It Was A Plant
The Washington Post story we related here yesterday, has all the earmarks of being a plant.
We believe the article was published on purpose to stir up the liberal fringe base of the Democratic Party. The response was swift and certain. The Washington Post has published another article today which reveals just how tight the leash is on Democrat members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Today’s article, Democrats Feel Heat From Left On Roberts , exposes a different Leahy and Kennedy than was referenced yesterday. Here is a portion:
“The response was quick and pointed, as two key senators unleashed their sharpest criticisms yet of Roberts and sought to assure activists that the battle is far from over.
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the Judiciary Committee’s ranking Democrat, said in a statement: “Those papers that we have received paint a picture of John Roberts as an eager and aggressive advocate of policies that are deeply tinged with the ideology of the far right wing of his party then, and now. In influential White House and Department of Justice positions, John Roberts expressed views that were among the most radical being offered by a cadre intent on reversing decades of policies on civil rights, voting rights, women’s rights, privacy, and access to justice.”
Leahy, who previously treaded more softly on the Roberts matter, said the White House’s refusal to release other documents being sought leaves Roberts “with a heavier burden to carry during his upcoming hearings.”
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), the committee’s senior member, also took his criticisms of Roberts to new heights yesterday in a letter to colleagues.
In a further bid to dispel an air of inevitability that liberals think too many Democrats have embraced, several organizations told allies that they will call for Roberts’s rejection this month rather than wait for the Senate hearings to start on Sept. 6, as some members of the anti-Roberts coalition have urged.
The senators and liberal groups were reacting in part to a Washington Post article noting that many Democratic lawmakers have expressed little interest in mounting a strong fight against Roberts, barring unexpected disclosures. The senators’ tepid stance has frustrated the organizations, which are important to the party, because they feel the information being gleaned from thousands of documents is starting to portray the nominee as someone considerably more conservative than the justice he would replace, Sandra Day O’Connor.” (emphasis mine)
We stated yesterday the need to be cautious concerning the supposed concession on the Roberts nomination. The following was what we predicted yesterday:
“As a matter of history, we anticipate that Senate Democrats will still attempt a smear and delay campaign just because they need to pacify their extremist base.”
It has only been one day since the conciliatory article was written, and now we have another scorched earth position being taken by Senators Leahy and Kennedy. We need to continue our vigilance and support Judge John Roberts at every available opportunity.
