Not that NARAL is in any way sorry, no sir!
"We regret that many people have misconstrued our recent advertisement about Mr. Roberts' record," Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, wrote in a letter Thursday to Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who had urged the group to withdraw the ad.
"Unfortunately, the debate over that advertisement has become a distraction from the serious discussion we hoped to have with the American public," Keenan said in the letter.
Oh, please. We all know people whose idea of an apology is "I'm sorry my actions bothered you/hurt your feelings/made your life a living hell." God forbid they should admit wrongdoing. But this is downright brazen. How do you misconstrue something as blatantly false as that? Is there any way to take "Supreme Court nominee John Roberts filed court briefs supporting violent fringe groups and a convicted clinic bomber" besides at face value? Is there some exegesis you can perform that will make it not an out-and-out lie?
Okay, that clinches it. I don't care if he's not the perfect nominee. Yes, I know that he's being dissed for having lawyered on a pro-gay cause. I don't care. Hell, I don't care if he gets his whoopies by going home at night, putting on a tutu and a Kojak wig, and rolling in a bathtub full of Cheetos to a CD of the Backstreet Boys. Doesn't matter. Anybody NARAL hates this much suits me just dandy.
And incidentally, when he worked on the gay case, and when he talked about the Terri Schiavo case, he wasn't furthering an agenda. He was dealing with the law and the Constitution as they're written. Which is exactly what a judge is supposed to do. And if he's as careful in interpreting the Constitution when it comes to abortion, no wonder NARAL is willing to go to such lengths to discredit him.
I'm just tickled that this time, they shot themselves in the foot so masterfully. Do please take another shot, guys!
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