I am starting to feel sorry for Doug Kmiec. After his most recent article for the L.A. Times in defense of Obama on abortion you got to wonder how deep of a hole he is willing to dig for himself. At the rate he is going he is going to run into copyright infringement on Jules Verne’s Journey ot the center of the earth.
I do wonder how he found himself in this predicament of going from a vocal Gov. Romney supporter to a vocal Sen. Obama supporter which is not exactly a normal progression. Though maybe it is not as hard to go from saying that Mitt Romney is now pro-life and had a pro-life conversion to saying that Sen. Obama is the best hope to reduce abortion. Though the defense of Romney is at least plausible.
Sometimes I get the sense that Kmiec went to Sen. Obama in a fit of pique instead of being willing to support McCain and he has been trying to justify himself ever since.
Now many of us probably have taking a position that we later realized was foolish, but were too prideful to admit our mistake. Though when you take such a public position, pride can really kick in to keep you from saying "What in the world was I thinking, boy did I screw up."
This is why I propose a "Witless Protection Program." The Witless Protection Program would take people who took really stupid public stances and relocate them to somewhere else in the United States and give them new names and new lives. U.S. Marshals would oversee the Witless Protection Program or Witless Security Program (WitlessSec) and make sure that the Witlesses stay our of political life or make future stupid public opinions.
I am sure that if Doug Kmiec was offered such a program he would surely avail himself of it. Surely it would be a relief to be able to stop defending Obama as someone who would actually reduce abortions. He wouldn’t have to explain how the The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) which Obama promised to sign as soon as presented to him which overrides all existing restrictions on abortion in the states will actually reduce abortion. So write your Senator and Congressmen and support the Witless Protection Program to help save so many like Professor Kmiec.
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Bravo!
The pique idea is a possibility. Up to now I’ve been figuring that Kmiec must have had an unguarded moment and let his mind drift under the influence of Obama’s rhetorical style, until it give him a thrill up the leg a la Chris Matthews.
Can we add Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden to the Witless Protection Program?
Would the USCCB be able to apply?
After the ACORN fiasco, I suspect the entire USCCB bureaucracy would be 1st in line.
Kmiec is a puzzle. He didn’t deteriorate into his position from a similar, but related, position. He embraced it as if he was zapped. He states positions for Obama that don’t match what folks can see/hear for themselves. It is like an old fairy-tale “glamour.”
He must be angling for a big job in the Obama administration. It will be funny if all he gets is an autographed photo and a Christmas card.
With McCain winning the nomination and the early, smart money not being on Romney for VP, Kmiec had to jump to the Obamessiah if he had any hope of becoming Attorney General. Obama gets a Republican Catholic to run interference on abortion and to look like he has some bipartisan cred and Kmiec gets a cut of power and prestige and a big bankroll after leaving.
I always respected Kmiec’s legal acuman and theological devotion. I cannot explain his support for Obama, except that I believe it derives from Kmiec’s personal antipathy for the Iraq War and with the neoconservative agenda. I can only conclude that he considers that a radical departure from the neocon agenda (such as electing Obama) is the best possible hope for the ultimate future of the Republican Party.