August 10, 2005
NARAL is LyingFactCheck.org takes NARAL to task for its mendacious attack ad against John Roberts.
An abortion-rights group is running an attack ad accusing Supreme Court nominee John Roberts of filing legal papers "supporting...a convicted clinic bomber" and of having an ideology that "leads him to excuse violence against other Americans" It shows images of a bombed clinic in Birmingham, Alabama.Is there a single Democrat in America who will at least demand truth from liberal activist groups? Of course not.The ad is false.
And the ad misleads when it says Roberts supported a clinic bomber. It is true that Roberts sided with the bomber and many other defendants in a civil case, but the case didn't deal with bombing at all. Roberts argued that abortion clinics who brought the suit had no right use an 1871 federal anti-discrimination statute against anti-abortion protesters who tried to blockade clinics. Eventually a 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court agreed, too. Roberts argued that blockades were already illegal under state law.
The images used in the ad are especially misleading. The pictures are of a clinic bombing that happened nearly seven years after Roberts signed the legal brief in question.
Posted by Jonathan R. on August 10, 2005 08:26 AM
Comments
I am a Democrat, and I do not support what NARAL has done. I also support the nomination, simply because I don't see anything particularly extreme about Mr. Roberts...however, I guess because I am a Democrat, I am assumed to be a "liberal"....the same way Republicans are assumed to be "right wing fanatics"?
Posted by: Art at August 9, 2005 06:34 PM
I am a Democrat,
Is it genetic?
and I do not support what NARAL has done.
Well, it is good to see you haven't lost ALL your sense.
I also support the nomination, simply because I don't see anything particularly extreme about Mr. Roberts...
How big of you...
however, I guess because I am a Democrat, I am assumed to be a "liberal"
Unless the answer to my first question is "yes," I'd have to believe that you choose to be a Donk. Ever since Al Bore lost to the President, the Donks have been slowly surrendering control of the party to these screaming fanatics from the far left like NARAL. Just look at the maniac you have in charge of your party now. You can't seriously think he's anything but a left-wing nut case. But anyway, the party of the jackass has been hijacked by ultra-liberals. Anybody who claims to be a Donk now either buys into that liberal nonsense, or they're mistakenly hoping that these leftists are going to go away soon. But no matter what the reason is for you to continue to hang on to the label "Democrat" in the face of what has been going on over the past 5 years now, it is time for you to ask yourself the same question that I would like an answer to when you say you are a Democrat - Why? You can't possibly be supporting these crazy, America-hating, clowns, can you? Remember the saying...lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.
....the same way Republicans are assumed to be "right wing fanatics"?
Some are, but they have not taken over the party. Big difference, and if you fail to see it, you are truly lost.
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at August 9, 2005 10:55 PM
