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President Bush's Roberts pick disappoints
Townhall.com ^ | July 20, 2005 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 07/21/2005 4:30:51 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile

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To: Ol' Sparky

Frooma whatshername's opinion is irrelevant.


41 posted on 07/21/2005 6:27:29 PM PDT by alnick
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To: LibertarianInExile

Um, that IS the law partner they were quoting. Michael Medved and Sandy Berger were together when they heard the announcement of Roberts and Medved related that story. So, the big endorsement of how conservative Roberts is comes from Sandy Berger, who probably thinks Karl Marx is rather conservative....compared to Hillary, that is!


42 posted on 07/21/2005 6:27:54 PM PDT by MarcusTulliusCicero
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To: LibertarianInExile

"President Bush had the once-in-a-presidency opportunity to nominate a clear originalist."

Can anyone give me a list of names of candidates who would have been considered "clear originalists"? Probably with some explanation why the people deserve to be called originalists.


43 posted on 07/21/2005 6:28:27 PM PDT by JackTom
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To: JackTom

We can start with Janice Rogers Brown.

Google for "Whiter Shade of Pale" and her name. Don't forget to include her name or you'll be hunting through Procol Harum fan sites.


44 posted on 07/21/2005 6:36:56 PM PDT by NCSteve
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To: LibertarianInExile
I think the point is hardly moot.

Of course it's moot to cite what other people did at another time involving different people as indicative of anything. None of the cast of characters, not one, is the same, and it certainly isn't fair to insinuate that GWB had anything at all to do with justices he did not nominate.

45 posted on 07/21/2005 6:43:11 PM PDT by alnick
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To: LibertarianInExile

Yep, I knew he should've picked Ann Coulter. She's not only a lawyer, she's a historian. And Mrs. Bush would've approved. :-)


46 posted on 07/21/2005 6:45:41 PM PDT by Fruit of the Spirit
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To: democratstomper

"He is a stealth canidate and that is very worrisome , I agree 100% with the author ."

Plus the DemonRATS seem to like him...another reason for being suspicious of him.


47 posted on 07/21/2005 6:47:35 PM PDT by Fruit of the Spirit
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To: trebb; LibertarianInExile
When did he "applaud" it?

Gee, looks like that would have been right around June 23, 2003, when he said "I applaud the Supreme Court...ad nauseum".

48 posted on 07/21/2005 6:49:27 PM PDT by dagnabbit (Vincente Fox's opening line at the Mexico-USA summit meeting: "Bring out the Gimp!")
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To: familyop

It is not man hating and anti-family to expect men to support their children and to refrain from beating their wives.

It is in fact anti-family for men to beat their wives and neglect their children.


49 posted on 07/21/2005 6:56:39 PM PDT by alnick
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To: trebb; LibertarianInExile
Still enshrined on the White House website: President Applauds Supreme Court for Recognizing Value of Diversity

But don't miss out on the even "classier" Spanish-language version:

DECLARACIÓN DEL PRESIDENTE

Felicito a la Corte Suprema por reconocer el valor de la diversidad en las universidades de nuestra nación. La diversidad es uno de los mejores puntos fuertes de los Estados Unidos. Las decisiones de la actualidad requieren un equilibrio prudente entre el objetivo de la diversidad en los recintos universitarios y el principio fundamental de igual trato ante la ley.

Mi Administración continuará promoviendo las políticas que aumentan las oportunidades educativas para los estadounidenses de todos los orígenes raciales, étnicos y económicos.

Hay maneras innovadoras y comprobadas en que las universidades e instituciones de educación superior pueden reflejar nuestra diversidad sin utilizar cuotas raciales. La corte ha aclarado que las universidades e instituciones de educación superior deben considerar seriamente y de buena fe las alternativas factibles que no toman en cuenta la raza. Concuerdo que primero debemos considerar estas estrategias que no toman en consideración la raza para hacer que los recintos universitarios sean más acogedores para todos los estudiantes.

La raza es una realidad de la vida estadounidense. Sin embargo, al igual que la corte, aguardo ansiosamente el día en que Estados Unidos realmente sea una sociedad que no tome la raza en cuenta. Mi Administración continuará dedicándose a este importante objetivo.

50 posted on 07/21/2005 6:59:42 PM PDT by dagnabbit (Vincente Fox's opening line at the Mexico-USA summit meeting: "Bring out the Gimp!")
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To: alnick

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) undermines the American family and American society.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1444646/posts

Time to dispose of radical feminist pork
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1445602/posts


51 posted on 07/21/2005 7:02:07 PM PDT by familyop ("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)
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To: alnick

"Of course it's moot to cite what other people did at another time involving different people as indicative of anything."

Do you apply that rule to felons, Democrats or Islamists you run into? I doubt it.

"None of the cast of characters, not one, is the same, and it certainly isn't fair to insinuate that GWB had anything at all to do with justices he did not nominate."

Much of the Senate is the same, and certainly much of the RNC is the same. The Beltway hasn't changed much, either. Nor have a significant percentage of the pundits. I think you dismiss too readily a ton of people that are obviously the same, in an effort to wish Judge Roberts into a proven conservative. Conservative he may be. I would like more proof.

While you seem unconcerned and dismissive of Bush as the representative of the same RINO-laden party hierarchy that vetted as conservative and appointed a liberal SCOTUS, I think you're simply kidding yourself. Bush is a moderate. A good man, and a moderate who keeps his promises, but a moderate. And I expected what he promised, not a Souter.


52 posted on 07/21/2005 7:03:37 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (Kelo, Grutter, and Roe all have to go. Will Roberts get us there--don't know. No more Souters.)
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To: alnick

To attack "men" in general with a multitude of family breaking, socialist, government programs under the false pretense of trying to outlaw abortion is nasty in the extreme--befitting only of a pagan goddess worship mentality.


53 posted on 07/21/2005 7:08:22 PM PDT by familyop ("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)
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To: GLDNGUN
Datura: He's [Bush] a globalist, not a conservative.

GLDNGUN: You mean the way he wouldn't go into Iraq without the approval of the UN? Wait, he DID go into Iraq without the UN approval. Never mind.

Broaden your thinking, GLDNGUN. Datura is correct--Bush is a globalist.

Money to tsunami (1 billion plus) nations, even though we "can't afford Social Security" so we have to push back the retirement age and cut benefits.

$15 billion to Africa to maintain female genital mutilation and high risk sex, even though we are cutting back in military procurement (F-22, F-35, naval ships, et al., plus military bases because "we can;t afford it".

Bush has not ordered the UN out of the US, and the US out of the UN, even after the Oil-for-Bribery (Food) rip-off.

Bush has yet to denounce the appeal for a global tax on currency exchanges.

I could go on until I fill up the harddisk space on FR's servers, but I will stop here. Bush is a globalist, and Bush is a liberal when it comes to domestic policy, especially fiscal policy.

Read my tagline before you make a childish comment about "Bush bashing"--I voted for Bush both times not because he is a conservative (Bush isn't--he is a liberal), and not because he is nationalistic and places America as #1 priority (Bush does not--Bush is a globalist).

I voted for Bush for the simple reason he was the lesser of two evils--and Kerry was a VERY big evil.

Datura: Thank God we have observant and rational members at FR like you. Otherwise, the sugarcoated candy would eventually give us all an upset stomach.

54 posted on 07/21/2005 7:26:19 PM PDT by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (John Kerry: 3 fake Purple Hearts. George Bush: one REAL heart of gold.)
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To: claptrap
Might be correct, however we have to remember, progressivism, multiculturalism and socialism was gradually implemented over time and it will only be with time and continual steps in the right direction that we return to Liberty.
55 posted on 07/21/2005 7:49:47 PM PDT by Archon of the East ("universal executive power of the law of nature")
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To: RightWinger
It will take years & numerous rulings to determine if we have another Scalia or Thomas.

Oh nonsense. We will know by December. Regardless, you're just confirming the author's point--we don't know *now*.

56 posted on 07/21/2005 8:21:50 PM PDT by Sandy
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To: Sandy
We will know by December.

Yup, now many aspirin is that?

57 posted on 07/21/2005 8:24:35 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
I have high hopes for him but would have preferred a rock ribbed conservative with a long and conservative/originalist apellate record in the mode of Edith Jones or Luttig and let the battle begin.

Thank you. Beats me why we should have to settle. I don't have a good feeling about this, but then, since everyone is usually wrong about judges, maybe he'll accidentally be good. But you know they tend not to drift in our direction. Is Roe settled? The GOP is afraid to talk about it.

58 posted on 07/21/2005 8:30:43 PM PDT by Huck (Whatever.)
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To: Huck
since everyone is usually wrong about judges, maybe he'll accidentally be good.

ROFL! That one cracked me up.

59 posted on 07/21/2005 8:34:19 PM PDT by Sandy
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To: Sandy
LOL. See what an afternoon nap will do for you? Maybe this guy is good, but man there's no denying that GW did NOT meet expectations on this one. Don't you think? Even the kool aiders show the signs. I read one post yesterday from someone using a baseball analogy, saying this was a curveball on the outside, setting up a fastball. The vernacular for that is a "waste pitch." You "waste" one outside to set up some heat inside. In other words, it's that Bush stratergery again! His legendary poker skills! He's tricking those rascally democrats! the NEXT pick is the real one!

It was a sad thing to see. Who knows? I think we got cheated.

60 posted on 07/21/2005 8:42:07 PM PDT by Huck (Whatever.)
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