Why 'Chief Justice Roberts' is a Mistake for Bush and Conservatives

U.S. Newswire ^ | 9/5/2005 1:08:00 PM | Eugene Delgaudio

[G.Mason]

Can you support the allegation that Judge Roberts was a member of The Federalist Society?

A url from a reliable source would help.

[AmishDude]

"US Newswire" is a pay-for-play outfit, and as long as you can pay, they'll gladly "release" updates on how your breakfast went.

Oooh, really? 'Cause mine was very nice this morning.

[Howlin]

You can load the entire page with FONT; it's still a crackpot group and does not now or ever has speak for conservatives.

[Howlin]

Yeah, but the press still drags his sorry butt out to represent us.

[maineman]

[Howlin]

I did not know that!

[Constitution Restoration Act]

And you do?

[Howlin]

Heh.

[AmishDude]

Don't bother with facts. It just confuses 'em.

[Torie]

Looks like a Maine Coon cat, my favorite breed.

[AmishDude]

Howlin does not claim to be:
the President of Public Advocate of the United States, a nationwide pro-family group based in Northern Virginia that has been active in the conservative movement for over twenty-five years.

Gene, peddle your wares on somebody else's street corner.

[maineman]

A big 'ole Maine Coon Cat.

[Torie]

Of course. Limbaugh drags out the left kooks to toy with, and the the usual suspects drag out the purported right wing kooks. The tactic is as old as politics itself. Sometimes it is entertaining, sometimes annoying, but it will always be with us.

[Torie]

I want that cat in my lap right now. :)

[general_re]

Well, if you had an especially nice breakfast, why not let the world know? ;)

[freekitty]

"You can't get a doctrinaire conservative through the Senate because you don't have a majority, let alone 60, to push him though. You got 43 to 48 tops."

Does this mean we are going to get another Souter?

[hosepipe]

[ Consider the Clinton appointees. ]

Ok... Bush didn't immedially fire all Clinton appointees..
and STILL HASN'T..

Somebody is stupid and it isn't Clinton..

[Howlin]

Fox just said the Democrats want to know who Bush's next pick is before the will have hearings on Roberts........yeah, that's gonna happen.

[Soul Seeker]

You can post a photo of Ann, I refuse to ever do so. :-)

[G.Mason]

"From what I have read, Roberts is a partisan Republican. He clerked for Rehnquist, was a member of the Federalist Society, worked under Reagan and Bush Sr., and has the trust of President Bush.

Judge John Roberts and The Federalist Society rumor

"Thursday, July 21, 2005; A16

Everyone knows that, like all good Republican lawyers, John G. Roberts Jr. is a member of the Federalist Society, the conservative law and public policy organization where right-of-center types meet to denounce liberalism and angle for jobs in the Bush administration.

And practically everyone -- CNN, the Los Angeles Times, Legal Times and, just yesterday, The Washington Post -- has reported Roberts's membership as a fact. One liberal group opposed to Roberts's nomination, the Alliance for Justice, has noted it on its Web site.

But they are wrong. John Roberts is not, in fact, a member of the Federalist Society, and he says he never has been."