Slaves to the Dumb

Is Judge Sonia Sotomayor short-circuiting conservative brains completely?

This instantly infamous National Review cover tells the tale -- the leading "intellectual" conservative publication can't seem to decide if the Supreme Court nominee is Latina or Asian:


Interesting discussion about it on BagnewsNotes, including:

The mistaken ethnicity is indeed meant only to convey "she is not one of us". The target audience could care less about its accuracy.

And:

is she sitting in front of a large vagina? I know thats what terrifies these people.

And also:

And conservatives continue to be surprised that people think a lot of them are racists.

Ari Melber has a great piece in HuffPo that Republicans would do well to study, about how they've actually become slaves and victims of the vaunted echo chamber originally built to serve them:

There has not been a single hearing on Sotomayor's nomination, but Senate Republicans are already playing defense over the party's response to the nomination. But who speaks for the Republican Party? As every politico knows, the GOP's Supreme Court vision was hijacked by Limbaugh and Gingrich, two of the most visible pundits atop the conservative media machine. While the Republicans who wield actual power in this process -- U.S. Senators and especially judiciary committee members -- have to angle for a single TV appearance, Gingrich holds court with his paid platform on Fox. (Rush also dropped by there Wednesday)...

...Republican officials are learning that in the minority, their echo chamber still works, but it's working against them.

Not that I'm looking for them to get their game back. Not that very many of them are getting their received wisdom from Arianna Huffington's publication.

Nor should they.