Except that it isn't the Republicans who made the racist comments, it was
Sotomayor. Why should she get a pass? If a Repub had said what she said, he
or she would have been vilified.
How so? She just pointed out that a Latina sees the world differently than
an old white guy would.
That is neither what she stated, nor how it was meant. Although I see the
White House and at least one senator have no problems rephrasing what she
said (many times), she herself is surprisingly quiet about it.