She is a racist?

In the past few hours I have read that Sonia Sotomayor has a bad attitude and is a racist. I have to say that it’s interesting that Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh have fixed their lips on the “r” word. Neither of them has a history of being the first to be decent to anyone other than wealthy whites. Maybe I missed something other than the usual playground bully level tactics of their party (a big reason that while I may vote for the occasional Republican who wants to work for the people – you know, the party anomalies – my independent voter registration is ever safe from ever going in that direction). This is in addition to the assertions that she is an affirmative action push through. I don’t understand why affirmative action is acceptable for Clarence Thomas, yet not for Sonia Sotomayor.