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September 15, 2005

I Love Joe Biden

Listening to the questioning of John Roberts (which Ed ably pillories), I'm so glad Biden is a Democrat.

"We are rolling the dice with you, Judge," Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) said. "It's kind of interesting, this Kabuki dance we have in these hearings here, as if the public doesn't have a right to know what you think about fundamental issues facing them."
Riiiiight.

25 years of public service law gigs. The man's got a paper trail.

But this isn't about getting answers, of course. The left, on this as most other issues, has switched into full Goebbels mode; state a Big Lie, repeat it until dimwits from coast to coast start to regurgitate its broad parameters in the polls.

Didja know Edwards is an extremist?

Posted by Mitch at September 15, 2005 07:43 AM | TrackBack
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Edwards?

Posted by: JamesPh. at September 15, 2005 08:49 AM

Grrr. Roberts.

Can't change it now. Blah.

Posted by: mitch at September 15, 2005 09:30 AM

Biden decrying the kabuki dance? How did he manage to keep a straight face?

Besides the fact that it's painted on, I mean.

Posted by: Brian Jones at September 15, 2005 05:52 PM

I noticed that too. But I figured you were just taking a page from the Democratic playbook and trying to start some wild lie about Edwards.

Although, my first thought was you could have picked a better target. How about Hillary?
"Hillary is an extremist"

Eh, nevermind...that falls under the "Well Duh!" category.

Posted by: Kevin at September 15, 2005 05:53 PM

Mitch writes:

"25 years of public service law gigs. The man's (Roberts) got a paper trail."

Yes he does. Of course, when the paper trail painted him in some unflattering tones, he was quick to assert he was a staff lawyer (or a young lawyer ... or a young staff lawyer) who was only writing for his boss (or his client ... or his boss, the client) and thus the reader needed to read the statements in that context.

For example, Roberts provides an explanation for a memo he wrote while in the Reagan administration:

"And the articulation of views that you read from represented my effort to articulate the views of the administration and the position of the administration for whom I worked, for which I worked 23 years ago."

And, when asked how to square the written material with current issues, he'd demur because those issues may come back to the court and he wouldn't want to prejudice his standing and ability to independently judge the matters that would be at hand. For example:

ROBERTS: "Well, I don't think -- on the question of legislative attempts, I think my view is the same now as it was 24 years ago, which is that these are -- it's a bad idea. It's bad policy.

"I was talking about the other question about whether it's constitutional or not. And on that, of course, I don't think I should express a determinative view because, as you know, these proposals do come up and one may be enacted.

"And if that is the case, then I'd have to address that question on the court. It could be on the court I'm on now or another court."

Finally some of the "paper trail" is not available -- either it's been lost or won't be provided under "Executive Privilege."

I think in the final analysis that Roberts will be confirmed and I suspect that there will be some Democrats who will vote for him ... maybe even some Democrats on the Judiciary Committee. He's a much more impressive candidate than was Thomas and I think that he could be a decent Justice and even a decent Chief Justice.

Strategically, I think we Democrats have no other recourse ... there's no record of an ideologue and he has an excellent reputation as a "lawyer's lawyer" and a superb litigator.

And we may well need to "keep our powder dry" for the next nominee. Can Bush find another Roberts?

Posted by: Rick Mons at September 16, 2005 12:18 AM

Mitch writes:

"25 years of public service law gigs. The man's (Roberts) got a paper trail."

Yes he does. Of course, when the paper trail painted him in some unflattering tones, he was quick to assert he was a staff lawyer (or a young lawyer ... or a young staff lawyer) who was only writing for his boss (or his client ... or his boss, the client) and thus the reader needed to read the statements in that context.

For example, Roberts provides an explanation for a memo he wrote while in the Reagan administration:

"And the articulation of views that you read from represented my effort to articulate the views of the administration and the position of the administration for whom I worked, for which I worked 23 years ago."

And, when asked how to square the written material with current issues, he'd demur because those issues may come back to the court and he wouldn't want to prejudice his standing and ability to independently judge the matters that would be at hand. For example:

ROBERTS: "Well, I don't think -- on the question of legislative attempts, I think my view is the same now as it was 24 years ago, which is that these are -- it's a bad idea. It's bad policy.

"I was talking about the other question about whether it's constitutional or not. And on that, of course, I don't think I should express a determinative view because, as you know, these proposals do come up and one may be enacted.

"And if that is the case, then I'd have to address that question on the court. It could be on the court I'm on now or another court."

Finally some of the "paper trail" is not available -- either it's been lost or won't be provided under "Executive Privilege."

I think in the final analysis that Roberts will be confirmed and I suspect that there will be some Democrats who will vote for him ... maybe even some Democrats on the Judiciary Committee. He's a much more impressive candidate than was Thomas and I think that he could be a decent Justice and even a decent Chief Justice.

Strategically, I think we Democrats have no other recourse ... there's no record of an ideologue and he has an excellent reputation as a "lawyer's lawyer" and a superb litigator.

And we may well need to "keep our powder dry" for the next nominee. Can Bush find another Roberts?

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