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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 6/1/2009
Who Gets to Shout "Identity Politics"?
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"Court Choice Pushes Issue of 'Identity' Back to Forefront," went yesterday's NYT headline on a Peter Baker story . "Identity politics is back with a vengeance," Baker wrote. "The capital once again has polarized along familiar lines." Note the sources Baker quoted. On Sotomayor's side: ...
realclearpolitics.com - 6/2/2009
It's Not Fair To Casually Call People Racist
— realclearpolitics.com — The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has already achieved a boon for our... political culture: It has helped leading liberals and Democrats to discover that being tarred as a racist on flimsy grounds is unfair and deeply ... (more) It's Not Fair To Casually Call People Racist
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althouse.blogspot.com - 5/31/2009
Obama defends Sotomayor: "I'm sure she would have restated it."
— althouse.blogspot.com — Well, of course, she would have restated it if she'd thought, when she said it, that it... would be used by opponents of her Supreme Court nomination the way it's being used today. But that's why the original quotation is so interesting and deserving of ... (more) Obama defends Sotomayor: "I'm sure she would have ...

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Gingrich Walks Back Calling Sotomayor A Racist -- Not
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 6/3/2009
Gingrich Walks Back Calling Sotomayor A Racist -- Not
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — In a sign that the Republican Party's right wing could now be attempting to walk back the... over-the-top rhetoric that has been used against Sonia Sotomayor, Newt Gingrich has put up a new post on his Web site saying he shouldn't have called her a ... (more) Gingrich Walks Back Calling Sotomayor A Racist -- Not

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The Republic of T.:  Digest for May 30th through June 1st

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Digest for May 30th through June 1st
The Republic of T. — Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for May 30th through June 1st: Who Gets to Shout "Identity Politics"? - Cenk Uygur: Should We Waterboard the Domestic Terrorist Who Shot Dr. Tiller? - The George Tiller I Knew - Cristina Page: The Murder of Dr. Tiller, a Foreshadowing - Mary Mapes: No Mercy - Time to Mourn - Adele Stan: Tiller Murder: Ann Coulter's Happy Day? - Shannyn Moore: Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism - ...

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