Gary Bauer Imitates the Democrats
This, from Agape Press…
…Controversy continues to swirl around President Bush’s latest pick for the Supreme Court. Conservatives, including those on the Christian right, are divided about the nomination of Harriet Miers. There are differences over her qualifications to serve on the high court and whether she would support the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the decision that allowed legal abortions nationwide. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter, and the committee’s top Democrat, Vermont’s Patrick Leahy, are considering having Focus on the Family founder James Dobson testify. Dobson has said he is confident Miers opposes abortion, based on private assurances from the White House. But Leahy says Miers assured him that she had not made any promises on how she would vote on Roe. American Values’ head Gary Bauer suggested in an interview with “Fox News Sunday” that conservatives may not support Miers unless they know her stance on Roe.
No, Gary, it isn’t about Harriet Miers’ stance on abortion. If it is, then everything we’re saying about the politicization of the judiciary by the Democrats is true of us as well. Frankly, I don’t give a flying rip what she thinks about abortion—well, okay, I wish everyone were pro-life—but the point is that it’s about her approach to the law. If she believes in the Constitution, reaching the conclusion that Roe was a horrendous overreach of raw judicial legislation is an easy call—even if she personally happened to be pro-choice; frankly, all she’s got to be is an honest constructionist, and we’ve got a vote to overturn Roe. It’s about her philosophy of the law, not about what she thinks about abortion. C’mon, Gary, you know better than this…
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2 Responses to “Gary Bauer Imitates the Democrats”
On this I wholeheartedly agree with you, my friend. And frankly, I’m rather disappointed at Dobson’s comments as well. Maybe he thought it would reassure the religious right, but it’s almost childish. “I know something you don’t know.†It would serve him right to get his butt subpoenaed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Even if Dobson IS confident Miers opposes abortion, as you say, that’s not the issue. At least it shouldn’t be. Because if it is, than that makes conservatives no better than liberals when it comes to interpreting the constitution.
Don ~ Oct 12, 2005 at 9:54 am
Okay, I stand corrected. I take back what I just said about Dobson. This afternoon on the Sean Hannity radio show, Dobson unequivocally denied ever saying he is “confident Miers opposes abortion, based on private assurances from the White House.†He didn’t say it and the White House gave him no such assurances. According to Dobson the press got it wrong. Big surprise there!
Don ~ Oct 12, 2005 at 6:56 pm