Posted on 07/20/2005 8:53:50 AM PDT by JRios1968
Dean Also Sees Conspiracy in Roberts Pick
DNC chief Howard Dean joined liberal group MoveOn.org in claiming President Bush's nomination of John Roberts was an effort to deflect attention from Plamegate.
Late Tuesday Dean issued a statement blasting the Roberts nomination while questioning the timing of the announcement.
"Faced with a growing scandal surrounding the involvement of Deputy White House chief of Staff Karl Rove and Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff Lewis Libby in leaking the identity of a covert CIA operative, President Bush announced his nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court late this evening," Dean's statement began.
Dean continued:
"It is disappointing that when President Bush had the chance to bring the country together, he instead turned to a nominee who may have impressive legal credentials, but also has sharp partisan credentials that cannot be ignored.
"Democrats take very seriously the responsibility to protect the individual rights of all Americans and are committed to ensuring that ideological judicial activists are not appointed to the Supreme Court.
"The Senate Judiciary Committee will now have the opportunity to see if Judge Roberts can put his partisanship aside, and live up to a Supreme Court Justice's duty to uphold the rights and freedoms of every American and the promise of equal justice for all."
President Bush nominated DC Circuit Court Judge John Roberts to the US Supreme Court. The Feminist Majority, the National Organization for Women, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and the National Abortion Federation all immediately announced their intentions to oppose Roberts for the position.
“I am extremely disappointed that the President did not appoint a centrist woman to fill Sandra Day O’Connor’s seat on the Supreme Court,” said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority. “We are now going back to tokenism for women on the highest court in the land.”
“Everything we know about Judge Roberts’ record thus far indicates that he will be a solid vote against women’s rights and Roe v. Wade,” Smeal continued. “If he is to be confirmed by senators who support women’s rights, he must say where he stands on Roe and the right to privacy. The burden is on him.”
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I can't decide if I love or hate Dean. I hate it when I have to hear him spew his bile but I love the effect it has on further marginalizing the democratic party.
I have decided that I will now point to Dean every time a liberal points out to me that Bush is a divider and not a uniter. I think this man may be the most divisive individual in all of politics.
You can't make this stuff up, these people are certifiable.
Oh yeah, Dippy Dean, would find conspiracy in anything Pubby. (real sarc)
... then again, maybe not.
"put his partisanship aside" ~ Have you ever notice how that particular phrase (and concept) finds it's way into a cRat's repertoire only when they are engaged in admonishing Republicans?
100 degrees outside and Christmas is still going strong
have we heard from Sheets?
Not that I've seen as yet. He's strangely quiet.
I too have struggled with my feelings about Dean. I love him. The venomous hatred that has been inherent in the Democratic character has rarely seen the light of day. Alec Baldwin threatening Henry Hyde's life on late night television is one rare memory. With Dean he puts a face and voice to the mean spiritness which has been under the surface for years. He both represents and serves his party. But if the goal of National Democratic Party is to be taken seriously enough to get back in the mainstream of national elections, then he does them no service. If the head of the Democratic Party cannot be taken seriously, how can the party be taken seriously? Howard Dean, the perfect poster boy for extremism. Where I come from they would say Dean is not welcome to polite company, but hey whoever characterized the Democratic Party as polite company.
Hooboy. Howlin' Howie's been into the cooking sherry again.
Howard Dean: the (RAT) gift that keeps on giving.
Maybe Dean IS a Karl Rove plant.
Wild Dean!
You like to vent spleen!
You hate everything!
Wild Dean...I think you're out there.
He funny. I likes him.
That noise we're hearing is the death rattle of the dems. And it's all President Bush's fault! LOL
Jeff Gannon, former White House reporter, claimed on his blog, that Justice O'Connor said as much while the two were enjoying their tiramisu and chianti at his apartment.
When Justice O'Connor was asked by this reporter to comment about Gannon's blog, O'Connor would only say that she's never had chianti in her life and only drinks "...single malt Irish whiskey."
Dean: "Democrats take very seriously the responsibility to protect the individual rights of all Americans and are committed to ensuring that ideological judicial activists are not appointed to the Supreme Court."
The right to be disarmed
The right to not be born
The right to be safe (this is one d. finckstein said we had!)
The right of free speach, except political speach before an election.
The right to have our property taken away for the common good of developers
...no wonder I'm right instead of left... on the left the rights are all wrong...
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