Posted on 08/16/2005 7:41:01 PM PDT by nwrep
The Lady has met her match.
Lawyer turned columnist Ann Coulter, who wrote a book advising people on how to talk to liberals, is being upstaged in rhetorical audacity and pensmanship by another lawyer. Blessed with an IQ three standard deviations above Ann Coulter's, John Glover Roberts, Jr., President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court , delivered such stinging rebuke to Reagan-era liberals that his words would bring satisfaction to the reddest of the red meat conservatives.
Some choice phrases and words he employed while composing reviews of Supreme Court decisions or memos for his bosses in the Justice department show a young Reaganite with the cocky certitude of George W. Bush and the explosive wit of Mark Steyn. For example, when three liberal Republican Congresswomen endorsed the controversial idea of equal pay for "comparable" worth, Roberts lashed out at them with the fury of Joe McCarthy face to face with the Rosenbergs: "Their slogan may as well be 'From each according to his ability, to each according to her gender."
When Rep. Elliott Levitas (D-Ga.) suggested convening a conference with President Reagan to discuss "the manner of power sharing and accountability within the federal government" in response to a Supreme Court ruling on the matter, Roberts issued a sarcastic and contemptous statement rebuffing this idea, stating "... there already has, of course, been a 'Conference' on Power Sharing. It took place in Philadelphia's Constitution Hall in 1787, and someone should tell Levitas about it and the 'report' it issued."
More recently, as a sitting Judge on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, he mocked the Endangered Species Act as it relates to Interstate commerce, using the example of a "hapless toad" to illustrate the absurdity of the liberal argument.
In his contemptful dissent in a case against a liberal majority that ruled that it was not reasonable to search the defendant's trunk, even though he was caught driving a car with stolen licenses plates and no registration, Roberts wrote "sometimes a car being driven by an unlicensed driver, with no registration and stolen tags, really does belong to the driver’s friend, and sometimes dogs do eat homework, but in neither case is it reasonable to insist on checking out the story before taking other appropriate action."
And that is the crux of the matter. John Glover Roberts is better at verbally decaptitating liberals than Ann Hart Coulter could hope to be. We ask that Ms. Coulter defer to her literary and intellectual superior.
Roberts is more understated than Scalia, but not much more.
Ouch.
My concern is raised more by the blind acceptance of our side. I know a great many well respected conservatives speak well of this man, BUT why does he run from his membership in The Federalist Society, Why does he seek to help gay activist's make a deviant lifestyle a protected class, why is he so hard to pin down how he would rule from the bench?
We've been burned so many times. Its easy for liberals to lie its their religion.
Roberts totally burned those liberals.
...much obliged!
Does that mean that you can misspell in all seven? Seriously, I envy one who can keep track of seven languages. Which one do you think in?
We need Coulter, we need Roberts, we need every FReeper, lurker, conservative, libertarian, constitutionalist, talk show host, cable person and all others who enjoy freedom to defeat, obliterate, bury, the enemy within.
We can do it.
Document that...
When Shummer and Kennedy start their inquisition with the customary objective of denigrating someone far their superior in every way, I hope Judge Roberts calmly lays them out is such a way that he exposes them for the pretentious prigs that they are. They've been asking for it for years, and it's about time someone served it up to them...in a classy and articulate way that leaves even those blow-hards red faced and speechless.
She saw cxonservatives get burned with GHW Bush's selection of Souter, when everyone was very happy and he turned out to be anything, but a conservative.
As Ann and others pointed out, when there was any doubt about how conservative a candidate was, when the R. president nominated a "stealth" candidate, to avoid battles with the Dems, that person always turned out to be more moderate left, than conservative.
I and I am sure many others share Ann's concern, but now that Bush nominated Roberts, there is nothing else to do except support him, keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.
It all depends, how often you speak/use the language. At this point English(American style) is the dominant lingo.
I agree with you, and think Ann and Roberts are both very intelligent. I'll probably get dissed for saying this, but I would be more impressed with Ann if she dressed more conservatively. IMO, her legs are too long and skinny to wear her skirts just barely covering her rear. With such long legs, she could still wear short skirts, but mid thigh would be much more becoming on her!
(Ref: Photo of Ann) As much as I love Ann, she really needs to wear longer skirts. Her legs are entirely too skinny for those little short skirts and dresses she is famous for wearing.
On point, I love John G. Roberts' sarcastic contempt he shows regarding liberals and their thinking in his writings we have seen so far.
Their is at least one theme that stands out starkly in Roberts' writings from the early '80's in the Reagan White House right up to his Senate confirmation hearing in 2003 for a seat on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. That theme is JUDICIAL RESTRAINT and due deference be given to the Legislative an Executive Branches of government and also to the STATES. From his writings, I get the flavor that he doesn't believe judges should get involved in the culture wars and should be left to ELECTED officials who are closest to the people and have to stand for re-election.
Let there be no doubt, Judge John Glover Roberts is a Reagan conservative, but do not expect him to go the Supreme Court and turn it on its' head. We wish he would, but it ain't gonna happen. But, we will win more on those 5-4 decisions with Roberts since O'Connor was on a lot of those 5-4 liberal decisions.
The Patsies aren't that committed... for instance, none of them ever follow the "rule"...
...thank heavens.
Truth is always funnier than a liberal anything!
I agree - I watched every minute of Bork's hearings - never a more brillant mind regarding the Constitution in my opinion.
I believe Ann played a part in helping the liberals shoot themselves in the foot. Most of us still aren't sure how Roberts is going to turn out.
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