Roberts makes a correction ( Admits He Registered as Lobbyist)

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- John G. Roberts yesterday conceded he should have said he was registered to lobby on behalf of the cosmetics industry in the completed questionnaire he submitted Tuesday to the Senate for his Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

In an amendment filed yesterday in response to a Newsday story about the omission, Roberts confirmed he was registered to lobby for the Cosmetics, Toiletry and Fragrance Association and had met with two agencies on its behalf in 2001.
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Some in the Senate expressed surprise at Roberts' failure to include a publicly available lobbying disclosure form.

In his letter amending his answers yesterday, Roberts said the cosmetics association retained Hogan & Hartson in 2001 to oppose a proposed FDA sunscreen labeling regulation.

"I was asked to prepare a legal analysis of how the proposed regulation would violate the First Amendment," he wrote. "In meetings with the general counsels of the Office of Management and Budget and the Food and Drug Administration, the latter attended by other FDA employees, I made clear my client's position that implementing the regulation would result in litigation."

http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/nation/ny-uscort044370232aug04,0,178351.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-print

[asjr]

1. Damn, that man is so forgetful.

[Jackpine Radical]

29. It's not the Federalist Society membership or the lobbying

that makes me question Roberts' suitability for the Supreme Court. It's his memory. Should we be considering a Justice like that who seems to have a bad case of pre-senile dementia? :sarcasm:

[jojo54]

2. Now if he'll just admit that he remembers being a member of

the Fed Society, then maybe he can be considered half intelligent.

[Dhalgren]

3. Come on, now! Filling out those complicated question sheets

is hard work! He can't be expected to remember every little thing he was paid money for over the last five years! I mean be reasonable! He had to remember all this stuff while at the same time fill out that hard question sheet (which is really hard work!)! Besides 2001 was back in his "youthful indiscretion" days - so it shouldn't count, anyway - not if you're going to be fair. Democrats are so mean!

[jojo54]

4. "youthful indiscretion" days

:rofl:

[KansDem]

26. Yeah, really!

He had to remember all this stuff while at the same time fill out that hard question sheet.

He probably had to ask for a phone book to look up the addresses and phone numbers of all his references and previous employers! That just adds to the clutter and confusion of filling out an application! Everyone knows that!!!

[ZenDude]

8. Really...

You'd think somebody would remember something like that. :eyes:

"Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Nazi Party?"

"Uhhh... I don't recall."

[Cassandra]

5. Drip, drip, drip....

Looks worse as it all dribbles out, doesn't it?

[UpInArms]

6. First Amendment fight for corporate lies?

What a freakin' crock of shit.

What is happening to the First Amendment rights of the people?

Butchered by the USA un-PATRIOT Act.

:argh:

[Dhalgren]

7. Jesus! This guy is a Bork in O'Connor clothing...

[GoBlue]

9. Gotta have a pretty lousy lawyer...

to overlook something so obvious. But I'm sure he'll make a great SCOTUS
justice.

[KansDem]

28. I wonder...Have there ever been SCOTUS justices who have corrected...

...their opinions?

Will Roberts be the first? "I rule this way...oh, wait, let me correct that...!"

[MaineDem]

10. Come on, say it! I LIED!!!!

Lies...lies...lies

Where will it all end? This is infuriating.

[Changenow]

11. Early onset Alzheimer’s

This is a sad tale of a man ravaged by a disease at a tragically young age. It is time we treated him with more compassion and less scorn, he had so much but will lose it all, no stem sells to save him..

[UTUSN]

12. Nothing Says "Cosmetics" Like J.G.ROBERTS n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

13. kick

[catgirl]

14. Roberts Failed to Disclose Lobbyist Work

The FDA doesn't count as political!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050804/ap_on_go_su_co/roberts_questionnaire;_ylt=AgvWUU3zYBjRlhUMa9ksEPOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-

[whistle]

15. Boy, does Roberts ever have a guilty look on his face.....

...in that photo:

"WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee John Roberts has acknowledged he should have disclosed to a Senate committee that he worked as lobbyist for the cosmetics industry in 2001. "

[soothsayer]

16. He didn't think lobbying seemed "political"? what a dumbass

[clydefrand]

17. He seems to conveniently "forget" a lot of things, doesn't he?

"Consequently, the question about lobbying on the questionnaire did not trigger a memory of these meetings."

Newsday first reported Wednesday that Roberts had done the lobbyist work, resulting in the suspension of stricter labeling rules for sunscreen


So he doesn't care if people get skin cancer as long as the big guys get their money.

[davidinalameda]

18. these are all minor issues BUT

they're starting to add up

there's something very fishy going on with this guy

[catgirl]

20. Cosmetic industry = chemical industry

Many chemicals in this country are banned elsewhere (at least eleven
found in fragrances). They are dangerous synthetic substances that are
known to cause serious illnesses.

A few years ago I emailed the EPA because fragrance wasn't listed as
an asthma trigger. The response was basically that it was unfounded.
Yah right!

[davidinalameda]

21. I'm allergic to a number of perfumes

anything that has a strong odor absolutely kills me

[Norquist Nemesis]

19. Tsk! Tsk! Quite a shoddy memory

And here, I've been told repeatedly that "He's Brilliant!"

Whoever Bush etal has acting as advisor is likely another incompetent, sleezy, friend of the Family. Wait...did Karl get distracted for a minute? LOL!

[TankLV]

22. Damn - that SOB is sure "forgetful"!

It'll come in handy when he "forgets" all the promises he will make at his confirmation hearnings to be impartial, non-partisan, uphold the law, and refrain from bringing his personal beliefs into the decision making process!

And the Dems are truly rubes if they fall for all this crap (I've come to expect as much from repukes).

[midnight armadillo]

23. But he's so polite and well-mannered!

And, really, isn't that all that counts for SCOTUS?

[DFWJock]

24. Oh, yes

and his children are PRECIOUS!! Get out the rubber stamp.

[PurityOfEssence]

25. Oooh, so he's a bunny killer

The cosmetics industry has left a trail of blinded rabbits in it's path.

What's interesting about this is that cosmetics are, by definition, things that cover up reality. He da man.

[donheld]

27. He's a lobbiest for Tammy Faye?

[Thor_MN]

30. Don't forget Katherine "Cake Face" Harris

or was she just colorized by the librul media?

[DoYouEverWonder]

31. Roberts Failed to Disclose Lobbyist Work

August 4, 2005

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee John Roberts has acknowledged he should have disclosed to a Senate committee that he worked as lobbyist for the cosmetics industry in 2001.

In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee late Wednesday, Roberts wrote that he neglected to reveal that work in response to the panel's questionnaire asking about his lobbying activities. Confirmation hearings begin Sept. 6.

The work, which was on behalf of the Cosmetics, Toiletries and Fragrances Association, involved an effort to stave off a regulatory change involving sunscreen.

Roberts, a lawyer in private practice at the time, suggested that he did not think of disclosing the information because the nature of the work -- in which he met with lawyers at the federal Office of Management and Budget and the Food and Drug Administration -- did not seem political.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-roberts-questionnaire,0,6983051.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines


Darn, this fellow has some serious memory problems for someone so young. I wonder what other lobbying activities he's forgotten about? Like that $80,000 he spent helping Bush get reselected in 2004?