Posted on 09/21/2005 5:58:30 AM PDT by radar101
I understand that it is pretty much a foregone conclusion that the Senate, perhaps as early as this week, will approve the nomination of John Roberts as chief justice of the United States.
This tells us as much about the weakness of the Senate as it does the strength of this nominee. The institution would be a lot stronger if senators stopped indulging their egos by going on about how they would have decided individual cases and paid more attention to things that might shed light on a nominee's character.
Things such as an offensive memo bordering on bigotry that Roberts wrote while working as a young lawyer in the Reagan White House. The memo dates back to September 1983, when President Reagan was gearing up to support pending legislation in Congress that would legalize millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States, most of them from Mexico.
First, the fact that Roberts would even make such a sweeping assumption shows that this Harvard man's understanding of the complexity of the Hispanic community didn't extend beyond the No. 3 combination plate at whatever Mexican restaurant the Washington elite were spending their lunch hours. That community includes Cuban-Americans who – thanks to the Cuban Adjustment Act, which gives legal residency to Cuban refugees who reach U.S. soil – tend not to get worked up over immigration. Mexican-Americans do get worked up. But they're conflicted over amnesty for illegal immigrants, with polls showing the ethnic group divided on the subject.
What's worse is what New York Sen. Charles Schumer called the "inartful" way in which Roberts phrased his assumption, telling White House Counsel Fred Fielding: "I think this audience would be pleased that we are trying to grant legal status to their illegal amigos."
Illegal amigos, huh? Nice.
(Excerpt) Read more at signonsandiego.com ...
"The author writes like a fool."
That means he thinks like a fool. Stupid is as stupid does, after all.
Your record here is very clear, nobody accused you of being racist...I, as a professional Hispanic man, am also opposed to quotas, and deeply resent Hispanicpandering, like Bloomberg is doing in NYC. At any rate, I am quite happy with Roberts selection and I have a gut feeling that we will have a Hispanic Supreme Court Justice nominee and I think that it is Consuelo Callahan. The Dems will have a hell of a time rejecting her after she was confirmed 99-0..Stay tuned because Dianne Feinstein will make Consuelo Callahan's introduction much to Barbara Boxer's chagrin
>> "Stupid is as stupid does, after all." <<
The Demonrats are: STUCK ON STUPID.
I actually think it might be a good thing twoard the anti-illegal immigration movement if the "illegal amigos" thing were spun right, because it defines what's wrong with the misguided political motivations behind immigration policy in the U.S.
Unfortunately, it would be much better if it came out about a Congresscritter or even the White House, because now is not the time with Roberts......
Wonderful writing by the author. Taking one sentence and running with it to a whole article. I assume that he has done the same for others and has a virtual encyclopedia of articles on statements by Robert Byrd.
Oh, Byrd is allowed to be racist because he's a Democrat. Sorry, my mistake.
I stand corrected. :)
I stand corrected. :)
I stand corrected. :)
If only the author would realize that the GOP, Bush and apparently even Roberts support the massive hispanic immigration driving that "demographic change". Hes beating up on his allies.
Shhh...don't tell him!
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