IF Roberts was WHAT Farah claims, then Ted Kennedy and the rest of the frothing-at-the-mouth socialist-democrats would be praising him.
Not necessarily. If he openly said he was the justice who would defend abortion for thirty more years, Bush might withdraw his nomination--after all, Bush may not mind appointing a liberal, but he certainly does mind being seen appointing a liberal.
Read this mornings paper, they are. The leftist Kennedy already congratulated him on his confirmation. So did Durbin.
Time will tell. But this I will say, anyone who says that decisions which are wrongly decided but should be allowed to stand if challenged, is an imbecile or just wants power. Either one is a problem.
Exactly.
No they wouldn't.
The left must use this hearing to stump for their donors.
Their donors are too small minded to consider the fact that George Bush is a liberal, and that Roberts likely is more apt to represent a "moderate" viewpoint. Thus, the left Senators must conduct an inquisition such as they are so as to satisfy their financeers.
The real issue is why aren't the Republicans asking tough questions of Roberts so as to determine if Roberts will indeed become a Souter or a Scalia.
The GOP Senators are giving Roberts a pass which is frightening to me. The only conclusion I can draw is that most GOP voters believe that any Bush nominee is automatically a conservative, which is unlikely given the fact that Bush is himself a big-government, free spending, Constitution ignoring socialist himself.