The Jack Bauer Way

Seethe, liberal girly-men.

Get the job done, whatever the obstacles — that's the Jack Bauer way. And his creator doesn't waste time listening to conservatives who complain about the insuperable power of liberal bias in Hollywood (or anywhere else).

"Our job is not to whine. That's their job," Mr. Surnow told a college kid at Saturday's student leadership conference sponsored by the Young America's Foundation. "Our job is to succeed despite the adversity." Success despite adversity: The American dream, boiled down to three words. It's also the Jack Bauer way, and it is no accident that some of the biggest fans of "24" are guys who achieved impossible dreams, like the guy from Pin Point, Ga., who sits on the Supreme Court and the guy from Cape Girardeau, Mo., who reaches an audience of 20 million listeners, thanks to "talent on loan from God."

Rush Limbaugh and Justice Clarence Thomas know a thing or two about "can't never could." They know what it's like to be smeared and attacked by liberals who will tell any lie necessary to their pursuit of "social justice." Like Jack Bauer, Mr. Limbaugh and Justice Thomas didn't simply survive the attacks; they triumphed over their attackers, and their enemies will never forgive them for it.

Ditto, as Rush's fans might say, for the man who made Jack Bauer a household name. Surely the liberals seethe with rage every time "24" comes on their plasma screen, knowing that Mr. Surnow "A Republican? In Hollywood? How dare he!" becomes richer and more powerful with every episode.

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