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Friday, August 05, 2005
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The latest tack from the left and the biased media is the so-called "news" about Roberts doing work in support of gays. That's just they way they portray it. This line is intended to create a fissure among republicans over President Bush's Supreme Court Justice nominee, driven obviously by the stereotyped presumption that conservatives or republicans are anti-gay.
That's the template they follow. Harken back to the last election when either Kerry or Edwards, I don't remember which now, brought up Dick Cheney's daughter being a lesbian.
Fact is, virtually all law firms do pro-bono work and can and do choose what cases they want to do. Robert's firm is in the top 2 or 3 in D.C. so no surprise a case of that magnitude would reach his law firm.
The work Roberts did was consultative in nature. Other attorneys did the trial and paper work. Not that that makes a difference.
The fact that John Roberts can advocate for something (I'm assuming) he may not personally believe in should be re-assuring to those who think that he can't serve on the Supreme Court because of his political or religious beliefs. That and the fact that a trial lawyer and a Supreme Court justice have different roles. To blur that fact with a 'he helped gays' hype is pure political propaganda, found in the LA Times, the NY Times and CBS, NBS, ABS, CNNBS, and MSNBS.
Finally, not to overlook the tactics of the ethically challenged media and the Democrat party to go down this road. Next thing they're after is the adoption records of the Roberts' two adopted children. Disgusting.
3:32:24 PM 
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In full context, that's what the NYT headline should read, not "Novak Walks Off Live CNN Program." Carville was being more than his usual antagonistic self. He quickly made it personal, to interrupt Novak and (like they always do) to keep him from making his point. Rather than listen to Novak, Carville projects slimy motivations upon Novak. Like, after politely asking Carville to let him speak without interrupting, several times, Carville quips "He's got to show these right-wingers that he's got backbone."
I don't fault Novak, I wouldn't have wasted my time there either, once it became clear that he wasn't going to be heard over motormouth.
They were talking about the possibility that Katherine Harris (R-FL) could win the Republican nomination for a Senate seat. Here's a transcript snippet of the show "Inside Politics".
"She might get elected," Mr. Novak said.
After Mr. Carville tried to interrupt Mr. Novak twice, Mr. Novak said: "I know you hate to hear me. But you have to."
Mr. Carville interrupted again, saying of Mr. Novak, "He's got to show these right-wingers that he's got backbone."
A moment later, Mr. Carville said directly to Mr. Novak: "The Wall Street Journal editorial page is watching you. Show them you're tough."
Mr. Novak responded with a profanity,[no, not really, he said "this is bullshit"] before telling Mr. Carville: "I hate that. Just let it go."
He stood up, removed his microphone and walked off.
Novak Uses Expletive and Stalks Off Live CNN Program in a Huff. A spokeswoman for CNN released a statement saying that the network had asked Robert D. Novak "to take some time off." By JACQUES STEINBERG. [NYT > Home Page]
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