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Blitzer notes that George H.W. Bush "talk[ed] about empathy ... in making the case for Clarence Thomas"

July 14, 2009 4:42 pm ET

From CNN's live coverage of the July 14 confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor:

Previously:

Media obsess over Obama's comments, ignore Bush's highlighting of Thomas' "great empathy"

Nightly news shows ignore context of Sotomayor remarks, GOP's past embrace of "empathy"

&mdash Media Matters staff

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