The airwaves had barely stopped moving after President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to SCOTUS when Karl Rove was on the attack against her.
Today on Fox "News" Rove said "I'm not really certain how intellectually strong she would be, she has not been very strong on the second circuit."
Karl Rove: "In June 1971, Rove dropped out of college."
Sonia Sotomayor: "earned her A.B. from Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude in 1976."
Granting that Rove has political street smarts, his intellectual abilities have not been judged as Judge Sotomayor's were when she was awarded the M. Taylor Pyne Prize at Princeton in 1976. What are the qualifications for that award? It's "A prize awarded annually to the senior who has manifested in outstanding fashion the following qualifications: excellence in scholarship, character and effective support of the best interests of Princeton University." Nor was Rove recognized for his college work "with highest praise," the definition of summa cum laude, as Judge Sotomayor was upon her graduation.
And how the hell would Rove be qualified to know whether she's been "strong on the second circuit?" He's not a lawyer, much less a constitutional expert. As noted above, he's a college dropout.
Mr. Rove is spouting knee-jerk Republican talking points because that's what he knows how to do. He should shut up.
Posted by Linkmeister at May 26, 2009 08:34 AM | TrackBackKarl Rove is obviously a high achieving asshole... once again proving himself among the lowest of the low.
Posted by: Karan at May 26, 2009 02:32 PMRove should be preparing his defense at the Hague. That said, I pesonally don't believe that Sotomayor was the "best" choice, but Obama simply doesn't have a huge pool of Lantino people to select from in that regards.
Posted by: RONW at May 26, 2009 09:30 PM