I Don't Trust You
Government should never ask the people to simply trust them as
an excuse to move forward with anything. And the people should
never grant government trust for the sole reason that it is
government. Such requests for and grants of trust are the key to
creating a lazy population ripe to be pillaged and enslaved by
ideologies unkind to liberty.
First conservatives were asked to trust that John Roberts is the
Constitutionalist we were promised by President Bush on the
campaign trail. Despite a minimal paper trail there was at least
enough information to give us strong hope that years from now we
can look back and say he was a good choice. But it is only a
strong hope and not a firm belief.
Now we have another candidate up for a lifetime appointment to
the Supreme Court with an even more minimal record and what
little there is causes some concern. Once again President Bush
is asking us to place our trust in him.
To say that I may be running a little short on trust at this
point would be accurate. Not that I ever had much trust even for
an administration that I voted for twice. To say that I am
deeply concerned that I am being asked to keep trusting my
President on blind faith would be more accurate still.
I've never been one to blindly follow anyone or accept what they
say without looking into it even if I did vote for them. This of
course will come as a shock to those on the left who like to
project their own lemming attitudes onto those that disagree
with them. And I am not ready to jump in line behind a nominee
to what is currently a activist court who has little track
record on important issues.
President Bush has faltered and betrayed those that believed in
him by signing Campaign Finance Reform which was so obviously
unconstitutional and failing to secure America's borders among
other things. So forgive me if I cannot seem to muster an
enthusiastic response to Ms. Miers' as a nominee.
The only thing that gives me hope in this situation is that so
far most of President Bush's other nominees to the courts have
been rock ribbed conservatives that make Teddy Kennedy, Chuck
Shumer, and Harry Reid squirm with anxiety. But when John
Roberts had a limited paper trail to convince Americans of his
conservative and constitutional views and when there are so many
known quantities out there to be nominated why play games of
stealth?
I've waited. I've waited to hear why Ms. Miers was the best
choice. I wanted to give supporters of her nomination and chance
to explain why she is qualified. And still every "reason'' comes
down to "trust me".
The left is on the ropes. It is time to keep up the pressure.
And it is time to make them squirm by continuing to hit them
with who we really are and not sneaking around in the shadows.
Conservatives are the American majority. And its time we start
acting like it. It's time to start reclaiming America and stop
pussy footing around.