Decrepit Old Fool

James Dobson does a really great job talking about family dynamics from a fundamentalist Christian point of view.  Unfortunately he has also become a force in politics, wielding tremendous power for his anti-science agenda.  And now he has made it clear that his allegiance to this country comes second to his ideology:

Dobson, the influential founder of the conservative evangelical group Focus on the Family, has said he is supporting Miers’ nomination in part because of something he has been told but cannot divulge.

He has acknowledged speaking with Karl Rove, Bush’s political adviser, about the president’s pick before it was announced.

On Tuesday, Dobson said, “When you know some of the things that I know that I probably shouldn’t know you will understand why I have said … that I believe Harriet Miers will be a good justice.”
- Houston Chronicle: Evangelical Leader’s comments on Miers spur interest

So you know something, James?  Something pertinent to Miers’ nomination that you are not sharing with the rest of us?  And you’re gloating about it?! 

And the man fancies himself a patriot.

Notes:

• See also, Boston Globe: Dobson spiritual empire wields political clout

• Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Dobson and the Miers nomination, and Bork bashes Miers nomination (containing a good post-discussion of the term; “activist judges”), and Anti-intellectualism and the Miers nomination.
• ***Dave, Swell.
• Here’s What’s Left: Strict Constructionist