1.0 link 210713 <![CDATA[Gingrich Takes Back Sotomayor "Racism" Comment]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/03/gingrich-takes-back-sotom_n_210713.html Newt Gingrich is not known for his verbal self-restraint. But even he thinks he went too far when he called Judge Sonia Sotomayor a racist in a Twitter post. In a Human Events column, the former Republican House Leader wrote:

My initial reaction was strong and direct -- perhaps too strong and too direct. The sentiment struck me as racist and I said so. Since then, some who want to have an open and honest consideration of Judge...
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