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.
Anyway, the point is, it's not like Bush wasn't going to pick a conservative.
right, but he's lying about it, and that's irritating.
Happy Birthday VW!
Ooh, lots of thunder rumbling now. No rain yet.
VW! Birthday!
This whole John Roberts thing, I have the key. All we need is somebody Geraldo-like to ask him, preferably in a street-ambush interview:
Mr. Roberts, are you aware that your name-twin is...
a Canadian??
Do you categorically reject this man's
erstwhile punkish tendencies?
Have you ever met
Alanis Morrissette?
Skipping madly to say:
Coffee creamer to hide the burnt Starbucks taste: $2.79
Unleaded gas at the one station on my 25 mile commute: $2.24/gallon
Realizing your boss is leading a client tour into your office as you're reading slash and listening to Tool: Priceless
Mr. Roberts, are you aware that your name-twin is... a Canadian?? Do you categorically reject this man's erstwhile punkish tendencies? Have you ever met Alanis Morrissette?
Even better, the John Roberts I know was the head of the Mass. ACLU.
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.
Can someone tell me more about them, please? I'm looking at their website's past speakers and participants page, and in addition to the names I would expect to see there like Cheney and Scalia and most of W's top dogs, I'm also seeing Barney Frank, Mike Dukakis, John Podesta, Ralph Nader, and a few locals whose politics I'm pretty sure of.
I love getting the fifteen-minutes-in-advance weather report from Sumi. No rain here yet. Hopefully it'll make it this close to the lake.
I'm watching the weather radar on Yahoo. Looks like there's a big-ass red blob heading for downtown Chicago. (red = heavy rain)
