Meanwhile, former Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee attempted to stay ahead of the game by releasing an early morning statement to the press which read as follows:
"The appointment of Maria Sotomayor for the Supreme Court is the clearest indication yet that President Obama's campaign promises to be a centrist and think in a bipartisan way were mere rhetoric."
One huge problem there, Mike! Her name isn't Maria. Contrary to popular belief, every Latina in the United States isn't named Maria. We'll forgive you. We're sure you were just watching West Side Story last night in preparation for this statement and got confused.
There have been a host of other mischaracterizations of Sotomayor, including media outlets that have defined Sotomayor's parents as "immigrants." Being that she is of Puerto Rican descent and that those born on the island have been American citizens since that pesky little Spanish/American War ended and congress made it so in 1917, this definition is 100% incorrect. Puerto Ricans who migrate from the island to New York are no more "immigrants" than those who move from one state to another.
This is just another stark reminder that even though we have come so far, there is still a long, long way to go.
http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/news...alls-her-maria
I thought Sonia was running...o well
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