James Dobson has entered spin mode.
On the Oct. 5 edition of his Focus on the Family radio show, Dobson discussed "confidential conversations" he had with friends and supporters of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers — conversations that led him to believe Miers was against abortion rights. In the same show, Dobson offered endorsed Miers' nomination.
"When you know some of the things I know — that I probably shouldn't know -- that take me in this direction, you'll know why I've said with fear and trepidation (that) I believe Harriet Miers will be a good justice."
Not surprisingly, the "confidential conversations" — later learned to be with embattled Senior White House Advisor Karl Rove — didn't sit well with Senators from both parties who sit on the Judiciary Committee. There was talk of Dobson being subpoenaed, and that Miers nomination could be scuttled because of White House assurances of how Miers would vote on abortion rights cases.
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This item first appeared at Journalists Against Bush's B.S.
Now Dobson is saying the conversations didn't reveal much.
In remarks scheduled for broadcast today on his national radio show, Dobson says that he and Rove did not discuss Roe v. Wade, the controversial Supreme Court decision that established a woman's right to end a pregnancy, or how Miers might judge abortion-related cases.
"I did not ask that question," Dobson said. "You know, to be honest, I would have loved to have known how Harriet Miers views Roe v. Wade. But even if Karl had known the answer to that — and I'm certain that he didn't, because the president himself said he didn't know — Karl would not have told me that. That's the most incendiary information that's out there, and it was never part of our discussion."
Article comments
1 - Steve S
53% believe the Supreme Court should base its rulings, in whole or in part, on the Constitution's current meaning, rather than on the meaning of the document when it was originally written. (46% take the original intent view and 1% are unsure.)
63% of the public want a new Supreme Court justice who "will keep the court about the same as it is now" or will "make the court more liberal." (30% want it more conservative.)
59% of the public are uneasy or unsure about Bush's picks for the Supreme Court. (41% are confident.)
65% of the American public believe Bush's priorities for the country are not the same as theirs.
Scott McClellan (10/7/05):
"The President has a long record of appointing people to the bench who are strict constructionists. That's what the American people want."
That's not true.
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Please Democrats, don't let us down.
2 - Silas Kain
Perhaps what we need is for SCOTUS to scrap Roe v. Wade. That will be the shot heard 'round the world. We're so complacent and just go along and let this government railroad us into anything that promotes individual agendas. The overturning of Roe v. Wade could be the straw that breaks the camel's back and causes Americans to take notice and finally do something about this rampantly corrupt and self-serving political system of ours. We've got a lot of nerve to expect other countries to hold fair elections and insure democracy when we can't even get an accurate vote count in these United States.
People like Dobson have tried to control Republican politics for far too long. The advancement of the fundamentalist right's agenda concerning a more conservative SCOTUS is the catalyst we need to shake up the system. By the time we were done, perhaps we would even TAX these low life scum sucking leeches who preach Jesus and let their bank accounts swell faster than Bill Clinton's privates at a Daughters of the American Revolution Convention.
3 - Michael J. West
Karl Rove really should stop with the confidential conversations. They're giving him nothing but trouble.