The idiot Bush strikes again.
He laid the groundwork for Obama. That is beyond debate now.
Even Kennady was against this. My mind is totally blown by this ruling and who voted for it.
Romney better get his a$$ to the microphones pronto and give a statement on this. Where is he?
Maybe not. I think he replaced O'Connor. Therefore, Roberts was not GW Bush's first choice. He was forced to turn to Roberts.
Harriett Miers would have gone along with the conservatives. She was a fairly solid pro-life vote, iirc. One of the arguments against her was that she wasn't very creative, and would have been a follower, not a leader.
What we can say about Roberts is that he is devious. He gets it both ways: gets to say the mandate is not viable under the commerce clause, which is what courts and conservatives were saying. So, he says that if the administration says the funding mechanism is a tax, then, despite the democrat's arguments in Congress, it is a tax.
Does this means we'll have a new line item on our paychecks: FICA, MED, and now Federal Health Care?
Is that what this means?
Also, everyone with any sense knows big business was dying to get out from under health care requirements. Big business also wanted cheap labor in America (Arizona ruling).
Could Roberts simply be a corporate interests vote?
But, but, Bush was a Wepublicant and you either had to be with him or you were with the terrorist. GW Bush did no wrong. He was as Conservative as George McGovern.
OK this is a prime example of why you do not vote for moderate/liberals in the GOP in the hopes of conservatism. The most important choice of his term and he screwed that up as well. Everyone thought his picks were so great well NOW WE SEE WHY BUSH PICKED HIM.
Yes Really and Trully Bush's Fault this time. We don't have a congress with a spine because all his friends got put in congress during his terms as well. Gee what a mess. No Romney for me. No More LIBERALS.