this notion that the times was out to smear her. that they ignored evidence that pointed to the probably falsity of the claim in this editorial. the jury didn t apparently buy it and neither did the judge. both of whom came down against sarah palin. now, of course she is very likely to appeal the legal experts have told me an appeal will be harder because she has lost twice. once with the judge and once with the jury and appeals courts tend to be very differential to juries. that s not to say this is the last word of course and it s probably not likely to be the last word from palin herself because as you just pointed out, nicolle, she has made her political brand all, it s hinged in large part on her being an antagonist of the mainstream media from gotcha questions, the
in clinical settings, the nhs has tried and tested guidelines on how to deal with people respectfully, and when i went in for mike scams last year i did not need to be asked whether i was pregnant, evidently night. if someone is going in who has undergone gender reassignment, or is going through the process of transitioning, maybe presence in a different gender to the sex they were born into, then maybe those questions are appropriate. but we have to take things on a case by case basis. apply some common, sense and in terms of the more general debate about trans rights, inclusion, the tension exist between sex based rights and gender identity which racing play out on our television screens that programs like yours. let s just have a bit more calm and, common sense, decency, and this debate and i must say, speaking for myself, i m currently pulling my hair out some of the gotcha questions on tv programs and radio
jesse: jessica, did you see any racism at the hearing? jessica: no. i saw a lot of stuff i didn t like. i feel like there were racial undertones to it. the argument that has been made about that is that talking down to someone, and you can interpret some of these questions which feel like the gotcha questions, could you please define a woman. that that s talking down to someone and would they be doing that to a white nominee i think is the line of argument. i did not see that. i saw some stuff i didn t like. i went back to look at what went on during amy coney barrett s hearings. the adulation from democrats. we saw cory booker go off. filled with joy. i myself am excited about it. we saw senators tillis, graphically, graham going on and on. amy coney barrett is a mother. she has seven children.
really? you have to wonder about what that. what do you make of that line of questioning? is the confirmation process broken? it is broken but this was broken veto an extra degree. what do i make of it. they weren t thinking about her qualifications or to derail the confirmation which as you say is assured. they were trying to do gotcha questions and kind of a mugging really in order to produce slogans to use not here, not to convince manchin but midterm election. it is really that kind of red meat forward time tested slogans to go after and nothing to remotely to do with the qualifications which were to the
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