Saturday, May 30, 2009

Countdown: Will the ABA scrubb its unflattering Sotomayor bio?

The link: http://www.abanet.org/publiced/hispanic_s.html

Yes, this is the page that shows that Judge Sotomayor is a member of the National Council of La Raza (literally - 'The Race'.)


Here's a screenshot:

Here's the wording we're interested in:

" She is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York Women’s Bar Association, the Puerto Rican Bar Association, the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Association of Judges of Hispanic Heritage, and the National Council of La Raza. "

Note the tense. Not 'was' which is past tense, but 'is' which is present tense. Not she was a member of La Raza, but is.

Question: How long will it be before this page is scrubbed of the reference of La Raza? Or how long will it be before it's replaced with something like: "She was also a past member of La Raza."

OR: The page gets scrubbed and the Obama robots go into high gear saying that the page never stated she'd belonged to La Raza. The press reports will point to the scrubbed page and list "unsubstantiated rumors" or "an extreme right-wing smear campaign" or something like that.

Counting down 3...2...1...

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