The Faith of Ms. Miers
Over at Get Religion, T. Mattingly has a nice overview of several stories touching on the religious statements or views of the new Supreme Court nominee, Harriet Miers. One story has her on “the extreme end of the anti-choice movement”; the quote dates from 1989 and sounds like how a pro-choicer describes a pro-lifer. Her minister is quoted describing her as “an outstanding Christian woman.” As a whole, the post makes it harder to understand why the conservative right is making noise about the current nomination and the liberal left is, for the moment, rather quiet about it. As long as you’re over at GR, go read another post about Ms. Miers, Pres. Bush, and jumping the shark (a new phrase for me).
What? You’ve never heard of jumping the shark? TV shows do it regularly… (maybe blogs too?) Who knew the Fonz would be best remembered for his lamest move…
Comment by Geoff J — October 5, 2005 @ 1:08 am
Blogs definitely jump the shark. As evidence, you need only check out the last couple of weeks at Banner of Heaven. My prediction: crash and burn soon to follow.
Comment by Randy B. — October 5, 2005 @ 10:02 am