So much for Dobson’s principles

October 27, 2005

Just two weeks ago, reemphasizing his support for Harriet Miers, James Dobson made a point of explaining that his endorsement of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court was not being offered casually.

“If I have made a mistake here,” Dobson said, “I will never forget the blood of those babies that will die that will be on my hands to some degree. That’s why I don’t take this lightly.”

He acknowledged the Miers nomination had “angered and disillusioned many Christian conservatives, many of my friends, many whom I love and have worked with for years.”

But asking if it makes any sense that President George W. Bush would sabotage the base of conservatives who worked and gave and supported him, Dobson answered his own question with a resounding — “I don’t believe it!”

Two weeks later, Dobson wants everyone to know he never really meant all of that unambiguous support he offered.

“I believe the president has made a wise decision in accepting Harriet Miers’ withdrawal as a nominee to the Supreme Court.

“In recent days I have grown increasingly concerned about her conservative credentials, and I was dismayed to learn this week about her speech in 1993, in which she sounded pro-abortion themes, and expressed so much praise for left-wing feminist leaders.

“When the president announced this nominee, I expressed my tentative support, based on what I was able to discover about her. But I also said I would await the hearings to learn more about her judicial philosophy. Based on what we now know about Miss Miers, it appears that we would not have been able to support her candidacy. Thankfully, that difficult evaluation is no longer necessary.”

Even by Dobson standards, this kind of amateur hackery is embarrassing. He expressed “tentative support”? Wrong, he offered unequivocal praise. He “would not have been able to support her candidacy”? Wrong; he had already endorsed her.

This is just sad.

Now we can only hope that the right-wing attack dogs will tear him apart for supporting her.

  • This guy is a total buffoon. I can’t believe that after the sheer hypocrisy of all his blatherings, people even give him the time of day. His agenda is clear, and equally clear is his willingness to equivocate in order to further that agenda. That our pathetic administration panders to such idiocy is disgusting. What disturbs me most since the Bush gang came to town is that we seem to have an increasing acceptance of such behavior. We are consistently fed bullshit and seem to have no problem digesting it. Perhaps that tide is turning now, but I worry that it is undermined by the efforts of delusional jackasses such as Brooks and Tierney at the NYTimes to find excuses for what each day is becoming more clear. The administration has been disregarding the truth, and providing us instead with contrivances and fancy marketing tactics. We are being led by a lifelong failure, who is just doing what he always does – wing it, hope that jokes and signs of machismo will get you by, while getting as much help from people as you can, even though you dont understand at all the implications of what they are telling you. The inevitable result — notch another set of failures into your belt, all the while blaming it on someone else. The next failure will be the realization that the the economic performance he so highIy touts is simply a result of a giveaway of the country to the rich. Incomes for more than 80% of households have been falling since he took office. His appointment of Bernanke, whose denials of a housing bubble are patently ridiculous, just compounds the problem. The housing bubble is the only thing that is keeping most of that 80% afloat, and now that prices growth is slowing, the real trouble will start. Oh wait, YOU probably took out an interest only loan too. Funny that loan doesnt look so good when prices stop rising and your income is stagnating. Hmmm.

  • Is Mr. Dobson a Christian? YES he is. Should his program had tax-free exemption? NO! Does he have any a special knowledge? NO! Was he elected to any office NO ! Does he have anything to say about how the government is run, except his one vote to cast? NO !!
    So please disregard Mr. Dobson and his comments.

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