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Totenberg "Surprised How Very, Very Conservative [Roberts] Was"
Media Research Center ^ | August 1, 2005 | Brent H. Baker

Posted on 08/01/2005 1:05:11 PM PDT by kennedy

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I think everybody has missed Nina's obvious lie...

"I've known John Roberts for years. I think it's a very sensible pick in all serious ways. But I must say that when I was, spent five hours reviewing all of his documents from when he worked in the Justice Department, I was actually quite surprised at how, how very, very conservative he was...

It has been widely reported that the Bush administration released some 75,000 pages of documents. Calculating Nina's rate of review allows her some 15,000 documents per hour - or 250 documents per minute - or 4 documents per second!

Nina is a whiz kid - she has such an unbelievable ability to read, analyze and criticize official documents.

61 posted on 08/01/2005 1:46:42 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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To: Always Right

You know, I'm not concerned if John Bolton is He's very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very conservative.

But suppose he's very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very conservative?


62 posted on 08/01/2005 1:47:26 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: CWOJackson
So if Nina Totenberg and Ann Coulter were to accidently bump into each other would be have a matter/anti-matter event?

Nina Totenberg

Ann Coulter

Yet another reason why it is better to be a conservative than a liberal.

63 posted on 08/01/2005 1:49:14 PM PDT by kennedy ("Why would I listen to losers?")
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Totenberg herself was never investigated for recieving and disseminating classified material.

must be some sort of double standard.

64 posted on 08/01/2005 1:51:26 PM PDT by palmer (If you see flies at the entrance to the burrow, the ground hog is probably inside)
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To: Lazamataz

That's a excellent question, but unfortunately it's too long to print. The finer shades of truth unfortunately can't be explored in the opinion section of the newspaper.


65 posted on 08/01/2005 1:52:34 PM PDT by coloradan (Hence, etc.)
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To: inquest

That's not how I read the opinion. I think he simply understands the distinction between "wrong" and "unconstitutional." That is a distinction that too many Supreme Court Justices seem unable or unwilling to make.


66 posted on 08/01/2005 1:53:24 PM PDT by kennedy ("Why would I listen to losers?")
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To: kennedy

I figured Nina would be out trolling for old girl friends, female co-workers, etc of Roberts.


67 posted on 08/01/2005 1:54:47 PM PDT by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Ahh, but you forget. Liberals don't have to actually read documents. They can divine their meaning merely from from the emanations of their penumbra.


68 posted on 08/01/2005 1:57:29 PM PDT by kennedy ("Why would I listen to losers?")
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Ahh, but you forget. Liberals don't have to actually read documents. They can divine their meaning merely from the emanations of their penumbra.


69 posted on 08/01/2005 1:57:45 PM PDT by kennedy ("Why would I listen to losers?")
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To: kennedy
I will never forget Nina's dishonest description of the Clinton videotaped testimony. The issue was whether Clinton heard this lawyers claim "no way, shape or form of sexual activity", and let the lie stand.

The tape showed Clinton's head and shoulders, and eyes open simply looking slightly downward, with no visible activity or reaction.

Nina told her radio listeners that the tape showed him "looking distracted" during his lawyers incorrect assertions (quote from my recall.)
70 posted on 08/01/2005 2:08:54 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: Arkie2

Nina Totenberg is very, very, very disturbed


71 posted on 08/01/2005 2:15:19 PM PDT by tom paine 2
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To: pollyannaish

couldn't agree more about the whole Hill/Thomas travesty. i really felt it was a lynching and it was my first view of how absolutely unethical the Left could be. altho' i remembered the Borking and felt it was unfair, i felt that the Hill charge was ridiculous and since it was leaked and Thomas was smeared before he had much of a chance to respond, it made me furious. i haven't calmed down since. as a "reasonable" feminist in the business world i must say i found her story totally unbelievable. i also moved squarely into the "convservative" column after that debacle.


72 posted on 08/01/2005 2:23:52 PM PDT by avital2
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To: Rummyfan

OMG! He's CATHOLIC???? Get a rope!!! How will we survive with one more Catholic on the SC more than the Jewish contingency! Oh NINA dear, It's getting on my last nerve to hear Jewish people dissing Catholics and Christians.


73 posted on 08/01/2005 2:26:41 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: kennedy

Actually, given Nina's ringleader role in the Anita Hill affair trying to keep Thomas off the Court, maybe Nina is signalling her future intentions. She's probably searching Capitol Hill for Coke cans and pubic hairs, recalling the Dim escapades at the time.


74 posted on 08/01/2005 3:17:04 PM PDT by George W. Bush
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"..really, really, really, really, like, really conservative..."


75 posted on 08/01/2005 4:34:25 PM PDT by My2Cents ("The essence of American journalism is vulgarity divested of truth." -- Winston Churchill)
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To: kennedy
Like I said, the only thing he felt was wrong (as opposed to unconstitutional) was the particular exercise of the power in question. He didn't necessarily think it was wrong (I mean in his personal opinion) for the police to have that power in the first place.
76 posted on 08/01/2005 4:43:42 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: kennedy

NPR's two listeners must be very interested!


77 posted on 08/01/2005 4:49:29 PM PDT by Doc Savage (...because they stand on a wall, and they say nothing is going to hurt you tonight, not on my watch!)
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To: kennedy

Nice hairdo Nina! Every girl in my high school yearbook had a similar one,......................IN 1959 you bimbo!


78 posted on 08/01/2005 4:51:05 PM PDT by Doc Savage (...because they stand on a wall, and they say nothing is going to hurt you tonight, not on my watch!)
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To: kennedy

"Conservative" is now an official, Liberal four letter word.


79 posted on 08/01/2005 4:54:52 PM PDT by hershey
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To: Arkie2

I consider Rush Limbaugh a moderate.


80 posted on 08/01/2005 4:57:22 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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