Posted on 11/28/2007 7:13:04 AM PST by Fred
Host Alan Colmes:
“Now, Roe versus — now, you are pro-choice. How important is it to you as a pro-choice Republican to have a pro-choice on the court as someone...
Giuliani:”That is not the critical factor. And what’s important to me is to have a very intelligent, very honest, very good lawyer on the court. And [John Roberts] fits that category, in the same way Justice Ginsburg fit that category. I mean, she was — she maybe came at it from a very different political background, very qualified lawyer, very smart person. Lots of Republicans supported her. I expect, and listening to Senator Nelson, I expect that John Roberts will get support from a lot of Democrats.”
I know exactly what you are talking about. I am one of the precinct committee persons who named Mr. Kline to his current position when it came open mid-election cycle.
I was recently interviewed by the KC Star, and the reporter asked me if I regreted putting Kline in as the DA. I said, "No. Why should I?" The reporter had no answer.
It looks to me that he merely said she was smart and qualified. He was purposefully using someone from the other end of the spectrum as balance to illustrate that he would not be motivated by views on any psrticular issue. Personally, I think Breyer is a better example of smart and qualified than Ginsberg. Of course it goes without saying that I disagree with both of them on most everything.
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