The Newspaper of Record complains that "Sotomayor Leaves Passion Behind in Her Testimony." She was acting like some dull old Supreme Court justice, or something.
Whenever people don't fit stereotypes, the news-gathering media must haul out the old Procrustean bed and either hack off all the parts that don't fit preconceptions or stretch the stereotype until it fits the person, willy-nilly.
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Date: 2009-07-15 02:24 pm (UTC)And they're infecting the children.