No. There are more issues to deal with than this one.
Judie Brown is unappeasable. I'm glad Bush is not going to dance to her tune.
Ummm ... Gonzales is pro-life.
He refused to make a court ruling that would be overruled by USSC or to be an activist and overrule the legislature.
And the continued whine about Toomey and Specter shows that you are out of touch with party politics - the party machinery does not take down its own incumbents.
Yay for one-issue people!
/ end sarcasm
Political capital needs to be spent wisely and I am talking about our pro-life political capital. Why waste in on the AG. Use it on Specter because as head of the Judiciary he'd be a powerful force for the dark side. Keep the pressure on the Senators to "BORK Specter"
Cause when it comes to using the pro-life/moral values crowd, the President's political advisors are great in the locker room, but weak on the field.
Anybody who thinks otherwise is seriously naive.
I'm as pro-life as anyone, but what does this have to do with the duties of AG?
The AG's job is to enforce the laws that are on the books. The AG does not make the laws and he does not interpret the laws. He launches investigations and hauls people into court according to the laws already on the books.
Save your concern for judges and elected officials. You're wasing your time getting into a tizzy about the AG.
You can read the ruling here. A couple of excerpts:
Legislative intent is the polestar of statutory construction. Our role as judges requires that we put aside our own personal views of what we might like to see enacted, and instead do our best to discern what the Legislature actually intended. Once we discern the Legislature's intent we must put it into effect, even if we ourselves might have made different policy choices.Clearly, he was not pro-abortion in the matter, he was for strict constructionism and against judicial activism, which is a good thing. More on Gonzales:< snip>
It is important to appreciate that the Legislature adopted a statutory scheme that subordinates parental rights in the case of a mature and sufficiently well informed minor, even if the minor has an ideal relationship with her parents, and even if notifying the parents would not only not place the minor in emotional or physical danger, but may in fact be in her best interest. While the ramifications of such a law and the results of the Court's decision here may be personally troubling to me as a parent, it is my obligation as a judge to impartially apply the laws of this state without imposing my moral view on the decisions of the Legislature.
When Gonzales took his latest job, conservative lawyers in Washington were wary, even suspicious. Partly this was because he was not part of their inbred world. But Gonzales also had more of a reputation as a Bush loyalist than as a conservative. During his short time on the bench, he was considered a relative moderate — relative, that is, to Texas legal politics — and some of his votes deeply angered pro-lifers.Finally, the Christian Coalition and the Family Research Council have no problem with his nomination.But Gonzales has moved quickly and effectively to allay conservatives' concerns. First, he staffed his office with highly regarded conservatives, including former clerks to Clarence Thomas and former aides to Kenneth Starr. He picked Timothy Flanagan, a conservative and Justice Department veteran, as his deputy.
I am a prolife Texan and a regular defender of preborn children. However, you are fighting the wrong battle at the wrong time on this. Gonzalez is a fine conservative. He was outstanding on the TX Supreme Ct and he is a man of the people and culture of TX. He will bind up the wounds made by the previous AG (Ashcroft was a man of integrity but he was also unnecessarily confrontational). We don't need to shoot our own.
I have found that praying daily for the elected & appointed officials give me a great deal of peace. Trusting God means for me allowing HIM to work out how this appointment fits into HIS plan. That goes for Sen. Specter too.
Folks, this is a positive thing, not a negative thing.
Wake up!
Head fake. The AG is not where the Pro Life action is. Gonzales has been touted as a potential SC nominee. By putting him in as AG he removes him from that list. He lulls Dems to sleep with a moderate replacing Ashcroft.
Answer: Political cronyism is thicker than spiritual moralism.
You know there is a a very high price awaiting all who had a hand in making this Biblically defiant appointment.
I think, from a terrorism point of view as well as a person who Bush43 could trust and respect point of view, Bush43 has made a good choice.
bttt
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On the Texas Supreme Court, Gonzales ran afoul of anti-abortion activists in a case involving parental notification for minors seeking abortions. He agreed with the court majority that a 17-year-old girl qualified for an exemption from the requirement.
In his opinion, Gonzales wrote that the decision was "personally troubling to me as a parent," but that he had "an obligation as a judge to impartially apply the laws of this state without imposing my moral view." -- Source
What does the AG have to do with abortion?