Dobson's Dilemma

Dr. Dobson has a dilemma. Apparently this Focus on the Family evangelical Christian has been getting phone calls from U.S. Congressmen and other administration officials, including Karl Rove. Here's a link to his radio show on October 5, 2005:

http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Focus_on_the_Family/Archives.asp

During his radio broadcast, he seeks to reassure his listeners that Bush has made an "outstanding" decision in nominating Miers. He bases this on the fact that Bush "knows" Miers' heart (a scary thought), and that Dobson knows the person who "led" Miers to Christ, among other things.

Listening to this radio broadcast, Dobson probably reveals more about Miers than what's known by most Americans.

For example, Miers apparently said that she did not support the repeal of the Texas sodomy law. (Bad news for gays.)

Dobson also makes clear Bush's goals to reform the Supreme Court, and to "support life."

Particularly troubling to me is that our Congressmen are actually calling this conservative Christian asking him "WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?" They're not just asking his opinion, they're asking him what to do. Why should any U.S. Congressperson ask James Dobson how they should vote on this matter? This should raise a red flag to any American.

Dobson also is quite confidant that Miers will overturn Roe v Wade, that she will reform the Supreme Court according to Bush, and will not betray him.

Dobson said "this is about babies." Alarms should be going off in your head, now. Dobson is quite confidant that Miers will overturn Roe. He has to be, or he wouldn't sit there and say that "the blood of babies will be on my head if I'm wrong."

He also talks about "things he shouldn't know" about Miers, apparently told to him by Karl Rove. (Rove seems to be making a career of talking out of school - first he outs a CIA agent, now he's telling Dobson State secrets. Hasn't Rove ever heard "loose lips sink ships"?)

Dobson is a conceited, self-important man - even when he prays, he tells God what God thinks! Pride goeth before a fall.

Also troubling is that Dobson doesn't think he should have to tell anyone what Rove has told him, citing confidentiality. Bad news for Dobson. He may have a doctorate in psychology, but confidentiality does not extend to what someone other than a patient tells him, even in confidence. And even confidentiality within the confines of a client-therapist relationship has its parameters.

I hope Dobson is called to testify in Miers' nomination hearings. I'd like to see him refuse to testify before Congress on what Rove told him, citing confidentiality, because it won't hold up as a point of law.

The ball is in the Democrats' court again. Let's hope they don't pass on this one, like they did on Roberts. I can already hear the Songs of Lamentation.