The latest Time poll on John Roberts shows that the American people want to know where he stands on abortion.
Is Important- Is Not Important- Unsure
ALL 63- 33- 4
Republicans 50- 48- 2
Democrats 75- 19- 5
Independents 63- 32- 5
There seems to be some strategic thinking going on in this poll. There is no way that 48% of Republicans want to confirm a nominee that they have no confidence is anti-abortion. What they are saying is that they are perfectly happy to have Roberts hide the fact that he is anti-abortion in order to better his chances for confirmation. The only other explanation for this poll is that the GOP rank-and-file are indifferent about Roe v. Wade. And I don’t believe that is true.
But rather than thinking too hard about the motivations of Republican poll respondents, we should focus on the 63% of the public that thinks Roberts should answer the fucking questions about abortion and other controversial issues.
Failing to answer questions fits into a pattern with this administration. It fits into their utter lack of accountability. And the American people are getting sick of seeing one catastrophe after another with no consequences for the people responsible.
If I were on the Judiciary Committee I would tell Roberts that I will vote against him unless he answers the questions that the American people want answers to. The strategy is put him in a box where he either stonewalls, or he admits he will rule in ways that are wildly unpopular.
The latest Newsweek poll shows that only 44% of the people currently think Roberts should be confirmed, while 32% are unsure. Our job is to lower that 44% number and make the vast majority of undecideds fall our way. If Roberts is confirmed, we want it to hurt the President and give moderates momentum in the negotiations over the second nominee.
Someone in this administration tell the truth?
(look’n for Toto, and headed down the rabbit hole ; )
I’m doing what I can daily, everywhere I go, store, restaurant, gas station, work, on the street, I am stirring the public with the truth. You should see the shocked look on their face when they hear it, some of them that is.
The great thing is, more and more people, particularly now after Katrina are questioning more and more, and are very angry at the gas pump ; ) that’s when I get’m go’n….LOL
Ya just gotta love it when they have to wallow in their own poo ; ) (eat’n up that credit card at the pump, in a shiny SUV with a Bush sticker on the back…LMAO ; )
As for Roberts, well, we allready know what he is, but will the rest of the people buy it? I have been voicing opinion on this daily as well, and anything this bunch of thugs comes up with.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope that public opinion for once will have impact upon our reps.
Do you believe that the Constitution contains a fundamental right to privacy?
Do you believe that Griswold vs. Connecticut was "correctly decided"?
Do you believe that Roe vs. Wade was "correctly decided"?
also:
Do you believe that the President of the United States is above the law in times of war? Let’s go into some detail here …
Announcement to the American people:
We are filibustering this nominee to protect the right to privacy. To protect the right of all American citizens to keep the government out of our private lives. Let’s go into some detail here …
There is a problem here that is not being discussed. We cannot stop this confirmation unless our reps vote the right way. I believe if WE are going to do anything about it we will need a full court press with our reps and some repubs too like we did with the Bolton nomination. Call every five minutes, fax every five minutes. If you are talking to your neighbors insist they do the same unless they want too see what happen in the Shiavo case(which someone likes Roberts would most likely overturn)happen in their family. Do they wqant the government to control their lives/bodies/choices?
Yes, they have to ask the questions but he does not have to answer them. We will now see if our reps have any fight left in them.
Anyone going to be blogging the hearings here today? Catnip….calling Catnip?
Yes, keep pressing the questions until he either answers or is shown to be evasive and untrustable. But don’t forget about the documents that Bush refuses to release. This is an easy case to make: why would the administration want to hide the record of this nominee’s opinions and decisions, which were made while he was a public employee, and with public money? What is Bush covering up now? We need a justice who stands behind his decisions, not one who needs to conceal his past.
Given this administration’s stunning incompetence and indifference to outright lies by its nominees, we need full answers and the full record. Absent either, our duty is to use every means at our disposal to protect the American people from yet another manchurian candidate programmed to further damage American privacy, liberty, and the general welfare.
Excellent point. No documents = grounds for filibuster in its own right. And grill him on the issues while we’re waiting for them. Demonstrate multiple counts of unacceptability.