Jailed Journalists

PNAM strongly objects to the recent jailing of New York Times journalist Judith Miller in her connection to the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame in July 2003. Judith Miller has been a consistent friend of the Bush administration. During the run up to the Iraq war, Ms. Miller did her patriotic duty by providing a necessary channel from the White House to the American people by publishing administration justifications for the invasion of Iraq. At the time, President Bush did not hold the mandate he now has, so it was absolutely necessary for the White House to mislead the population with reasons to go to war. Ms. Miller and others in the press provided the mouthpiece for the administration to make its case. It worked like a charm, as the American people fell into line with the WMD and Al Qaeda reasoning. Ms. Miller and her colleagues should be given medals for their service, not jail time.

Ms. Miller, and specifically Mr. Robert Novack appropriately leaked the name of Valerie Plame because she is the wife of U.S. enjoy Joseph Wilson. Mr. Wilson tried to discredit one of the Bush administration’s main reasons for the Iraq war, namely that Saddam Hussein tried to procure nuclear materials in Africa. This assertion was of course not true, but it served the march to war well in the eyes of the American people at a time when they needed to fall behind their president. It is likely that Karl Rove, presidential advisor to Bush, leaked the Plame name to the press, in retribution against Mr. Wilson. This was just revenge for Wilson’s action. It is true that naming a CIA operative is a felony under the 1982 identity protection federal law, but this law should be banned with the GOP now in control of the government.

PNAM condemns Patrick J. Fitzgerald, special prosecutor and U.S. attorney who has gone after Ms. Miller in this case. It is time that the Bush administration take care of Mr. Fitzgerald and allow for the seamless integration of the White House staff and American press. Our Christian country needs a united face as we take our righteous moral values around the globe.

Supreme Court Moment of Truth

PNAM joins the conservative community in praising God for the Sandra Day O’Connor resignation from the United States Supreme Court yesterday. Justice O’Connor has been a huge disappointment to the GOP since her appointment by Ronald Reagan. She has consistently been a middle of the road voice that has allowed social issues such a abortion rights, and gay rights to continue unabated. Now is the time to remind Mr. Bush of his campaign promise to appoint judges in the mold of Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, all staunch conservatives.

PNAM urges the President to appoint an evangelical Christian justice to the court. This justice need have only one prevailing qualification, belief in God and the ability to let God decide important social and policy decisions important to the majority of the country. Being a good judge is secondary to listening to God’s word.

With the right justice on the court, PNAM believes we can finally rid ourselves of Roe v. Wade and shut down abortion clinics across the country. We can institute a constitutional amendment outlawing gay marriage and all gay practices such as sodomy. But most importantly, the U.S. Supreme Court will finally be under direct and complete control of the Executive Branch, namely the White House, and specifically Mr. Bush and his GOP successor in 2008. With the GOP controlling the White House, the Legislative, and now the Judicial branches of government, the inefficient checks-and-balances will be no more.

With the Supreme court deciding what is truly right in God’s word, we can now march across the globe spreading our way of life, our moral values, and belief in our God to non-believers. We count on George W. Bush to make the right choice in the coming days and weeks.