Freepers: Roberts Is "Moderate" - Boston Globe Quotes Freep (WRONG URL)

[matcom]

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WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr.'s testimony about the existence of a right to privacy, the importance of respecting precedent, and the need for the Constitution to adapt to changing conditions has alarmed some rank-and-file conservatives, who are filling up Internet message boards with predictions that Roberts may turn out to be a moderate justice.

Many say they believe that Roberts's answers have shown him to be to the left of Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, whom President Bush promised to use as models in selecting new justices. Some compare Roberts to David Souter and Anthony Kennedy -- Republican appointees who proved to be moderates who supported abortion rights.

One writer on the conservative FreeRepublic.org site wrote that yesterday's questioning by Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., Democrat of Delaware, had ''exposed Roberts" as a moderate.

''Biden gave Roberts every opportunity to even minimally associate himself with Scalia and Thomas, and he ran away from them like he was running from a burning building -- not a good sign," the post said.

Bush chose Roberts, a highly respected lawyer with a short judicial tenure, over conservative judges with longer track records on issues of importance to conservatives. Still, almost all conservative judicial groups endorsed Roberts, recognizing that his lack of a long judicial record made him less susceptible to liberal attacks.

But the first three days of Roberts's confirmation hearings, during which the nominee has taken pains to portray himself as a cautious moderate, sparked concerns among grass-roots conservatives that Roberts may join a long line of Republican Supreme Court appointees who proved to be more liberal on the bench than the presidents who chose them.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/09/15/robertss_testimony_alarms_conservatives?mode=PF

[charlie]

1. Oops

I wonder how many freepers are going bonkers right now, thinking their favorite site is down because they copy and pasted the URL from the article?

[cornermouse]

2. How I wish that was true.

But I know it isn't.

[shaniqua6392]

3. Why are they suprised that shrub would pick a moderate???

He has not done anything to further their agendas regarding abortion or gay marriage. He actually increased the budget of Planned Parenthood and many other things that should show the average repug that those were just talking points to get the christian right to vote for him. DUH!! They just believe everything that comes out of his mouth, but they never do any checking on his actions.