Brian Morton is having fun
Brian Morton continues his excellent articles at City Paper
It didn't take long for Limbaugh to call Sotomayor a "reverse racist" (whatever the heck that's supposed to mean), Gingrich to tweet that she is a "Latina woman racist," or Washington pundit and GOP water-carrier Fred Barnes to imply that she is "not the smartest." It never fails to amaze how the most privileged section of American society can get its undies in a bunch the second someone not of its number is tapped for a post of authority where he or she might have some influence over "the clique."
The Republicans, particularly Newt Gingrich, have crossed the line and, to their credit, have apologized for their immediate, savage, and, yes, racist remarks:
