Posted on 10/10/2007 3:07:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Conservative evangelical leader Dr. James Dobson admits that a third-party plan supported by pro-family leaders might unintentionally help elect democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
The influential pro-family advocate still contends, however, that he would rather vote following his values than compromise and be forced to choose between two pro-choice candidates.
“We’re very, very concerned about the implications of a Hillary Clinton presidency, but you know, we have been working … for 35 years, I’ve been trying to defend the unborn child,” Dobson said on Fox’s Hannity & Colmes show Monday.
“That’s been my life. That’s been my belief, along with marriage and the family and the other things. I can’t now abandon that because we’ve got two bad choices here.”
Currently leading the Democratic race and Republican race are New York senator Hillary Clinton and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, respectively. Both have been criticized by conservatives for their pro-choice and pro-gay rights stances among other issues.
During a meeting in Salt Lake City, about 50 pro-family leaders decided they would consider backing a third-party candidate if the Republican Party chose a pro-choice nominee, such as Giuliani
In an Op-Ed in the New York Times last week, Dobson explained the coalition’s decision and the reasoning, stating that as “vitally important” as it is for the GOP to win the presidential election, it should not be won “at the expense of what we hold most dear.”
His announcement that a core Republican constituency could consider withdrawing their support from the party next year stirred controversy and created greater division in the already divided GOP.
“Why would we not support someone who does line up with our values system, when we would have to literally hold our noses to support somebody that contradicts those values?” Dobson posed to Hannity – who supports Giuliani despite agreeing with Dobson “99 percent” of the time.
When further pressed on the possibility that his third party plan could help Clinton, Dobson replied that the elections are still far away and elections are “very dynamic” and “volatile.”
“There’s still a possibility that one of those other candidates, a dark horse, could come from nowhere,” Dobson said.
As the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination, Giuliani has repeatedly stated he can beat Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton – an appealing statement for those who see Clinton as a larger threat.
A recent Gallup Poll also found that the former New York City mayor had an overall favorable rating from churchgoing Protestants. Among the top tier Republican candidates, Giuliani was rated third by religious Protestants after former senator Fred Thompson and Arizona senator John McCain.
“Dobson Admits Third Party Might Help Clinton”
Might??
Dobson should better come out and voice his support for his favourite GOP candidate (I guess Hunter would come closest to his moral standards).
Gee,Doctor what was your first clue? Was it reading on the DUmmies' website that they're praying to every Wiccan "god" that you declare a jihad on the Republican nominee?
Dobson is finally exhibiting his long repressed Pat
Robertson gene. He has jumped the shark, crossed the line, gone over to the dark side. He has become irrelevant.
If Dobson knows this and he does it anyway, then it is intentional and not unintentional.
A third party run by ALGORE would be most excellent!
that he would rather vote following his values than compromise and be forced to choose between two pro-choice candidates.
Sigh...
“If you will just agree to the murdering of your children, then we can win the presidency.”
I believe Dobson said he can’t support Fred because Fred says marriage laws are a state issue.
MIGHT? Wrong auziliary verb.
And what about Duncan Hunter?
BIG, BIG mistake by Dobson. Not sure how he could sleep at night, knowing he opened the door for Hitlery.
OK, is there anyone who truly doesn't know this?
It's not like it's political rocket science. (I mean, why do we need such obvious headlines?)
My point exactly.
“He has become irrelevant.”
Wrong - in case you havent noticed, conservatives have become irrelavent. Gays are now a protected class, God is banned from Govt., Diversity trumps character, we no longer have a border, our president equates Christianity with Islam. Wake up and quit drinking the RINO punch. Pretty soon speaking out on boards like this will be banned as hate speach and surprisingly enough it will be enforced by RINOs.
What door? (Do you know of any big third-party candidate that I'm not aware of?)
OK. I give up. What is "it?"
Me thinks the Rev Dobson has gotten a little too big for his britches and is throwing his self importance around the political spectrum.
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