James Dobson, my hero.

I don't know if it's just a big news day or that I have nothing better to do at the moment, but here goes another one:

The "activist judge" and "obstructionist" arguments were two that I heard on the trail numerous times, too many to count. It's such a bs argument, one that we had numerous talking points for, but one that people were nevertheless unconvinced by. Now Senator Frist is appearing on religious tv and drawing a line between judicial nominees and religion? WTF?

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist delivered a taped speech Sunday to a nationwide broadcast in which Christian conservatives, during other segments, attacked Democratic senators for blocking judicial nominees described in the program as "people of faith."

Frist (R-Tenn.) avoided religious references in his six-minute video for "Justice Sunday," which sponsors said reached 61 million households. The hour-long telecast drew criticism from Democrats and some religious groups who said its theme inappropriately injected religion into a heated debate over the filibustering of some of President Bush's most conservative court nominees.

You want your court nominees to make it through, that's fine. You want them to be extremely ideological, and on your side, that's fine too. It happens. But you cannot fucking convince me that the Senate, which has the ride to avise and consent, cannot filibuster these extremist judges, so ideologically out of anywhere resembling a mainstream. You also cannot tell me that the Senate's leader is going to go onto a religious television show run by one of the demagogueist of the demagogues, James Dobson, and proselytize. You're going to say that Christians want these judges and no one else does? That Christians believe these judges are right, and that no other religion wants them, or that anyone who does not agree with them are not Christian? Fuck, man. What happened to separation of church and state? Manipulation and demagoguery were supposed to go out of style in the All the King's Men, George Wallace days...not supposed to continue into Reagan and Bush II.

James Dobson, chairman of Focus on the Family, spoke from the church's pulpit and criticized the Supreme Court, seven of whose nine members were named by Republican presidents. The court's majority, Dobson said, "are unelected and unaccountable and arrogant and imperious and determined to redesign the culture according to their own biases and values, and they're out of control."

The court's majority does not care "about the sanctity of life," he said. Pornography is a growing problem, he said, "plus this matter of judicial tyranny to people of faith, and that has to stop."

You hear that Dobson??? 7 of 9 were selected by REPUBLICANS. AND I'm fairly certain several were chosen by a man that you probably wouldn't consider conservative enough, one Ron Reagan.

Frist's role in the broadcast drew criticism.

"I think Senator Frist may have made as big a strategic political blunder in embracing Justice Sunday as he did in the Terri Schiavo case," said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. He was referring to Congress's effort to intercede in a brain-damaged Florida woman's case, which polls showed to be unpopular.

"The people he's dealing with are not going to rest until there's a constitutional Armageddon in which the religious right controls all three branches of government," Lynn said.

Now there's a Reverend I could hug. There is a religious left, people, and it's good men such as Reverend Lynn, Reverend Jim Wallis, the creator of Sojourners and everyday Christians, Catholics, Muslims and Jews. Not every God-fearing or God-loving religious American falls prey to the endearingly blasphemous, insulting, proselytizing, corrupting, hatred-filled words of Mr. Dobson and his brethren.

But wait, there's more...? Compromise? Why?

Meanwhile Sunday, there were hints of a possible compromise. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, told ABC News's "This Week": "I think we should compromise and say to them that we're willing to -- of the seven judges -- we'll let a number of them go through, the two most extreme not go through, and put off this [rule-change] vote."

Now, I understand the motives behind such a compromise. Save some face. Allow this 'nuclear option' to be pulled off the table...but wtf...these are all extremist judges. All seven. Not just one or two. The republicans are losing this battle. Public opinion from their own polls has been leaked and shows under-40% support. Why give them this one? If I were Reid, I would not be interested in compromising on this issue. Republicans want to attempt to enact the nuclear option? Fine, fuck you. It's hardball, and giving in on this issue should not be an option.