Posted on 10/08/2007 5:17:30 PM PDT by monomaniac
Look for the slimes to run positive Christian unifying stories if Rudy gets the nomination.
What I don’t understand is this: Dobson is against Guiliani, against Thompson, I’m assuming against Romney? Who is he for???? It seems he’s left himself no option but a third party candidate because he’s already dismissed the top tier as unsuitable.
I wonder how a guaranteed win for Hillary Clinton is serving God? She will appoint three pro-aborts to the supreme court.
May I remind everyone that a few weeks ago, Ann Coulter when asked who she preferred as GOP nominee she said ANY GOP NOMINEE had to be prolife and against gun control and Rudy would really have to change his tune dramatically on those issues. What’s wrong with Dobson putting his foot down? The GOP has NO backbone, maybe a kick in the rear will do the GOP some good. I don’t think Dobson is self-serving in this one....time to take a deep breath and relax.
If God wants to stop it, He will.
Politics and principle don’t always dance well together, one always has to lead the other.
As for me, I cannot forsake my principles for pragmatism and this may just more rapidly precipitate the coming amicable divorce that’s already brewing. There are certain principles for which there can be no compromise:
1. Excessive taxation (theft)- are we really principled when we stand for a little less theft as republicans. Not me, I’d slash the federal spending by 65% if I could. Will RudiMcThomsoney?
2. Abortion - The pro-life movement doesn’t believe someone has a “choice” to kill someone - penumbra’s aside.
3. Gay marriage - You’re either for it or against it and you think it matters or it doesn’t.
Etc etc.
Republicans have been retreating for years and will continue, just as we did in the 30’s. Want proof - look at the 3 TRILLION dollar budget floating up there in the den of theives called the Congress. We republicans really made principled stands on the average taxpayers money didn’t we! Republicans shouldn’t puff their chests out to big because they reduced the rate of spending increase from 10% down to 6%. What COURAGE. At least FDR, LBJ and Hillary had/have the courage of their convictions. They intended and intend to bring in socialism. Do you think RudiMcThomsoney will stand forcefully on the issues I listed above and stop the move towards socialism - hardly.
Prediction: If by some odd chance that one of them wins, as typical with republicans, I can already hear RudiMcThomsoney pontificate how they won one for the average American by “forcing” the democratically held congress to only increase the federal budget by 7% instead of the 10% they wanted. And as the frogs in the kettle we are, the heat will increase another 10 degrees.
I say lets get the inevitable over with. I dare say that had the new media been around in the 30’s, we’d have been the North United States and the South United States then.
He's a damn fool. Based on his recent pronouncements, he wouldn't have supported Reagan because he had been divorced.
It's time to stop listening to preachers and acting like independent, free-thinking conservatives.
As the Gipper once said, if we agree on 80% of the issues, we are united.
Dobson’s on H & C right now.
He is keeping a door open for Romeny.
I can’t believe this- but he’s quite willing to give the White House to Hillary.
>>what is this, a loss-leader to boost their credibility?
New York Times Poll: most people fall down, not up.<<
The NYT is hoping against hope that Dobson crowd will “Nader” the Republican nominee.
And they are playing right into it by spending their time threatening to walk instead of working together to get a conservative nominated.
It is not at all unlikely the Perot, Nader and Dobson will be remembered together.
OF COURSE, we shouldn’t support abortion. Conservatives have never supported abortion, why would we start now?
But the primaries haven’t even started - this is the time to work instead of focusing on taking the ball and going home.
I don't want Rudy as the nominee either but I'm pragmatic enough to vote for him rather than let 'She Who Must Not be Named' win.
This will ultimately be their undoing. Many place their hopes in political institutions rather than God. They are engaged in politics which invariably involves compromise and negotiations. If one's principles trump one's politics, you will be frustrated in success and frustrated by defeat.
If one wants to play the political game, one has to play by political rules. You have to WIN elections to have a place at the table. If you consistently lose and maintain your principles you have nothing and will get nothing out of the political game. You become irrelevant.
Dobson and other evangelical who bolt and cause the GOP to lose will become less not more relevant.
Dobson on Hannity tonight....Hannity trying to convince Dobson is A OK. LMAO. Not happening Sean.
What did Dobson say about Romeny? I missed that part.
My pragmatism does not extend to voting for an abortionist. Sorry about yours.
Dobson on Hannity tonight....Hannity trying to convince Dobson that GUILIANI is A OK. LMAO. Not happening Sean.
BTW, I am a Bible believing conservative evangelical and I like Dobson. But he does not speak for me and I resent any so-called christian leader who presumes to do so.
Actually- that was a reference on my part to something he said the other day when he interviewed Dobson on his radio show.
He clearly left the door open for Romney.
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