From: Gary Bauer [gary.bauer@amvalues.org]
Sent: Monday,
July 30, 2007 5:53 PM
Subject: End of
Day 7-30-07
Monday, July 30, 2007
To: Friends &
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From: Gary Bauer
“Ideology Matters”
Senate liberals, led by New York’s Charles Schumer, are throwing
down the gauntlet on judicial nominations. In a speech Friday to the American
Constitution Society, Senator Schumer said that confirmation hearings had become
“meaningless” and stated that the confirmation of Samuel Alito was, “Without
question, my greatest regret in the 109th Congress.” Then Schumer declared,
“…for the rest of this president’s term and if there is another Republican
elected … let me say this: We should reverse the presumption of confirmation.”
That is a shocking challenge to the constitutional authority of the
president to make judicial nominations, but at least Schumer is honest about his
motivations. He went on to say, “The Supreme Court is dangerously out of
balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or
Justice Ginsburg by another Alito.” Why not? Because, according to Senator
Schumer, “Ideology matters,” and “The burden always lies with the nominee to
show that he or she is within the mainstream.” Of course, Senator Schumer gets
to define what is “mainstream” and what is not.
My friends, the liberals
fully understand the role the federal judiciary has assumed in recent decades,
and they are prepared to do whatever it takes to preserve this bastion of raw
political power. With the Supreme Court acting as an unelected,
super-legislative tribunal that answers to no one, our courts have become active
participants in the cultural war, a strategic ally of the Left, helping to
advance and legitimize a radical agenda that could not pass any legislature. Our
elected representatives did not vote to ban God from our public schools nor did
they create a right to abortion-on-demand or vote to redefine the meaning of
marriage. And yet for taking the slightest step back – finding that Congress can
in fact prohibit a gruesome procedure that a fellow New York Democrat once
decried as “infanticide” – Senator Schumer feels the Supreme Court is
“dangerously out of balance.” What is “out of balance” is the view that judges
are little more than political hacks who must pass a liberal ideological litmus
test.
Liberal Intolerance
The “tyrants of tolerance”
are at it again. This time, MoveOn.Org and the liberal blog DailyKos.com have
lined up thousands of people across the country to monitor Fox News in
order to create lists of businesses and companies that run cable commercials on
the Fox News Channel. Their goal is to pressure advertisers into
canceling their contracts with the network, thereby depriving it of advertising
revenue. For example, Home Depot has been targeted by the Sierra Club for
advertising on Fox because the network has attempted to provide “fair and
balanced” coverage of the global warming debate. Home Depot sells
“environmentally friendly products” and the Sierra Club doesn’t believe it
should be advertising on an “environmentally hostile” network. But there is
nothing “fair and balanced” about the radical Left, my friends. It has tried to
gag communications from grassroots groups, like American Values, under
the guise of “lobbying reform.” Not content with its domination of the network
news, most cable outfits and the print media, the Left is trying to gag Rush
Limbaugh and conservative talk radio with the so-called “Fairness Doctrine.” Now
the Left wants to shut down Fox News. And I thought being “liberal” and
“progressive” meant being tolerant of other points of view!
Speaking Of “Fair And Balanced” Debate
How many times
have you heard Al Gore insist that a “consensus exists among the scientific
community” about global warming? Yet it is highly debatable, as are Gore’s
solutions to the “crisis.” Wherever you stand on that issue, debate is good.
But, increasingly, the Left is using the idea that a “consensus” exists on
important issues, ranging from global warming to stem cell research, in order to
bludgeon skeptics, sway public opinion and shut down debate. It’s a savvy
strategy, but it is also a dishonest ploy, especially when discussing issues
where we need more debate, not less. Today’s Washington Times carries an
editorial I wrote about the Left’s manipulation of public opinion. I hope you’ll
take a moment to read it at www.washingtontimes.com.
These opportunities are just one example of how your support for our work is
making a difference in the crucial public policy debates! Thank you.
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