Tuesday, July 19, 2005

The Nominee

So, the nominee is John Roberts.

We don't pretend to be experts on such issues, but many of the people we trust have chimed in on his behalf.

And many of those we look to to be consistently wrong appear to be spoiling for a fight. New York's only feminine Senator, the unremarkable Chuck Schumer, springs instantly to mind.

At first look, Roberts seems to be another home run for the "idiot" Bush. A solid "originalist" with impeccable credentials. Further, Bush ignored the demands to replace a woman with a woman.

Awesome!

We anticipate the typical mendacity and demagoguery from the likes of the loathesome blob -- er, Ted Kennedy, not Michael Moore -- and the hero of Jihadists everywhere, Dick "Dick" Durbin.

It is difficult to see, however, how Roberts could be any less "mainstream" than that daft former ACLU General Counsel and exemplar of judicial restraint, Ruth Buzzi Ginsburg.

Ginsburg was Moonbat before Moonbat was cool. Yet as much as we disagreed with her judicial philosphy, the fact was that Clinton had WON the election. Ginsburg had no ethical or criminal issues that made her "unfit" for the bench.

She was confirmed 96-3.

Through two campaigns, the president vowed to nominate "originalists" to the bench, particularly at the highest level.

Barring anything unseemly in his background -- and we don't mean pubic hairs on Coke cans -- we see no reason why Roberts should not be confirmed with 85+ votes by October.

However, we do not underestimate the desperation of the Moonbat Enemy, the 40 or so crackpot leftists in the Senate and the lapdog MSM.

Judge Roberts can expect to have his name sullied by men and women unfit to carry his briefcase.