John Roberts is a political hack his nomination just confirms what a dishonest and sneaky administration this is he has next to zero experience as a judge but has 20 years experience of being a partisan hack (he worked against the recount in Florida in 2000 for Bush/Cheney campaign) He's spent his entire adult life in Washington. He's been a judge for only two years. Before that he represented corporations and worked for Republican administrations. That's it. He's not a scholar or a prosecutor or someone who has ever worked in the trenches. He's a creature of the radical right GOP establishment.
Does that make you ANGRY!???!?? I may bring this into consideration for the liberal outrage of the day!
more sad than angry sad that my president thinks that the Supreme Court of the United States is a place to reward campaign workers I thought even he would have more respect for the court than this A consersvative I could tolerate, but this guy has no business being on the court
Maybe Reid wants the Roberts story to be a nonissue until the final vote, so the *liberal* press will get to their feeding frenzy on Karl Rove?
But we still have month before Roberts would be before the Senate whether Reid approves or disapproves of him.
Wow, you're really giving Deckard a run for his money with this. Quick, Deckard, respond with something more extreme sounding before flamingmoe shows you up!
I do not like the choice of John Roberts. That being said, I disagree with your basis for not liking the nomination. Experience is not a requisite for being a good Supreme Court justice. I'll give you two polar examples to prove my point. Take Earl Warren, who was one of the most liberal justices in history and Clarence Thomas who is the most conservative of the justices today. Warren had no judicial experience prior to becoming Chief Justice (he was governor of CA). Thomas had minimal experience on the DC Court of Appeals. His claim to fame was days at the EEOC. Like it or not, partisanship is commonplace for a Supreme Court nomination. It plays a huge role in elevating one legal scholar over another. Once again, the example of Warren comes up. Warren was promised the Supreme Court by Ike in exchange for his support of Eisenhower in the California primaries (this "promise" was under the table). Once again, I agree with your dislike of Roberts' choice. I just don't agree with your rationale behind it. I wish Bush would replace an O'Connor with an O'Connor, but that's wishful thinking.
You think I'm extreme?? That's a riot! You should have seen me 35 years ago. I'm a liberal Democrat these days. I don't see anything extreme about that at all. Keep D&D Civil!!
You find that statement extreme? I think not, Jeffster. Far from it. I don't know how old you are, but I had the privilege of voting against Richard Nixon when he ran for his second term. I remember the Kennedy/Nixon debates on TV in 1960. I saw JFK give his, "We're going to the Moon by the end of this decade" speech at Rice Stadium. I saw him riding in an open convertible with Jackie, from a Broadway sidewalk, the day before he was shot. I was 25-30 feet away from the car. I remember when LBJ pushed through the Civil Rights Act, and threw away the South for a cause that was worth it. In other words, I've been around a long time, and have seen a lot. I've had an avid interest in politics for as long as I can remember. I can flatly say, without fear of contradiction, that the Republican Party of the 1960's and '70's was a far different and moderate party than the party of today. If you happen to be a Republican, then I'm here to tell you that your party's leadership is in the hands of extremists. You may disagree. That is certainly your right, which I respect, but it is the leadership of the Republican Party that is extreme, not me. And it is exactly the tactic of today's Republican Party leadership to make vicious attacks on moderate and liberal people who disagree with them. Hell, it is their tactic to viciously attack conservatives of their own party who disagree with them. There are extremists of the Left, and some belong to the Democratic Party, one would imagine. I am not one of them. Don't embarrass yourself. And they do not control the Democratic Party, as do the extremists of the Republican Party Leadership. Keep D&D Civil!!
Amen Deckard! Amen! I certainly do not consider you an extremist. If nothing else, you are very rational. Your post here is on the ball! You know that politically, we are on opposite sides of the aisle. We are totally opposite when it comes to our views on Nixon. I'm sure Kerry is the only candidate that both of us voted for. I say this to illustrate an important point. That important point is precisely what you stated; the GOP of today is NOT the GOP of the recent past. The party of Bush is not the party of Reagan nor is it the party of Nixon. It's funny because the world seems to have gone full circle. I guess the party of Bush is the party of Goldwater. Goldwater and Bush are very similar. Goldwater was an extremist and Goldwater was scary!!! I'm not an obstinate man. I am a conservative, but I'm also a thinker and I'm fair. The extremists of the GOP have eliminated people like me from the fold of the Republican party. Nowadays, you aren't allowed to have an opinion as a Republican. If you don't agree with Bush, then you are not a Republican and you are "against us." When your party doesn't allow dissent, that's when you are ruled by extremists.
