re: #17 Killgore Trout

I also think making a racial issue out of this is distasteful.

I agree it is distasteful. But the person who made a racial issue out of it was Sotomayor herself.

She brought it up throughout her career. Obama brought it up when he nominated her. And now, what, his political opponents are forbidden to mention the very topic that Obama and his appointee harp on endlessly?

No one but ignorable rank racists are claiming that she isn’t qualified because of her “race.” The people on the conservative side who are bringing up race are doing so in response to her raising the topic, and her stating in so many words that she thinks being a member of a certain ethnicity elevates her above others in some way.

I for one would gladly never mention race again, but it is people like Sotomayor that that simply won’t let the issue rest.