Posted on 05/17/2007 2:24:22 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
World Net Daily is out with a story just a few minutes ago in which James Dobson, President of Focus on the Family says there's no way he'll vote for Rudy Giuliani. Boy, that's a news flash. That's like saying, "This Just in: George Soros says he is no fan of George W. Bush"
Obviously Dr. Dobson isn't going to vote for Giuliani but his comments were pretty straightforward and biting, especially when he brought up the fact that Giuliani has been divorced multiple times. Here's part of what he said below:
The jig is up. Rudy Giuliani finally admitted in a speech at Houston Baptist College last week that he is an unapologetic supporter of abortion on demand. That revelation came as no great shock to those of us in the pro-life movement. His public pronouncements as mayor of New York, together with his more recent tap dances on the campaign trail, have told a very clear story.
There are other moral concerns about Giuliani's candidacy that conservatives should find troubling. He has been married three times, and his second wife was forced to go to court to keep his mistress out of the mayoral mansion while the Giuliani family still lived there. Talk about tap dancing. Also during that time, the mayor used public funds to provide security services for his girlfriend. The second Mrs. Giuliani finally had enough of his philandering and, as the story goes, forced him to move out. He lived with friends for a while and then married his mistress. Unlike some other Republican presidential candidates, Giuliani appears not to have remorse for cheating on his wife.
Harry Truman asked, "How can I trust a man if his wife can't?" It is a very good question. Here's another one: Is Rudy Giuliani presidential timber? I think not. Can we really trust a chief executive who waffles and feigns support for policies that run contrary to his alleged beliefs? Of greater concern is how he would function in office. Will we learn after it is too late just what the former mayor really thinks? What we know about him already is troubling enough.
One more question: Shouldn't the American people be able to expect a certain decorum and dignity from the man who occupies the White House? On this measure, as well, Giuliani fails miserably. Much has been written in the blogosphere about his three public appearances in drag. In each instance, he tried to be funny by dressing like a woman. Can you imagine Ronald Reagan, who loved a good joke, doing something so ignoble in pursuit of a cheap guffaw? Not on your life.
My conclusion from this closer look at the current GOP front-runner comes down to this: Speaking as a private citizen and not on behalf of any organization or party, I cannot, and will not, vote for Rudy Giuliani in 2008. It is an irrevocable decision. If given a Hobson's – Dobson's? – choice between him and Sens. Hillary Clinton or Barrack Obama, I will either cast my ballot for an also-ran – or if worse comes to worst – not vote in a presidential election for the first time in my adult life. My conscience and my moral convictions will allow me to do nothing else.
Read more about Dobson's comments here. James Dobson has made his choice. He's influential for sure and believe me, there will be people who listen to his national radio show and decide not to vote for Giuliani just because Dobson won't. Now, as for other Christians with strong pro-life views, what say you? Can you reconcile them with a Giuliani candiacy? Are you out there?
Being the Mayor of Gomorrah does not qualify one to be President..
Meanwhile we loose the 2nd amendment and what remains of the 1st. No thanks. Even if the pres is a rino there is a good chance that no such legislation would get through congress, If the dems sweep, we're disarmed.
Rudy made it much less like Gomorrah. I believe that’s more presidential than anything Romney, let alone McCain, has ever done in politics. I do agree that being a mayor even of NY, and even a very successful one, is still a far cry from the presidency. But so is being a one-term governor of Massachusetts who didn’t fight the Dems that hard. And so is being a longtime senator (McCain) who has a lengthy record of helping out the Rats on major issues.
“If the Dems sweep, we’re disarmed.”
Amen. Mega-dittoes.
I doubt the Second Amendment will go, at least in the near future. But much else will.
Obviously you've never been to NYC or know nothing of Gomorrah.. Nothing has changed.. except a little less black on black crime..
Rudy has done some things I liked-for example telling the rich Arab what to do with his check after 9/11.
I also doubt that being a Mayor-even of the Big Apple is sufficient experience to be a good president.
That said, if the choice is Hillary or Rudy I will go to the polls and vote for Rudy.
I have been there, two years ago, and remember how it was when I visited a few times in the Eighties. I’ve also read enough about NY to know that much has changed. Don’t make so many quick assumptions.
I think it’s a movie quote from “Blazing Saddles”.
It was from "History of the World, Part 1" another Mel Brooks movie
No; I respectfully disagree. Ineptitude, moral cowardice, and straying from the base’s core beliefs have consequences. Elections are the results of those consequences.
Please stop blaming the base. Are we better off with democrats? Of course not, but the average voter saw republicans who wanted to be dem lite. They saw Mark Foley. The system worked exactly as planned. The slugs were sent packing. The trouble is that there is no viable THIRD choice.
The republican party needs to take a long hard look at itself. November, as sickening as it was should have acted as a clarion call. Too bad that republicans seem to be stone deaf. I don’t want to think about ‘08 if this continues.
Sad isn't it.
It is indeed. My grandmother used to say no matter how you serve it up; a sh*t sandwich is still sh*t. We need a better choice.
Dobson is a big-mouthed jerk.
Rudy is a dyed in the wool lib.
I wouldn’t take either of their policy pronouncements.
“Pat” who? This article is about “James” Dobson.
If Rudy Julie Annie does get the Gop nod, and Michael Bloomberg runs as an Independent (as he is planning) that would be the first time in history that there were three candidates for President in the same year, all from New York and all being Liberals.
I know; this is assuming that Hillary will get the Dem nod; that’s because she will.
And I thought they were becoming extinct on FR, where they don't belong.
I’m not. Don’t lie and claim that you know who I am.
I’m undecided. May or may not support Rudy. Probably won’t. MY FAVORITE IS GINGRICH.
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