Have you read about his fight for civil rights of Black Americans? His fight against the KKK.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Gary L. Bauer, Chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, called for Senate Democrats to stop their hijacking of the nomination of Federal District Judge Charles Pickering. "The 'Borking' of Judge Pickering is simply unconscionable," Bauer said.
The former presidential candidate made the following statement: "Senate Democrats are so desperate to protect the liberal stranglehold over the federal judiciary that they are willing to slander an honorable man. But don't take my word for it. Even the Washington Post, not exactly know for its conservative views, said in its own editorial, '…the attack on Judge Pickering has become an ugly affair.' The Post went on to call the racial accusations against Judge Pickering, 'particularly unfair,' and ended by saying that the character assassination of Judge Pickering by Senate Democrats was '…the latest example of the degradation of the confirmation process.'
"The fact is Judge Pickering is supported by many African-American civil rights leaders in Mississippi - the people who know him best. Supporters of his confirmation include Charles Evers, brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Michael Moore, the Democratic Attorney General of Mississippi, and Democrat Frank Hunger, Al Gore's brother-in-law.
"To slander a man as 'racially insensitive' who in Mississippi in the 1960s, testified against a leader of the KKK, who sent his children to public schools during the height of the desegregation battles, and who has worked to increase investment in the African-American community, is preposterous.
"Furthermore, Judge Pickering was unanimously confirmed to his current federal court position in 1990. Four senators currently on the Judiciary Committee, Senators Leahy, Kennedy, Biden, and Kohl, voiced no concerns about Judge Pickering in 1990. Their current hypocrisy in opposing Judge Pickering is nothing more than the callous political calculations of petty partisans at its worst.
"If we allow these disgusting tactics to prevail, Judge Pickering's accusers will be emboldened and future nominees will be viciously slandered and unfairly savaged. We must not allow the 'politics of personal destruction' to hijack the confirmation process. I urge Senate Republicans to force a floor vote using every procedural method at their disposal."
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