OK I am sold. I will support President Bush's pick for SCOTUS based on trust alone - how bad could Souter really be?
"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).
July 8, 1981, Wednesday, AM cycle
SECTION: Washington News
BYLINE: By WESLEY G. PIPPERT
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
In Texas, television evangelist James Robison expressed his support for Mrs. [Sandra Day] O'Connor based on a conversation Tuesday with presidential counselor Edwin Meese.
A Robison aide said Meese told the evangelist:
''Sandra O'Connor thinks abortion is abhorrent and is not in favor of it. She agrees with the president on abortion. There was a time when she was sympathetic toward the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) movement, but the more she studied and found out about it, the more she changed her mind.
''She is very conservative ... Sandra O'Connor assured the president that she was in agreement with him and she totally supports pro-family issues and the Republican platform.''
Looks like the Administration damage-control team is in high gear. I'm sure they'll be parading all kinds of apologists out during the next few weeks. I wonder what it will cost us taxpayers?
For me it is not of a question of whether I trust the President. There was no president I trusted more in my lifetime than Ronald Reagan, and two out of three of his (confirmed) picks were um... disappointing.