Dobson Says He Won't Support Thompson

AP ^ | 9/19/07 | Erik Gorski

[Greg F]

Yah, it’s a funny sort of argument to me. I wasn’t a Christian until I was in my late 30’s. Before I became a Christian, I could use anything I knew or believed to be true and apply it to politics, and nobody said that I didn’t have a right to do it. But, suddenly, now that I am a Christian, I supposedly should not apply what I know and believe to political discussions. It’s a double standard and a darn poor one, because I didn’t understand much before I was a Christian; my understanding was brittle and didn’t have the depth to it on a lot of issues that it does now. Bottom line I’m a better and more knowledgeable person because I am a Christian — I have to be — I have Christ and the Holy Spirit within me. Everyone other than Christians can speak out regarding politics. Christians are not allowed to according to a brittle and misinformed, but loud, group out there in society.

[Guenevere]

Well said.

[anymouse]

Make no mistake about it, these candidates and influential political activist leaders who threaten to not support the Party’s nominee are playing political extortion to gain policy concessions or angle for a key appointment. They know very well that if they succeed in pulling away even a moderate fraction of voters from the Republican presidential candidate (and down-ballot Republican candidates that benefit from straight ticket votes), they likely will had the Democrats the win, since recently the margin of victory in many elections is within a few percent.

A true Republican or conservative would not willingly hand power over to liberal Democrats, who are guaranteed to work against our values. Political suicide is not in our nature, nor condoned in our religious teachings, nor consistent with our Constitution. Leave the futile political statements to those not fortified with a higher purpose.