Double Deep Doo-Doo

Can any American be a successful Supreme Court justice who shows so little worshipful idolatry for Hollywood's anointed ones? Read on:

Last week I wrote about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' distaste for the antics of Michael Jackson as far back as the Reagan administration, in "Roberts Dissed the King". As that was more than twenty years ago, when Jackson was still white, I postulated that his "dissing" attitude may be a reason that the Democrats are opposed to Roberts now.

Things are now getting worse as newly released documents are revealing that John Roberts exhibited a very low regard for some of the most famous icons of Hollywood. In fact, it appears that Ronald Reagan was probably the only screen actor that John Roberts could abide. Now Judge John Roberts is really in knee-high, deep doo-doo with the Democrats, as where would they be without the love and support from their Hollywood cronies. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank is at it again with "Roberts's Rules of Decorum - No Hobnobbing With Celebs, and Absolutely No Michael Jackson". According to the columnist, after advising President Reagan even further about Michael Jackson, John Roberts went on to "diss" even Bing Crosby and John Wayne, writing that the American president should not offer words of remembrance about them.

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. Roberts wrote: "If one wants the youth of America and the world sashaying around in garish sequined costumes, hair dripping with pomade, body shot full of female hormones to prevent voice change, mono-gloved, well, then, I suppose 'Michael,' as he is affectionately known in the trade, is in fact a good example. Quite apart from the problem of appearing to endorse Jackson's androgynous life style, a Presidential award would be perceived as a shallow effort by the President to share in the constant publicity surrounding Jackson. . . . The whole episode would, in my view, be demeaning to the President."

Roberts Dissed the King

Roberts Dissed the King

Dana Milbank has a story, "Request Denied", in today's Washington Post which reveals probably the main reason that the Liberal Democrats are trying to Bork the new Supreme Court nominee. There were recent headlines that the Reagan Library was releasing thousands of pages of documents from the time of John Roberts' service in the Reagan White House. Republicans have been on tenderhooks since the announcement. Found tucked amongst the thousands of pages was a collection of memos by a young lawyer named John Roberts which give damning evidence about his efforts two decades ago to "diss" Hollywood's own darling (at that time), King of Pop Michael Jackson.

The sarcasm dripped from the young lawyer's pen as he wrote on June 22, 1984, advising President Reagan: "The office of presidential correspondence is not yet an adjunct of Michael Jackson's PR firm ... enough is enough." The memo was in response to Michael Jackson's publicist requesting a presidential letter praising the star's work against drunken driving. Whipper-snapper Roberts even sent another memo continuing in the same disrespectful vein, "I see no need to have the president send a letter to Mr. Jackson, simply because Mr. Jackson's public relations firm has requested one." Take that, you dancing fool!

However, Jackson and his entourage did not recognize the "dissing" even when the glove was shaken in their faces. Instead, they made a new request. Would the honorable Ronald Reagan be pleased to send a letter to the most honorable "Gloved One" thanking the singer for performing in Washington and for providing 400 tickets for '"needy youngsters". When the request hit the conservative Robert's desk, he immediately dipped his writing quill into that ever ready inkpot of sarcasm and wrote to his superior, Fred Fielding: "I hate to sound like one of Mr. Jackson's records, constantly repeating the same refrain, but I recommend that we not approve this letter. . . . Frankly, I find the obsequious attitude of some members of the White House staff toward Mr. Jackson's attendants, and the fawning posture they would have the president of the United States adopt, more than a little embarrassing."

Roberts plunged and twisted the "dissing" knife even deeper into the heart of the Jackson folks by writing that not only was Michael Jackson being denied the requested letter, but that his Washington tour was not a charitable gesture, but "was a calculated commercial decision that does not warrant gratitude from our nation's chief executive." Michael Jackson was still a black man then, and John Roberts dissed him, his dancing and his music. And this before the public had ever been exposed to the bizarre Michael Jackson lifestyle! Now we all know the real reason that the Democrats are out to get John Roberts - revenge for his long ago "dissing" of the King of Pop.