October 10, 2005
HOW MANY DIVISIONS DOES NRO COMMAND?:
Dr. Jerry Falwell Backing Harriet Miers For Supreme Court (John Graeber, October 6, 2005, The Chattanoogan)
Speaking to a gathering of Baptist ministers at the annual Southwide Baptist Fellowship at Highland Park Baptist Church, he said he stood behind President George W. Bush in supporting his second nominee to the Supreme Court.Breaking with many of his conservative allies, he called Ms. Miers a "woman of great character, and a lover of Christ."
He said he spoke with the President about the nomination and was reassured that she will be a reliably conservative justice. Mr. Falwell also stated he trusts President Bush's judgment and will work for Miers' nomination against what he sees as the hard-line Democratic opposition in the Senate, consisting mainly of Sens. Hillary Clinton, Edward Kennedy, Chuck Schumer and Richard Durban, who "would vote no on Jesus."
Posted by Orrin Judd at October 10, 2005 11:10 PM
"A lover of Christ"? That's just icky. Falwell's such a maroon.
Posted by: Twn at October 11, 2005 3:26 PMYep. Evangelicals talk that icky way, especially among themselves.
What I find fascinating is how opposition on the Right is so closely correlated with those who've never done anything but run their own mouths (and in the case of editors, the mouths of others). Those who've run businesses or organizations (like Falwell) or been senior bureaucrats or actually run and been elected, as a general rule, seem to be missing from the ranks of the shriekers. That's telling.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at October 11, 2005 6:29 PM