RSSWH: Sotomayor used ‘poor’ words in 2001
From: The Washington Times | May 29, 2009
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday that Judge Sonia Sotomayor regrets saying in 2001 that a Hispanic woman would arrive at a better conclusion on a decision than a white male. “Her word choice in 2001 was poor,” Mr. Gibbs told reporters, seeking to settle what has become an early stumbling point for Judge Sotomayor, whom President Obama nominated to the Supreme Court this week. “I think she’d change that word,” Mr. Gibbs said, adding he reached that conclusion after “discussions with people, people that have talked to her.” In her 2001 remarks, reprinted in a 2002 publication, the …
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