Describing themselves

When you hear Howard Dean, Ralph Neas, Joe Biden, anyone from NOW, Planned Parenthood, Advocates for Youth, SIECUS, etc, speak, listen to how they describe their enemies and what their enemies are doing.

Almost without fail, those on the far left describe themselves and their own actions when attacking their opponents. It's eery.

Powerline has a wonderful example of how the left does this and why they have absolutely nothing to offer Americans. All they can do is try to play on the fears of the weak and underprivileged by spewing rhetoric that says their opponents are plotting the destruction of all poor and minorities.



First, Powerline quotes Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat, who repeatedly tried to trip Roberts up.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., called Roberts’ performance a “tour de force.” Schumer, reading a prepared statement, praised Roberts for testifying hours on end “without any paper in front of you at all, without a single aide whispering a word to you or passing you a note.” “You may very well possess the most powerful intellect of any person to come before the Senate for this position,” Schumer said. Schumer praised Roberts’ quest for modesty and stability, and for being his “a lawyer above all.”

Then, Powerline explains how since Democrats could find no factual or substantial reason to oppose Roberts, they went after his "heart." Pathetic.

Howard Dean sent out an email stating that, "John Roberts may have a sharp legal mind, but his record shows that he lacks a sense of justice...Roberts has spent a career using the law to protect corporate interests and roll back the rights that protect us all." Dean accuses Roberts of pursuing "ideological crusades."

Powerline opens fire:

What "ideological crusade" has Roberts ever pursued? None. Dean's real charge against Roberts is that he does not intend to carry on an ideological crusade by being an activist liberal judge. Dean thinks that every Supreme Court justice should be an activist liberal who will take the law into his own hands, overturn precedent where necessary, invalidate Congressional action when it conflicts with his liberal activism, and generally do everything possible to eliminate "inequality." Judge Roberts has indicated that he has no intention of being such a justice. Rather, he will read the Constitution and the laws and apply them according to their terms.

It is, of course, Howard Dean and his fellow leftists who are pursuing an ideological crusade, and their real grievance against John Roberts is that he has no intention of joining them, since "crusading" is not the role of a judge.