1.0Steven Waldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldmanswaldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/author/swaldmanSotomayor's Socialist Yearbook Quote - Steven Waldmanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aQ84nYgovV"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2009/05/sotomayors-socialist-yearbook.html">Sotomayor’s Socialist Yearbook Quote</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2009/05/sotomayors-socialist-yearbook.html/embed#?secret=aQ84nYgovV" width="600" height="338" title="“Sotomayor’s Socialist Yearbook Quote” — Steven Waldman" data-secret="aQ84nYgovV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I’m slightly surprised that the White House press office gave out this image, from her 1976 Princeton yearbook, in which she quotes Norman Thomas. Norman Thomas was, of course, the leading American Socialist politician of the 20th century. Perhaps they figured it would come out eventually so they wanted to be able to say, “That’s…http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/files/import/assets_c/2009/05/Sotomayor_NassauHerald_(2)-thumb-550x279-5311.jpg