Solomonia Archive: Roberts sounds OK to me

Saturday, August 20, 2005

I'm pretty sure Dana Milbank means this article as an attack on Judge Roberts, it is Dana Milbank after all, but it sure doesn't sound bad to me.

Imagine, Roberts felt that Reagan shouldn't be giving any special recognition to Michael Jackson. Seems Roberts didn't like Jackson, even back then, and he felt it jeopardized the dignity of the office. Sounds about right to me (and I've never been a Jackson hater).

They are really digging to find dirt on this guy, Roberts, but as usual, it just reflects poorly on the mud slingers.

Roberts's Rules of Decorum - No Hobnobbing With Celebs, and Absolutely No Michael Jackson

...Last week, researchers found several memos from the summer and fall of 1984 in which future Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, working as a Reagan White House lawyer, argued against sending presidential thank-you notes to Michael Jackson for his charitable works. But it turns out this was just the beginning of what appears to be the young lawyer's concerns about the star. Three new memos uncovered by Post reporters show Roberts described Jackson as "androgynous," "mono-gloved" and a balladeer of illegitimacy.

On April 30, 1984, Roberts wrote to oppose a presidential award that was to have been given to Jackson for his efforts against drunk driving. Roberts particularly objected to award wording that described Jackson as an "outstanding example" for American youth...

Posted by Solomon at 8:24 PM on Saturday, Aug 20, 2005
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