Posted on 11/03/2006 12:08:07 PM PST by freedomdefender
Sadder yet that it is being exploited in an attempt to influence an election.
And this too shall fail! Looks like an act of desparation.
Pastors can no longer do that. They might lose their tax-exempt status. I've never been in a church that does that. But they might remind us to vote.
Dr. Dobson, and everyone else who is concerned about this trivial nonsense, had better focus on the election for the next few days.
After the election, they'll have all time in the world to be "heartsick" about the guy, "pray for him," etc.
New Life Church is in Colorado Springs. It is a huge church with real people, 15000 or so (i.e., not a TV ministry). It is about 2 miles from Focus on the Family's facilities.
http://www.newlifechurch.org/
He's freely admitted to it - I think the Time website has the details, amongst others. He does say that once he found out who "Art" was and what he stood for (against gay marriage) then he decided to spill the beans. (In fact, he said he could have easily blackmailed him instead--he needed the money.)
But that does not exonerate Haggard one iota. He should not have given this man the opportunity to shame him in public. And now Haggard's admissions of "it was only a massage" and "I bought the drugs but didn't use them" are simply just Clintonesque. Who on earth is going to believe that? Note, the transcript of one the recorded phone calls clearly implies that it was not the first time he was buying drugs from that man.
"Dr. Dobson, and everyone else who is concerned about this trivial nonsense, had better focus on the election for the next few days.
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They can't. Their egos prohibit it. They must speak out at every opportunity, even when they don't know what they are talking about.
This is the biggest failing of people like Dobson. He thinks himself to be important, so he believes everyone is holding their collective breath, waiting for his pronouncements.
Holding one's tongue is a virtue unknown to most public figures.
Is that what they're calling sex with a male prostitute and methamphetamine abuse nowadays?
How about that good old three-letter word:
You are probably right about some of them, but I would bet the overwhelming majority are far from the cliches you have listed.
I agree. I can't believe how many people get snookered by them.
You mean he may have to actually WORK for a living like the rest of us?
Damn right! It's high time we get the Pope off of those damn cable TV stations pimping for money, throwing about miracles and crying like a little girl who's best friend just left her for the pretty girl with better clothes. I mean, come on.
They live in Branson,MO..and they do indeed live well. He's still scamming the public, and living high off the hog for FREE these days.
He gets his home, food and house-hold help all provided for free from stupid people who think he and his wife are God's gift to the world..
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I like Richard Land of the Southern Baptists. No, I'm not a Baptist.
Land is always dignified, well-spoken, and a gentleman when he appears on cable news networks for comment on religious controversies.
He's not a pretty boy who poses for glamor shots, like Haggard, either. You simply can't imagine Land, any more than Billy Graham, taking illegal drugs or having extramarital relationships.
No, never wondered that. :-)
It's a big story, both men live here in Colorado Springs, and they are friends.
LOL. How are you doing?
2...He's getting ahead of the MSM who will ...even as we speak...try to smear Dobson AND Bush AND the Republican Party with this brush.
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