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Day By Day by Chris Muir
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Judge John Roberts Watch: People for American Way Oppose Roberts
Ralph Neas, president of People for the American Way, speaks in opposition to the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts at the National Press Club Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005 in Washington. Neas said that confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half-century.Reuters has U.S. interest groups line up on Roberts nomination.
A prominent liberal advocacy group declared its opposition on Wednesday to the Supreme Court nomination of John Roberts, while a major pro-business group endorsed him less than two weeks before crucial Senate confirmation hearings.
The liberal People for the American Way said the confirmation of the conservative Roberts would imperil a half-century of progress on civil rights.
But the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Roberts would bring vital experience advocating for the nation’s leading businesses if he is confirmed to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
Wow, what a surprise!
The Lefties and their shrill pro-abortion cronies will line up against Roberts and try to trip him up but the Senate will confirm him easily.
The Republican National Committee criticized People for the American Way for what RNC spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt said was a “dishonest and disingenuous” report on Roberts. “Ralph Neas and company have been railing against the president’s nominee before one was even nominated,” she said.
The potentially decisive Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for Roberts are scheduled to begin on September 6. Senate Democrats and about 10 Senate Republicans have not announced a position on his nomination, waiting until they hear from Roberts at the hearings.
Stay tuned…….
And Michelle Malkin has DIANNE FEINSTEIN: SELF-APPOINTED HUMOR COP.
Technorati Tags: John Roberts, Ralph Neas, People for American Way, Republican National Committee
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MOVE OVER, CINDY: BUSH SINGLES OUT OTHER MILITARY MOM…
U.S. President George W. Bush (L) hugs Tammy Pruett, who has four sons currently stationed in Iraq, after speaking to members of the Idaho National Guard and their families in Nampa, Idaho, August 24, 2005.Bush continued to emphasize the need for the U.S. to maintain a military presence in Iraq until the country’s situation has stabilized.Matt Drudge has MOVE OVER, CINDY: BUSH SINGLES OUT OTHER MILITARY MOM
NAMPA, Idaho — President Bush today took direct aim at Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war protester who has set up camp near the Bushes Texas ranch and purports to speak for military moms who, like her, have lost a son in the Iraq war.
Speaking to hundreds of Idaho National Guardsmen, the president singled out military mom Tammy Pruett of Pocatello, Idaho, whose husband and five sons have all served in Iraq.
“Tammy has four sons serving in Iraq right now with the Idaho National Guard: Eric, Evan, Greg and Jeff. Last year her husband, Leon, and another son, Aaron, returned from Iraq, where they helped train Iraqi firefighters in Mosul.
“Tammy says this — and I want you to hear this — ‘I know that if something happens to one of the boys, they would leave this world doing what they believe, what they think is right for our country.’
“And I guess you couldn’t ask for a better way of life than giving it for something that you believe in. America lives in freedom because of families like the Pruetts.”
The crowd, made up mostly of military family members, broke into cheers and chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!”
CNN has Idaho’s real-life brothers in arms, Four ‘weekend warrior’ siblings serve in Iraq
The Pruetts have four sons serving in combat in Iraq. Eric, Evan, Greg and Jeff are completing an 18-month tour of duty in Iraq with the Army National Guard. Leon and the couple’s fifth son, Eren, are just back from Iraq, and daughter Emily would have gone but had not completed her training when her brothers shipped out.
Why would one family be willing to risk so much for the war in Iraq? The Pruetts feel it is their duty to serve, that other people in the world have a right to some of the freedoms and privileges Americans have. And, as Tammy Pruett says, “If not my sons, then whose?”
Wow!
What a family and what a mother!
Cindy Sheehan – pack up your left-wing groupie bunch and go home.
After a four-month separation, Evan, Jeff, Eric and Greg Pruett, from left, met in Kirkuk in AprilTechnorati Tags: Tammy Pruett, President Bush, Cindy Sheehan
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Cindy Sheehan Watch: “I’m BACK”
Cindy Sheehan is back!
The ASSociated Press has ‘Peace Mom’ Returns to Texas War Protest.
A woman whose son was killed in Iraq returned to Texas on Wednesday to resume her anti-war protest near President Bush’s ranch after a weeklong absence to care for her ailing mother.
About a dozen protesters who have continued the peace vigil picked up Cindy Sheehan at the Waco airport Wednesday afternoon, six days after she flew to Los Angeles when her 74-year-old mother suffered a stroke.
“This is where I belong, until Aug. 31, like I told the president,” Sheehan said at the airport before driving about 20 miles to the Crawford site.
Thank God, this FARCE will be over in a week.
In the meantime…..
Conservative activists and military families were en route to Crawford from California on a tour called “You don’t speak for me, Cindy!” The caravan coordinated by Move America Forward plans to hold a pro-Bush rally in town Saturday.
The Fireworks during a slow news August will begin this weekend.
Stay tuned.
Technorati Tags: Cindy Sheehan, Move America Forward.org