Republican members of the Senate have been viewing the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor as a chance to reestablish the rich white base of the party through racism. Sotomayor is a Hispanic woman who was nominated to the high court by President Obama earlier this week.

“This is exactly what the GOP needs right now,” Republican junior senator from Kansas Bernard Johnson said. “We’ve lost the White House, Congress, and really our identity. We’re Republicans. Racism is really what we do best. This will bring the party together.”

“It will be more passive aggressive if anything,” Wyoming Senator James Huntington explained. “We’ll probably mispronounce her name, not really listen to her answers, and insinuate that she’s un-American because she’s not white. I’m really looking forward to it.”

Despite the importance of the Hispanic vote, the fastest increasing population in the United States, Republican strategist John Lodge is unconcerned about alienating this voting demographic during the hearings.

“We stopped paying attention to election results in the 70’s,” Lodge said. “Yeah it’s great if we win one, but here at the GOP we’ve always been more comfortable with shadow government run by scared wealthy white men that is unaccountable to the people. It’s what the founding fathers wanted”

Senator Bernard said that he didn’t want to “give anything away,” but he is cooking up an oblique comparison between Sotomayor and illegal immigrants that he may sneak in to one of his questions. As Bernard explains, “Look, we have Mike Steele, a black man, as the head of our party. Us! Republicans! A minority leader! We’ve earned this.”

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by Matt Powers, Head Writer