Bush Nominates Roberts as Chief Justice
WaPo rambles, disseminates, obfuscates, and pitifully whines. We got 'em runnin'.
By Peter BakerWashington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 6, 2005 President Bush nominated John G. Roberts Jr. yesterday as the 17th chief justice of the United States, promoting his nominee for associate justice to lead the Supreme Court and the rest of the federal judiciary even before Roberts was confirmed for the first assignment.
(sob...sip some air) "Even before he was confirmed" needed about a scazillion exclamation points after it, Mr. Baker. If you're going to whinge like a two-year-old it's quite permissible to punctuate like one.
The move could ensure Bush's influence on the judiciary long after his presidency ends.
Wow, ya think? You mean Roberts is slated to live at least until, say 2009? Wait, you said "could", so you're not sure either, are you? That, or the lefty self-denial syndrome is sinking in fast, huh. But let's get to the heart of the matter now, this IS the WaPo after all and what story worth it's salt doesn't feature a glimpse at what the clinically insane have to say about the matter.
The same liberal groups that opposed Roberts for associate justice declared him even more unfit for chief. "His views are very much out of sync with civil rights, women's rights, privacy," said Nan Aron, president of the Alliance for Justice. "Certainly reviewing so many of those memos and briefs and papers he authored makes one wonder whether he understands how the law affects ordinary people."
Civil rights, women's rights and privacy. The clarion call for lunatics so far out of the mainstream, the government allows for their own zip codes which are in fact the coordinates for a fly-by of Mars. "Ordinary people" do not murder their unborn, beg for special treatment, or form secret clubs that hoard tinfoil in order to block the gamma rays the evil government is broadcasting because look what that did to the Hulk. Ordinary people consider themselves blessed to bring a healthy child into the world, only ask for a fair shake, and understand that checking bags at a subway station is the right thing to do.
Several Senate Democrats argued that Roberts should receive greater scrutiny for chief justice. "The stakes are higher and the Senate's advice and consent responsibility is even more important," said Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), adding that "the Senate must be vigilant in considering this nomination."
Translated: Holy smokerooni's now that he's going to be in charge of the tree fort we gotta be even MORE careful not to give the double-secret, pinky-swear password to just anybody. Who in Washington, or the entire world for that matter, didn't consider Roberts or Scalia, or Thomas to be in line for the high seat? I couldn't swear to it, but I think ol' George is a tad conservative and wouldn't nominate Ruthie for the job.
Bush always had Roberts in mind for the next chief justice, aides said yesterday. Roberts was first secretly interviewed for a Supreme Court slot in April in anticipation that the cancer-stricken Rehnquist would retire or die. When O'Connor surprised the White House by announcing her retirement in July and Rehnquist declared that he was not stepping down, Bush decided to appoint Roberts to O'Connor's seat.
Well duh, of course he had Roberts in mind, check above for that there mention of CONSERVATIVE, and if it's not TOO much trouble, tell me what in the name of all hells "secretly interviewed" means? I honestly was not aware that the President had to hold a press conference every time he had a chat with someone about this, that, or the other thing, and swear on a stack of bibles that no secret-codewords were divulged.
Bush summoned Roberts to the White House on Sunday, and the two met in the residential quarters at 5:30 p.m. for 30 to 45 minutes, McClellan said. White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. sat in at first and then left the two alone. Bush called Roberts back to the White House at 7:15 a.m. yesterday and offered him the job. Bush made the announcement 45 minutes later.
Card discussed the decision with Frist, Reid, Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and the committee's ranking Democrat, Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), while the White House counsel's office called Justice John Paul Stevens, the court's senior member and acting chief, to inform him of the decision. Bush did not call O'Connor to tell her that her retirement may be postponed until after he was on Air Force One flying to Louisiana.
Well, I lost the bet as to how many times you could start a sentence with "Bush", but that's okay, I mean who could imagine a professional writer leading off each sentence of an entire FRICKIN paragraph like that. Just kills you to mention him as "The President", don't it hoss? And of course he didn't call Sandy-Swing-Vote to tell her the maybe's or the could-be's or even the wanna-be's. You can fact-check me on this but I do believe she's a grown up and as such understands that he's a tad busy lately. He's got her on speed dial and will get back to her once the smoke clears.
Bunch of filler follows...describing the duties of the Chief Justice. Sadly, no other rants from the comedic left, and ends with:
The most prominent candidate on Bush's list is Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, his Texas friend who would be the first nation's Hispanic justice, but conservatives vocally oppose him out of fear that he is a closet moderate.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), a Bush ally, said yesterday that the president will probably name a woman or a minority to replace the nation's first female justice and offered a vigorous defense of Gonzales. "He would be a very good nominee and one that I would be happy to support," Cornyn said. "I've read about these concerns from some conservatives, and I really wonder where they are getting some of these strange ideas."
Gonzales isn't a closet moderate, he's a card-carrying member of the wishy-washy society for the preservation of what-could it hurt, tomorrow's another day line of reasoning, and if Senator Cornyn doesn't know this he wasn't paying attention and therefore fails the snap-quiz portion of our rant. And I understand that the thought process of a politician has to be one step above a reptiles, but fer cripesake please, PLEASE stop tossing in "woman or a minority" to every answer up to and including the reply to "would you like me to supersize that for you?" The President ISN'T a liberal or some other odious creature and sure, he's a politician as well but doesn't HAVE to kiss the nether regions of the weeping wannabe's every time a decision has to be made. Republicans are AGAINST affirmative action, Senator, and you might want to cut, paste and save this: Best person for the job. Period.
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