Yeah, but he did attend meetings. So the right wing argument now will be that he was on the steering committee, and attended many meetings - but he wasn't really involved.
We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Typo Boy - Jul 25, 2005 6:02:05 am PDT #2579 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
brenda m - Jul 25, 2005 6:03:14 am PDT #2580 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
This usually means that someone has posted a quiz response (one of those ones where you c&p a shitload of html into your post). Some of them have a tendency to lock your friends page like that until whoever posted the meme places it behind a cut tag.
Weirdness. The third post down did have a quiz in it, but behind a cut tag. I opened that post (but didn't click on the quiz link or anything), clicked the back button, refreshed, and...meara's post and the one immediately before it are still stuck at the top of the page (but not the one with the quiz). Below that, the friends view is current and normal, even including the sidebar material which had disappeared from the stuck page.
Jesse - Jul 25, 2005 6:03:38 am PDT #2581 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Anyway, the point is, it's not like Bush wasn't going to pick a conservative.
Kate P. - Jul 25, 2005 6:04:06 am PDT #2582 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Then my daughter replied, "Of course I'm cute. How could I not be cute?"
I think I'm going to have to start using this line.
Susan W. - Jul 25, 2005 6:04:23 am PDT #2583 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Happy Birthday, vw!
How long ago was Roberts a member of the Federalist Society? I know I've participated in things in the past that no longer remotely reflect my views, either because I've changed or the organization has.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 25, 2005 6:06:44 am PDT #2584 of 10002
What is even happening?
Yeah, except it looks like he never actually joined. It sounds more like they used him as a networking contact, and bestowed a steering committee position title upon him in their directory.
Yeah, but he did attend meetings. So the right wing argument now will be that he was on the steering committee, and attended many meetings - but he wasn't really involved.I didn't see that, unless that's what is meant by "taking part in activities".
Fred Pete - Jul 25, 2005 6:06:52 am PDT #2585 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Susan, if he was in law school at the time, it would have been before he clerked for Rehnquist and before he left a high-powered law firm to work for Ken Starr.
Gudanov - Jul 25, 2005 6:07:14 am PDT #2586 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
I don't know if the Federalists Society thing is all that relevent, but it is funny that this yes he is, no he's not, yes he is thing is going on.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 25, 2005 6:08:07 am PDT #2587 of 10002
What is even happening?
I don't know if the Federalists Society thing is all that relevent, but it is funny that this yes he is, no he's not, yes he is thing is going on.See. Just like a cat.
Or a mime, for that matter.
Typo Boy - Jul 25, 2005 6:10:30 am PDT #2588 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
He never stopped attending the meetings as far as I know.
As to picking a conservative -the Federalist society are lunatic conservatives. And with Bush that was pretty much a given too - but they are trying to pretend he is a conservative of the sane variety, which I doubt. He is probably personally sane; but thing is extremist is not a personality type it is a political position. Not foaming at the mouth, speaking in calm reasoned tones does not prevent someone from being an extremist if the positions they take are extreme.
The key for the Democrats is not to stop this - that would be great, but probably not possible. The key is to make the Republicans pay a political price rather than letting the guy sail through unscathed.