Why do I have the suspicion that this is an attempt to get conservatives to oppose the nomination?
Yes, the dobsonites will scream over this one. It sounds more like a friend helping a friend....as opposed to th subject matter of the case.
Chorus Bi Partisans:
He's a lumberjack Supreme Court Justice and he's OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.
I cut down trees, I eat my lunch
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shopping and have buttered scones for tea
Mounties Democrats:
He cut down trees, he eat his lunch
He go to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays he go shopping and has buttered scones for tea.
Chorus bi Partisans:
He's a lumberjack Supreme Court Justice and he's OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.
I cut down trees, I skip and jump
I like to press wild flowers.
I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.
Mounties Republicans:
He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps
He likes to press wild flowers.
He puts on women's clothing and hangs around in bars?!
Chorus The entire 'Hill' now:
He's a lumberjack Supreme Court Justice and he's OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.
I cut down trees, I wear high heels
Suspenders and a bra.
I wish I'd been a girlie, just like my dear papa!
Mounties Just the Democrats this time:
He cuts down trees, he wears high heels?!
Suspenders...and a bra?!
...He's a lumberjack Supreme Court Justice and he's OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.
...He's/I'm a lumberjack Supreme Court Justice and he's/I'm OK
He/I sleep all night and he/I work all day.
Here now..juss 'avin a litahl fun..
It warms my cockles to think that we are about to get another damn blue blood marginal conservative who suddenly goes liberal upon becoming a Justice. END HEAVY SARCASM!
Neither can I.
In most cases, making a buck engenders the greatest loyalty in America. Attorneys are not immune from this principle (tongue in cheek). When freed from the reigns of "buckmaking," it indeed will be interesting to see where Roberts comes down.
Anyone who thinks they know the answer is blowing smoke. We won't know until the decisions are made. Conservatives have been burned too many times in the past. That's not being cynical, it's being realistic.
No one in America has done more to advance the pro commie pro sodomite agenda than the 'Slimes' group...
Simply divide and conquer..
How is this pro bono? His firm is being paid.
The pushers of this line do not understand what really good lawyers do. It is not about personal philosophy, it is not about religious philosophy, it is not about utopian ambitions you want to use "the law" to achieve. It's about the case - what does the law say, what does the law require, what is the extent and the limits of the applicability of the law, what is possible to expect under the law and what is not. Those are the questions that lawyers working on appeals pour over and disect - not social philosophy.
Who cares. Under the rules of professional ethics, an attorney can't turn down a case he or she is otherwise qualified to handle, simply because the attorney disagrees with the client's position.
But, because the conservative movement as a whole is so spineless, we're left to hope, pray and cross our fingers that Roberts is somehow an originalist, despite his repeated statements that he will honor precedent and has worked for free for gay activists in advancing their cause and striking down Constitutionally-passed laws by states.
Just keep drinking the Kool Aid until reality sets in and one wakes up and finds nothing has changes once again on the Supreme Court.
Was this a Freudian slip or a flip of the verbal wrist?
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
Rush mentioned that some on the far right would get upset by this...Rush didnt seem too concerned though.
The far right ahs so much invested now in thinking Bush will betray them, that the ywill jump on any sign that Roberts isnt a conservative....all his writings indicate he is indeed quite conservative.
later read/ping/?