“You were right about him ... you were right!"

From a new column by Dr. Paul Kengor:

Rudman had pushed the Souter nomination. He ensured liberal colleagues that Souter was their guy. Rudman, a pro-choice Republican, had been Souter’s boss at the New Hampshire office of attorney general. He privately concluded that Souter would not vote against Roe. Rudman’s reasons, which he acknowledged only after he left the Senate, ranged from the legal to humanitarian: Given that Souter was “a compassionate human being,” averred Rudman, he would naturally support continued legalization of abortion—which has produced the deaths of over 40 million unborn babies since 1973.

But Rudman’s allies on the Democratic side weren’t so sure. And Rudman had to walk a fine line, since his pro-life president wanted a pro-life justice. So, Rudman quietly sought to assuage liberals. He urged them to trust him.

That silent trust was critical, since Souter’s position on abortion had to be dealt with stealthily. In fact, it was handled so delicately that the nominee’s true thinking was apparently unknown even to the White House.

Alas, with Casey v. Planned Parenthood, America had its answer, as Souter authorized the sanctity of Roe v. Wade.

As fate would have it, on that same day Senator Rudman and Senator Joe Biden bumped into each other at the train station, not in Washington, DC but in Wilmington, Delaware.

“At first, I didn’t see Joe; then I spotted him waving at me from far down the platform,” Rudman later recorded in his memoirs, 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.”

An ecstatic Biden wept tears of joy, telling Rudman over and over: “You were right about him [Souter]! ... You were right!”

The two men were so jubilant, so giddy—practically dancing—that Rudman said onlookers thought they were crazy: “[B]ut we just kept laughing and yelling and hugging each other because sometimes, there are happy endings.”

It was sheer bliss: Roe v. Wade had been saved; it was alive. The two senators, liberal Democrat and liberal Republican, were so overcome that they sobbed. It was the most joyous moment.

Thanks to David Souter, Rudman celebrated: “The combined efforts of the Reagan and Bush administrations and the religious right to overthrow Roe had been defeated, probably for good.”

Read the entire column. It's enough to make a school girl blush—but only if she isn't a politician. Of course, the tears shed by the two senators must have been for show only since it has been said ad nauseum for months, if not years, that it is foolish to wish or try to overturn Roe v. Wade, one of the most sacred events known to (late 20th century) man. Sure, those who say Roe v. Wade will not, cannot, and must not ever be overturned are usually staunch supporters of that decision. But as Rudman's own account demonstrates, such folks are nothing if not trustworthy. Abortion: it brings liberals together while tearing babies apart.

Comments

[Jack]

What a touching story. I wonder if they'll enjoy recounting it in front of God and the millions of Americans who never got to see the light of day thanks to people like them, who made it safely out of the womb. In the words of Dickens, Oh to hear the insect on the leaf pronouncing on the the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust.

[Maria]

How sad and nauseating! It gets harder and harder to see Jesus Christ in people like Biden....that a person could be that joyful over tearing babies apart, I just can't understand it. I'm tired of being told that you can't judge a person even when their actions show what they are. I know, I know only God can judge their soul and I'm so glad it's his job but still......Here in Delaware we are now stuck with a wimpy Bishop who is afraid to tell Biden to abstain from communion. But what communion does Biden take, he is in communion with noone but himself. The Devil's legions just keep growing. The waiting room to hell is getting bigger and bigger.

May God help us all!

[Jackson]

"We started running through the crowd toward each other, and when we met, we embraced, laughing and crying.”

My goodness. It sounds like some sort of warped hybrid of Gone With The Wind and Brokeback Mountain.

[Jack]

The sad thing is, I can totally see Biden doing it. He's the world's biggest ham.