Dr. James Dobson Caught Between a rock and the other Rock

CrossActionNews ^ | 10-11-07 | Rev Michael Bresciani

[Victory111]

In a surprising move Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family announced in an op-ed in the New York Times that he and some 50 colleagues met and discussed what position they would take in the upcoming Presidential race.

According to a report on Fox news October 9, 2007 Dobson said “If neither of the two major political parties nominates an individual who pledges himself or herself to the sanctity of human life, we will join others in voting for a minor party candidate. Those agreeing with the proposition were invited to stand, and the result was almost unanimous.”

[xzins]

Let me be clear, W. A vote for Rudy is a vote for a split party; i.e., a vote for Hillary.

[hellbender]

Dobson’s goal is not to destroy the country, but to force the Republican Party to behave honorably for a change, and quit drifting toward nominating someone not only the evangelicals, but the conservative base, will not support enthusiastically, someone who is pushed by the Leftmedia and the eastern country-club establishment so that the voters will have no real choice. It will not be easy to beat Hillary (or Obama), and not possible at all if all components of the conservative base are not fully mobilized.

[Brilliant]

And yet he apparently thinks he can endorse a third party candidate.

[OKIEDOC]

Dear Dr. Dobson

Do not let the door hit your ignorant egotistical @$$ on the way out of the party door.

I can not honestly believe that a man of Dobson standing would actually make such inane Jimmy Goobers Carter LIKE statements.

[muawiyah]

Actually, given the sort of folks the Hildabeast thinks proper for high appointive office, she’d probably end up appointing several hundred Justices in her first term.

[Kevmo]

And yet he apparently thinks he can endorse a third party candidate.
***If he thinks that, then he shouldn’t be wasting any time and he needed to get behind a pro-life social conservative candidate. I would hope that such a candidate would be Duncan Hunter. But it hasn’t happened, so he probably cannot endorse a candidate, can only say he “would vote” for him.

[Kevmo]

Dr. James Dobson and some 50 colleagues met and discussed what position they would take in the upcoming Presidential race.

Does that mean that you hope the door does not hit ALL of their “ ignorant egotistical @$$ on the way out of the party door”?

Interesting vision you have of such a party — no real soul, like the Whig party. You’ve heard of that party, haven’t you? All the ignorant, egotistical social conservatives left that party and formed the republican party.

OK, we won’t let the door hit us on the way out.

[Bean Counter]

[art_rocks]

And who made Dobson the kingmaker?

[narby]

Let me be clear, W. A vote for Rudy is a vote for a split party; i.e., a vote for Hillary.

So it's your way or the highway.

Sounds like the way Democrats are bipartisian. Do it their way and it's bipartisian, otherwise it's not.

[upsdriver]

“If Dobson was not happy with the choices, then he should have put his third party candidate up as a GOP candidate months ago.”

Are you happy with the choices?

[SteamShovel]

If they listen to Dobson, we’ll get another Clinton presidency

Dobson will GUARANTEE a lib pres will appoint PRO-CHOICE judges to the SC. He is not doing the right thing. He should support the non-dim candidate and use pressure once that person is in office to achieve his goals.

[bert]

Ayatollah Dobsen is manuvering to increase the yield of his collection plates.

[upsdriver]

“I guess I’m getting pretty cynical about some of these “conservative leaders” we haven’t actually chosen for ourselves....”

Just curious, what conservative leader have you chosen for yourself?

[Ferox]

I understand Dobson’s absolutism; however, to disregard the consequences of one’s principles/ethics is unethical. After listening to Dobson’s rationale for indirectly supporting Hillary by not supporting GOP candidate, his position is an example of fuzzy logic. According to him, electing a GOP candidate that is weak on abortion is worse than electing a Democrat that is a proponent of abortion on demand, even partial-birth abortion. How much sense does that make?

[Brilliant]

No, but I’m not urging conservatives to vote for a third party. That’s suicide.

[Martins kid]

Dr. Dobson is a good preacher and gives wonderful advise on children - BUT I wish he would stay out of the political arena. I just feel that we should leave politics up to the individuals in the pews and not make a decision for them as a denomination. It just seems wrong for a church to be political.

[satbchcns]

please give the righteous indignation a rest.
it become sadly apparent 2/3 of these so called fed up repub are just DU pests and clinton clones trying there best to stir up dissent just like in 2006 . any rational repub knows 4 or 8 year of evil hilary will mean the end of the this website and talk radio and more .dobson has about 10,000 followers so who care what this attention hungry fool thinks.

[upsdriver]

Dobson is not urging conservatives to go third party. He is only announcing in no uncertain terms that the GOP had better not take social conservatives for granted. It is the GOP who is threatening suicide by turning against the base not Dobson.

[Revel]

I have to laugh at some of the comments here. If anyone should refuse to vote for an immoral character then it is evangelical Christians. And they have every right to take this stand in what they believe. If anyone does not like that then tuff noodles. It is time to stop voting for the lessor of two evils, and to start voting for what we believe, and in the case of Christians...For a moral character.