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Right Wing Round-Up

  • As Think Progress reports(link is external), Pat Buchanan really is a disgraceful person.
  • Alex Koppelman says(link is external) that Bill O'Reilly remained true to form last night in commenting on the murder of George Tiller, using it as an opportunity to go after his opponents: "pro-abortion zealots," "Fox News haters," "the far left."
  • On a related note, John Amato catches(link is external) Cathy Ruse of the Family Research Council accidentally referring to Tiller as "Dr. Killer" while appearing on MSNBC.
  • Eric Boehler points out(link is external) that the media keeps reporting on the conservative outcry over Sonia Sotomayor's "wise Latina" quote without explaining what the actual context of the quote.
  • Media Matters reports(link is external) that the reason Republicans opposed Sotomayor the last time around was because they were afraid that she might someday be nominated to the Supreme Court.
  • Dave Weigel quotes Manuel Miranda saying Sotomayor could very well "Bork herself(link is external)" during her hearings and elsewhere saying(link is external) that "Hispanics think just like everyone else. We’re not like African-Americans. We think just like everybody else."