Posted on 09/30/2007 5:23:05 PM PDT by jonyyeh
Alarmed at the chance that the Republican party might pick Rudolph Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is threatening to back a third-party candidate in an attempt to stop him.
The group making the threat, which came together Saturday in Salt Lake City during a break-away gathering during a meeting of the secretive Council for National Policy, includes Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family, who is perhaps the most influential of the group, as well as Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, the direct mail pioneer Richard Viguerie and dozens of other politically-oriented conservative Christians, participants said. Almost everyone present expressed support for a written resolution that “if the Republican Party nominates a pro-abortion candidate we will consider running a third party candidate.”
The participants spoke on condition of anonymity because the both the Council for National Policy and the smaller meeting were secret, but they said members of the intend to publicize its resolution. These participants said the group chose the qualified term “consider” because they have not yet identified an alternative third party candidate, but the group was largely united in its plans to bolt the party if Mr. Giuliani became the candidate.
A revolt of Christian conservative leaders could be a significant setback to the Giuliani campaign because white evangelical Protestants make up a major portion of Republican primary voters. But the threat is risky for the credibility of the Christian conservative movement as well. Some of its usual grass-roots supporters could still choose to support even a pro-choice Republican like Mr. Giuliani, either because they dislike the Democratic nominee even more or because they are worried about war, terrorism and other issues.
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Definitely.
What makes you think I missed the point? I think that’s perfectly appropriate.
I’m right there with you, Paperdoll.
That was very profound.
I see. Well funny do you think that about Rick Warren?
You do realize that the early Christians lived in a perverted culture and were ruled by pagans, right?
Or Joel Osteen?
Amen! I prefer somebody else, but if the choice is between Rudy and Hillary (or any Dim for that matter), no doubt I would choose Rudy!
Forget Joel Osteen, he is a heretic and false teacher.
I would have to agree.
By the way, I know this is definitely a long shot, but if you had to pick between Ron Paul and any an Democrat, who would you pick? Unfortunately, both Paul and the Democrats agree on Foreign Policy. However, would you still pick Paul because, like many Libertarians, he would support “smaller government”?
> Those who think that by committing the sin of omission, they are somehow self-righteous are just flat out wrong. In the real world of politics, not voting for the lessor of two evils is choosing the greater evil. Period.
Just a word of caution, given your BIG BOLD letters and naming of sins, above. If you're boosting Rudy, you might want to look here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1823139/posts
and be aware that a lot of broken-glass Republicans have been picking the shards out of their knees, standing up, and disavowing Giuliani and his unacceptable liberal beliefs.
Just sayin', FR is maybe not where you want to pick a fight on that topic...
Yup. Not sure what your point is.
Also, isn’t that pretty much what we have going now?
The point being that no one was listening to Jeramiah ~ I think we're all agreed on that. But no matter how we evaluate Jeramiah, Dobson doesn't fit the pattern. He's more like that guy who wanted Moses to take them all back to Egypt.
I’d pick Ron Paul over any demonrat, even though I disagree strongly with his isolationist views.
Maria
If this article is true and some Christians are doing this I hope this is the only reason and that they vote with the R when the day comes. However there is nothing wrong with giving the frontrunner a slap on the hand and a reminder not to stray too far from the ranch or atleast know they will have a fight on their hands once they are in office. People need to support the R's in their field that most align with their ideals and fight hard for them to get the nomination instead of putting their fruitless efforts elsewhere.
I do not support third party efforts. They do not go anywhere and are a waste of people's time and energy. I have seen MANY go down this path Democrat and Republican to exhaustion and to no benefit only to find their opposing party in office for many years and many times their own life and ideals in shambles.
I’m a Texan.
Not just a Texan, a native Texan. (We are becoming an endangered species, especially in the big urban areas.)
But I must admit, we can produce some real loons. (Perot, Paul, Rather, Moyers)
Maybe its all the weird weather patterns. ;^)
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