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7.27.05 @ 12:01AM

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GIRLIE TURLEY
Re: George Neumayr's J'Recuse:

We note with amusement the proposition of Professor Turley to the effect that Justice Roberts's "Catholicism" somehow disqualifies him as being capable of interpreting the Constitution. ("It was the first unscripted answer in the most carefully scripted nomination in history," writes Turley. "It was also the wrong answer. In taking office, a justice takes an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the United States.")

With such as the basic predicate, would not the same "affliction," likewise and with equal force, disqualify Senators Durbin, Biden, Leahy and Kennedy from serving in the Congress? Were the Professor's observations -- observations proffered about a subject wherein his education, knowledge and understanding is obviously deficient -- not such a pathetic display of abject ignorance, they might even be humorous.

When one reads such unvarnished tripe, one can only recall the words of the Immortal Bard who, through the personage of Macbeth, suggested (undoubtedly with the Turleys of the universe in mind) that such utterances are nothing short of "A tale told by an idiot...full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
-- Seamus Muldoon
Boston, Massachusetts

I think Sen. Durbin's office now says that Judge Roberts did not say he would recuse himself in cases that conflict with Catholic teachings.
-- James F. Green
San Marcos, Texas

Concerning the mention of Turley's op-ed: Fred Barnes said on "Special Report" Monday night that Durbin's office is denying that the question was asked and answered concerning any offer to recuse due to religion. I don't know how reliable this information is, but it should be looked into before another possible media distortion becomes "common knowledge."
-- Michael K. Wright

Thank you for George Neumayr's excellent article exposing the anti-Catholic bigotry surrounding John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court.

It is somewhat delicious to now watch the Democrats redefine what it means to be a good Catholic. Last year their idea of a good Catholic was Senator John Kerry. Now it is John Roberts.

Apparently Roberts is such a good Catholic that, unlike John Kerry, his private beliefs will prevent him from being able to do his job properly. What is it that Jonathan Turley and Dick Durbin want us to learn from this? That perhaps there are laws on our books that are immoral?
-- Mrs. John B. Jackson, III

PROTESTING THE PROTESTANTS
Re: Mark Tooley's Exploiting the Right:

Thanks so much for this article. I am a Methodist and am very frustrated with the leadership of the National Council of Churches. Bob Edgar has taken this group in an even worse direction than before. I cut my pledge to my church by half a few years ago because I knew a percentage of my church donations went to this organization. I hated to do that but it was the only way I could effectively protest my displeasure.
-- Louise Williams
Beaumont, Texas

GEE-EIGHT
Re: Herman Cain's We Want Your Money:

Great article by Mr. Cain!

I'll never forget the grace, dignity and class showed by Mr. Cain on C-Span during a Senate sub-committee hearing years ago when he was sandbagged by the "Murderous Swimmer" Ted Kennedy. Mr. Cain was subjected to the Judge Clarence Thomas treatment while the MSM ignored it. Mr. Cain, like Judge Thomas, vastly outclassed the "Murderous Swimmer" with his prose and wit.
-- Joe Weldon
Juno Beach, FL

The Live Aids, the concerts for the downtrodden, and all of the folderol of the "artistic left" are nothing more than the final triumph of "style over substance." They illustrate quite accurately the Leftists subscription to feeling over reason. They don't amount to a whisper in a canyon as far as helping the peoples who are suffering. The vacillating Left continue to slide back and forth on an axis between don't let these governments tyrannize their people, and these are legitimate governments with whom we have no right to interfere. If they were left to their own devices, the Left would be holding concerts and love ins for the downtrodden of Iraq, while Saddam Hussein and his sons continued to grind the families of the women they had raped into hamburger.

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