From the Heart: Dobson Explains His Support for SCOTUS Nominee, His Trust in Bush

American Family Association ^ | 6 October 2005 | Jody Brown

[Aussie Dasher]

Another BIG tick for Harriet!!!

[thoughtomator]

OK I am sold. I will support President Bush's pick for SCOTUS based on trust alone - how bad could Souter really be?

[NeoCaveman]

I heard Dobson on the radio. He knows something. I suspect he's talked to Harriet's pastor :)

[Betaille]

I'm sure she is a commited christian, but that is not in and of itself qualification to be on the supreme court, and it certainly doesn't make her the best choice for conservatives. The fact that she's over 60 should bother people more than it is. That fact alone indicates to me that Bush is not looking to change the supreme court long-term. Seems like a placeholder.

[Betaille]

"support President Bush's pick for SCOTUS based on trust alone - how bad could Souter really be?"

That's exactly what I got out of this also. She was recommended to Dobson by people he trusts... SO WHAT?! Why would I trust an anonymous friend of Dobson with a supreme court nomination? This is far less convincing than Bush saying to trust him (which I also don't find sufficiently convincing).

[acapesket]

They are already planning on supeoning him, Leaky Leahy that is said it on Fox News. Why doesn't Dobson know when to shut up?

[jla]

AIM says reports that the Supreme Court nominee is on record supporting the establishment of the International Criminal Court and homosexual adoptions are erroneous... "There's no evidence for the charge," says AIM's Cliff Kincaid, adding that the "documents" allegedly supporting the reports have been "seriously distorted by WorldNetDaily and other outlets."

...and she prays, tithes at her Church.
Yep, sounds like another Souter to me.

[Casekirchen]

Wow, now Dobson AND the Democats think she's a good nominee. Thats good enough for me.




\sarc

[NeoCaveman]

They are already planning on supeoning him, Leaky Leahy that is said it on Fox News. Why doesn't Dobson know when to shut up?

Well, if GWB thought he could avoid a fight, it's the greatest miscalculation since New Coke.

:D

[Cicero]

Dobson concluded by saying that if he is wrong on the nomination of Harriett Miers, he will come before the microphone and "repent."

That's fine for him. But if she turns out to be another disaster, how would that remove her from the court? The lives of millions of unborn children are on the line here.

[Theresawithanh]

Wow, and I thought the reaction to Judge Roberts here on FR was bad! It's getting so tiresome reading the replies to these threads on Ms. Miers. Many of the posters who are against her seem stuck on Souter. I am not saying that's not an important consideration, but can we wait a little while longer, when we know much more about her, to wail and gnash our teeth?

Sometimes I think FR has done a "Freaky Friday" thing and transformed itself into DU.

[advance_copy]

I've been listening to Dr. Dobson for twenty years and he has never let me down.

[JCEccles]

Everything Dobson said is true about a couple of my great aunts, too. But they are only marginally less qualified to sit on the Supreme Court than Miers is.

As I see it, Miers is at best a vote and a place-holder, perhaps for as long as 20 years. She is out of her league. Scalia (and perhaps Roberts) will have to do the heavy lifting for the right for most things. Thomas will continue to knock it out of the park on state-federal issues. Miers will just be along for the ride.

[FreeReign]

Reports Distorted, Says AIM Meanwhile, the watchdog group Accuracy in Media says some members of the conservative media are distorting portions of Harriett Mier's record. AIM says reports that the Supreme Court nominee is on record supporting the establishment of the International Criminal Court and homosexual adoptions are erroneous. "There's no evidence for the charge," says AIM's Cliff Kincaid, adding that the "documents" allegedly supporting the reports have been "seriously distorted by WorldNetDaily and other outlets."

Distorted reports? That's sounds like what the MSM uses. Why are so-called conservatives dealing in misinformation?

And should it escape anybodies attention that here is a clear cut example of a report that uses misinformation to make Mier look like a lefty.

[Rodney King]

Sometimes I think FR has done a "Freaky Friday" thing and transformed itself into DU.

Me too. There are a huge number of people here who aren't particulalry concerned about whether or not his nominee ia a strong originalist constitutional scholar.

[supercat]

As I see it, Miers is at best a vote and a place-holder, perhaps for as long as 20 years. She is out of her league. Scalia (and perhaps Roberts) will have to do the heavy lifting for the right for most things. Thomas will continue to knock it out of the park on state-federal issues. Miers will just be along for the ride.

Perhaps, but another thing to consider is that Bush's pick here may affect who decides to retire in the next three years. If Bush managed to install a solid conservative, Ginsburg might be more apt to try to outlast Bush than if she sees someone more moderate.

[coconutt2000]

The nomination of Miers was an invitation to a fight in which the President had seized the high ground.

The Democrats lose if they don't fight her, and they lose if they fight her.

For the President it is a win-win situation. The only miscalculation the President made was in the solidarity among conservatives... or rather the lack of it.

[Preacher777]

Yep ... can't trust the President to want to change the court ... although all the other judges he has sent up to be confirmed were conservatives!
Can't trust Dobson either ... although no one has ever charged him with untruthfulness ... and he has in the past said the President was wrong on issues ... but hey, you're right! Can't trust him either!!
Maybe if the President would have spoken to you first and shown you all of the cards in his hand ... yeah, that's what he should have done! It's all the President's fault!!

[uncbob]

Problem with Dobson and too many others are basing their support because she is a Born Again

Roe VS Wade should be overturned because it is an abomination and twisting of the constitution NOT on a religious basis

I could care less if she is a atheist as long as she is a constitutionalist ( though at this point in our history it has been violated so much I really wonder if it matters
Social Security--Medicare--Federal Education etc etc are all outrages but don't look for them to be voided )

[Theresawithanh]

"Me too. There are a huge number of people here who aren't particulalry concerned about whether or not his nominee ia a strong originalist constitutional scholar."

And how do we know whether she is or not? All I'm asking, which may be entirely too much for some here, is to give it a rest, give it awhile, get to know more about her, and then we can all jump on that darned ol' President Bush for disappointing us all *once again*.