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| ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE | ARCHIVE |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2002 |
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| Bush, Terrell agree on judges |
I also look forward to working with Suzie to make sure that our judiciary represents the values of Louisiana. Amazing what an election did. Kind of changed the -- changed the attitude in Washington. Up until recently, I couldn't get a lot of my judges through the Senate. They were playing politics with the judges. I had named some very fine people from around the country -- good, honest people, and we couldn't get them through because they wanted to play politics.And what sort of judges would a Senator Terrell prefer? What does Bush mean by the "values of Louisiana"? A clue may be found at the Senate candidate's campaign site:You need somebody from Louisiana who will join with this President to make sure the judges I name reflect the values of Louisiana. We don't need any more people legislating. We don't want our judges legislating. We want our judges interpreting the Constitution. Those are the kind of judges I'll name, and I can count on Suzie's vote to make sure they get confirmed.
Terrell said she would reflect Louisiana values, such as the "sanctity of human life, from its inception to its twilight."Ouch! Having choices harms women - who knew? Ms. Terrell believes that women are hurt by being allowed to decide for themselves whether and when to bear a child. Does Terrell wish to make the hurt go away by taking that decision out of their hands? The question came up when the candidate recently appeared on Meet the Press:"I am pro-life," she said.
Terrell said Landrieu has been irresponsible for supporting Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in all 50 states, which she said has hurt women.
MR. RUSSERT: You've never been pro-choice.There you have it: despite being a bit wiggly at the end there, Suzanne Haik Terrell was quite clear about wishing to criminalize all abortions, no exceptions. (You gotta love the "no exceptions" part. Running towards the center, she's not.) And taking Bush at his word, if he gets his wish and ends up "working with Suzie to make sure that our judiciary represents the values of Louisiana," then we will be one step closer to lifting from women the hurt that comes from having choices.MS. TERRELL: I've never been pro-choice.
MR. RUSSERT: Would you vote for a constitutional amendment to ban all abortion?
MS. TERRELL: I would.
MR. RUSSERT: No exceptions?
MS. TERRELL: No exceptions.
MR. RUSSERT: And what would happen to a doctor or a woman who partook in an abortion?
MS. TERRELL: Well, I think at this point, Tim...
MR. RUSSERT: It would be criminal.
MS. TERRELL: At this point, it would-I hope that we can change the culture to the point that we're not prosecuting doctors and women. The unfortunate...
MR. RUSSERT: But if there was a constitutional amendment banning all abortion, it would be illegal activity, correct?
MS. TERRELL: There would be illegal activity, and what the result of that would be something that we would have to look into. Look...
So compassionate, these conservatives!
Trivia note: in his 3971-word speech in of praise a candidate who wishes to eliminate a woman's right to choose whether and when to give birth, Bush used the words "free" or "freedom" twelve times, and "love" or "loving" another twelve.
| Monday, December 2, 2002 |
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| Peter Beinart |
His problem is that historically on foreign policy, he's been wrong on a lot of things, particularly on the Gulf War, which he still hasn't apologized for. He can't make up for that just by his Vietnam record. He's got to show that he recognizes that he was wrong by being too far to the left on foreign policy in the past.So here we have the Beinart Standard: it's not enough to agree with him on Bush's proposed new war - Senator Kerry voted for the recent authorization to use force if necessary against Iraq - you have to apologize for any lack of enthusiasm for past wars as well. Confess or forever be damned.
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| Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) |
MR. RUSSERT: Do you now believe that you made a fundamental misjudgment on your vote in 1991?Tim Russert's customary dissembling aside, what Kerry asserted is true. The Pentagon was not exactly thrilled at the prospect of war with Iraq in early 1991. The first Bush administration had already embarked on a campaign of lies and deception designed to demonize former ally Saddam Hussein, but despite the deployment of as many as twenty PR firms (led by Hill & Knowlton, fabricators of the famously false "babies thrown out of incubators" propaganda bit), the American public was not in favor of immediately going to war over the tiny family-owned oil kingdom of Kuwait. In fact, the very idea of war was so unpopular at the time that once the Gulf war was concluded, then-president George Bush exalted in his achievement: "By God, we've kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all."SEN. KERRY: No, not at all. In fact, I've said again and again that that was the right vote at that moment in time. And I said in the same speech, Tim, I also said that I did not believe we were courting another Vietnam. I did not believe that the first Iraq war would be a Vietnam. I believed we would win it very quickly and my reasoning...
MR. RUSSERT: But we were ready for it.
SEN. KERRY: Well, actually we weren't. The American people at that time were divided 50-50, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell, at the time had serious reservations, which he expressed, to people who have great judgment on those issues, people like Sam Nunn, then chairman of the Armed Services Committee. I think there was a great deal of sense that we were moving very rapidly, more rapidly than we needed to. I was not against using force. I was against moving so precipitously that we didn't have the consent that I talked about of the American people.
Kerry's 1991 stance that the public was insufficiently prepared for the potential consequences of war with Iraq was perfectly reasonable. Most Democratic Senators voted with him against the war resolution, which passed by 52 to 47. Although ultimately the Gulf war was considered a success, with countless Iraqi conscripts slaughtered and Kuwait returned to its royal owners, it could have been otherwise. Kerry's caution was hardly unwarranted. But for Peter Beinart, representative of the political left on CNN's Final Round, lack of enthusiasm for war is a secular heresy that requires an apology.
With liberals like this, who needs conservatives?
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