Non Divisive Catholic Commonweal Magazine Goes After Republicans

The irony is so rich here.

See Sotomayor

I think I have shown by my recent posts that a good bit of the "right" is taking a cautious approach to the nominee. They have concerns but all indications are there shall be a cautious approach.Still we all believe she should get a vigorous vetting. Oh and lets be honest. If the GOP had 50 seats in the Senate is there no doubt she would likely be confirmed. There is a double standard but most of the "right" still holds to that quaint view that a President should get some deference as to his pick. A view that shared it appears across the aisle

Let me pick up on a few funny and I guess in a way sad parts of this article coming from the non dividing side.

Although it originated with some anonymous smears in a Jeff Rosen article, the criticism has been picked up by the right and was repeatedly most recently last night by that unrepentant racialist and openly anti-Latino bigot Pat Buchanan (he of the “scrub stock” comment about Daniel Ortega a few weeks back). And it certainly draws its power from the standard stereotypes Latinos have to live with day in and day out, no matter how much we have accomplished.

It has been noting that on the left there was a little dust up over the nominee. They all wanted their person in. But please note how quickly this is not the lefts fault and now the rights. I mean Pat Buchanan? Me Peñalver might want to get out of his time warp. Pat Buchanan Who pays attention to him anymore. Isn't he exiled to MSNBC where he debates Chris Matthews

Later

UPDATE: The suggestion that the right is going to use racial appeals in their opposition to Sotomayor got a boost from several recent posts. First, Mark Krikorian complains about the propriety of Sotomayor pronouncing her name correctly. Curt Levy says she was picked because of her race and gender. Tom Tancredo (!) accuses her of being “a racist.” Michael Goldfarb then chimes in with this post, which digs into Sotomayor’s college activism in the 1970s (I’m not kidding) to simultaneously try to paint her as a radical and as the lifelong beneficiary of affirmative action. This will, of course, backfire, and simply serve to bring more Latinos around to the conclusion that the modern Republican party is no place for them.

Hmm. While Mark Krikorian is hanging out in conservative quarters right now as pointed out by the WSJ and others whether his views are from the "right" are of great question. I have no idea who Curt Levy is. Tom Tancredo? Is that the guy that guy about 1 percent of the GOP vote in the primary and is wandering around trying to find something to do?

But the text I bold ed and enlarged is the big point. Does one get the sense he wants to the GOP to be unfair so Latinos will find the "modern day Republican party is no place for them". I need to go to some of these Social Justice events at my local Catholic Church. Last time I looked the objective of moving all Hispanics into one party was not what I understood Catholic Social Justice to be about. Perhaps I need to sign up for one of his courses at Cornell to get educated on that.

Things like this should be pointed out more I believe to show that some Catholic Social Justice Catholics (even those that teach courses) that proclaim the divisive nature of GOP catholics are being a tad hypocritical.

As to the Modern day GOP, the GOP was led for 8 years by a man that championed immigration reform not once but twice. It had as it leader for a short few months a man that also worked in a tiresome fashion for immigration reform. A view endorsed by his VP nominee Sarah Palin.

The Democrat party is currently led by a man that killed immigration reform for short term political gain by a poison pill at the request of Unions and has more and more Hispanics wondering if they were played for fools.

Perhaps Prof Eduardo Peñalver can teach a Catholic Social Justice Course on that at Cornell. I am not holding my breath. If that was examined one might start asking a good many Catholic Social Justice types who sold out whom.

I am sure that like on the right as on the left there will be attacks beyond the pale As we see in these things. The little scandal no one talks about is this has little to do with politics but with various political organizations outside both parties that must raise some money and expand their mailing lists (which they then sell).

However a full and honest vetting of a life long appointment to the Supreme Court should not be scared off by the likes of Prof Penalver over the charges of racism. In fact such an action would exceed to the very bigotry of low expectations. Something I suspect Latinos would not want.