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Posted on 09/07/2008 9:58:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
EP News--- Family Research Council Tony Perkins said, “It’s obviously an outstanding choice. Very smart. Very strategic. Those who might have voted for Obama only because they wanted to be a part of something historic can now vote for the Republicans for the same reason.”
Richard Viguerie, the conservative icon who has been brutally critical of McCain, was even more effusive, “She’s perfect.”
Setting aside the doctrine of original sin for a moment, religious conservatives do think the selection of Sarah Palin as the vice presidential candidate is pretty near perfect. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission, was not the only person to observe that she was “straight out of veep central casting.” She’s active in an evangelical church. She has five children, including one with Down’s Syndrome that she chose to give birth to even though she knew the child would be a Down’s baby. And, of course, she’s a woman.
Even Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family, who made national headlines when he said he could not support McCain “under any circumstances” admitted that this was a circumstance that he did not think was possible. Sources close to Dobson told EP News that in a private meeting on the afternoon of the Palin announcement he said he would reconsider his position on McCain.
Dobson called Palin “a genuine reformer. A deeply committed Christian.” On a special Focus Action radio broadcast, Dobson said Palin has helped change his mind on McCain.
“If I went into the polling booth today, I would pull the lever for John McCain,” he said. Dobson applauded the Republican Party’s strong platform plank against destructive embryonic stem-cell research, which uses much stronger language than in years past...
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bttt
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“Palin Helps McCain With Religious Right”
I count myself amongst the religious right and there was no way on Gods’ green earth that RINO fossil was going to get my vote.
Then he picked Sara and all that changed.
hear hear !! (using my best British accent) :)
Sarah Palin does not believe in embryonic stem cell research or assisted suicide (from the Alaska governor debate)
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The statement by Dr. Dobson that he WOULD pull the lever for McCain is something that I never thought I would hear..
FReegards,
TOWARD VICTORY !!
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Considering the points that Hunter made during the primary “debates”, I’d think a Hunter-Palin ticket would be as close as I’d ever get to a DREAM TICKET.
I know why Hunter was exluded from the convention as do those who had their signs removed...
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/2076375/posts
I’ve went round and round with Thompson supporters enough to know we’re all hoping that Palin can keep McCain in check, but must prepare for the worst when it comes to our borders and national sovereignty. We’ve certainly got a fight on our hands with that issue.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Thanks for the thread, Jim.
I don’t think that McCain will move forward on the embryonic stem cell research. There would be too much shrieking from the Catholic and conservative folks.
“You don’t think”?
How comforting...
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I never thought I would vote for McCain, either. The more negative stuff the MSM spews about Palin, the more I like her . . . and McCain.
“Sarah Palin does not believe in embryonic stem cell research or assisted suicide”
Or abortion under any circumstances and she wants the Bible’s word taught in school. She is perfect.
Politicians’ positions vis a vis the destruction of human embryos is one of the key tests of whether or not they are actually pro-life, or simply deceivers and liars.
A smart decision by McCain and one that is making Evangelicals jump for joy.
Exactly so. One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
What Sarah Palin didn't say
An excellent article- One I would recommend to all good Conservatives... Who knows, a few might remember what the word really means.
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