Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean wants you to send letters to the editor of all your local newspapers about Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee John Roberts. Predictably, Dean want you to oppose a Senate confirmation vote – a vote Roberts is sure to prevail in.
Dean’s so desperate for your help that, in addition to his own op-ed (see below), he’s pre-written a letter for you to send. The basic contents of the letter are shown below.
John Roberts may be managing to artfully dodge question after question at his confirmation hearings, but he can’t avoid what he’s written in the past.
Roberts’ writings as an attorney in the Reagan administration have shed light on his sense of fairness, equality, and compassion — all things that make this country and its people great. As more continues to come out about his record, it becomes more evident that he holds a deep indifference and callousness toward the most vulnerable in our country — something that the American people rejected long ago.
He’s a sharp political mind, to be sure. Smart and savvy, Roberts has used his skills as a lawyer to skate around many of the questions that would expose his cold views on fairness and equal protection under the law. But there are plenty of other smart, savvy people already working in Washington who have done nothing to make our lives better, and John Roberts is no different.
As an American who believes in moral fairness, equality and compassion, I urge the Senate to reject John Roberts.Since the link to the letter writing factory was just sent out, none of the major (or minor) daily newspapers have yet fallen for the trick, but you can be sure some probably will. You can keep track of which papers fall for the phony community groundswell act with the following Google News search: “John Roberts may be managing to artfully dodge question after question at his confirmation hearings”, or this RSS feed.
If op-ed editors are doing their job the only result that should be returned from that search should be this Wizbang article…
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How much Kool-Aid can one man drink and still stand?
Depends on how much tolerance one has built up, PTG.
It doesn’t take long at all to make it say this:
“John Roberts may be managing to artfully answer question after question at his confirmation hearings, but he can’t avoid what he’s written in the past.
Roberts’ writings as an attorney in the Reagan administration have shed light on his sense of fairness, equality, and compassion — all things that make this country and its people great. As more continues to come out about his record, it becomes more evident that he holds a deep appreciation toward the Constitution of our country — something that the American people accepted long ago.
He’s a sharp political mind, to be sure. Smart and savvy, Roberts has used his skills as a lawyer to prove his views on fairness and equal protection under the law. But there are plenty of other smart, savvy people already working in Washington who have done nothing to make our lives better, and they are trying to besmirch John Roberts and imply that he is no different.
As an American who believes in freedom, equality and the rule of law,I urge the Senate to approve John Roberts.”
and then you can conveniently mail it to a whole bunch of newspapers at once!
Anyone that’s aware of this crap and still votes democrat is just as dishonest and phony as Dean and the rest of the party leadership is. I love how they get offended when you tell them how dishonest the whole liberal ideology is then won’t speak out against things like this. If there’s a decent human beong left in that party I’d like to know who it is, Ripley still has a museum, doesn’t he?
I agree with PTG. After that much Kool-Aid Dean probably needs a bathroom break too.
And this man was once the Democratic front-runner…by a long shot.
/shudder
I received Dean’s crap emailed comments about Roberts and could barely believe I was suddenly receiving the Democrats’ “emailed updates” or whatevertheheck they’ve now called them.
Presto, unsubscribed since about July 2004, nothing received since, and Dean’s gnawing, gumming gnarls appear in my inbox. As IF I’d subscribed.
Let’s see how effective this latest “unsubscribe” is from the newsletter I didn’t sign up for and yet have unsubscribed from now, several times, now sprung to life over a year later! Must be ~magic~.
More idiotic braying from these brainless jackasses with dean being the biggist jackass of all