[truthandlife]

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Conservative favorites to join ACLU (11/24/02)

Excerpt:

The elder George Bush won the presidency against Michael Dukakis in 1988 in part by suggesting it was beyond-the-pale liberal to be "a card-carrying member" of the American Civil Liberties Union now the group is signing on as consultants two of the most flamboyant conservative Republicans in Congress.

But now the group is signing on as consultants two of the most flamboyant conservative Republicans in Congress:

* Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia, who was defeated in a primary election this year, called for President Clinton's impeachment before the Lewinsky affair was known. The American Conservative Union, which ranks members of Congress according to how they vote on issues important to conservatives, has given Barr a 100% rating.

* House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas, who is retiring, has skirmished with Democrats in often acid terms. In 1994, he told them that "your president is just not that important for us." His ACU rating is 97%.

[misterrob]

Conservatives who favor limited government will, at times, hold positions similar to those of the ACLU. Free speach and privacy being two of them.

[George W. Bush]

The elder George Bush won the presidency against Michael Dukakis in 1988 in part by suggesting it was beyond-the-pale liberal to be "a card-carrying member" of the American Civil Liberties Union now the group is signing on as consultants two of the most flamboyant conservative Republicans in Congress.

Bush I's attorney general was Dick Thornburgh, a former active lawyer for decades in the PA ACLU.

So Bush I thought it was terrible that a card-carrying ACLU member might become president. But he fell all over himself to appoint one as AG. Even so, Thornburgh was one of the saner AG's (and cabinet members) of that era.