It's all Republicans can talk about...the "wise latina" comment. It's a quote from a lengthy speech Judge Sotomayor gave at UC Berkley in 2001. I personally feel Republicans are gleefully taking the quote out of context and twisting what she meant by it into some sort of reverse racism against white people.

They are also lamenting woefully with crocodile tears that white males could never make a similar comment without getting fired. How they wish they could say a white male will more often than not make a better decision than sub-human immigrants and non-white people. They want to say it. They believe it but they can't say it. Thus I think some of their rage at Sotomayor is pure jealousy.

Here is more of the quote so you can judge for yourself:

"In our private conversations, Judge Cedarbaum has pointed out to me that seminal decisions in race and sex discrimination cases have come from Supreme Courts composed exclusively of white males. I agree that this is significant but I also choose to emphasize that the people who argued those cases before the Supreme Court which changed the legal landscape ultimately were largely people of color and women. I recall that Justice Thurgood Marshall, Judge Connie Baker Motley, the first black woman appointed to the federal bench, and others of the NAACP argued Brown v. Board of Education. Similarly, Justice Ginsburg, with other women attorneys, was instrumental in advocating and convincing the Court that equality of work required equality in terms and conditions of employment.

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, a possibility I abhor less or discount less than my colleague Judge Cedarbaum, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. Justice O'Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases. I am not so sure Justice O'Connor is the author of that line since Professor Resnik attributes that line to Supreme Court Justice Coyle. I am also not so sure that I agree with the statement. First, as Professor Martha Minnow has noted, there can never be a universal definition of wise. Second, I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."

You can read the full speech HERE