tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post111774957255236390..comments2024-03-26T12:23:35.307-05:00Comments on The Buck Stops Here: Bush on AbortionStuart Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1118935697139680292005-06-16T10:28:00.000-05:002005-06-16T10:28:00.000-05:00Thanks, anonymous. I wasn't aware that the phrase...Thanks, anonymous. I wasn't aware that the phrase originated with Neuhaus in 1994.Stuart Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1118716440283595892005-06-13T21:34:00.000-05:002005-06-13T21:34:00.000-05:00"Michael W. McConnell" signed the document......ju..."Michael W. McConnell" signed the document...<BR/><BR/>...just an observation to keep in mind, if Judge McConnell happens to be nominated to the Supreme Court.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1118612483111054762005-06-12T16:41:00.000-05:002005-06-12T16:41:00.000-05:00In the "While We're At It" section of the May, 199...In the "While We're At It" section of the May, 1994 edition of First Things, Father Neuhaus mentions, in passing, "the goal of the pro-life movement, that every unborn child be protected in law and welcomed in life." That is the first mention in First Things of anything similar to the "every unborn child" slogan. A version of the slogan appeared in an August 15, 1994 National Review article written by George Weigel and William Kristol, who do not give credit to Father Neuhaus for it but instead refer to it as something that they had previously said ("as we have said, every unborn child...."). If President Bush were obligated to give credit for the slogan based on the "We Hold These Truths" statement, it is unclear to whom he would give the credit. The "We Hold These Truths" statement was signed by 24 people when it was issued on July 4, 1997 and by 46 people when it was reprinted in First Things in October, 1997.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1118276346786349352005-06-08T19:19:00.000-05:002005-06-08T19:19:00.000-05:00Plagerism is fine in public life as long as one gi...Plagerism is fine in public life as long as one gives acknowledgement as I'm sure Bush would here. We're not making our President take finals, we're asking him to articulate public policy; and if someone else does it well, use their words.<BR/><BR/>I'm a computer programmer. If someone has already coded an algorithim, my boss would be upset if I started from scratch. Same thing here.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1117915201926319362005-06-04T15:00:00.000-05:002005-06-04T15:00:00.000-05:00Neuhaus (the editor of First Things), has spoken w...Neuhaus (the editor of First Things), has spoken with Bush on these issues several times, and says that he gave Bush the line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1117826063349876942005-06-03T14:14:00.000-05:002005-06-03T14:14:00.000-05:00I don't think it's either one. Bush or a speechwr...I don't think it's either one. Bush or a speechwriter obviously saw that phrase long ago, thought it sounded nice, and Bush has been using it ever since. But it's not as if Bush (or any politician) is expected to speak with footnotes for every turn of phrase.Stuart Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.com