Comments on: Hey reporters, why not step away from the left-wing talking points for just a minute

By: adair

adair — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:19:33 +0000

and as I listened to the Justices pummel the Government’s arguer,I was amazed they hadn’t upheld it 100%. I guess many in D.C. have gone to the Boehner School of Saying What Conservatives Want to Hear.

By: schusteraj

schusteraj — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:09:55 +0000

We need to keep cameras on Boehner 24/7. Just keep a conservative camera crew on him all the time, and maybe he’ll grow a backbone.

By: funwithknives

funwithknives — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:52:38 +0000

to see how ‘the other half lived.’

One year and no more. T’was awful to behold.
I let it lapse and got offers for 3 more years.
This was at least 12 years ago. No telling how it has morphed since.

By: Plumb_Bob

Plumb_Bob — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:47:03 +0000

… in a clueless sort of way. You’re a decent guy, Erick, even if you are living in a dream world.

Why are you bothering to answer the Democrats’ spin story as though it were a real argument? Democrat spin is not about facts, or arguments, or truth; it’s about the sound that reaches the voter’s ears, and how voters might react to it.

Democrats have demolished any possibility of a sound, democratic republic by abandoning truth as a standard and resorting to whatever works. They are now full-time propagandists. They automatically call any decision that reduces their power an assault on democracy, and then cast around for words that will support that claim somehow.

Your time is better spent (1) pointing out that that is what they are doing, and (2) reiterating the principles that make the correct decisions correct, and explaining how they protect us all.

Arguing with Democrats has been a waste of time for at least 30 years, and probably a lot longer than that.

By: rdm42

rdm42 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:26:18 +0000

if it had been a four – four decision, it would have defaulted back to the previous court case,. Perhaps he didn’t want that case to apply – and instead authored a more limited in scope one?

By: edree

edree — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:00:32 +0000

Because they don’t know how. They have no concept of how to report or analyze news. They are not taughtso in college nor on the job, they have no idea how to actually search and question, and they are not rewarded for learning how to actually be a reporter. The answer lies in the news media culture.

By: renl57

renl57 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:41:44 +0000

I didn’t like some of the comments I saw coming from some conservatives over the Supremes’ ruling on immigration on Monday:

“Roberts sold us out”
“What happened to Roberts?”
etc.

As if Roberts was supposed to be “our boy” on the Supreme Court–our puppet who votes the way we want him too just because Bush appointed him.

Roberts is a fine jurist,. And even when he issues a ruling that goes against my *political* views, I realize that he has to go with what he believes the Constitution requires.

By: gmscan

gmscan — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:25:03 +0000

There are nine people on the Court. If they decide one way, the Left will consider them wise and nonpartisan. If they decide the other way the Left will consider them partisan hacks. Exact same people. Me? My opinion of the Court and the Justices will be the same whichever way they go on this case.

By: zollistar

zollistar — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:15:41 +0000

We all look for places to hoist our respective wagons!

By: daniel22

daniel22 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:05:54 +0000

immediately after this case was submitted to the Court were running for the Court to overturn Obamacare. It has been just recently that the talk has started to turn to the Court upholding the “law”. I probably would not have noticed so much except for after all of the threats veiled and otherwise against the conservative justices now sitting. One thing that I am counting on is that there will not be much in the way of acceptance of the verdict as the issue was ill-conceived and executed to begin with.
If Obamacare is struck down will the Great One add another executive order to his file? What will Bandwagon Boehner do too. He has shown as much backbone as a jellyfish except when in front of a camera.

By: renny

renny — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:53:00 +0000

that we have to accept Roe because the Sup. C. says so. If the left really wants to attack the Court today, immediately the pro-lifers should attack on Roe.