It’s obvious to any non-deluded person that Roberts is just trying to shut her up.
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Wishful thinking?
Nope. Just realism. I'm not an Obama supporter, and I would like nothing better than to see him removed from office. But I'm a realist and I can see there's nothing to Orly's claims. The only way to get rid of Obama is to vote him out in 2012.
If Roberts really thought this were a serious issue, he wouldn't have abruptly cut her off and placated her with a meaningless promise to "look at" her papers.
Roberts realized he was dealing with a nut and acted masterfully to shut her up without creating an incident. It reasures me that we indeed have a great Chief Justice.