John Roberts Scoffed At Idea Of Equal Pay For Women

T U E S D A Y , A U G U S T 1 6 , 2 0 0 5John Roberts Scoffed At Idea Of Equal Pay ForWomenby Michael in New York on 8/16/2005 09:37:00 AMThe more papers that get released about Supreme Courtnominee, the farther to the right he appears to be.</p><p> Why are theDems caving in on this fight? Is he that comfortably within themainstream? Here's USA Today on Roberts and equal pay forwomen -- in short, he compares the idea to communism, whichis about the nastiest thing you could say about something inthe Reagan Administration during the Cold War.As an assistant White House counsel in 1984, John Robertsscoffed at the notion that men and women shouldearn equal pay in jobs of comparable importance, andhe belittled three female Republican members ofCongress who promoted that idea to the Reaganadministration...."I honestly find it troubling that three Republicanrepresentatives are so quick to embrace such a radicalredistributive concept," wrote Roberts in a memo. "Theirslogan may as well be, 'From each according to his ability,to each according to her gender.' " <script type="text/javascript"src="http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"> Add New CommentYou are commenting as a Guest.</p><p> You may select one to log into: Logged in as Logout from DISQUSLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Use Media ▼Community Page Subscribe by email Daily KosSpecter, Sestak to Visit Netroots Nation - I amthrilled to announce that on Friday, August 14,Sen.</p><p> Arlen Specter and Rep.</p><p> Joseph Sestak will bejoining us at Netroots Nation 2009 for aPennsylva...2 seconds agoPolitical WireMcCain Lawyers Investigated Obama Citizenship -As we asked earlier this week, if questions overPresident Obama's citizenship were valid, wouldn'tthey have come out during the presidentialcampaign? D...3 minutes agoHuffPost PoliticsMichael J.</p><p> O'Neil: The Gates/Crowley RorschachTest - Was this an instance of racial profiling? DidGates overreact to a reasonable police request?The truth is that we simply do not have enoughinformation to ...21 minutes agoThink ProgressLimbaugh: Obama has a ‘chip on his shoulder’because he’s ‘black.’ - In an interview with FoxNews’ Greta Van Susteren last night, right-wingradio host Rush Limbaugh said President Obamawas more “passionate” during Wednesd...21 minutes agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S G AY P O L I T I C S Visit our new gay politicssection, AMERICAblog Gay.F E E D S Blog RSS AMERICAblog TV RSS Twitter RSSTwitter Feed Get the blog by email: Subscribe me! AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: John ...http://www.americablog.com/2005/08/john-roberts-scoffed-at-i... 1 of 27/24/09 6:27 PMMatthew YglesiasBlogging as a Vocation - Alyssa Rosenberg onbeing a writer: My experience has been, as DanielStrauss says, that people become artists, or in thecase of journalists, artisans (I ...33 minutes agoShow AllA M E R I C A B L O G T V Visit our AMERICAblog TV site.see all 326 videos >I collect with vodpod Judge order San Diego toget rid of the seals Massive brawl in SouthKorean parliament Mormons may havesecretly baptized Medieval helpdesk withEnglish subtitles The Taco Bell dog hasdied In honor of SenatorDeMintNext 6AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: John ...http://www.americablog.com/2005/08/john-roberts-scoffed-at-i... 2 of 27/24/09 6:27 PM