Justice John Roberts?
July 20, 2005(broadcast stream
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First impressions on Bush’s choice — neither unqualifed (Thomas), nor wacko (Bork), nor racist (Rehnquist), nor flame-throwing hypocrite (Scalia). Faint praise, to be sure, but praise nonetheless. And yes, he’s a Harvard man…I have to respect that. But is he a corporate shill? A Presidential apologist? Is he at heart someone who respects the rule of law and the checks and balances of the American system or someone who wants to recreate the Constitution in his image? He clerked for Rehnquist. Is he like the Chief Justice, someone whose rulings can almost entirely be predicted based on knowing who the parties are (corporations and government always win against individuals) rather than on what the facts and law might be?
I do not believe Roberts’ conservative views alone necessitate voting against him and certainly not filibuster. But it is far too soon to endorse or condemn a man with such a scant, barely two-year judicial record. If Roberts cooperates in the nomination process, it should give us the answers we need to decide.
PLUS the politics and process. Why Bush chose Roberts early to change the subject of Bush’s flip-flop on agreeing to fire the CIA leaker in Traitor-Gate. (I don’t plan to leave the subject alone…) And why the White House spread false rumors to the press and their Republican allies about two judges named Edith.
The Next Supreme Court Justice – Two-Hour Debate Tuesday!
July 19, 2005(Jim Greenfield Show (part 1) broadcast stream)
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(INSIDE SCOOP (part 2) broadcast stream)
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A very special Two-Hour Debate Tuesday…
(Just after this show, Bush announced his pick to be Supreme Court Justice. He chose Judge John Roberts, former clerk to Chief Justice Rehnquist, to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court. Roberts is a judge appointed by Bush to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2003 who used to work for the Solicitor General’s office in the Bush Sr. and Reagan Administrations. I have an open mind on Judge Roberts. Though he is obviously a conservative, I will not make a decision on his nomination until I have reviewed his writings and witnessed his Senate testimony. If he — unlike Scalia or Thomas — does not wish to “legislate from the bench,” I will not be in favor of filibustering his nomination.)
But just before Bush made his choice, right-wing talk radio host Jim Greenfield and I made ours: not particular individuals, but the judicial philosophies we believe any future justice should follow. I believe a Justice should strictly abide by the language of the Constitution. Jim Greenfield claims to believe the same. Yet we obviously come to different conclusions…
To do this, I was a guest on the Jim Greenfield show, and he was a guest on THE INSIDE SCOOP.
TraitorGate – The Most Insidious of Traitors
July 18, 2005(broadcast stream) (.mp3 download Right-click,”Save Target as”,”Save”)
In TraitorGate, the details matter. Learn today why TraitorGate — the White House outing of a CIA covert operative as a dirty trick to punish an exposer of White House lies — rivals Watergate and is far worse than the peccadillos that led to Clinton’s impeachment.
“We need more human intelligence. That means we need more protection for the methods we use to gather intelligence and more protection for our sources, particularly our human sources, people that are risking their lives for their country. Even though I’m a tranquil guy now at this stage of my life, I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious, of traitors…” George H.W. Bush, April 16, 1999, Dedication Speech, George Bush Center for Intelligence
(more…)
Sunday Weekly Review – TraitorGate
July 17, 2005(broadcast stream) (.mp3 download Right-click,”Save Target as”,”Save”)
More on the Traitorous Turd Blossom, Karl Rove…
And actual excerpts from the Press Conference of Presidential Spokesman Scott McClellan where he refuses to confirm or deny that on the President’s behalf, he LIED to the American Public.
You can’t watch him squirm…but you can hear it…on THE INSIDE SCOOP.
Is Karl Rove Going to Jail?
July 14, 2005(broadcast stream) (.mp3 download Right-click,”Save Target as”,”Save”)
Guest: Michael Shoob, Co-Director of the documentary, Bush’s Brain
Karl Rove, a “Presidential Advisor” is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse who run the country. Like the others: Dick Cheney, Tom Delay, and Antonin Scalia, he has more power than his titular superior. Rove is more powerful than Bush because he’s smarter than Bush and because Bush follows Rove’s orders. If Bush is the “boy-king” — an immature pleasant frat-boy fellow who likes to play rancher, give people nicknames, and prance around in military guard (even though he avoided military service to get high on cocaine) –Rove is like Cardinal Richelieu or Rasputin: he is the power behind the throne. And, since the squatter on the throne (Bush) is simple-minded, Rove (with Cheney) wields the power of the Presidency.
Rove is Bush’s Brain. And my guest today will show how his lies and dirty tricks have caused Bush such great success that Bush calls him “Turd Blossom,” a flower that literally blooms out of bullshit.
But Karl Rove is in trouble. Ambassador Joseph Wilson, having failed to convince the President not to lie to America in his State of the Union Speech by citing forged documents to claim that Saddam Hussein was seeking nuclear weapons from Niger, went public and let everyone know that the President was lying to the American people. And, even worse, the President knew he was lying to the American people.
Karl Rove got revenge. In an attempt to discredit Wilson, Rove sacrificed American security by disclosing the identity of a pre-eminent CIA agent who was an expert in Weapons of Mass Destruction: Joseph Wilson’s wife Valerie.
But now, the tide is turning. The Special Prosecutor is fresh on Rove’s heels. Rove had said Wilson’s wife was “fair game,” that, in effect, it was OK to commit treason against the USA as long as the President could cripple Government servants who dared tell Americans the truth about the President’s lies.
Is there any doubt that Rove’s crime – treason – is worse than the breaking and entry of Watergate? Or that his opponents – dedicated public servants who are trying to prevent the President from lying to his country – are an even more honorable target than the Democratic National Committee?
In sum, isn’t it clear that Rove-gate is worse than Watergate? And, since it’s becoming increasingly obvious that Bush and Cheney knew about this, aren’t Articles of Impeachment for both of them in order if it can be proven in a court of law that the President and Vice President assented to treason in order to cripple an honorable man who dared to expose their lies?
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