Starr and Dobson on Miers

The national conversation over the Miers nomination is getting curiouser and curiouser.  As Steve pointed out earlier, the Bush Administration is heading into some troubled waters by playing the faith card on Miers.  Witness Bush's comments yesterday.  More striking was a conversation I heard on the Focus on the Family radio program yesterday between James Dobson and Kenneth Starr.  I can't find a written transcript, but I wrote down a rough transcript of some key excerpts:

Dobson: Do you believe [Miers] is pro-life and pro-family . . . ?

Starr: [She is] a person of very deep faith.  She is an evangelical Christian.  Her own faith journey is a very intriguing and revealing one, and that is a story that those in the Christian community should be comforted by.  This is someone who as a mature adult -- not the way she was raised so that's the way I am -- this is a mature adult, a professional, who came to a very strong belief and commitment . . . this set of beliefs and committments means she is going to hold fast to traditional values.

Dobson: You are convinced she has a very personal faith in Jesus Christ?

Starr: I do . . . This should be a source I think of great comfort and assurance to people who are in the household of faith around the country.

(You can listen to the full conversation here by clicking on the Oct. 12 broadcast.)

Rob