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< | '''Mickey Edwards''' is Director of the [[Constitution Project]], Vice President of the [[Aspen Institute]] teaching a course for elected officials, and a faculty member at [[George Washington University]]. He wrote ''Reclaiming Conservatism'' and focuses on conservative renewal. After leaving Congress, he was on the faculty at [[Harvard University]] and the [[Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University]]. | ||
From 1977 to 1993, he was in [[U.S. House of Representatives]], ([[U.S. Republican Party|R-]][[Oklahoma]]) and Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee (1989-1993). | |||
Former National Chairman of the [[American Conservative Union]], he was a founder of the [[Heritage Foundation]]. | |||
==Law and terrorism== | |||
He signed the "[[Beyond Guantanamo]] petition, and called for a "truth commission", modeled after the Rockefeller and Church committees that investigated [[Central Intelligence Agency]] abuses in the 1970s. <ref name=Pol>{{citation | |||
| title = A truth commission? It's a start | author = Mickey Edwards | |||
| url = http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20029.html | |||
| journal = Politico | |||
| date = 16 March 2009}}</ref> | |||
In 2010, in [[The Atlantic]], he reflected on his essays as a student on the subject of "What America Means to Me." Commenting on the [[Keep America Safe]]'s "Al-Qaeda Seven" campaign, he said, of [[William Kristol]] and [[Liz Cheney]], that "They insult generations of American conservatives by having the gall to call themselves conservatives; they are statists, pure and simple, dismissive of law, dismissive of the Constitution, dismissive of freedoms..." | |||
"What might Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol say in such an essay? They do not love America; they do not love its values or the very fundamental principles that set it apart. They love power, not freedom (even the neocons, in whose ranks they profess to serve, would be shocked by their disdain for democracy and liberty). When we are in a particularly puckish mood, some of us who are conservatives say that liberals really want to turn America into France. I will say this for Cheney and Kristol: they do not want to turn America into France. They want to turn it into China. "<ref name=Atl2010-03-10>{{citation | |||
| url = http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/03/the-unbelievers-part-ii/37296/ | |||
| journal = [[The Atlantic]] | |||
| title = The Unbelievers, Part II | |||
| date = 10 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist|2}} | |||
Revision as of 22:34, 10 March 2010
Mickey Edwards is Director of the Constitution Project, Vice President of the Aspen Institute teaching a course for elected officials, and a faculty member at George Washington University. He wrote Reclaiming Conservatism and focuses on conservative renewal. After leaving Congress, he was on the faculty at Harvard University and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.
From 1977 to 1993, he was in U.S. House of Representatives, (R-Oklahoma) and Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee (1989-1993).
Former National Chairman of the American Conservative Union, he was a founder of the Heritage Foundation.
Law and terrorism
He signed the "Beyond Guantanamo petition, and called for a "truth commission", modeled after the Rockefeller and Church committees that investigated Central Intelligence Agency abuses in the 1970s. [1]
In 2010, in The Atlantic, he reflected on his essays as a student on the subject of "What America Means to Me." Commenting on the Keep America Safe's "Al-Qaeda Seven" campaign, he said, of William Kristol and Liz Cheney, that "They insult generations of American conservatives by having the gall to call themselves conservatives; they are statists, pure and simple, dismissive of law, dismissive of the Constitution, dismissive of freedoms..."
"What might Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol say in such an essay? They do not love America; they do not love its values or the very fundamental principles that set it apart. They love power, not freedom (even the neocons, in whose ranks they profess to serve, would be shocked by their disdain for democracy and liberty). When we are in a particularly puckish mood, some of us who are conservatives say that liberals really want to turn America into France. I will say this for Cheney and Kristol: they do not want to turn America into France. They want to turn it into China. "[2]
References
- ↑ Mickey Edwards (16 March 2009), "A truth commission? It's a start", Politico
- ↑ "The Unbelievers, Part II", The Atlantic, 10 March 2010