"Jeb Bush Recounts Meeting With Roberts, Blasts Rep. Wexler"

[GreenPartyVoter]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Jeb Bush blasted a Florida congressman Friday for suggesting that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts be disqualified because of a brief meeting the governor and Roberts had during the 2000 presidential recount.

An expert in constitutional law then in the private sector, Roberts came to Tallahassee at his own expense to volunteer advice to Bush as the governor's older brother tried to clinch the election over then-Vice President Al Gore.

Rep. Robert Wexler, a Democrat, said that meeting alone should disqualify Roberts.

"Ready, fire, shoot," Bush said Friday when asked about Wexler's statement. "Everything is off the top of his head. He has no idea of what our relationship is."

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20050722/D8BGML9G0.html

[whistle]

1. Jeb Bush has no intention of telling the public....

...what his relationship is with John Roberts either, so "Ready, fire, shoot," seems quite appropriate on the part of Waxman and others who want to get to the truth over this matter.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Agreed.

[wli]

2. it's pretty obvious what the relationship is

Jeb was playing with nepotism and Roberts was a hired gun to help steal Florida.

[Supersedeas]

4. relationship 'IS'....not 'was'

[bushisanidiot]

5. How do we know that Roberts wasn't advising Bush on how to side-step

the law? why would Roberts be involved with the re-count at all?

if they don't have anything to hide.. then why are they refusing to hand over Roberts documents on his meetings with Bush in 2000???!!

[jean]

6. one more example of repub overreaction and overkill - it works usually

[Tim4319]

7. I scratch your back,, and you scratch mine! That's what it sounds like.

It is very ironic that he went to Florida, met with the brother of someone running for president, during a recount. Now that the recount went the way of the "selected" president. It is strange the as soon as a seat becomes available at the SCOTUS, he receives nomination from the POTUS, for the first seat available.

Stevie Wonder can see that something is fishy with that.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Yep,Stevie could.

[Devil Dog Dem]

9. "Ready, fire, shoot"?? God, he is as much a moron as his brother.

An entire family of Fredo Corleones. Not a Michael among them.

[KurtNYC]

10. "Recounts" ?

There's a first time for everything I suppose.

[watercolors]

11. Just a few days ago

Jeb didn;t remember meeting him!~~Fuzzy memory?

[Just Me]

12. Wexler should fire back and demand Jeb walk the walk of moral values.

Demand Jeb fully expose his relationship to Roberts. If he fails to do so, we are left to assume that Jeb has something to hide.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. I agree. Esp on using the phrase "walk the walk"