What's the main reason * chose John Roberts?

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[ellenfl]

1. you left one out . . .

because no one knows anything about him . . . except bush. i think he hopes that no one will find out anything either and he will be able to slip another scalia onto the court.

ellen fl

[rwheeler31]

3. He is the guy big biz liked the best.

nt

[NMDemDist2]

2. payback for helping Jeb have a plan for FL 2000 in case the SCOTUS

didn't stop the counting

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9. There's undoubtedly some of that in the mix nt

[Richard Steele]

4. Roberts is as close as they can come to a "MOLE"...

He's been avoiding the spotlight for years,
building a career of pro-Corporate creds.

B*sh wants him in; that's enough for me to want him kept OUT.

[newswolf56]

5. I think Bush and his henchmen are looking toward the inevitable...

escalation of class warfare in America -- this time to a magnitude unprecedented in U.S. history -- and are intent on packing the courts with judges who will uphold the oligarchy if it suspends the Constitution to suppress labor unrest or economic protest. (Which I believe is also the real reason behind the Patriot Act, the creation of American concentration camps, etc.)

[evermind]

6. As a pay-off for help in the 2000 Florida recount..

TALLAHASSEE - U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts played a broader behind-the-scenes role for the Republican camp in the aftermath of the 2000 election than previously reported -- as legal consultant, lawsuit editor and prep coach for arguments before the nation's highest court, according to the man who drafted him for the job.

Ted Cruz, a domestic policy advisor for President Bush and who is now Texas' solicitor general, said Roberts was one of the first names he thought of while he and another attorney drafted the Republican legal dream team of litigation ''lions'' and ''800-pound gorillas,'' which ultimately consisted of 400 attorneys in Florida.

Until now, Gov. Jeb Bush and others involved in the election dispute could recall almost nothing of Roberts' role, except for a half-hour meeting the governor had with Roberts. Cruz said Roberts was in Tallahassee helping the Bush camp for ''a week to 10 days,'' and that his help was important, though Cruz said it is difficult to remember specifics five years after the sleep-depriving frenetic pace of the 2000 recount.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12230971.htm

Ok, it's a wild unsubstantiated conspiracy theory. I admit it! :-)

[Raiden]

7. He's too enigmatic for anyone to figure out!

He's pro-corporate and anti-environment as far as I can tell, which is good enough reason for me to oppose him.

But on other things...

He is anti-civil rights but has defended gay rights pro-bono? What the hell is up with that?! This guy is... an enigma to say the least.

[NuttyFluffers]

8. Because he's so pretty makes * weak in the knees.

Outside of the vague and nefarious this is the only logical conclusion I can rationalize.

[KamaAina]

10. He thought he was picking the guy from CBS News

rewarding him for displacing lib'rul Dan Rather and all. :-)