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SO DID SHE MIS-SPEAK TWICE?

Well, well, well. Sotomayor's racist comment has been, well, not apologized for or retracted, but said to have been better if rephrased. Its also been said, "oh, its just one sound bite." 'Cept its not. Here's another (via Who Runs Gov):

“Justice O’Connor has often been cited as saying that “a wise old man and a wise old woman reach the same conclusion in dueling cases. I am not so sure Justice O’Connor is the author of that line since Professor Resnik attributes the line to Supreme Court Justice Coyle. I am not so sure that I agree with the statement. First, if Prof. Martha Minnow is correct, there can never be a universal definition of ‘wise.’ Second, I would hope that a wise woman with the richness of her experience would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion.”