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An Image A Little Too Carefully Coordinated (Roberts)
The Washington Post ^ | 7/22/05

Posted on 07/21/2005 11:14:08 PM PDT by kingu

It has been a long time since so much syrupy nostalgia has been in evidence at the White House. But Tuesday night, when President Bush announced his choice for the next associate justice of the Supreme Court, it was hard not to marvel at the 1950s-style tableau vivant that was John Roberts and his family.

There they were -- John, Jane, Josie and Jack -- standing with the president and before the entire country. The nominee was in a sober suit with the expected white shirt and red tie. His wife and children stood before the cameras, groomed and glossy in pastel hues -- like a trio of Easter eggs, a handful of Jelly Bellies, three little Necco wafers. There was tow-headed Jack -- having freed himself from the controlling grip of his mother -- enjoying a moment in the spotlight dressed in a seersucker suit with short pants and saddle shoes. His sister, Josie, was half-hidden behind her mother's skirt. Her blond pageboy glistened. And she was wearing a yellow dress with a crisp white collar, lace-trimmed anklets and black patent-leather Mary Janes.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: confirmations; drivel; eastereggs; jellybeans; johnroberts; neccowafers; roberts; scotus
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To: IRememberElian
Admit it ... planting that lady out there, lifeless, with her two kids. That was just creepy.

Didn't see anything "creepy" about it. Mrs. Roberts was beaming with pride.

21 posted on 07/21/2005 11:36:58 PM PDT by Texan
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To: kingu

Actually you're right. They'd prefer not to see any well cared for children at all.


22 posted on 07/21/2005 11:37:35 PM PDT by little jeremiah (A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, are incompatible with freedom. P. Henry)
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To: IRememberElian

She wasn't creepy at all. The way I saw it she had obvious stagefright and not surprising either what with the little boy dancing a jig. They are a beautiful looking family and the WP is beyond silly. I wonder if Maureen Dowd was freelancing for them. This is just like her petty style.


23 posted on 07/21/2005 11:37:47 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: nutmeg

Indeed!


24 posted on 07/21/2005 11:38:20 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: kingu

Yikes, that pic is a little creepy. Why'd they do that to their children?


25 posted on 07/21/2005 11:39:11 PM PDT by k2blader (Was it wrong to kill Terri Shiavo? YES - 83.8%. FR Opinion Poll.)
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To: kingu

"Don't think kids would be allowed - it would show how the candidate doesn't stand strongly enough behind abortion as they didn't ensure that every kid they had was aborted."

lol! :)


26 posted on 07/21/2005 11:39:35 PM PDT by dob
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To: kingu

Since nobody has the guts to ask, then I'll ask the apparently forbidden question: what the hell is a "taupe pump?"


27 posted on 07/21/2005 11:41:30 PM PDT by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: k2blader
Yikes, that pic is a little creepy. Why'd they do that to their children?

The Roberts are a beltway family - that's how you dress your children to attend serious functions.. You know, embassy parties, etc. A bit of a 'different world' type situation, but aside from the saddle shoes, that is how a lot of folks in my neighborhood look every seven days in their Sunday Best.
28 posted on 07/21/2005 11:42:09 PM PDT by kingu
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To: kingu

But these same kinds drooled over Jacqui and "Camelot". Hypocrites.


29 posted on 07/21/2005 11:43:27 PM PDT by mrsmel
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To: kingu

I'm getting damn tired of the anti-white remarks by this newspaper and Letterman, among others.

It's getting old and offensive. The self-hating guilty, white libs should go live in France.


30 posted on 07/21/2005 11:44:22 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (America is gradually becoming the Godless,out-of-control golden-calf scene,in "The Ten Commandments")
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To: kingu
This was one pathetic article.

It's nice to see that some people still do dress with class and modesty.

31 posted on 07/21/2005 11:44:45 PM PDT by jan in Colorado ("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." Hosea 4:6)
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To: kingu
Just so people can see what the fuss is all about:

It was a beautiful image. I also think the kids were brought out to remind the Dims that when they lauch their assinine fact-free attacks on Supreme Court nominees, they are working to tear down not just a man, but a family.

32 posted on 07/21/2005 11:44:47 PM PDT by Yossarian (Remember: NOT ALL HEART ATTACKS HAVE TRADITIONAL SYMPTOMS)
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To: durasell

Well, taupe is a hideous greyish-brown color invented to make women look drab, and pumps are a type of shoe but I'm not exactly sure what kind. I think it means those broad low heels as opposed to stilettos. I'm sure one of our freeperettes could explain better.


33 posted on 07/21/2005 11:45:37 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: kingu
Likely the author is more into the runways of Milan and Paris than anything so stogy as last week's fashions.

You're right! Any fruitloop who uses "tableau vivant" as a term of encroachment probably feels more at home on Rue du Rivoli than on America's Main Street. Now that you've pointed it out, I cannot imagine a hippy or a Bob Woodward using french adjectives to insult someone. Despite their questionable masculinity, at least they aren't as catty and effeminate as the author of this article.

34 posted on 07/21/2005 11:45:53 PM PDT by Vision Thing (As Turner took in the breadth of Murdoch's domain, he wept, for it would never be his to conquer.)
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To: durasell

what the hell is a "taupe pump?"

A greyish-beige ("taupe") high-heeled shoe ("pump"). You're a guy, right? ;)


35 posted on 07/21/2005 11:47:36 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: k2blader

Do what to their children...dress them nicely? That's now "creepy" ?


36 posted on 07/21/2005 11:47:40 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Yossarian
the kids were brought out to remind the Dims that when they lauch their assinine fact-free attacks on Supreme Court nominees, they are working to tear down not just a man, but a family.

Looks like the 'crats are doing just that in this article.

37 posted on 07/21/2005 11:47:58 PM PDT by Vision Thing (As Turner took in the breadth of Murdoch's domain, he wept, for it would never be his to conquer.)
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To: AntiGuv

So, if a taupe pump could pump taupes, then how many taupes would a taupe pump pump?

People take this too seriously. It was a photo op designed to let the press, public etc. get a look at the guy and his family.

p.s.
I do not believe that taupe is an actual real color.


38 posted on 07/21/2005 11:48:01 PM PDT by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: kingu

Now I'm curious whether or not other justices ever brought out their families after being nominated (if so, pics would be cool).


39 posted on 07/21/2005 11:48:51 PM PDT by k2blader (Was it wrong to kill Terri Shiavo? YES - 83.8%. FR Opinion Poll.)
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To: little jeremiah
Actually you're right. They'd prefer not to see any well cared for children at all.

Indeed; one also must not forget the finale for a press conference nominating a liberal justice - the celebratory burning of flags, just to ease any concerns among the base that they support free speech.
40 posted on 07/21/2005 11:49:44 PM PDT by kingu
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