2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Roberts’ Court's Shelby County Power Play Could Backfire [View all]calimary
(80,700 posts)Good to have you with us! True, he did vote more or less the correct way on the Affordable Care Act.
But the dumb jerkoff botched the soundbite while swearing in the FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT THIS NATION HAS EVER ELECTED. An historic day if ever there was one, and an historic moment. As Chief Justice, roberts KNEW what his job description was, and what he was charged with doing AS Chief Justice. It should have come to no surprise to him on the night Barack Obama won the Presidency in 2008 - that he himself was going to swear in the first Black President of the United States, his photo doing such would be in every history book and textbook and publication looking back on the presidency of the First black politician to win that office. It wasn't like it was popped on him at the last minute. It wasn't as though he had no advance notice. Inauguration Day is JANUARY 20th. That's a LOT of time to practice following a decisive call on Election Night on the first Tuesday in November of the immediately previous year. He had about two-and-a-half full months to practice. He could have cheat-sheeted that day. Written it on the palm of his hand like sarah palin's done. Brought it on cue cards or 3x5 cards - or SOMETHING!
You start noticing: EVERY clip of the actual moment of swearing-in during the First Inauguration of Barack Obama goes no farther than "I, Barack Hussein Obama do solemnly swear..." and then it dumps out. Because it CAN'T go further. Ol' john roberts botched it from that point. Ruined the soundbite of the century for all eternity. As a retired newsperson I just have a DEVIL of a time trying to get over that one. And every time I see that truncated clip of the first Obama Oath of Office, I get angry all over again! THAT tells me all I need to know about john roberts. Fuckin' careless slipshod thoughtless short-sighted corporate-leaning crap seems to be his main specialty. I'm actually surprised that his court produced the rulings it did - on DOMA and of course the ACA. I frankly fear what would happen if this court starts looking again at the challenges to Roe V Wade - but with the eyes and mentality of the Troglodytes on the bench - men who think THEY have the last word.