Subject: [big campaign] RNC fumbles Sotomayor talking points
From: Aniello Alioto <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 12:15:38 -0400
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True colors often bleed out... Certainly worth reading to the end.

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/05/26/rnc-fumbles-sotomayor-talking-points/
*RNC fumbles Sotomayor talking points
<http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/05/26/rnc-fumbles-sotomayor-talking-points/>
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@ 10:56 am by Hill Staff <http://briefingroom.thehill.com/author/hillstaff/>

Whoops. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has apparently inadvertently
released its list of talking points on the nomination of Judge Sonia
Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

Included on the released list were 500 influential Republicans who were the
intended recipients of the talking points. Unfortunately for the RNC, so
were members of the media.

Here are the talking points:

o President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court
is an important decision that will have an impact on the United States long
after his administration.

o Republicans are committed to a fair confirmation process and will reserve
judgment until more is known about Judge Sotomayor's legal views, judicial
record and qualifications.

o Until we have a full view of the facts and comprehensive understanding of
Judge Sotomayor's record, Republicans will avoid partisanship and knee-jerk
judgments - which is in stark contrast to how the Democrats responded to the
Judge Roberts and Alito nominations.

o To be clear, Republicans do not view this nomination without concern.
Judge Sotomayor has received praise and high ratings from liberal special
interest groups. Judge Sotomayor has also said that policy is made on the
U.S. Court of Appeals.

o Republicans believe that the confirmation process is the most responsible
way to learn more about her views on a number of important issues.

o The confirmation process will help Republicans, and all Americans,
understand more about judge Sotomayor's thoughts on the importance of the
Supreme Court's fidelity to the Constitution and the rule of law.

o Republicans are the minority party, but our belief that judges should
interpret rather than make law is shared by a majority of Americans.

o Republicans look forward to learning more about Judge Sotomayor's legal
views and to determining whether her views reflect the values of mainstream
America.

President Obama on Judicial Nominees

o Liberal ideology, not legal qualification, is likely to guide the
president's choice of judicial nominees.

o Obama has said his criterion for nominating judges would be their "heart"
and "empathy."

o Obama said he believes Supreme Court justices should understand the
Court's role "to protect people who may be vulnerable in the political
process."

o Obama has declared: "We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to
recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to
understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled
or old-and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges."

Additional Talking Points

o Justice Souter's retirement could move the Court to the left and provide a
critical fifth vote for:

o Further eroding the rights of the unborn and property owners;

o Imposing a federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage;

o Stripping "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance and completely
secularizing the public square;

o Abolishing the death penalty;

o Judicial micromanagement of the government's war powers.

*- Aaron Blake*

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