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napkinz

(17,199 posts) Sun Jul 1, 2012, 04:06 PM Jul 2012

What John Roberts did: "So Shines A Good Deed In A Weary World"

Let's face it. He's not in our camp. He's with the other side.

But this one act, this one decision, to uphold and save the Affordable Health Care Act, makes me think of that line from Willy Wonka:

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What John Roberts did: "So Shines A Good Deed In A Weary World" (Original Post) napkinz Jul 2012 OP

And now that he sees how quickly his former allies turned on him, MjolnirTime Jul 2012 #1

Even the most vile occasionally have a breaktrough. Hope you are right. Hoyt Jul 2012 #2

It will be difficult ... napkinz Jul 2012 #3

I Never Had as Bad an Opinion of Roberts as Most People Here On the Road Jul 2012 #4

Hubby and I were talking about the SAME thing earlier today. Fawke Em Jul 2012 #5

Alito more scary than Scalia? napkinz Jul 2012 #6

Hard to know which is worse. But Alito will be around longer. nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #7

MjolnirTime

(1,800 posts)

1. And now that he sees how quickly his former allies turned on him,

Reply to napkinz (Original post)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 04:19 PM

Jul 2012

he will be less likely to toe their line.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

2. Even the most vile occasionally have a breaktrough. Hope you are right.

Reply to MjolnirTime (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 04:28 PM

Jul 2012

napkinz

(17,199 posts)

3. It will be difficult ...

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 04:43 PM

Jul 2012

He's surrounded by four Slugworths:

Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Kennedy.

On the Road

(20,783 posts)

4. I Never Had as Bad an Opinion of Roberts as Most People Here

Reply to napkinz (Original post)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 05:56 PM

Jul 2012

Can't put my finger on it now, but during the confirmation hearing he never seemed like the ideologue that Scalia, Thomas, and Alito are.

No one ever talks about Alito, but IMO he is the scariest one.