WASHINGTON – Although her nomination to the nation’s highest court is barely 24 hours old, Supreme Court hopeful Sonia Sotomayor is loudly and publicly demanding that the president not stop with his assist in her historic rise to the threshold of judicial all-stardom. In a tearful yet defiant press conference today, Sotomayor called on President Obama to “thoroughly vet his cabinet and then the entire federal government for non-Latina members.”

Why? “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,” she answered repeatedly during the press conference.

“I wish I could perform all of these functions concurrently with my Supreme Court post,” she said in her brief prepared remarks, adding, “but not even a highly qualified person such as myself [sic] can be in more than one place at once. Therefore, I must call upon all members of the administration to step down unless they are Latinas, and upon President Obama to ensure they do so forthwith.”

When asked if she intended her decree to apply to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, for example, who has been generally lauded by both Democrats and Republicans for his efforts in ministering the wind-down of the Iraq war, Sotomayor replied, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

Sotomayor was then asked if the proposed purge should extend even to Vice President Biden, to which she replied, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

Shortly after, she was asked about her view of Richard E. Besser, MD. Dr. Besser heads the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Previously, he served as the epidemiology section chief in the Respiratory Diseases Branch, acting chief of the Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch in the National Center for Infectious Disease, and as the medical director of Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work, CDC′s national campaign to promote appropriate antibiotic use in the community and holds multiple degrees in economics, medicine, pediatrics.

Thanks to the richness of her experiences and the fact that you haven't lived that life, she can more often than not reach a better conclusion than you.

But according to Sotomayor, despite all of his academic credentials, he has at least one glaring weakness. “He’s not a woman, and he’s not a Latino,” the Supreme Court Justice-in-waiting observed.

When pressed as to whether or not he should continue at his post, where he has been busy exhorting Americans to don facemasks, wash their hands and generally avoid each other in efforts to battle the virus previously known as the Swine Flu, Sotomayor responded, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

As Sotomayer exited the dais amid a salvo of shouted questions, she paused to consider one: Even though President Obama had the wisdom to appoint the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, should he himself be nudged aside?

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,” Sotomayor responded, then stepped out of the conference.

Originally posted 2009-05-26 19:50:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter