Right Wing Group Says Cabranes Cavorted With Terrorists

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Supreme Court
Posted on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:08:47 AM EST
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We have learned that Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (R-AL) has a favorite Puerto Rican jurist -- Jose Cabranes. Sessions demanded to know why Judge Sotomayor did not follow Judge Cabranes' lead:

Interestingly, Sessions was very critical of Judge Sotomayor's involvement, as a member of the Board of Directors, of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund. Sessions seemed not to know that his favorite Boricua judge, Cabranes, was also a member of the Board of the PRDLEF. Now right wing groups allied with Sessions and following his lead are running an ad attacking Sotomayor as a "terrorist:"

The question needs to be asked of Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (R-AL) (the KKK sympathizer; the person who said the NAACP was a "commie" group and who berated a white lawyer who worked for civil rights as a "disgrace to his race"), what do he and his allies make of the fact that their favorite Puerto Rican jurist, Jose Cabranes, was also a member of the "terrorist" group - the PRLDEF?

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wow (5.00 / 1) (#2)
by Capt Howdy on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:17:42 AM EST

the democrats seem to have learned from the republicans how to win and the republicans learned from the democrats how to have a circular firing squad.

Well (5.00 / 2) (#7)
by CST on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:31:47 AM EST

Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund sure sounds like a terrorist group to me. How dare they defend and educate!

: I see you need a newspeak dictionary too... (none / 0) (#8)
by kdog on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:36:48 AM EST

CST...legal defense is traitorous, education is stupidity, war is peace, and ignorance is strength.
Is your telescreen operational?

Look, BTD, all you have to write (5.00 / 1) (#19)
by Cream City on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 12:00:47 PM EST

each day is the one phrase from your post:

Sessions seemed not to know. . . .

and then we'll fill in the rest of the sentence, because it seems that we can count on Sessions' ignorance, so you can get back to writing about the rest of the idjits.

D@mn (none / 0) (#1)
by jbindc on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:14:14 AM EST

I absolutely HATE it when words come back to bite someone in the a$$.

I don't know how she (none / 0) (#3)
by indy in sc on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:18:46 AM EST

goes back each day ready to face the fresh insults to her integrity and intelligence without one glimpse of her middle finger.

After this parade of idiocy that we have had to witness in the questioning, I don't see how anyone can question her temperament.

: I would say (none / 0) (#4)
by Capt Howdy on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:21:12 AM EST

clearly they saw the temperament thing coming in her preparations.

Terrorist sure don't mean... (none / 0) (#5)
by kdog on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:22:37 AM EST

what it used to mean...anybody have an advance company of the tenth edition of the newspeak dictionary, because I'm lost.

here ya go (5.00 / 5) (#6)
by Capt Howdy on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:30:22 AM EST

-- ter·ror·ist terrorist -ər-ist\ adjective or noun

anyone who disagrees with Dick Cheney or any other right wing nut case.


: You beat me (none / 0) (#10)
by Zorba on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:38:05 AM EST

Capt Howdy, and your definition is so much more succinct. ;-)

"Terrorist" (5.00 / 1) (#9)
by Zorba on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:37:01 AM EST

is anyone who belongs to any kind of group working for equality of any kind, human rights, justice for all, a cleaner environment, universal access to health care, voting rights, non-discrimination in employment, education, housing and such, or any other idea that is anathema to the right-wing.


Another ad links Judge Sotomayor (none / 0) (#11)
by oculus on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:43:49 AM EST

with the infamous Bill Ayers.

Sotomayor and Acorn (none / 0) (#12)
by mlk on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:45:12 AM EST

I don't understand why people have (Obama) deer in their headlights (Eyes). For one thing, Obama picked this nominee because of her affiliation with this group PRFELF who worked with ACORN. Acorn is scamming us independent voters just like Bush and his oil buddy scams. Also, If a white male made a stupid comment like Sotomayor made on 7 occassions, we wouldn't even have a confirmation hearing.

: Heh (none / 0) (#14)
by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:50:13 AM EST

Thanks for reading.

: O-Kay (none / 0) (#16)
by Tony on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:51:11 AM EST

All righty then.

: You know (none / 0) (#33)
by Socraticsilence on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:43:00 PM EST

not only is your comment astoundingly ignorant, you've also managed to butcher a relatively simple metaphor- the Deer is the one stunned by the headlights not the other way around- I mean really what the hell, is English like a third or fourth language for you (after Wingnutese, and Newspeak)?

Sotomayor (none / 0) (#13)
by mlk on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:50:02 AM EST

I meant PRDLEF. Sotomayor is a racist, she's bias toward minorities. I'm tired of white males being told to get to the back of the line even if our scores are a grade above a minority. We are told that our preference regardless of effort and intelligence is delegated behind someone of inferior resulkts based solely on race. This is why this country is going down the toilet. If you needed a liver transplant, wouldn't you rather have the highest qualified person or do you want the less qualified doctor because we have to meet a quota, what a scam and disgrace!

Beauregard himself appears (5.00 / 6) (#15)
by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:51:07 AM EST

Nice to see you have time to comment here at our little blog.


Faulkner would love this (5.00 / 1) (#18)
by MKS on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:57:17 AM EST

These guys are the epitome of the Light in August character Rev. Hightower. Charge on! What relics....


There's a Snopes or two in the mix, too. (5.00 / 0) (#20)
by kempis on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 12:06:04 PM EST

Or, Karl from Sling Blade fame (none / 0) (#21)
by easilydistracted on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 12:08:31 PM EST

: Now that I think about it... (none / 0) (#23)
by easilydistracted on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 12:17:02 PM EST

I deeply offended Karl. Never mind about the post

If I needed a liver transplant, I'd hightail (none / 0) (#17)
by oculus on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:56:33 AM EST

it to Tennessee pronto.


: Me, too. If it's good enough for Steve Jobs (none / 0) (#22)
by kempis on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 12:08:55 PM EST

...it's good enough for me.

Is this sarcasm (none / 0) (#34)
by Socraticsilence on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:44:27 PM EST

and intentional straw-manning, because honestly I have a hard time believing anyone this stupid could somehow manage to register an account.


unfortunately, (none / 0) (#24)
by cpinva on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 12:53:49 PM EST

Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (R-Stupid), truly represents his constituents, who no doubt think he's the smartest thing since, well, bread.

i'd love to see a claymation square-off, between him and inhofe, they'd both lose.

mlk (none / 0) (#25)
by mlk on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:05:16 PM EST

You guys must have blinders on. I accidently voted Franken in here in Minnesota. I am an independent, I didn't like Bush. I can't stand Obama and his socialist Union loving policies. He want to turn this country into another Venezuela. And we independents favor the tea party, it isn't a republican or independent issue, it's an issue for all of us to keep our country, not grow government, unions and watch this country go third world. That's what is happening. If people voted for the more sensible candidate instead of the popular candidate, Ron Paul was far better than either candidate.

: "we independents"?! (5.00 / 2) (#30)
by nycstray on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:19:09 PM EST

{runs off to join the Greens}

: heh (none / 0) (#26)
by andgarden on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:06:30 PM EST

: More "sensible candidate"..Hmm... (none / 0) (#28)
by easilydistracted on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:11:16 PM EST

Been there done that, circa 2000. Still didn't work.

Union Example (none / 0) (#27)
by mlk on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:10:41 PM EST

I have a small business. We buy used equipment from shut down factories. Most of these factories shut down because they can't keep up with the exhorbitant costs of union labor. And if you close the borders as many Obama constituents imply, people will be forced to buy these products and the merchandise you buy at Target, Walmart, Costco, etc. will be sky high.
Example: I needed 4 large valves removed from a 50 foot tower. The union company quoted me $28,000 to remove them, the non-union quote was $3,500. I asked the union compnay why so high, they said they needed 4 separate union companies to do the job. I think you get my point.

Obviously your union bias is strong... (5.00 / 1) (#29)
by easilydistracted on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:17:08 PM EST

so why did you even bother to get a quote from a union contractor in the first place? Just curious.


mlk (none / 0) (#31)
by mlk on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:36:50 PM EST

We were presented with 4 contractors, 2 union, 2 non union. We received quotes from all 4.

The union quotes were as follows: $28,000 and $22,000

The non-union quote were $5300 and $3500

There was quite the difference. The problem is the union companies needed so many extra people and other union compnaies to do the simple job. They said it was protocol. We run into this all the time. union's are a rip off.


Unions (none / 0) (#32)
by mlk on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:39:21 PM EST

It's not even a matter of Bias, it's a matter of fact. If you were forced to pay either $3500 or $28,000, wouldn't you think you were being robbed?


no (none / 0) (#35)
by CST on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:44:32 PM EST

since you weren't actually "forced to pay" and could choose which group you went with. There is a difference between choosing to give money and being robbed.

Also, this is all completely off topic and has nothing what-so-ever to do with Sotomayor.


: Sorry, CST... (none / 0) (#36)
by easilydistracted on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 01:52:55 PM EST

partly my fault. I took the bait and engaged in the off-topic.

: What do you mean off-topic? (none / 0) (#37)
by jondee on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 04:17:23 PM EST

if the "Independent" Glenn Beck tells the tea partying sheeple that Obama is Chavez socialist, than Obama's nominee must be a Chavez socialist. And maybe a terrorist -- cuz these revoloutionary types will stop at nothing.

Glen Beck (none / 0) (#39)
by mlk on Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 07:51:06 PM EST

He's the only media personality who tells the truth. The rest of the media are fawning and drooling over Obama. I guess most of you are caught up in popularity contests as well. Too worried about what will offend the other guy and not staying your true beliefs. We do not want socialism in this country, who's going to pay for it. Unless most of the people on this site expect handouts and don't want to work hard to keep this country prosperous.