Some ladies are able to withstand that and offer up a smile. Of course, everytime I see Laura Bush smiling, I keep thinking that must be the proper Texas lady way of saying "f**k you". LOL
Posted on 07/22/2005 9:15:42 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
A new Supreme Court nominee means another chance to stoke the incendiary debate on the issue of abortion. But for the lawyer wife of Federal Judge John G. Roberts Jr., the matter is clearly settled.
While Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr.'s views on abortion triggered intense debate on Capitol Hill this week, there was no mistaking where his wife stands: Jane Sullivan Roberts, a lawyer, is ardently against abortion.
A Catholic like her husband, Jane Roberts has been deeply involved in the pro-life movement. She lends her name, money and professional advice to a small Washington-based organization - Feminists for Life of America - that offers counseling and educational programs. The group has filed legal briefs before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of abortion.
A spouse's views normally are not considered relevant in weighing someone's job suitability. But abortion is likely to figure prominently in the Senate debate over Roberts' nomination. And with his position on the divisive issue unclear, abortion rights supporters expressed concern that his wife's views might suggest that he also embraces efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade.
"It's unclear how all this will affect her husband," said Jennifer Palmieri, a spokeswoman with the Center for American Progress, a liberal public policy group. "It's possible that he would have a different view than her. It's just that in the absence of information about this guy, people are looking at her and trying to read the tea leaves."....
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It makes sense if you think about it. Say you're a woman thinking of marriage. Someday the doctor may tell you your unborn baby has irreversible handicaps and will never be able to live independently. You know what you would do. Do you want to be strapped with a man who will resent your choice of giving your child life?
I really cannot think of a single pro-life wife whose husband is pro-abort and my wife and I have been involved in one capacity or another with the pro-life movement since 1973.
Just guessing, but I'm betting his thoughts were . . . "Thank God she'll be out of the house and I can get some peace and quiet!" :-)
"We're taking your home to build a drive-thru abortion clinic so that we can help society along. Oh and we're raising your taxes to pay for those murde...uh, abortions so the do-not-wanna-be-mothers don't have to face any financial hardship."
The MSM is certainly stressing the wife's views the last two days. Someone made this conscious decision to hammer this home to the 'Dems' masses. Already heard of the wife's pro life affiliations, her work on those issues. Wonder if Schumer will question the nominee as to the 'weight' of the wife's views on the nominee's judicial rulings.
And she will storm into the court and take control and make them.............Oh that's Hillary. Sorry
I'll give her a pass on a 'happy face' for now.
She certainly is aware of the muck and adversarial questioning that will be thrown at her husband. She is certainly aware of the anguish this nomination process will be brought upon her family, her views/beliefs by the radical hardcore left wing.
She sounds great....bush should have appointed her...If Roberts turns out to be Pro-abortion, that will be the nail in the coffin of the alliance between social conservatives and the GOP....After all, we were constantly told that to change the court, we had to change the court and hence the law.....It's put up or shut up time now...
Hmmm ... I think the script goes like this:
Roberts was all ready to look to past jurisprudence for guidance oon abortion law, but then one day he asked his wife. When she pleaded with him not to turn mothers into murderers and to not have the blood of countless baby girls on his hands, he decided, as many a male pol has decided before, that he would have to defer his judgement to his wife's, as the issue is far more pertinent to a woman than it ever could be to any man.
Ruth bader Ginsburg was as esthetically challenged as her stupid bigoted views...
Some ladies are able to withstand that and offer up a smile. Of course, everytime I see Laura Bush smiling, I keep thinking that must be the proper Texas lady way of saying "f**k you". LOL
(Notice how articles like this one assume it is a bad thing).
That was said when he was looking at a lower court seat. They are bound by SCOTUS decisions. SCOTUS is not. As Scalia has suggested too, Roe v. Wade will be dismantled incrementally...
Great, and when President Bush nominates her for a Judgeship we can discuss it.
I thought that was his answer to any question, not just a blanket statement to make when the wind blows....
She is no looker, but she must have one heck of a head on her shoulders to snag a catch like Roberts.
This is funny.
He is the candidate.
She is the wife and she is anti-abortion
Now this is where it gets funny. The feminists and all those people who think women were oppressed and they fought so women could be somebody and make their own decisons, etc. Now they have it and they will BASH this woman for having her own opinions, thoughts and ideas. Is it a riot or what? It's like a dog chasing a car and when he finally catches up to it it's like what will he do with it?
The dem/lib/fems have no legs to stand on. It's always their way or the highway. Well a word to all of those losers...Mrs. Roberts is her own woman. That's what you srived for in all your protests and burning bras and all of that. Now you have strong women and you don't like their stance UNLESS it is YOUR WAY. Tough...it aint gonna happen.
Imagine the nerve and brashness of this woman daring to be against murdering babies. How dare she? What a joke those other people are. Jokes,clowns etc.
Go Mrs. Roberts. I am with you. I am not, never have been and never will be in favor of murdering a baby. Not now not ever.
"Can someone tell me why people are calling a man who supports the status quo conservative?"
Seems to me that a fellow who generally supports the status quo is the very definition of a conservative.
Ditto here. Of course, one can support abortion on demand and still be against Roe V. Wade.
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