Maybe you thought all the right-wing zealots calling Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor “a racist” were crazy, but not quite offensive and misogynistic enough for your taste. Never fear: conservative radio host and convicted felon G. Gordon Liddy kicks it up a few notches by worrying about the impact Sotomayor’s menstrual cycle may have on her jurisprudence: “„LIDDY: Let’s hope that the key conferences aren’t when she’s menstruating or something, or just before she’s going to menstruate. That would really be bad. Lord knows what we would get then.
Maybe it’s OK if female Supreme Court Justices are post-menopausal? Or have no feelings or sentiments at all?
Even if the conservative crazies are energizing the base or perhaps helping to raise money for strapped right-wing organizations, these sorts of attacks don’t seem to be having much effect on Republican senators, who are the ones who have to vote on the nomination.