Posted on 09/27/2005 9:15:47 AM PDT by demlosers
The best candidate just happens to be BOTH a woman AND a minority:
Janice Rogers Brown
"But I am mindful that diversity is one of the strengths of the country."
True PC, through and through
Given that the Supreme Court is not a political body, there's no reason to consider demographics of the candidate.
There should be but one qualification: can you READ (and do so without "reading between the lines")?
Remember Roberts came out of nowhere. We are just as likely not to know the next nominee as he or she will be obvious.
That was when Bush needed the votes of social conservatives. As he will never run for office again, he has no need to fulfill such promises.
That's not to say that he has or will betray us, but Roberts is more mysterious than a whole host of other nominees would have been.
The triumph of such platitudes is troubling, but its no surprise. Bush even coined one of his own with "family values don't stop at the Rio Grande."
Hillary just announced that she found out she was part Hispanic.
Disingenuous on Leahy's part. He knows the president got with senators before announcing his selection. He got their opinions, suggestions, and cautions.
Short of having consultation mean that senators get an up/down vote in the consultation stage, then they definitely had their constitutional prerogative of advising the president taken seriously by Pres. Bush.
Any gay woman Hispanic paraplegics on the list?
TRUE diversity would mean picking a species other than human. How about a porpoise or whale? (Associate Justice Flipper)
I bet Vicente Fox will approve of Bush's choice.
I am Hispanic and I strongly support Janice Rogers brown...I would be happy with my felow Honduran Miguel Estrada, too. Forget Callahan, she may be influenced by the darling of the NAMBLA and the prostitutes Bader Ginsburg
I am Hispanic and I strongly support Janice Rogers Brown...I would be happy with my fellow Honduran Miguel Estrada, too. Forget Callahan, she may be influenced by the darling of the NAMBLA and the prostitutes Bader Ginsburg
Um, this is the definition of gender bias, right?
JRB is my nominee! Now that will be an entertaining confirmation hearing!
Please Mister President, DO NOT nominate Alberto Gonzalaz. Lets have a solid conservative like Luttig, Brown, Owens. No liberals. No centrists. No moderates. Thank you.
I hope, though, that he's not planning to pick someone who's not conservative just because of diversity.
If you really want diversity on this liberal Court, you need a conservative.
The best candidate just happens to be BOTH a woman AND a minority:
Janice Rogers Brown
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