Remember Anita Hill? She thinks Roberts is "a step back for diversity."

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Anita Hill slams
choice of Roberts
Woman who opposed Clarence Thomas claims Bush pick step back for diversity
Posted: July 24, 2005
4:15 p.m. Eastern



http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45422

Anita Hill, the woman who opposed Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court by alleging sexual harassment, is now blasting President Bush's selection of John Roberts, claiming it's a step back for diversity and fears it could lead to "an all-white-male Supreme Court."

In a commentary published in Newsday, Hill, who is now a professor of social policy, law and women's studies at Brandeis University, writes:

"Was John Roberts chosen because he's the best choice for the court or because he may easily be confirmed? And why not choose a woman to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court? Or use this as an opportunity to nominate the first Latino to the court?

"Not surprisingly, the answer to these questions has to do with the politics of confirmability. One thing is certain: If nominees are selected based on the very narrow and elite credentials that brought us John Roberts, a wide range of equally qualified, more diverse candidates will never even be considered." Hill admits not much is known about Roberts' political ideology, but notes "his career has been built on membership in increasingly elitist institutions that include few women and Latinos or other ethnic minorities."

[bribri16]

1. He is a step back for evrything but why waste money on a sure confrim?

The conservatives are spending millions promoting this nominee when they don't really have to spend a dime. We are being stupid to waste money on ads against Roberts when he is going to be confiremed. We need to save the money for fighting the next nominee who is going to be much worse than Roberts.

[FloridaPat]

2. She should be submitted. More guts than all the Senate combined.

[napi21]

3. I'm glad to hear from her. I hadn't heard her name even mentioned

until last week when son broadcast was reviewing former SCOTUS hearings and they showed her testifying.

Other than the whwite elitist coments, I wonder what she really knows about him?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. Maybe...and I acknowledge this is tinfoil hat stuff here...

...Bush selected a pretty white golden boy so that when he puts Gonzales up for the next nomination, he'll be applauded as a hero and a champion of diversity.

Hey, I SAID it was tinfoil hat...but given what we've witnessed from this administration so far, how tinfoil hat IS IT?

:patriot: