Year: 2005

Ace is playing momma again to his children.

Tisk Tisk.

Karol is passing around the offering plate. Hey, and if you’re a blogger, you can buy yourself a link!

Talk about a load of crap. In less than 30 seconds after Bush announced John Roberts as his Supreme Court nominee, Moveon.org released this greatest hits list on the conservative judge:

• Roberts has been associated with some of the most fringe and extreme views of the Republican Party for years.
• He has supported the “takings” philosophy of the extreme right, which calls for government to compensate polluters.
• He believes Roe should be “overturned,” and won the case that gagged doctors so they could not even discuss abortion with their patients.
• He opposed clean air rules and worked to help coal companies strip mine mountaintops.
• He tried to stop Congress from strengthening the Voting Rights Act.
• He worked to keep injured workers from receiving disability. And no wonder, he’s regularly been associated with corporate, far right legal groups in America – the Washington Legal Foundation, the Federalist Society, and the so-called National Legal Center for the Public Interest.

And those were the nice comments.

Freakin idiots.

Bush picks Roberts to placate Renquist?

RIP Scotty.

Read every word.

Bush picks John G. Roberts Jr. to fill Supreme Court vacancy.

But I’ve got to admit, this is funny.

It’s got to be just like standing in the middle of a crowded room with your finger on the pin of the grenade.

Bush to Introduce Court Nominee Tonight

President Bush settled on a nominee for the Supreme Court on Tuesday and the White House made arrangements for a nationally televised prime time announcement. “I’ll let you know when I’m ready,” he said at a midday news conference where he declined to tip his hand.

This is a no-win situation. The Democrats will find a dozen reasons why his nominee is unacceptable to them. OK, two dozen. By the same token, the Dobson crowd will also be looking on anxiously. If Bush doesn’t name someone who will give Roe v. Wade a thorough review, they’ll be yellin and a-hollerin.

So what does the president do? He decides to go on the tube and make the announcement during primetime, so he can get the maximum amount of media exposure. Priceless. They don’t call him the most powerful man in the world for no reason.

Meanwhile, people on both sides are wiggin out right about now.

The perfect storm.

Gore: New TV Channel Won’t Be Partisan.

Yeah, sure.

Former Vice President Al Gore, co-founder of a new television channel launching next month, said he’s shunning politics – and so is his media venture.

“I consider myself a recovering politician. I’m on step nine,” Gore told a meeting Monday of the Television Critics Association.

Just go read some of his more recent quotes and tell me if Algore can even pretend to be a centrist.

Not a chance.