Wednesday, July 20, 2005

John Roberts, Straight White Republican Man Gag. "Judge Roberts was born in Buffalo and grew up in Indiana. In high school he captained his football team. And he worked summers in a steel mill to help pay his way through college. He[base ']s an honors graduate of both Harvard College and Harvard Law School. In his career he has served as a law clerk to Justice William Rehnquist, as an associate counsel to President Ronald Reagan and as the principal deputy solicitor general in the Department of Justice." "I[base ']m pleased that his wife, Jane, and his two beautiful children, Jack and Josie, could be with us tonight." Thanks for offering to replace Sandra Day O'Connor with the whitest man this side of John Elway.  I've just heard Nina Totenberg on NPR talking about how hard it'll be to stop his nomination.  After talking about what an "all-American boy" he was, mentioning his "tons of friends," his "sunshine personality," and his resemblance to "Clark Kent," she brought in Robert Bennett, "President Clinton's former lawyer," (oh, and William Bennett's brother) who announced that if there was a Democratic president today, he would have nominated Roberts to the Supreme Court.  Um, yeah.  That's why Clinton refused to appoint him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for his entire eight-year presidency.  It's not going to be easy, but let's not wave the white flag yet.  8:45:16 AM     Speak up!  []