Ok, Who has the crystal ball?
Coulter was wrong. Her column about Roberts had to be the worst one she's written since she spoke against legalizing drugs.
Ann is Paranoid !
Show some faith in your President.
Not everything will go your way !
An anti-Roe nominee should make the case that the Supremes should merely return to the Senate the right to legislate.
Ramesh must need "puffing" to compare himself with Ann.
Good thing he doesn't influence many thinkers.
It's not about Roe... Roe is only one example of what happens when the SC "legislates from the bench". It's about upholding the Cosntitution in its original intent. If every SC candidate is put through the Roe litmus test by the donkeys AS WELL AS THE REPUBLICANS we have missed the bigger picture. For those who want Roe overturned, I suggest a strategy where it is done in phases. This is the very thing liberals fear and probably the most effective strategy in a country that DOES now freqently parrot the phrase "a women's right to choose".
What's the point? That W should withdraw John Roberts and appoint someone more conservative? What are the chances of that? Or is the point that all the stalwart conservatives should oppose the President and join with Schumer and Kennedy in defeating Roberts?
What is Ann actually proposing besides a lot of attention for herself?
I think that's very possible ten or fifteen years from now but not at the moment.
Many people change over time, and their values change as well. How can we be sure that today's Conservative isn't tomorrow's liberal activist?
At the moment Robert's seems to be a reliable pick for the court, but the people have no way to get rid of a judge after he's appointed and confirmed. Impeachment is a farce, and Congress has a Committee on the Judiciary that never takes a judge to task for any unconstitutional ruling.
The temptation to create unconstitutional law is too great to leave to unaccountable jurists. More checks are needed on the judiciary, and Congress must be held responsible for their lack of judicial oversight.
Ann is expressing her worries as we have been burned before but I don't agree with her on this one. Of course no one can be certain. Perhaps she is a little upset that her preferred choice, whomever that person is, was not chosen. I trust President Bush and I think he did his best to choose someone that, in the end, we will all be happy with.
FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT:
Rule One: You cannot post about Ann without a picture. This is regulary noted rule, the moderator should note this.
Second: Ann has a right to state her opinion, just like we do.
Third: I tend to agree with your comments but keep in mind the senate hearings are over a month away and we need to spend this time researching him and making decisions then.
Finally: Always refer to Rule One.
At that time she can be a voice for our side in explaining lots of things including Plame etc. JMO
I think she's wrong on this one. Roberts is a good choice. Bush comes through again!
I don't understand Coulter's characterizing Roberts as 'stealth'. Seems he is quite the known quantity in Washington on Capitol Hill and throughout the legal community.
Her column may be Machiavellian/Rovian/Don't-Throw-Me-In-That-Bryer-Patch-ian.
I love Ann to death, but he arguments against Roberts weren't nearly convincing enough to definitively say that "Bush has screwed us!"
This is really just a wait-and-see kind of thing.
usually i'm on board with ann coulter, but not on this one.
proof is 5-10 years away.
If Roberts ends up being a Rhenquist, then Ann's column will be little remebered years from now as anything more than a deviant error.
If Roberts ends up as a Kennedy or Souter, then Ann will be remembered as the genius Supreme Court Prognosticator.
In fact, even if Roberts is a Rhenquist, every rare time he departs from the desires of particular conservatives, we will hear a chorus of "Coulter was right".
He thinks there's a case for hopefulness?
If that's the best he can do, he has proved Miss Coulter's point.
Coulter is Bush's ace in the hole.
He's told the Dems:
"Confirm Roberts or you get a recess appointment of Coulter."