Where is the evidence?

Drudge:

MIERS FOUND CHRIST, TURNED REPUBLICAN

By 1979, Harriet Miers, then in her mid-30s, had accomplished what some people take a lifetime to achieve. She was a partner at Locke Purnell Boren Laney & Neely, one of the most prestigious law firms in the South.

But she still felt something was missing in her life.

The NEW YORK TIMES is set to splash the "something" on Page Ones on Wednesday, newsroom sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

It was after a series of long discussions with Nathan Hecht, a junior colleague and sweetheart, that led her to a decision that many of the people around her say changed Miers life.

"She decided that she wanted faith to be a bigger part of her life," Hecht said. "One evening she called me to her office and said she was ready to make a commitment," to accept Jesus Christ as her savior and be born again, Hecht said. Miers became an evangelical Christian and began identifying more with the Republican Party than with the Democrats who had long held sway over Texas politics. Developing...

If this is true, then I'm very happy for Harriet Miers and glad to have her as a Sister in Christ (though I am Catholic, not an Evangelical).

This tidbit isn't enough to convince me of her worthiness for the Supreme Court. It isn't enough to pull out the knife the President thrust into our collective Conservative back.

There are plenty of politicians out there who pretend to be True Believers, but are in stark contrast to what the Bible actually says, including Ted Kennedy, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and other supposed Catholics.

How has Harriet Miers been active as a Christian Republican? I want evidence, evidence to show me this is a sincere characteristic, not just a bone thrown to Conservatives so we get off the President's back.

And, where is the evidence that she is truly pro-life? We have an article here, also via Drudge, which states:

"She is on the extreme end of the anti-choice movement," said Lorlee Bartos, who managed Miers' first and only political campaign and said they discussed abortion once during the race.

Bartos said Miers told her she was "pro-choice in her youth" but underwent "a born-again, profound experience" that caused her to oppose abortion.

Again, nice, but where is the evidence, the so-called "paper trail"? One conversation does not prove anything.

Some conservatives drew some comfort from Miers' effort in 1993, while Texas State Bar president, to persuade the American Bar Association to abandon its abortion-rights stance in favor of a neutral position.

"The ABA is a place where there was an awful lot of liberal activism, so it took some courage for a woman to take the position she did," said Leonard Leo of the conservative Federalist Society.

"Conservatives should be very happy with this selection," he said.

A "neutral position" isn't exactly the same thing as "pro-life." I would rank it up there with the word "moderate" as a rather weak, wishy-washy place to be. It doesn't prove one way or the other what Harriet Miers believes about abortion.

A friend who worked with Miers on the unsuccessful ABA fight said he did not know her view on abortion.

"Harriet's position was strictly about the appropriateness of any bar association taking a position on something like that," said Dallas lawyer Darrell Jordan. "It had nothing to do whether she was pro-choice or pro-life. That was irrelevant to the issue."

In 1989, Miers donated $150 to the Texans for Life Coalition.

"Does this alone tell me she has a strong philosophical pro-life commitment? No," the group's president, Kyleen Wright, said. "Opinions can change."