Quick thoughts on the Roberts confirmation

[holyman]

The pick pissed off the conservatives a lot less than I thought it would. Instead of nominating a hellfire and brimstone absolutist in the tradition of Bork and Scalia, Bush has nominated a mild-mannered midwesterner who deals in pragmatics rather than doctrine. Bush gets a nominee that will have a very easy time getting confirmed (say what they

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[magictaco]

remember when you sucked my cock off in philly last night?

yeah, you wish.

i almost got the nomination. almost.

[kittlesnbits]

He's a mysterious candidate, and a shrewd pick from bush, as he basically appeases his conservative base and eliminates most chances of Roberts being filibustered.

Much of the conservative response is positive, but a few like Ann Coulter (can I say that name in your blog?) are pretty mad he didn't go for a more hard-core conservative pick.

And You never know.. he could turn out to be more liberal than Ruthie Ginsburg.

I personally would've nominated Judge Ito.. or maybe Judge Judy..

[doria13]

happy birthday stephen!