"Father Of Conservatism" Speaks Out

Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of American Target Advertising, pioneered ideological and political direct mail and has been called “the funding father of the conservative movement” for his role in forming dozens of conservative organizations. He has released his statement on the nomination regarding the nomination of Meirs to SCOTUS through ConservativeHQ.com : Conservatives Feel Betrayed: “President Bush Blinks on Supreme Court Nominees” “Congratulations are due to Ralph Neas, Nan Aron, and Chuck Schumer for going toe-to-toe with President Bush and forcing him to blink,” said conservative activist Richard A. Viguerie. “Liberals have successfully cowed President Bush by scaring him off from nominating a known conservative, strict constructionist to the Court, leaving conservatives fearful of which direction the Court will go.” “President Bush desperately needed to have an ideological fight with the Left to redefine himself and re-energize his political base, which is in shock and dismay over his big government policies,” Viguerie added. “With their lack of strong, identifiable records, President Bush’s choices for Supreme Court nominees seem designed more to avoid a fight with the extreme Left than to appeal to his conservative base,” lamented Viguerie. Many conservatives worry that without verifiable records, President Bush’s Supreme Court nominees will be more like the liberal Justice Souter than the conservative, strict constructionists Scalia and Thomas. Remembering and still dismayed about how his father, President George H. W. Bush (the 41st), lied to conservatives and American voters by saying he was a conservative and expressly stating he would not raise taxes, conservatives fear President George W. Bush (the 43rd) has done the same by failing to nominate well-known conservative, strict constructionists to the U.S. Supreme Court. “President Bush has presided over the largest growth in government since Lyndon Johnson, and now he appears willing to lose all credibility with conservative voters by failing to fulfill his campaign vow to nominate an openly Scalia- or Thomas-like justice,” Viguerie concluded. Conservatives are also exceedingly disappointed in the Republican Leadership in Congress as well. Conservatives will now begin to seriously consider why they should continue to give their support –money, labor, and votes – to Republican politicians who take their conservative base for granted by continually lying to them. Are we seeing the rapid rise of a Conservative group movement to kill this nomination? It certainly looks that way. As you very well know from the tone of this blog, I have no love for the right-wing conservatives. But I do understand how they can see this as an ultimate betrayal by King George. They have been waiting for about 25 years to get into the position of taking control of the courts. By fully supporting and pushing for Bush to take over the Presidency they felt for certain that he was their saviour. Now it looks as if he has totally turned his back on their ideals, and he has. After all he doesn't need them now since he is no longer facing any elections. He has shown his true colors, and his true goals - POWER, and MONEY. It certainly is a good thing he no longer needs their support, because the way it looks now he couldn't even get elected dog catcher.