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EnfantTerrible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 11:58 AM
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Roberts part of the mob in Florida that obstructed 2000 recount?
Edited on Thu Sep-29-05 11:59 AM by EnfantTerrible
Subject: NEWS DISSECTOR: WHAT DID ROBERTS DO IN FLORIDA?
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NEWS DISSECTOR September 29, 2005
What Did Roberts Do in Florida?

Did the Nominee Help Obstruct a Recount?
As Judge John Roberts inches closer and closer to confirmation as Chief Justice, what little debate there has been about his suitability to serve has focused on his opinions--or, more precisely the lack of them--on a variety of issues. We know about his legal training and "achievements"--or lack thereof-- but not his role as a White House political operative.
Specifically, what role did Roberts play in the Bush campaign in Florida where 175,000 votes went uncounted? Was he part of the obstruction of the recount in Miami in 2000 carried out by a small brigade of militant GOP protesters organized by the just indicted House GOP minority leader Tom Delay who was known for "bare knuckles" politics that often "skirted the ethical edge" according to the Associated Press.
We know that Roberts, who has been pictured as a reasonable, moderate tempered and restrained jurist was in Florida in 2000 as part of the GOP hit squad that set out to get President Bush elected at all costs.
That decisive protest run by intensely partisan GOP staffers and Congressional aides was ordered by hard right-wing Republican Congressman John Sweeney to "shut it down" according to the Miami Herald's reporter. There were reports that UN Ambassador John Bolton was in the mob.
Was Roberts there too? If he was, if he was part of that action faction/affinity group then his image as a man of detached and scholarly calm needs a second look. If he wasn't, what exactly did he do in a campaign characterized by disenfranchisement and dirty tricks?

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The whole article plus pictures of Roberts(?) in Florida during that time...
http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/09/29/#1472

edited for spelling.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:02 PM
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1. He was working Jeb Bush's office
from Nov to Dec. 2000 to stop the count.
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Silverhair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:03 PM
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2. Too late now. All previous points are now moot. NT
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EnfantTerrible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:09 PM
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4. Too little too late...
Not that this info would've made a bit difference in the outcome.
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:04 PM
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3. I like Danny S. he's a truth telling kind of guy. n/t
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:09 PM
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5. Just another discredited "justice" for a discredited court. NT
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NorCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:38 PM
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6. Good, it'll make it that much easier to ignore my governments laws! n/t
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