Legal Commentary

Media Ignorance? Or Media Racism?

By Big Tent Democrat

Digby writes:

Al Hunt just told Andrea Mitchell that Obama could have picked a "more formidable intellectual force" for the court but he threaded the political needle very well. When Andrea Mitchell went on to ask if the White House was holding a conference call later to reassure people about her intellectual abilities, Hunt said that she wasn't as bad as Alberto Gonzales.

. . . I'm sure villagers like Al Hunt, who are so willing to believe that snide backstabbing about Sotomayor's intellect despite the clear evidence to the contrary, don't believe that they are on the same page as Limbaugh, but they are.

Al Hunt is not a lawyer and is utterly unqualified to pass judgment on Sonia Sotomayor's legal and intellectual qualities. But he is not shy to provide his views on the matter. Which makes him an idiot. Or a racist. You make the call.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 27, 2009 (boomark / email).