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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For those on the list who found Governor
Palin to be a less than stellar intellect because of a totally unsubstantiated
assertion that she once confused succeed with secede, and that wise latina Sonia
Sotomeyor the paragon of the well educated women...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From the Weekly Standard, 20 July
edition:</FONT></DIV>
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<H3 class=TWSblog-entry-header>If Sarah Palin Had Said It . . . (Update)</H3>
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<P>Ed Whelan <A
href="http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2JiMWI3NDJlMDEwZTA0NDI1M2NmYmQxN2NhMmVlMjI="
target=_blank><FONT color=#566ba0>writes</FONT></A>:
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<P>Judge Sotomayor says “eminent” when she means “imminent,” “providence”
instead of “province,” “story of knowledge” instead of “store of knowledge,”
and so on. Does the fact that she is a Latina immunize her from attention to
that sort of (admittedly not uncommon) foible?</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>To answer Whelan's question: These malapropisms would only be noteworthy and
revealing if they were spoken by a certain country bumpkin Republican governor
of Alaska. When a wise Latina accidentally <A
href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/05/audio_of_sotomayor_at_ricci_he.asp"
target=_blank><FONT color=#566ba0>says</FONT></A> "vagrancies of ... the moment"
instead of "vagaries of ... the moment" during the oral argument of the
<EM>Ricci</EM> case, we're supposed to ignore the slip-up, as the <EM>Wall
Street Journal</EM> did, but <A
href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/05/29/sotomayor-tape-reveals-views-on-ricci-v-destefano-discrimination-case/"
target=_blank><FONT color=#566ba0>make sure to inform readers</FONT></A> that
they should be impressed by the fact that "The Catholic-school-educated judge
clearly knew the Latin plural of 'forum.'"</P>
<P>But enough about her errors of diction. I wouldn't want to get <A
href="http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=45d56e6f-f497-4b19-9c63-04e10199a085"
target=_blank><FONT color=#566ba0>Sotomayor's reputation</FONT></A> for writing
pieces "that didn't distinguish between substantive and trivial points, with
petty editing suggestions--fixing typos and the like--rather than focusing on
the core analytical issues."</P>
<P><STRONG>Update</STRONG>: <A
href="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/15/good-news-sotomayor-confuses-eminent-with-imminent-twice/"
target=_blank><FONT color=#566ba0>Allahpundit has the video</FONT></A> and a
choice Sotomayor quote: "each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent
tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I
blister."</P></DIV>
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