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But what kind of conservative? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: July 25, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 Creators Syndicate, Inc. Will George Bush be seen historically as the George Patton – or the George McClellan of the culture wars? That question endures. For with his nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court, the president consciously chose to avoid battle with the Left. As he did not want a fight, Bush named a conservative without a single scar from the culture wars and no record of having served. He chose an establishment-conservative, not a warrior-conservative. Judge Roberts is a man of high...

Thousands of writers will produce millions of words about President Bush’s nomination of Judge John Roberts, Jr., to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court. Yet, there is a central fact that other writers will miss, most because they don’t know it, a handful because they fail to see its importance. Start with this fact in all the biographies of Roberts. He argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court and won 25. Some came when he was in the Solicitor General’s office, where arguing before the Court is routine. But many of them came after he left the...