Posted on 03/06/2007 10:53:23 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Edited on 03/06/2007 11:02:15 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
Rudy Giuliani on Judge John Roberts
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COLMES: Now, on abortion — now, you are pro-choice, right?
GIULIANI: Yes.
COLMES: You're a pro-choice Republican.
GIULIANI: I am.
COLMES: There's some questions to whether, you know, Roe vs. Wade (search). He made one statement as solicitor general and deputy solicitor general and saying that it should be overturned, Roe v. Wade. None of — go ahead.
GIULIANI: Actually, he made that statement arguing a case before the court, in which that was the position of his client. So you can't...
(CROSSTALK)
COLMES: And then he said it's established law when he was up for confirmation in 2003. How do we glean from that? And how do we read the tea leaves in this?
GIULIANI: You don't. What you glean from that is you listen to the argument before the court. You listen to his colleagues and he'll make a decision.
And like any Supreme Court justice, he'll be very much influenced by precedent, but if he thinks that something is said to him or there's some argument that appeals to his intellect, his common sense, his background, I mean, the Supreme Court usually sticks with precedence. And sometimes they overturn them.
COLMES: Now, Roe vs. Wade -- You are pro-choice. How important is it to you as a pro-choice Republican to have a pro-choice on the court as someone...
GIULIANI: That is not the critical factor. And what's important to me is to have a very intelligent, very honest, very good lawyer on the court. And he fits that category, in the same way Justice Ginsburg fit that category.
I mean, she was — she maybe came at it from a very different political background, very qualified lawyer, very smart person. Lots of Republicans supported her. I expect, and listening to Senator Nelson, I expect that John Roberts will get support from a lot of Democrats.
COLMES: Now, he is coming under fire from some Democrats for claiming — they're claiming he is a partisan, that he had a behind-the-scenes role in advising the Florida attorney general during the 2000 election fight, that he gave money to the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign...
GIULIANI: He's a Republican.
COLMES: ... made the maximum. Is that...
GIULIANI: Who do you think the president's going to appoint?
COLMES: All right, but in other words...
GIULIANI: How many Republicans did President Clinton appoint?
COLMES: Should it be partisan like that?
GIULIANI: He isn't that partisan. He's a Republican who believes in the Republican Party and no more partisan than lots of people who get appointed to the United States Supreme Court and turn out to be excellent justices.
COLMES: So it's not an issue if you've donated ...
(CROSSTALK)
GIULIANI: Earl Warren was the governor of a state. He was the Republican-elected governor of a state and...
(CROSSTALK)
COLMES: ... donated money to the guy whose nominated you, if you've given him money, money to his campaign, if you've worked to get him elected, behind the scenes advising the attorney general?
GIULIANI: Sure. That's be exactly the kind of person you'd think that you'd want to appoint, somebody who shares kind of your general outlook, but hasn't indicated and hasn't really predetermined most of the cases that are going to be determined by the court.
Presidents, going back to the beginning of the republic, generally appoint people on the Supreme Court that they believe agree with them. It's sort of an extraordinary thing to ask of President Bush. Nobody asked it of President Clinton.
President Clinton appointed people that basically agreed with his political philosophy, which is left of center. Of course, President Bush is going to appoint people that basically agree with his political philosophy. And then what we found out about the Supreme
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GOOD catch.
I think this Rudy guy is one seriously bad candidate for the USA. Ugh.
ping...
Ditto.
And Presidents appointing like minded people to the courts suprises you how?
Will this be another 'crickets' thread???
Precisely! Rudy's words speak for themselves.
Excellent find!
If we run a liberal against a liberal, we will end up with a liberal.
"Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine." - Rudy Giuliani
Rudy is the gift that just keeps on giving!
Retire Rudy bump.
Do you mean he's similar to herpes?
We well be a lot better off once Republicans start to realize that Rudy is the man and quit cherry picking old meaningless quotes, articles and video clips.
So what we take from this is that the one bone tossed the conservatives' way by those pushing Rudolph Giuliani is in fact a plastic one.
The man is an admitted abortionist and he most definitely will appoint abortionists to the court! He believes in "a woman's RIGHT to choose" and that Roe vs Wade is constitutional.
Who's "we"?
"We well be a lot better off once Republicans start to realize that Rudy is the man and quit cherry picking old meaningless quotes, articles and video clips."
LOL.
Their old and meaningless if they expose rudy for what he is.
But if it makes rudy look good, then it must be shouted from the rooftops!
Mike Nolan
Since Mar 6, 2007
Anyone wanna over / under his account?
Conservatives DO NOT support big government.
Conservatives support limited government.
Rudy supports big government liberalism.
Conservatives DO NOT support gun control.
Rudy supports gun control.
Conservatives DO NOT support an assault weapons ban.
Rudy supports an assault weapons ban.
Conservatives DO NOT support abortion on demand.
Rudy supports abortion on demand.
Conservatives DO NOT oppose a ban on partial birth abortion.
Rudy opposes a ban on partial birth abortion.
Conservatives DO NOT support special rights for homos.
Rudy supports special rights for homos.
Conservatives DO NOT support amnesty for illegals.
Rudy supports amnesty for illegals.
Conservatives DO NOT support the notion that humans are a significant cause of global warming.
Rudy supports the notion that humans are a significant cause of global warming.
Conservatives DO NOT support Campaign Finance Reform, AKA. McCain-Feingold.
Rudy supports Campaign Finance Reform, AKA. McCain-Feingold.
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