But of course an anti-feminist, anti-women, pro-neoconservative Republican ideology group such as the Independent Women's Forum, would be thrilled to hear of Bush nominating John G. Roberts to fill Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the Supreme Court. Shocking isn't it--that a group who endorses misogynist neocon-Republican propaganda would support the nomination of an anti-women's-reproductive-rights ideologue?

[...]"Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. is a very well qualified candidate with a reputation of being a strict interpreter of the law rather than someone who legislates from the bench," said Nancy Pfotenhauer, president of the Independent Women’s Forum.[...]

"We look forward to the confirmation process and hope that the Senate will focus on Judge Roberts' record, intellect, and judicial philosophy and not try to apply a 'litmus test' by questioning his views on specific matters that might come before the Court," said Pfotenhauer.

"We should not allow the feminist left and other extremists to dictate a political agenda for our courts, which should remain independent. Our courts should not be super-legislatures subject to political winds instead of the law and our constitution."[...]

Gee, I could say the same for the extremist, fundamentalist Christian Rightwing, who through their neoconservative Republican allies in Congress (and the White House), attempt to impose a particular ideology (guess what the *ideology* is) on the rest of us--and even violate our civil liberties or even the Law in the process. But remember this is coming from the IWF, whose reputation for appeasing their [male] conservative Republican bosses at the expense of women's civil liberties and rights proceeds them. It just goes to show that women can at times be their very own worst enemy. 'We' too delay our own liberation by selling each other out, all in order to receive validation from misogynist male politicians or pitifully attempt to gain some small degree of influence and "power" in a patriarchal society--which only leads to a backlash.

Re: 'dictating a political agenda'--from violating and rolling back women's reproductive rights (or women's rights period), to promoting abstinence-only programs subliminally laden with superstitious religious dogma, denying same-sex couples marriage equality (or any other civil liberty and right), demanding for more federal funding for faith-based "initiatives," to even trying to sneak religious indoctrination back into public schools by way of teaching creationism--oh pardon me, "Intelligent Design" (gags)--in science classes, I'd say the Rightwing ideologues and their neocon-Republican aids in politics have done plenty of political dictation of their own, to some of our expense. All of this brings back memories of 'Justice Sunday' and Senator Bill Frist's hand in that.