BUSH PICKS John G. Roberts

July, 19, 2005

[freedrudge]

President Bush has chosen federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. as his nominee to the Supreme Court, a senior administration official says...

[Quilla]

I logged on just a few minutes ago to see the FReeper reaction to Pryor's non-comments. Your post was priceless, on target, and exactly what I was thinking.

And I didn't need my reading glasses to see it! :_)

[presently no screen name]

They make not have gotten their talking points yet - so they are not sure what to say/think. :-)

[oprahstheantichrist]

"LOL!! Bush threw everyone off!"

Anyone besides me notice that W had a hard time keeping a straight face? He wanted to smile so badly! Once it seemed he was fighting laughter!

[coulterfan1]

And what, pray tell, did she find in his record to so upset her?

she said that all of his constructionist/conservative opinions came when he was working for conservative prez's. yet, when speaking for himself, he's made a point of distancing himself from the legal opinions he wrote when his client was the us govt.

i said earlier that she was against this nomination. it would be more accurate to say that she has very serious doubts, b/c she can't find anything where he expressed his own opinions & where those opinions sounded constructionist/conservative.

[Checkers]

More pain in the DUmpster(Warning: Some Profanity):

"Generator (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-19-05 09:47 PM
Response to Original message
29. The problem is there isn't much of a party to leave anymore
If they don't stand for what I believe,are they Democrats or am I dogmatist? But those that say,"Oh get back to Rove" as if it's an either and fail to think that THIS GUY IS GONNA BE ON THE COURT FOR 30 years...I guess it's not that important.

Maybe it's a losing battle. I'm not even sure (oh yes I am Bush picked him) he's that bad. But if it's not worth the fucking fight what does it MEAN to be a Democrat?

What party?

Who got George Bush in the white house in the first fucking place?

OH YEAH. The supreme court.

I'm pissed because every goddamn nightmare is coming true. THIS IS why people always bitched that it matters that you vote. ALL Those elites who say it doesn't matter-can't be bothered to vote-Kerry is rich and skull and bones blah the fucking blah-congratulations-the supreme court is for life, whom to have to thank for that?

I am pissed at everyone. EVERYONE. Fight..the fucking country is dying..it's dying and fighting may be all I have to even feel human because these fucking monsters running the country don't want ME to fight."


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4141636&mesg_id=4141854

Losers.

[presently no screen name]

he would be a better President



Exactly what I said when I saw him on Fox accepting his nomination.

[goodolemr]

Somewhere, out there tonight, Tom Daschle is deeply saddened.

[Soul Seeker]

Tell her to contact Mark Levin, who is thrilled or Laura Ingraham equally so.

[oprahstheantichrist]

"Let's take up a collection to help them on their way."

They'd pocket the money, and then stay!

[Stellar Dendrite]

"Don't forget Schumer's little cell phone call - trying to get the Right to not support a nominee by being "open" to one. "


Wow, they're really smart. Do you have the citation of this call? I didnt know he said that

[MJY1288]

I think the world of Janice Rogers Brown, I hope GWB nominates her to replace Rhenquist along with nominating Scalia for the Chief Justice position.

[claudiustg]

Well, I'd feel better if he took target practice with a 44, but I've got the feeling probably not.

[scott says]

dude...please. I don't need a long, drawn out lecture...from what I can tell this is a good choice. Could this guy turn out to be a dud?, of course. From what I see, he appears to be a suitable candidate.

[CarlEOlsoniii]

Roberts passed with flying colors the "Does Schumer Hate Him?" test she wanted. Take a look at this quote-

"There's no question that Judge Roberts has outstanding legal credentials and an appropriate legal temperment and demeanor. But his actual judicial record is limited to only two years on the D.C. Circuit Couirt. Fot the rest of his career he has been arguiong cases as an able lawyer for others leaving many of his personal views unknown. For these reasons it is vital that Judge Roberts answer a wide range of questions openly honestly and fully in the coming months. His views will affet a generation of Americans and it is his obligatio during the nomination process to let the American people know those views. The burden is on a nominee to the Supreme Court to prove that he is worthy, not on the Senate to prove that he is unworthy. I voted against Judge Roberts or the D.C. Court of Appeals because he didn't answer questions as fully and openly when he appeared before the committee. For instance, when I asked himn a question that others have answered --to identify three Supreme Court cases of which he was critical, he refused."

[lasereye]

I agree. But I have never agreed with the people who say Bush is a RINO. That's way off.

[mabelkitty]

Schumer went on to say how hard it was to predict how a Supreme Court justice would turn out: “Even William Rehnquist is more moderate than they expected. The only ones that resulted how they predicted were [Antonin] Scalia and [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg. So most of the time they've gotten their picks wrong, and that's what we want to do to them again.” Now, with no paper trail on Roberts, how would Schumer and Gang get Republicans to think they've picked wrong? How would you do it if you were Schumer? Exactly!

[Allosaurs_r_us]

We simply can't afford to be mugged by the rats this time. We need to show them who's in the White House, and who's NOT.

 

That is for sure! Even that back stabber McCain has said we cannot allow a filibuster of a Supreme Court Judge! He is after all trying to position himself to run for Pres in 2008.

 

Maybe just maybe, the Pobs can grow a little hair on their chest and finally make a motion to ammend the rules against filibustering judicial nominees.

 

[coulterfan1]

Welcome to Free Republic. Roberts advocated the overturn of Roe vs. Wade. How does Ms. Coulter feel about abortion?

coulter is passionately anti-abortion, she's just not sure that roberts is. all of his anti-abortion quotes were apparently written while working for anti-abortion presidents & there's no guarantee they reflect his own views. coulter's found instances of him intentionally pointing out that his opinion was not necessarily the same as the arguments he put forth while working for reagan/bush.

btw, the archives of coulter's columns are here: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter.archives2.asp

she's written several columns expressing her opposition to abortion.

also, fred barnes doesn't consider this guy a conservative & doesn't like him. and barnes, of course, is also very pro-life.

i don't know what to believe, but i'm inclined to have reservations until i know otherwise...

[Enchante]

....maybe he was 'educated' by the Borking of Robert Bork and from 1987 onward has crafted a careful public record in preparation for this very day. I remember clearly thinking about that (in general) in 1987: that after the Senator from Chappaquidick had made 'borking' into a new noun in the English language, no lawyer who had hopes of a nomination to the SCOTUS would ever want to go on record with political opinions, conservative ideas, etc.

I can't say whether Ann Coulter is right to worry - I don't know enough about him, which may itself lend support to her worries that he does have Souter potential (we would all KNOW it before now if he were someone certain to give the left fits). I'm cautiously optimistic, but I sure do hope he's more of a 'stealth' candidate for our side than for the Souters of the world.....

[cyborg]

I knew I didn't have to ping you!