Jen Sorensen: John Roberts, the Man that Time Forgot

[spooky3]

She really nails it! (and if you haven't seen her great cartoons, check them out at the same linked site):

From her blog:

In case you haven't seen the WaPo article, here are a few things Supreme Court nominee John Roberts had to say about women:

Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. consistently opposed legal and legislative attempts to strengthen women's rights during his years as a legal adviser in the Reagan White House, disparaging what he called "the purported gender gap"...

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magine if Roberts made similar comments on issues of race: "Roberts referred to the 'purported race gap'"... "Roberts said that the legal theory of directing employers to pay blacks the same as whites for work of comparable worth is 'staggeringly pernicious' and 'anti-capitalist.'"... "Roberts' thoughts on 'perceived problems' of racial bias are contained in a vast batch of documents"... If that were the case, I believe his chances would, rightly, dim significantly (though you never know for sure these days). I mention this not to diminish the very real problem of racism in this country, but to illustrate how discrimination is discrimination, no matter how you slice it. Because gender equity is perceived as some soft, fluffy fringe issue -- often by progressives who are otherwise astute -- the wimpy Dems will give him a pass. Why, to even criticize Roberts' anti-woman positions makes YOU the radical!

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http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jls6c/2005_08_01_blogarchives#112455771548382737

[Southpaw Bookworm]

1. Thanks for the link! n/t