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Did Pat Robertson Pick John Roberts as Chief Justice?

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It's easy for some to assume that Bush's nods to the religious right are a matter of lip service over substance. But on matters of Supreme Court nominees, for one, it is clear that the President did more than that.

From evangelism at the Pentagon to the selection of judicial appointments, it is increasingly obvious that the conservative Christian, Establishment-Clause-hating influence on our nation's executive branch is in fact very real.

One has to wonder if the next Attorney General will be friendly to the religious right. Nevermind.

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TonyinLA's picture

May I be frist?

E Ryno's picture
Yes

Yes

jr's picture

Whatever the religious wrong wants the religious wrong gets. All the while the pastors tell their flocks to vote for top 1 percent tax cutters because they are "pro family"

it will be all the more delicious when John Roberts is outed.

Robynhood's picture

That's really creepy!

Sinfonian's picture

blue gal, please forgive the OT, but then again since SCOTUS and Florida are so notoriously linked, maybe it's not so OT after all ...

Thought you'd be interested to learn that there's another name on the Florida GOP Police Blotter ... but this one didn't end so well:

According to the news reports, [John] Bryan's body was discovered by a St. Petersburg Times reporter who went to Bryan's Citrus County home to ask him about his resignation from the [St. Petersburg City] Council that afternoon. Earlier in the day, Bryan attended a custody hearing in circuit court in Pinellas County where he agreed not to have any contact with two of his adopted daughters, ages 12 and 15, whom he allegedly abused sexually. But before an investigation into the allegations could get off the ground, Bryan first resigned, then took his own life.

Bryan was described as a "staunch Republican." As if you had to speculate ...

Swashbuckler's picture

One has to wonder if the next Attorney General will be friendly to the religious right

No, one does not. Doing so would be part of the unwritten job description.

Retired Navy's picture

Ho hum. More proof that the people in power who profess their religious beliefs are just a bunch of hypocrites. I will never cease to be amazed. Will someone please wake me when this changes?

Swashbuckler's picture

Retired Navy @ 9:

Will someone please wake me when this changes?

Sure will Mr. Van Winkle.

vickif's picture

Just another reason religion has no place in politics.

Johnny2Bad's picture

SHOCKING!

wlgriffi's picture

Lord,have mercy. Quit talking to George Bush.

BaScOmBe's picture

Would that be a surprise? Really?

Da Spyda's picture

Nice cropped picture.
Was Sen. Larry Craig behind Pat by any chance?

fwacbar's picture

Talking about the photo, I know that feeling. He needs to eat more fruits and vegies.....

Jumpy's picture

Yeah, and the sky is blue (except here in LA).

Anyone surprised that conservatives appoint radical, extremists as their Supreme Court justices simply hasn't been paying attention to the conservative movement the last... oh... 20 years.

Bush even made the not-so-vieled reference to an abortion litmus test, via his Dredd-Scott reference, in his debates with John Kerry: http://slate.com/id/2108083/

The Bush Admin has gone out of its way to approach extremely radically conservative, fundamentalist nominees who are also on the much younger side, so they will be on the Court for decades to come.

Again, anyone surprised by this is simply not paying even the slightest bit of attention.

TPO's picture

Da Spyda @ 15:

Nice cropped picture.
Was Sen. Larry Craig behind Pat by any chance?

LMAO!!!

CensoredFan's picture

Pat's family should institutionalize him. Obviously all the dogs aren't barking and haven't been for awhile.

debaser71's picture

I wish liberals and democrats in general would fucking stand up for the separation of church and state.

motorfingaz's picture

The Roberts pick was payback to the fake christians that were already pissed at jr for not doing their bidding all those years prior.

Bob's picture

"Free nations do not have weapons of mass distruction."

I wonder if any of his toadies have since told him how stupid it was to say that. What does he think the USS Ohio is? What a dumbass.

Bob's picture

Destruction, sorry. And I'm a teacher, fer chrissakes.

Sailor Art Thomas Jr.'s picture

grover nerdquist @ 4:

it will be all the more delicious when John Roberts is outed.

You beat me to it! I wouldn't be surprised if it's already happened, and our scummy news media are sitting on the story until after the 2008 elections.

kaT's picture

considering Bush "cries on God's shoulder" (love to witness that) I imagine he is totally controlled by the telemarketing preachers, that part of him that isn't controlled by the corps.

Clytemnestra's picture

great pic of robertson ... looks like he's having a bm

slippytoad's picture

Clytemnestra @ 26:

great pic of robertson ... looks like he's having a bm

He always looks like that. That's him gettin' spirichul. When he's spirichul he squints and scrunches up his face, to get the Turd, er Word, of God outta him.

Clytemnestra's picture

slippytoad @ 27:

Clytemnestra @ 26:

great pic of robertson ... looks like he's having a bm

He always looks like that. That's him gettin' spirichul. When he's spirichul he squints and scrunches up his face, to get the Turd, er Word, of God outta him.

Thanks slippytoad for the clarification - I never watch him
I thought it was either him having a bm or praying

Pizza Delivery Guy's picture

"From evangelism at the Pentagon to the selection of judicial appointments, it is increasingly obvious that the conservative Christian, Establishment-Clause-hating influence on our nation’s executive branch is in fact very real."

Holy crap, this has got to be the biggest farce ever. The only "Christian" influence the executive branch has is a realization that many Christians vote and give money to the government to enact their sick and twisted agendas. The Bush team KNOWS that they can derive POWER from catering to the people who are systematically poisoning the people of this country into being subservient to their demands. Fear and threats are the ways in which these people gain support in terms of numbers, and number of people who support it is the only thing they need to do whatever they want. That is how democracy works.

You can have any idea (however sick and twisted) you want, and you can enact that idea simply by convincing people to go along. All they need is 30-35% of the population's support and they can do anything. That is what they have. So of course if the most vocal, most shrill, most dogmatic part of our population (the religious) are the ones who enable politicians to do their dirty work, then it is only a matter of time before politicians come around to actually do their dirty work.

They have strength in numbers, and so it is up to the REST of the population to teach each other and learn how to be free. We won't be able to do it by voting in any democrat or republican, because they are the of the same ilk. We need to vote in people who will stop the madness once and for all.

moondancer's picture

The above picture looks like they caught Robertson in the middle of a modern day miracle...pinching o loaf...

dadams's picture

we can only hope that the great maker will reclaim pat robertson soon.

BlueKnuckle's picture

Da Spyda @ 15:

Nice cropped picture.
Was Sen. Larry Craig behind Pat by any chance?

I knew someone beat me to it...

slippytoad's picture

Clytemnestra @ 28:

slippytoad @ 27:

Clytemnestra @ 26:

great pic of robertson ... looks like he's having a bm

He always looks like that. That's him gettin' spirichul. When he's spirichul he squints and scrunches up his face, to get the Turd, er Word, of God outta him.

Thanks slippytoad for the clarification - I never watch him
I thought it was either him having a bm or praying

For him it's the same thing, considering the quality of material that comes outta him.

Otay's picture

Whether or not Pat Robertson "picked" Alito and Roberts, they have certainly turned out to be his best friends.

Thanks again to Reid, Lieberman and the Gang of 14 for placing these fine religious-right theocrats into our Supreme Court - to be there for the rest of their lives. /sarcasm

bill w's picture

BlueKnuckle @ 32:

Da Spyda @ 15:

Nice cropped picture.
Was Sen. Larry Craig behind Pat by any chance?

I knew someone beat me to it...

When I saw that picture, my first thought was that someone took craigs picture out.

Edwin's picture

Is anyone expecting the next Attorney General to be a pillar of strength, paragon of truth and justice, non-partisan, non-religious, or even honest? I'm not.

crazylove's picture

How IS old John Roberts aka Cujo these days, eh?

Our peripheral vision tells us these bastards are dropping off the branch way beyond proportional probability. Is GOD punishing them?

Don Lowell's picture

No way!! The Pat would not have picked a Catholic!! Get real!!

Lindy

sulphurdunn's picture

Is Pastor Pat praying to himself or playing with himself? With a man like him is there really any difference?

BaScOmBe's picture

motorfingaz @ 21:

The Roberts pick was payback to the fake christians that were already pissed at jr for not doing their bidding all those years prior.

and alito was the favor to the corporatists.

Fred C. Dobbs's picture

"Did Pat Robertson Pick John Roberts as Chief Justice?"

Does Rose Kennedy own a black dress?

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