ROBERTS Says: THAT CONSERVATIVE is "NO FRIEND OF OURS"

Can it get any more obvious than this that Judge Roberts is no friend of conservatives? Judge Roberts gave advice to a pseudo-conservative on how to placate true conservatives.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050811-121556-2116r.htm

As special assistant to the attorney general in the Reagan administration, John G. Roberts Jr. urged the Justice Department to keep its distance from an eager and demanding "new right," even characterizing one of the giants of the conservative movement as "no friend of ours."

Judge Roberts, then a special assistant to Attorney General William French Smith, wrote several memos in 1981 and 1982 giving advice to his boss on handling pressure from conservative groups elated by ideological soul mate Ronald Reagan's winning the White House.

Judge Roberts did not paint a flattering portrait of Mr. Weyrich or his ideas, even misspelling the man's name. "I suggest we keep as low a profile on this as possible," Judge Roberts wrote. "Weyerich is of course no friend of ours, but it won't help to stir up the influential contributors to his volume, and any comment by the AG will simply highlight the fact that we have yet to take a position" on some hot-button issues.

Judge Roberts also suggested that the spokesman could make it clear to the ABA that Mr. Smith was not beholden to influential conservatives.

Judge Roberts also prepped Mr. Smith for a Jan. 28, 1982, meeting with John Lofton, then editor of Conservative Digest. His approach was more subtle than his advice for Mr. Weyrich. "Mr. Lofton will doubtless arrive with many criticisms of the Department for not advancing conservative ideals," Judge Roberts wrote.

TG: John Lofton is a genuine conservative. His excellent website and radio show (done with Constitution party Presidential candidate Michale Peroutka) can be found at: http://www.theamericanview.com/