Posted on 09/16/2012 12:13:36 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
Dr. James Dobson, whose advice about parenting, child-rearing, marriage and faith has guided millions of Americans and whose counsel on family matters has been sought by presidents, today blasted the Republican Party for abandoning a strong GOP candidate to be U.S. senator, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin.
Dobson, the founder and president of Family Talk, which produces his regular radio program, “Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk,” told WND it is “disgraceful” that the “GOP political bosses” have told Akin to drop out of his race, have withdrawn financial support and publicly maligned the congressman.
“I regret to say that Congressman Akin has been subjected to disgraceful treatment at the hands of the GOP political bosses,” Dobson said. “They have withheld funds for his campaign, even though he won the GOP primary for the Senate seat. Karl Rove and Haley Barbour have said things about his character that are untrue. Their vicious opposition could get his Democratic opponent elected in his stead. That is curious since an Akin win could give the Senate majority to the Republicans.”
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Akin has done inestimable harm to the pro-Life cause and to everyone who has devoted their life to that cause. He’s undone decades of progress towards the pro-life cause.
I can tell you the footsoldiers on the pro-Life front line (the people who actually put themselves out there for the cause) are not happy with Akin and want him GONE. They certainly do not want him as a pro-Life spokesperson.
Where did you ever get the idea that I believe that he is wrong in his condemnation of abortion? But, your misconception is certainly where this debate has gone. The religious right believes that they must support Akin and that support equates to support for the pro life position. Wrong!
Akin is pig headedly doing more to support the advancement of a pro abortion agenda than you can imagine. McCaskill is an abortion queen and her reelection will advance their cause immeasurably. Six more years of her vile behavior is what you will get.
This is simply about the cold, hard reality that Akin cannot win this race. Please check back with me in November and let me know how it turned out.
“I’ve had apolitical friends ask me if all pro-life Republicans believe what Akin believes.”
Many uneducated morons( including on freeper )that still support him actually believe it.
You are describing Akin with a 97.24% ACU rating. Missourians went through a lot of RINOs until they got him and re-elected him to 6 terms in office.
You are presenting a false choice.
No -- that's you.
I'll take a "blithering idiot" with a 97.24% ACU rating over a sell-out lying two-faced double dealing RINO any day.
I think that you are right about that, but I wouldn't be so quick to put them in Akin's column. Most will just not cast a vote in this particular election. You are being too optimistic by half.
The GOP elite/establishment is more of an enemy to us - real conservatives - than the Dems. Because we know the Dems are the avowed enemy of the Constitution, but the GOP is supposed to be on “our” side.
No one has done more for the pro-Life cause and to everyone who has devoted their life to that cause than James Dobson -- and HE DISAGREES WITH YOU VEHEMENTLY.
Did you even bother to read the article???
What’s that flag on your home page?......France?
Wrong, it may have been moronic in a political context, but not in in a moral context. The unborn child conceived by rape is not responsible for it's father's crime. I realize that my opinion, actually my belief, is extremely repulsive to most rape victims and many of you on this thread, but the murder of an innocent human being's life is more important than anyone's opinion or revulsion no matter what the rape victim feels or believes. Beside the morality issue, there are many thousands of married and single people who are anxious to adopt an unwanted baby, why murder an innocent baby when that situation would allow him or her to live?
I thought all the Democrats had been smoked out. Lots of them on here today. No school, I guess.
I'd say that's a little strong.
This is at best a precarious situation, but saying he has set back decades of progress in the pro-life movement is simply not true. Akin should have removed himself as the GOP candidate, what he said was profoundly stupid, the firestorm that hit him from all stripes in the GOP movement (including lots of fine conservatives) was entirely his own doing.
At this point, I wish there was a simple answer, he's stubbornly refused to drop out, the GOP (rightfully so) has distanced themselves from his stupidity, yet here we are with no seeming way out of this impasse.
Akin got bad advice, took it, so what do we do now?
If you can find the internals of that Rasmussen poll post them and ping me. I have a hard time believing that she has 49% support in that poll which would require atleast half of Missouri independents most of whom are ABMs and ABOs.
Direct quote please and in context.
You are wrong that is NOT what he said.
I disagree 100%. His comment would have fallen by the wayside like a pebble in a deep well were it not for the GOP drumming. Apparently the GOP want his Dem opponent to win. What real conservatives and hopefully Republicans need to understand is quite simple:
1. The opinion/noise/attacks/lies/propaganda by the Dems/MSM has to be TOTALLY IGNORED!
2. The Rs need to ATTACK BACK with a strong conservative message! No whining! No apologies! No shiveling! No trying to make nice! No trying to get them to loike us!!!! Act like warriors, not damned eunuchs!
Oops, no SNIVELING!
Who is worse, McCaskill or whatever her name is, or Aikin? It’s really simple.
I find it funny that Akin spends all of his time running ads against “party bosses” instead of McCaskill. He doesn’t seem to understand that the only way to keep the stink of his stupidity off the overall party (and other GOP candidates) they can’t support him. What happens the day after the GOP or Republican Senatorial Committee writes him a fat check? Is Akin really that clueless?
The “party bosses” didn’t say the words that caused this, Mr. Akin. You did. And your stupidity and ego are going to cost the GOP an easy pick-up and possibly the Senate. I live in MO and can tell you that you have absolutely ZERO chance of winning.
A limp-wristed wishful thinker. Just what we need.
Fact is, Akin ain't leaving, and neither is Romney.
We can win with them, or we can surrender.
Sounds like you're in the glass-is-half-empty surrender-monkey camp.
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