What a Difference A Month Makes

October 12th, 2005

From Think Progress

      


        The Right, Religion and The Supreme Court: What a Difference a Month Makes             

USA
Today notes that since the White House hasn’t been able to convince its
allies to support its Supreme Court nominee, it has had “to add a dimension to its portrait of Miers,� namely, her religion.

White House ally and chief counsel to the American Center for Law and Justice, Jay Sekulow (described as one of the “four horseman� who helped Bush select Miers), has been publicly holding up Miers’s faith as a reason she should be confirmed:


[The Miers nomination is] a big opportunity for those of us who have a
conviction, that share an evangelical faith in Christianity, to see someone with our positions put on the court. — Jay Sekulow, 10/11/05

In so doing, Sekulow completely contradicted what he said exactly one month earlier about the Roberts nomination:


To make John Roberts’ faith an issue at the coming Senate confirmation hearings would not only be wrong, but a big mistake. — Jay Sekulow, 9/11/05


            

                         

And who says they're not a bunch of liars? The story always changes with their agenda. Pull out religion when needed to herd the sheep. Geez.

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4 Responses to “What a Difference A Month Makes”

  1. 1 Cass
    October 12th, 2005 at 10:34 pm

    Do you want me to explain the Roberts/meirs difference, or do ya just want a peaceful rant? ;)

  2. 2 Carla
    October 12th, 2005 at 11:37 pm

    Whichever you prefer! I’m honestly curious, because I don’t get it.

  3. 3 Cass
    October 13th, 2005 at 12:04 am

    Roberts was undoubtedly qualified. Super intelligent, brilliant, well-known etc, etc. Religion was an extra.

    With Meirs, we have an unknown. No paper trail, etc. So, (perceived) religion will play a bigger part.

    Err, what I am trying to say is that from a conservative standpoint, her religion may be all she’s got going for her.

    Frankly………well, it seems to me that I would rather rely on someone’s ability to correctly interpret the Constitution than theology, SCOTUS-wise. I think Roberts will do that successfully.

    I think you called it right in this case, Sekulow pulled out religion to get the sheep lined up. I am not defending that, just explaining why. FWIW, it’s not working as well as he and Dobson would like: conservatives are having a hard time getting behind this nomination. We do have some interesting theories about *why* she was the nominee, however, and most of them involve the word “pansy” at some point :)

  4. 4 Carla
    October 13th, 2005 at 12:15 am

    Oh speaking of Mr Dobson (a man I admitedly have little respect for, talk about herding the sheep!)
    Anyway…Too long to post here, but filled with links for back up
    http://www.liberaloasis.com/archives/100905.htm#101205

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