(From July 20, 2005) Cruz OpEd: John Roberts Should Be A Quick Confirm

nationalreview.com ^ | July 20 2005

[xzins]

The point is that he was on Dubya’s radar, dubya being from Texas and all.

[DJ MacWoW]

No. That wasn’t the point of posting this.

[xzins]

Why do you think National Review posted it?

[DJ MacWoW]

I wasn't talking about what National Review did in 2005.

You have a lovely Sunday. My Grandkids want lunch.

[xzins]

???

Then I missed something someplace. Seriously.

Help me figure out what you are saying.

[mac_truck]

...virtually every freeper replying to that was saying that she was wrong, that Roberts was a great pick.

Lol...not even close.

However, it is interesting to see who his biggest advocates were back then and what their reasoning was.

[AuntB]

Ted Cruz just went through one lie after another about Donald Trump on ABC. He said the ONLY person Trump has recommended for the court is his sister…out and out LIE. Last night, during the debate, standing next to Cruz, Trump named two good conservative judges, Judge Diane S. Sykes and Judge Bill Pryor.

Cruz has a problem with the truth.

[DJ MacWoW]

A noobie Trump supporter searches for and posts an opinion article from 2005 that most FReepers agreed on even if they didn't see it back then.

Try posting something Trump said 6 or even 8 months ago.

Donald Trump on Kentucky clerk: Same-sex marriage the "law of the land" September 7, 2015.

"You have to go with it. The decision's been made, and that is the law of the land,"

I really have to go.

[MaggiesPitchfork]

Yes, I remember it well. Everyone thought Roberts was a good choice at the time. And I also remember folks shouting “Rubio for POTUS!” shortly after he came onto the scene. People have short memories!

[RegulatorCountry]

People want to think the best and get carried away, only to swing back hard the other way when disappointed. There were a few red flags with Roberts but to be honest, there was a lot that appeared favorable at the time as well. Rubio, well, he seemed to have turned on his constituency in record time, I don’t think there were many here cheering him for President, not for long.

[montag813]

When the pick was announced, everyone here at FR, gave it thumbs up. No one thought Roberts would become a turncoat that he is, so your little hit piece on Cruz is BS.

Yes but WE didn't know about Robert's work in helping gay activists win at the SCOTUS. Cruz -- who CLERKED with Roberts for Rehnquist, surely did know all about it.

[montag813]

Half the country already thinks she *is* on the Supreme Court. So hey, why not?

Judge Judy would be more conservative than either Roberts or Kennedy.