Pat Strikes Again

Our favorite "misrepresentative" of Christianity, Pat Robertson, struck again on Thursday. He was upset about the level of criticism that Harriet Miers, Bush's Supreme Court nominee, has received. He said, "Now they're going to turn against a Christian who is a conservative picked by a conservative president and they're going to vote against her for confirmation? Not on your sweet life, if they want to stay in office." Apparently, he thinks that being Christian and conservative are the only necessary qualifications for a Supreme Court justice. Somehow the concept of whether Harriet Meiers has any judicial experience is irrelevant to Mr. Robertson. With the exception of some liberal Democrats, I don't think most senators are opposed to Ms. Miers's appointment based on the fact that she's a Christian. And conservative Republicans aren't opposed to her because she is conservative. Most of the opposition is due to her never having sat on a bench in her life.