Posted on 07/19/2005 4:44:48 PM PDT by freedrudge
Edited on 07/19/2005 4:52:02 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
President Bush has chosen federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. as his nominee to the Supreme Court, a senior administration official says...
Old media people are reporting now that he should fly through, and that the Dems. will behave.
"Paula Zahn looked like she had been stomach punched. She was in shock for a few minutes."
Great news.
Whenever, Ms Z looks like someone kicked her ovaries, the news is good for America and bad for her and other liberals.
Yes, I am more satisfied with this pick than I would have been with Judge Clement, only because there just wasn't sufficient information about her judicial philosophy (and given the fact that there were "better", i.e. known originalists, to choose from.) According to what I've been able to read, Judge Roberts seems to be an originalist, which is all many of us wanted (and expected). By the way.....that sound you just heard was the Gang of 7 RINOs fainting now that they may have to put their money where their mouths are. One of the interesting things to watch will be Senator Specter's handling and questioning of the nomination, I think. I am also heartened that the President decided not to play it safe. The battle for these nominations was going to come at some point. Better to get it over with on the first nominee.....once dealt with, it will make the selection of originalists to fill any additional SCOTUS nominees all that much easier.
2) Bush tied up the entire news media all day speculating about an ACCEPTABLE woman while he was naming an extraordinary man!
3) Bush has now raised the bar for the Dems to opposed the next pick of a WOMAN to be CJ---Jones perhaps.
4) By moving the court solidly right, he has increased the pressure on Stevens and Ruth Buzzi to beat it. Who wants to be on the losing side all the time? Look for one of them (or both) to bail.
This was beyond a home run. Lindsay Graham was on Hannity talking like Attila the Hun, warning the Dems that they did NOT include a USSC pick as an "extraordinary circumstance."
MOrganinDenver phrased it the best--crash dummies.
So who is that a picture of?
LOL!!!!!!!! My phone has been RINGING OFF THE HOOK!!!
Tonight, I will take a few minutes to select just the right vintage Cigar, and I will sit here, read a little more about Judge Roberts and relish this fine news.
The atmosphere will be most conducive to dreaming up awesome photoshops for Pookie, the Sunday Bunch and all fellow Freepers.
I love this choice, but these people don't
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1639265&mesg_id=1639327
Great stuffing job!
Leon Panetta was just on OlberDUman and he couldn't find anything bad to say about Roberts. Said just give it some time but he doesn't seem bad..
Good question...
IF we discover Roberts was "acceptable" to Ted Kennedy (who had a "problem" with Davis Souter of all people), I think we've got a problem.
The post-selection assessment from Dems in the next day or so ought to be quite interesting.
Homosexuals ride it. It's their emblem. It means "queer."
Yeah. Bait and switch. I love how the Pres messed with the media too.
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Let the Smear campaign begin from the "tolerant" bunch.
This is what an Appellant judge should do -- follow the law. A USSC justice, on the other hand, gets to make the final guess.
If you asked them for another they'd say "George W. Bush".
What the DUmmies don't understand is that when you're always screaming at 10 setting, you come off like a loon and no one takes you seriously.
Oh, we're gonna die for sure now. In another 150 years, everyone living on this earth will be dead...and it is all Bush's fault!
Bush hasn't announced him yet -
What if this is misinformation to draw out the 'Rat response?
I want to see Teddy, Chucky, Babbs, Layhe (spelling?), etc. have that nuculear meltdown.
Hopefully the Republican senators have dusted off their lead suits to protect themselves from the Democrapic radioactive decay.
Trajan88
Right here! Suprised...time will tell. Looks good. Predict the Dems won't fight that much, because the court is still the same balance. Even so, all this is deck chairs on the Titaninc.
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