June 5, 2008: A Preemptive Primer To The Coming Accusations of Racial and Gender "Animus"
As seen on http://notonthiswatch.com/ Given Eric Holder's conviction that any criticism of Barack Obama or himself has been rooted in what he profiles as "animus," now would be a good time to consider the words about race and gender from Senator Obama on June 8, 2005.... While Team Obama is hyping the fact the his nominee for Attorney General is Black and female, those demographic tags were of no value in June of 2005 to Senator Barack Obama in the confirmation of Justice Janice Rogers Brown to the 2nd highest court in the land, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals: "Justice Brown went so far as to suggest that the landmark civil rights law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, could be unconstitutional under the first amendment. I believe if the American people could truly see what was going on here they would oppose this nomination, not because she is African American, not because she is a woman, but because they fundamentally disagree with a version of America she is trying to create from her position on the bench. It is social Darwinism, a view of America that says there is not a problem that cannot be solved by making sure that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It requires no sacrifice on the part of those of us who have won life's lottery and does not consider who our parents were or the education received or the right breaks that came at the right time. Today, at a time when American families are facing more risk and greater insecurity than they have in recent history, at a time when they have fewer resources and a weaker safety net to protect them against those insecurities, people of all backgrounds in America want a nation where we share life's risks and rewards with each other. And when they make laws that will spread this opportunity to all who are willing to work for it, they expect our judges to uphold those laws, not tear them down because of their political predilections. Republican, Democrat, or anyone in between. Those are the types of judges the American people deserve. Justice Brown is not one of those judges. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote against this nomination." {lc} #### http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4514069%2Fobamas-anti-speech-confirmation-justice-janice-rogers-brown http://obamaspeeches.com/021-Nomination-of-Justice-Janice-Rogers-Brown-Obama-Speech.htm {lc} [screen shot taken from video clip]