Who is Dobson going to support, pro-abort Rudy, or flip-flopping Romney who has tried to cater to both sides of the abortion issue during his political career? One of those three is almost certain to be the GOP nominee, and even if Fred isn't wholly on board with the evangelical agenda he comes much closer than the other two.
Personally, I would much rather see Duncan Hunter in the White House than Fred, and since he is an evangelical Baptist I suppose Dobson would support him. But Hunter doesn't have a chance of being nominated, and even less chance of winning the general election if he somehow got the nomination. I would like very much to see Hunter as Fred's running mate, which would give him the national exposure and recognition that he needs to run for the top spot later on. But as of now I just don't believe that he has what it will take to defeat Hillary even if he could somehow win GOP nomination.
I'd like to give two examples of how the best of Christians can err politically on the side of "loving" their fellow man and "judging not."
First on many people's minds is Dubya's puzzling enablement of illegal immigration. I think his heart is overruling his head in this issue — he wants to do the good and loving thing for distressed people, but shortcutting the rule of law is a disaster.
Second, the late, beloved Pope John Paul II, having as a youth in Poland witnessed the Nazi persecution of homosexuals or the use of homosexual accusations to silence people, suppressed and turned away the question of homosexuality in evaluating church personnel, which enabled a destructive subculture to thrive unchecked. His intentions were noble, but the results were a disaster.
No man has ever been perfect but Jesus Christ. And we will never have a perfect candidate for office; but we can settle on a pretty good candidate and take our chances that he will live out his term and act effectively, with the help of God. This is a fallen world, people.
You ought to know that the woman who answered the phone at Focus on the Family flat out lied to me when I told her to remove me from the mailing list, along with my reason. She told me that the story had been twisted, that the email didn’t say what was reported, and implied that Dobson didn’t even write the letter.
When I asked point blank if she was claiming it was a hoax, she passed me to another department, which gave me the standard “He’s a private citizen, blah, blah, blah.” but did NOT denounce the story.