does Matters

The Supreme Court should reflect America and not be all white men. Of course it is supposed to be about interpreting the law and not injecting personal prejudices but even a qualified judge is going to understand the law through the filter of his or her experiences.

I don't think race or gender should be a sole consideration or that diversity concerns should trump qualification. I don't think it's mutually exclusive that some one can be picked because of race or gender and be qualified. Yes, the fact that Sotomayor is a Latina woman factored into her selection. It was more important that she be qualified.

It is contradictory to claim race and gender don't matter but then get annoyed that we only have one woman on the Supreme Court.

I'd rather talk about race and gender honestly than try to pretend it makes no difference.

[el_bryanto]

6. You are right, I think

I mean it clearly does matter or we wouldn't be talking so much about it. You can argue it shouldn't matter; but that's wishful thinking, not reality.

Bryant

[Skittles]

8. you are so correct, iamjoy

it always bothers me to hear someone should only be selected based on qualifications, as if that is a reason why perhaps white males dominate - you cannot tell me that the pool of qualified folk does not include anyone but white males

[rurallib]

7. or said another way - gender only matters if it is not male

and race only matters if it is not white.
When all those white males were confirmed neither mattered.

[Skittles]

1. dup

[KharmaTrain]

3. It's Typical C-SPIN Framing

For a majority of us, qualifications and capability trumps race and gender...Democrats have long been able to see beyond a person's race, gender or sexual orientation to see the real person beneath. The rushpublicans are still stuck in the 50's where white men ruled all along with a touch of phony 80's Raygun "nostalgia"...a time that really didn't exist.

The only people hung up on a Judge Sotomayor's "race" (even though she's considered White), or gender or ethnicity are ones who feel threatened by them. CSPIN loves to "champion" the poor oppressed christian white male these days.

[mitchum]

9. Why didn't they include "religious affiliation" in that admittedly stupid question?

[Deja Q]

10. It shouldn't.

But on the flip-side, when we go out of our way to label people as ___-____-____-American, things can get excessive in the opposite direction too.

I like Ms. Sotomayor for many of her opinions and ideas. I'm sorry people can't look beyond her skin color or the fact she has boobies and not a wiener...