So... once agin the Bushies are stonewalling on providing information about one of thier appointees. They refuse to release some 50,000 documents from Roberts' career citing a specious "attorney-client priviledge" (note: this is my first diary and I don't know how to hyper-link to a citiation. Can anyone tell me how to do that?)
My question is, of course, what are they hiding? But more to the point, why can't Bush ever find a conservative who can proudly stand up and say, "This is my life.This is my career. These are my beliefs in whole, nothing hidden, nothing left out. This is who I am. This is what I stand for." and be confident that the majority of the American people will embrace those ideas, choices, policies and values?
Seems to me that the reason is clear: conservative values are not American values. At least not the values of the majority of Americans. (continued)
If John Roberts is really qualified, if he's really who they say he is, why aren't they being transparent? You'd think they'd be falling all over themselves to prove how their golden boy is just what the court needs and why. But they won't... or they can't.
What they are hiding, it seems to me, is that he is just what they say he is: conserrvative to the core. And that's what they can't let America know.
They want him appointed because of his looks and demeanor. They want his nomination approved simply because George wants it done and they believe everyone should just shut up and follow Dear Leader's orders. They can't afford to have people really examine what it means to be a conservative in Bush's America (not least of which is the core belief that, in America, everyone should just shut up and follow Dear Leader's orders).
They know Americans, when genuinely presented with modern conservative ideals and values, reject those ideals.
Ultimately, shouldn't this simple fact be a big part of the Democratic response to Roberts' nomination? America can't put John Roberts on the court precisely because he is what Bush says he is. And is thus ill-suited to be a justice in a country that rejects Roberts', and Bush's, core beliefs.