[FLASHBACK] When Joe Biden Saved Abortion on Demand

lifenews.com ^ | 10/26/20 | Paul Kengor

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The date: June 29, 1992.

The place: the Amtrak station in Wilmington, Delaware.

Two men spot one another. They wave; they smile; they run; they dash into one another’s arms. They can’t stop hugging. They are jubilant, ecstatic — literally moved to tears. Why? Because Roe v. Wade was just saved. And they played a crucial role.

The two men are both U.S. senators: Joe Biden of Delaware and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire.

“At first, I didn’t see Joe; then I spotted him waving at me from far down the platform,” recorded Rudman wistfully in his memoir, Combat: Twelve Years in the U.S. Senate. “Joe had agonized over his vote for David, and I knew how thrilled he must be. We started running through the crowd toward each other, and when we met, we embraced, laughing and crying.”

But not to Joe Biden. Planned Parenthood v. Casey was anything but reprehensible to the senator from Delaware. Biden wept tears of joy in the arms of Rudman, shouting triumphantly of Souter: “You were right about him! You were right!”

Rudman was indeed right. He had pushed Souter’s nomination by Republican President George H.W. Bush. He ensured liberal colleagues that Souter was okay. Rudman, a pro-choice Republican, had been Souter’s boss at the New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General. Yes, he and Biden were from opposing parties. But they were united by abortion. Here, they found common ground — or, as Nancy Pelosi puts it today, “sacred ground.”

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Warren Rudman convinced George H.W. Bush to nominate David Souter over Kenneth Starr.

And then he embraced Joe Biden when Casey saved Roe.

Just how pissed must Joe Biden be today (if he even remembers from hour to hour)?

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Note how these demons refer to abortion rights as “sacred.”

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Souter. Pathetic beta.

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In 1981, Young Americans for Freedom, of which I am a proud alumnus, openly opposed the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor. We were attacked by our elders for opposing one of President Reagan’s nominees. We were right.

Ten years later, Howard Phillips of the Conservative Caucus testified against David Souter. A large segment of Conservative Inc. read Howard out of the movement for opposing a Republican Supreme Court nominee. He and those of us who agreed with him were right.

In 2005, Bush the Younger nominated John Roberts to be Chief Justice. Ann Coulter, among others, wrote a scathing article blasting Roberts and vehemently opposing his nomination. She was blasted by conservatives, including many here, for opposing his nomination. Ann and those of us who agreed with her were right.

Later in 2005, Bush nominated Harriet Miers as a Supreme Court Justice. Many conservatives opposed her nomination, but got attacked for doing so. She withdrew and a few days later, Bush nominated Samuel Alito. Again, we were right.

So yes, Rudman was right about Souter, and that’s not a good thing. Hopefully, we didn’t get Soutered on any of President Trump’s nominees. (They look good so far.)