U.S. SUPREME COURT: Image-polishing drive staged for nominee

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Mon, Aug. 01, 2005

U.S. SUPREME COURT

Image-polishing drive staged for nominee

The former head of Florida's Republican party is leading efforts to burnish the image of U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts -- targeting the 100 senators who will vote on the nomination, particularly Florida's Bill Nelson, the last Democrat to hold

The group is focusing on 20 battleground states, directing its efforts at senators considered susceptible to persuasion. That includes Nelson -- up for reelection in 2006 in a state that President Bush carried in 2004.
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''I urge Senator Nelson not to hold America hostage with obstructionist filibusters as his party has done in the past,'' said U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, a member of the group's steering committee.

Some Democrats have suggested that Roberts' participation in the disputed 2000 presidential election disqualifies him to serve on the high court, but Nelson has been noncommittal. Nelson has said Roberts ``appears to be a very smart lawyer.
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Nelson with Kerry at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla.

[madeline_con]

1. I'll have to write to Bill...

If he's "susceptible to persuasion", maybe it will only take the one letter...

[Richard Steele]

5. Here's a postcard you can print out:

[Fridays Child]

2. Amazing. Pukes leave nothing to chance. Whatever it costs...

...however dirty they have to play, they will get their way.

[wli]

3. any way to pump the Federalist Society connection to voter suppression?

It exposes a rather strong racist tendency.

[wildwww2]

4. Mark Foley the hypocrite. A gay whose party attacks gays constantly.

Wow I`m sure going to listen to that lying bigot. Not! Bill Nelson should investigate the facts instead of being influenced by a compulsive liar as Foley is. Notice how Foley badmouths the Dems for doing their jobs. But says nothing when the likes of Santorum badmouths his gay brethren. Pure GOP hypocrisy. He is my rep and he is worthless. When I had Alcee Hastings as a rep. I received at least 6 personal replies to my letters and e-mails. I have contacted Foley`s office and received only one. And it just told me how he was going to goose step with usurper boy and his election stealing racists. A true GOP hypocrite.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President