On the way in, every conservative talk show was pretty much in high spirits with the choice, though few really know the man, but it doesn’t take very long to like him.
I like him already. A handsome man, Roberts, an intelligent man.
And a young man. I heard he was only 50 and a nominee to the court, a court of older men and women, and this choice may be a sitting judge on the court until 2030 AD. By God, think about it.
Well, I didn’t expect it. But it looks like the conservatives got what they wanted.
And it’s very good news. Good news for conservatives like me.
The abortion question isn’t the most important to me, because for me it is the war on terror, protecting our borders, stopping the illegal alien invasion, private property rights, and cutting off funding to PBS et all, and stopping gay marriage and licenses for illegal aliens from Mexico. Most of these are political issues, but the court can make a huge difference in it’s own way.
In truth, I don’t know where Roberts stands on all of these issues, but talk show host Laura Ingraham is giving the nod, so that’s a good endorsement if there is one, one I can trust. Even Savage in his own way is giving the nod yes.
So I feel very positive today, I feel good about this.
It almost makes me get back on the Bush bandwagon.
Didn’t think he would do it, but Bush came through for the conservatives.
Put a macaroni in my cap.
.Way to go, Torie!To: jwalsh07
Don't make the mistake of conflating what a guy writes as a hired gun to what he will write as a judge. In any event, a lot of stare decisis questions will be asked by the usual suspects in his confirmation hearings. It will be interesting to see how the swiss watch brain who was first in his class at Harvard law school, and has argued 29 cases before SCOTUS responds), because if one believes Roe is wrongly decided, if there is any decision which has less of a case for stare decisis, I don't know what it is. But then you already knew that.Roberts is the single most qualified person on this planet to serve on SCOTUS. He is just off the charts in every way imaginable. And that is what bothers me about this choice.
If I were Bush, I would have saved him for the Ginsburg or Stevens seat, when the Dems will really be in the trenches, along with a few "RINO's" maybe. His nomination could not be defeated. He was Bush's ultimate teflon coated silver bullet, and now he has "wasted" it.Roberts will be confirmed easily, (maybe something like 75-25, although it should be unanimous, but those days are gone), and there will be no filibuster. The Dems won't have the votes, and if they did, then the nuke would come down in a hurry.
I am going to take time off if I can to watch the hearings. It should be fascinating, and I want to see Roberts in action.