It’s really not necessary to thrash Dobson folks.
While his statements are a bit theatrical, and the knock on Fred’s “passion” cheap, he’s not completely off base here in that Thompson hasn’t gone all out to please the social right. He won’t completely stand against gay marriage and he didn’t exactly please me with his avoidance of the question about Terri.
I’ve said from the start he wasn’t going to be like G.W.B. in that arena, and it’s one of the few areas I actually still praise the President on. Dobson’s upset because G.W.B. was close to the perfect President for a social conservative (more so than even Reagan) and, really, that’s all he’s interested in. Just as the NRA mainly cares about the 2nd amendment, and Boortz’s crowd cares about the fair tax etc..
Now that doesn’t mean I’m lining up behind him. So far he’s ruled out Romney, Rudy, McCain and Thompson. I don’t know who he has in mind, if anyone. If Huckabee? Forget it Dobson. Pro-amnesty and pro-big government is what got Republicans in a mess. Newt? Newt has too much baggage and lacks good judgement.
The bottomline, for me, is that while I won’t trash Dobson mainly because I feel a lot of people use him to take pot shots at social conservatives having any influence in the GOP.....this IS the same guy who wouldn’t abandon Miers up until a few days before she withdrew. Good guy? Probably so. Good Christian? Don’t know. But he lacks discernment and good judgement where politicians are concerned and for that is not a man I’ll follow the opinion on re: this matter.
Oh, and about blaming the election on Dobson’s group? Please. If you want to be mad at anyone, be mad at the Republicans. They allowed corrupt politicians within their midst. Not only morally such as Foley but they allowed pork to corrupt their own members to the point it seems every Alaskan politician save Palin is in trouble. Not that Alaska is the only place with these politicians, it just seemed the most obvious example. They broke their word on confirming judges. They went weak on the WOT. They tried shoving amnesty down our throats. They tried to save Chafee’s hide. Dobson didn’t lose that election, the Republicans did. He was a minor figure at best.
Now as to the future, I’ll be more interested in what Colson and Perkins decide to do.
Has Dr. Dobson said he'd ruled out Romney? I know some upthread have assumed he would, but I haven't seen anything final on that. The last thing I found of Dobson on Romney was him saying Romney "was still on the list." However that's from four months ago so I may of missed something. Links please if you know of anything, pro or con, more recent.
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Good post. I think Dobson’s “job” is to hold politicians feet to the fire on the issues and he unleashes deluges of faxes and calls on “obscure” bills that effect families, churches, etc., that others barely notice. I would like to know what he really thinks about Thompson and why though, since he’s popped up in the news attacking him a couple times now.