NARAL Smears John Roberts
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Abortion, News, Supreme CourtMany I’m close to have been surprised that I’m so supportive of Roberts, but I believe his record shows, for the most part, a reasonable person who respect the letter of the law.
Now comes word that NARAL has launched an ad that ties Roberts with a abortion clinic bomber.
Oh yes, it’s all BS.
From Factcheck.org:
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 .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.
This is shameful. NARAL should pull the ad.
UPDATE: 10:19 pm
Drudge Report says that CNN is going to run the ad.
Ugh.
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August 9th, 2005 at 10:25 pm
NARAL long ago lost its mind.
August 10th, 2005 at 8:50 am
If CNN runs this ad,it will play into the hands of the “faithful” right who say that there is a liberal bias in the media. I can guarantee FOX will expose this… maybe ABC,CBS even
August 10th, 2005 at 12:38 pm
“CNN is going to run the ad”
This is a surprise?
“If CNN runs this ad,it will play into the hands of the “faithfulâ€Â? right…”
Play into? Hmmm… if CNN runs this ad, with the facts clearly available as Justin points out, then any observation that there is bias at CNN won’t require “faith”, will it? ;-)
August 12th, 2005 at 7:20 am
[...] NARAL has pulled its anti-Roberts ad. A leading U.S. abortion rights advocacy group pulled a controversial television advertisement on Thursday that accuses Supreme Court nominee John Roberts of supporting an abortion clinic bomber and excusing violence. [...]
August 12th, 2005 at 8:29 am
you got a point there, goy :)