THE POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION? McClatchy: Sotomayor backers urge reporters to probe New Hav…
Instapundit — THE POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION? McClatchy: Sotomayor backers urge reporters to probe New Haven firefighter. Well, it’s not like they’re going to be busy looking into her tax problems. ...

I cannot believe I'm surprised by this
doubleplusundead — I cannot believe I'm surprised by this And yet I am. Sotomayor backers are urging the press to go after Ricci . Of course they are. Of course. Every so often my cockeyed optimism that the human race isn't completely worthless rears its ugly head. It never occurred to me that this would happen and yet, in hind sight, it's obvious it would. God, I truly loathe our current political climate. Truly and honestly loathe. Posted by: alexthechick at ...

The Politics Of Personal Destruction: Sotomayor Backers Urge Media To Go After Ricci
Say Anything — ... Anyone who would become involved in today’s political bloodsport is out of his or her mind. You run the danger of becoming political road-kill, even if you’re just a working man who fought for his rights: ...

Seek & Destroy-- Sotomayor Supporters Urging MSM to Target Firefighter Ricci For Speaking Out Against Judge
Gateway Pundit — ... Haven firefighters who was discriminated against by Sonia Sotomayor will testify this coming week at her hearings. Sotomayor's flawed ruling against the white firefighters was overturned by the Supreme Court in June. Sotomayor's 2 for 6. She's now been overturned 66% of the time by the Supreme Court. In response, Democrats and the state-run media are going to scrutinize and destroy one firefighter who is testifying this coming week. McClatchy reported: Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are ...

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Sotomayor Backers Urge Press to Attack Fireman, Will Media Comply?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — On the eve of Senate hearings on the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, her supporters are urging the media to attack the Connecticut fireman in the middle of a key ruling she made that could impact the proceedings. The only question is whether or not Obama-loving press will comply with these wishes...or is that really even a question? While you ponder, the following was reported by McClatchy Friday: [Sotomayor's] advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the "troubled and litigious ...

Liberal Activists Attack Winner Of Two Civil Rights Lawsuits As Having "Troubled And Litigious Work History"
Rhymes With Right — ... Ricci going to call those who supported him "outside agitators"? On the eve of Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the "troubled and litigious work history" of firefighter Frank Ricci. * * * On Friday, citing in an e-mail "Frank Ricci's troubled and litigious work history," the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way drew reporters' attention to Ricci's past. Other advocates for Sotomayor have discreetly urged journalists to pursue similar story lines. Specifically, the advocates have ...

'A New Low in the Politics of Personal Destruction'
JammieWearingFool — Let's see if any Republican senators have the stomach to mention this at the Sotomayor hearings next week. This is outlandish thuggery of the highest order, yet it's all too typical of the "tolerant" left. Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who's at the center of Sotomayor's most controversial ruling. On the eve of Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the "troubled and litigious work history" of firefighter Frank Ricci. This is ...

THE POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION? McClatchy: Sotomayor backers urge reporters to probe New Hav…
Instapundit — THE POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION? McClatchy: Sotomayor backers urge reporters to probe New Haven firefighter. (Via NewsAlert). Well, it’s not like they’re going to be busy looking into her tax problems. ...

'Sotomayor Backers' Try to "Joe the Plumber" Firefighter Whose Case Embarassed Sotomayor
The Jawa Report — July 11, 2009 'Sotomayor Backers' Try to "Joe the Plumber" Firefighter Whose Case Embarassed Sotomayor Probably some right wing Republicans who support Sotomayor's decision to codify racism in her court rulings. Those Rethugs sure like to destroy people's lives when one doesn't serve their political aspirations, don't they? Bush's fault. If the firefighter wanted to have a normal life, he should have just laid down and accepted Sotomayor's racist decision as any good white/Hispanic person should. By Good Lt. at July 11, 2009 09:59 AM | | l ...

Sotomayor backers urge reporters to probe New Haven firefighter
The Political Carnival — ... WASHINGTON — Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who's at the center of Sotomayor's most controversial ruling. ...

They’re at it again
Cold Fury — Looks like the specialists in the politics of personal destruction have another ordinary American in their sights for daring to disagree with their insidious agenda: WASHINGTON — Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who’s at the center of Sotomayor’s most controversial ruling. On the eve of Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the “troubled and litigious work history” of firefighter Frank Ricci. On Friday, citing in an e-mail “Frank ...

PFAW’s Sleazy Tactics
California Conservative — ... One of the most hard left organizations, People for the American Way (PFAW), is going after Frank Ricci for his “troubled and litigious work history.” ...

"Sotomayor Girds for Hill Showdown; As Nominee and Advisers Strategize, Sen. Sessions Pledges No Personal Attacks"
How Appealing — ... Michael Doyle and David Lightman of McClatchy Newspapers report that "Sotomayor backers urge reporters to probe New Haven firefighter." ...

Sunday Linkage Beyond Your Wildest Dreams!
Generation Patriot — ... First, sickening news from the Left's love of the "wise Latina woman" (for someone's who for her Latino heritage, she doesn't know redundancy in her language). ...

Get Ricci [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom — [image] On a more sobering note. WASHINGTON — Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who’s at the center of Sotomayor’s most controversial ruling. On the eve of Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the “troubled and litigious work history” of firefighter Frank Ricci. [...] On Friday, citing in an e-mail “Frank Ricci’s troubled and litigious work history,” the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way [a George Soros funded ...

Jude : The Spectre Of Specter, the Folly Of Franken
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog — Get ready for a divisive week of national politics - surprise! Some on the Left will be going after firefighter Frank Ricci , so that'll be nice. Politics of personal destruction, yada yada yada. Eventually, not only will qualified office holders refuse to run, but average citizens, even those with a righteous cause, will decline to speak up for fear of being noticed and targeted. A friend asked me why Republicans would bother to oppose the Sotomayor nomination, since her confirmation seems assured. My feeling is that we only get to have this important conversation on the ...

Joe the Firefighter
Knowledge is Power — ... On the eve of Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the “troubled and litigious work history” of firefighter Frank Ricci........... ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Smearing the "Little People"
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — It's disheartening, but hardly surprising, that Sonia Sotomayor's backers are trying to smear Frank Ricci , the fireman against whom the city of New Haven discriminated because he is white. Sure, the left tells us that they are the friends and the proponents of the "little guy," the ordinary working stiff trying to earn a living. But as Joe the Plumber could tell Ricci, that's only if the "little people" -- the ones that the left is so supposedly committed to "helping" -- are willing to sit down, shut up and act helpless without the succor of the big, benevolent government. ...

The Tolerant Left
small dead animals — July 11, 2009 The Tolerant Left Frank Ricci , meet Joe The Plumber . ( I told you to read this for a reason.) Posted by Kate at July 11, 2009 2:57 PM Comments Post a comment Before submitting, review the post to ensure your comment is on topic and does not contain words that might get caught in the spam filter (eg: insurance, viagra, online, poker). This is not a forum or a repository for off-topic link dumps. Profanity is discouraged. Take your extended debates and/or flamewars to private email. Thankyou. Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? Yes ...

Sotomayor Backers Prepare to Oppo Firefighter
PoliGazette — ... Is there no depth to which liberal ideologues will not stoop? It seems that some of Sonia Sotomayor’s more devoted advocates are preparing to aim a campaign of “scrutiny” at Frank Ricci, the New Haven, Connecticut firefighter who sued the city for promoting less-qualified minority firefighters at the expense of whites. ...

Assassins
Blue Crab Boulevard — ... The left is cheerfully trying to line up reporters to assassinate the character of yet another private citizen . Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who’s at the center of Sotomayor’s most controversial ruling. On the eve of Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the “troubled and litigious work history” of firefighter Frank Ricci. This is opposition research: a constant shadow on Capitol Hill.“The whole business of getting Supreme Court ...

Frank Ricci, Serial Plaintiff
The Mahablog — ... Ricci is supposed to testify at Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing, which is absurd seeing that Sotomayor didn’t write an opinion on the lower court decision against Ricci. But Ricci is now the poster boy for reverse discrimination. He may find he has a new career McClatchy is reporting that People for the American Way are urging reporters to look into Ricci’s background and report on it. And, of course, the Right is whining about the politics of personal destruction, of which they are entirely innocent. ...

The Politics of Personal Destruction
Patterico's Pontifications — [Guest post by DRJ] McClatchy reports “Sotomayor backers urge reporters to probe New Haven firefighter”: “On the eve of Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the ‘troubled and litigious work history’ of firefighter Frank Ricci.” Shades of Joe the Plumber. – DRJ

The Politics of Personal Destruction
COUNTERCOLUMN: All Your Bias Are Belong to Us — The Clintons complained about them when they held the highest office in the land. If they were wrong then, then aren't they even more wrong when aimed at a private citizen? Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who's at the center of Sotomayor's most controversial ruling. On the eve of Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the "troubled and litigious work history" of firefighter Frank Ricci. ...

Liberal Fascists Attempt to Suppress Debate, Again
Blogs For Victory — By working up a slime campaign against the firefighter at the core of the case Sotomayor ruled incorrectly upon: Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who’s at the center of Sotomayor’s most controversial ruling. On the eve of Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the “troubled and litigious work history” of firefighter Frank Ricci. This is opposition research: a constant ...

Stop It
Obsidian Wings — ... by hilzoy From McClatchy: "Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who's at the center of Sotomayor's most controversial ruling. On the eve of Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearing, ...

Stop It
Political Animal — Stop It From McClatchy : "Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who's at the center of Sotomayor's most controversial ruling. On the eve of Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the "troubled and litigious work history" of firefighter Frank Ricci." The only "advocate" named in the article is People for the American Way. Whoever these advocates are, though, I have a message for them: Stop. Really. Just stop. First, it's wrong. Apparently, ...

Well, that didn’t take long
Fausta's Blog — Yesterday at McClatchy: Sotomayor backers urge reporters to probe New Haven firefighter Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who’s at the center of Sotomayor’s most controversial ruling. On the eve of Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the “troubled and litigious work history” of firefighter Frank Ricci. What is “troubled and litigious ...

Demonstrating how low they will go
Betsy's Page — ... always seem to be plumbing new depths. It was liberal activists who turned Robert Bork's name into a verb in order to make sure that they blocked his nomination. They supported Anita Hill's unsubstantiated attacks on Clarence Thomas for what was basically an accusation that he had made dirty jokes, and they sought any and all accusations that they could dredge up to block the rise of John Roberts and Sam Alito to the bench. Now as we approach the hearings for Sonia Sotomayor, activist groups want to pull out all the stops to attack one of the witnesses that the Republicans ...

Will It Get Ugly? Both Sides Prepared for Start of Sotomayor Hearings Monday
Political Punch — ... , saying that "she applied 2nd Circuit precedent" and her ruling “shows restraint.” But certainly not everyone agrees, and Ricci -- one of the white firefighters who alleged racial discrimination against the city of New Haven -- appears on the Republicans' witness list. On Friday, the liberal group People for the American Way sent e-mails to journalists saying they needed to look into Ricci's "troubled and litigious work history," McClatchy Newspapers reported . Ricci filed a lawsuit in 1995 saying the city of New Haven discriminated against him regarding his dyslexia, the ...

Is this the American Way?
Power Line — ... People for the American Way, the left-wing smear machine, is (In the words of McClatchy press service) quietly targeting Frank Ricci, the Connecticut firefighter whose successful lawsuit for racial discrimination has proven to be so inconvenient for Judge Sotomayor. Specifically, People for the American Way, along with other such drive-by hit artists, is urging reporters to scrutinize Ricci's allegedly "troubled and litigious work history." So far, the ...

Blawg Review #220
Overlawyered — ... on how the Sotomayor panel almost succeeded in burying the Ricci case through its summary order; having failed to bury the case, Sotomayor’s supporters are making personal attacks on Ricci, who will be testifying at Sotomayor’s hearing, himself. Heather Mac Donald ...

Day One: Spotlight on Sotomayor
Michelle Malkin — ... which we live out our social and political lives. The recognition that there are two separate rulebooks for minorities: one for liberals and one for conservatives. In the liberal rulebook, whites must be sensitive and considerate of a minority’s life story and the unique obstacles he or she faced and/or overcame. In the conservative rulebook, well, there really is no rulebook because there are no rules. It’s always open season on conservative minorities. Speaking of open season, it’s open season on Frank Ricci — the lead plaintiff in the Connecticut firefighters’ ...

Monday morning links
Maggie's Farm — ... who thinks that "global governance" is anything other than a profound evil is a woefully misguided dreamer, a nut, or an authoritarian. Steyn notes that some believe that fears of Eurabia are greatly exaggerated. NY to London in 1 hr 54 minutes. The new new European anti-Americanism. Powerline Dems going after Frank Ricci James Schlesinger on why we need nuke weapons ...

Ricci Still Potent Despite Litigious Past
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — It turns out the symbol is imperfect but the substance remains. The liberal group People for the American Way, a strong defender of affirmative action, emailed reporters Friday about “Frank Ricci's troubled and litigious work history.” As a McClatchy story reported, the opposition research is reminiscent of the “sharp elbows” seen in the character assassination of Anita Hill, who testified against Clarence Thomas. Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings this week will not be as controversial as Thomas. And like Thomas, she will surely be confirmed. Conservatives are mounting a ...

Dissenters Will Be Destroyed
Shot in the Dark — ... All those who dissent from The One and His Ones must not only be defeated; they must be chastened pour le descouragement les autres: ...

People for the Chicago Way
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Lithwick's move isn't surprising -- she's a reliable left-wing partisan. What's particularly amusing, though, is that the McClatchy newswire already has blown her cover, by reporting that People for the American Way has been urging writers to attack Frank Ricci on precisely the grounds cited by Lithwick. Lithwick obviously did little more than take a PFAW press release, reword it, and run it under her own name. ...

The Sotomayor Confirmation
Flopping Aces — ... Lithwick’s move isn’t surprising — she’s a reliable left-wing partisan. What’s particularly amusing, though, is that the McClatchy newswire already has blown her cover, by reporting that People for the American Way has been urging writers to attack Frank Ricci on precisely the grounds cited by Lithwick. Lithwick obviously did little more than take a PFAW press release, reword it, and run it under her own name. ...

Democrats Walk a Fine Line on Ricci Attacks
Politics Daily — ... Ricci is slated to be a key witness in the confirmation hearings. The liberal group People for the American Way sent out an e-mail late last week, accusing Ricci of having a "troubled and litigious work history," and of being a serial plaintiff. The goal, of course, is to undermine his credibility. ...

Musings about Idiots
WTF Is It Now?!? — Suffering from an acute case of Joe the Plumber syndrome, the third deity of the new and improved Rushthuglibot trinity, and new Reich-wing sensation Frank the Fireman Frank Ricci is supposed to testify at Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing. ...

People for the “American Way” – Sliming the Victim
Behind Blue Lines — Last Friday, McClatchy reported that People for the American Way is working to slime the lead plaintiff in Ricci case that’s at the center of Justice Sotormayor’s confirmation. Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who’s at the center of Sotomayor’s most controversial ruling. On the eve of Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the “troubled and litigious work history” of firefighter Frank Ricci. This is opposition research: a constant ...