Project Logic Ga

I am getting familiar with this term “identity politics” which seems to have a negative connotation from the political right.  Would identity politics be code for suggesting that Judge Sotomayor’s nomination is about affirmative action or quotas?  Are sinister Latinas hatching a plot bent on global domination at the expense of White males?  No. 

What happens in the private sector and what happens in governmental entities are two different things because seeking a little diversity in governmental operations is a simple effort to have more voices and opinions heard.  I am learning that certain groups have little desire to have the public discussion represent a cross-section of opinions.  The power establishment will decide what is best for the whole community and you will like it.  And they wonder why Obama and Palin are so popular.

After meeting traditional qualifications, LBJ and Truman brought a down-home mentality to the Oval Office that I liked.  The same should or could be said about Sotomayor and Thomas on the Supreme Court.  At the end of the day, Thomas is more like me than Obama.  Did I just type that?  

I still won’t be comfortable until that other political party has someone in congress who looks like/and almost thinks like me.   Call that what you will.