The same will be for Cap & Tax and National Healthcare or whatever they decide to call it. They pushed thru the Stimulus bill in record time because they didn't want or couldn't read it. What BO want's BO gets and don't dare challenge him. You can bet your bottom penny that neither of these two bills will be "posted on the Web Site for our 5 day review". BO knows what's good for us and we just have to sit there and eat our spinich.

Like you I am not a big bumper sticker fan.

I have 22 years military service behind me which says that I love my country very much. I fear that our leaders are much more interested in conservation of their power than the wellbeing of our society. this sticker clearly convey my thoughts & I suspect many others share our opinions. I would like a bumper sticker. cost requested.

KIRT

She is a blank slate upon which the majority will project their rosy expectations.

I believe that Judge Sotomayor should be asked directly, " Do you really believe that Hispanic women judges, because of their unique life experiences, make 'better' decisions than white male judges?" "Do you believe that Hispanic women judges make 'better' decisions that women judges of other races?" If the answer to either or both of these questions is yes, then the question "Better for whom" needs to be asked.

I believe that Judge Sotomayor's academic credentials are first rate. But I also believe that her legal credentials are somewhat suspect, as more than half of her appellate court decisions have been reversed in the Supreme Court. While Mr. Obama confessed to looking for a Supreme Court Justice who was 'empathetic', I believe that the United States will be best served by a Justice who can set aside personal feelings of empathy and decide court cases on the basis of Constitutional law and legal precedent. I would be interested in Judge Sotomayor's response to the question "To what degree did you consider the "Equal Protection" clause of the Constitution when dismissing the suit of the New Haven firefighters?".

I would like to hear her response to the direct question "Do you believe the the Second Amendment of the Constitution guarantees the right of citizens (who are not convicted felons, not mentally impaired and who have not been convicted of domestic battery or physicaal abuse)to keep and bear firearms?". If given the opportunity in the Court, would you seek to overturn Heller v D.C.?".

I would like to hear her response to the question "Do you believe that the U.S. Constitution, as amended, unfairly restricts the rights of the federal government.

Judge Sotomayor, in another off-handed remark, made the statement to the effect "we all know that the courts in effect legislate from the bench, even though I'm not supposed to say that". I would like to hear her response to the question "Even though you know it is not the duty of the judiciary to legislate from the bench, do you feel that this is something that is inevitable, so only lip service needs to be paid to that concept?".

The Judge's rise from humble beginnings, her academic achievements and her status as an Appellate Court Judge and Supreme Court nominee

are certainly commendable and a testamony to the opportunities available to all in America. On the other hand, there are many, many other minority men and women (and white men and women) who have come from equally humble, if not worse, beginnings, who have endured even more severe handicaps, that have also risen to become very successful in their fields of endeavor. Overcoming hardships, achieveing academic success and career success while comendable and compelling, are not the only criteria that need to be considered.

Let there be a respectful,but thorough examination of this candidate's credentials, her values, her beliefs, her reasoning process in legal decision making and her attitudes about the role of a Supreme Court Justice.