Posted on 10/17/2007 8:06:51 PM PDT by Canticle_of_Deborah
Prominent evangelical Mark DeMoss recently circulated a letter to leaders of evangelical organizations urging support for Governor Mitt Romney. His point: the Republican Party will likely pick a Presidential nominee in the next 100 days (by February 5th) and, unless social conservatives rally behind Mitt Romney, the nominee will be Rudy Giuliani. I share Mark's choice of Mitt Romney and the urgency of Mark's call. While several of the other candidates are certainly fine social conservatives, none has established his viability as a serious presidential contender. Only Mitt Romney has the resources to compete with Rudy Giuliani for the nomination.
In January, I argued that Mitt Romney was an acceptable choice for social conservatives. Since then, Massachusetts Citizens for Life has given Mitt Romney an award for his consistent and courageous defense of life as Governor, and prominent Massachusetts pro-life activist and philanthropist, Ray Ruddy, has endorsed him.
Other evangelical leaders have weighed in on the acceptability of the leading Republican candidates. Dr. James Dobson, America's most influential evangelical leader, has expressed his opinion that Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Fred Thompson are not acceptable, based on their positions on various important conservative issues. I have explained Fred Thompson's adamant support of McCain-Feingold, while in the Senate and when it was before the U.S. Supreme Court in the McConnell case.
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What if Mitt Romney surprises all of us and proves that he’s really a staunch, anti-collectivist, pro-life, pro-America conservative, and not a rino? I’ll be surprised myself. He sure presents well. But we’ve seen that before, haven’t we?
If you click on the link James Bopp addresses that talking point later in the email. The only issue Mitt has changed is from politically pro-choice to pro-life.
Now that's a good one! LOL
Prominent evangelical Mark DeMoss recently circulated a letter to leaders of evangelical organizations urging support for Governor Mitt Romney.
I have explained Fred Thompson’s adamant support of McCain-Feingold
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it’s a bit hard for Freders to be against mccain because of mccain-feingold.
What’s your issue with DeMoss? His group represents some of the most well known Christian organizations: Billy Graham, Samaritan’s Purse, Campus Crusade, Prison Fellowship, just to name a few.
More likely a coterie of monkeys and a circus caravan will fly out of your butt. One of the most untrustworthy RINOs on the political scene today with even nuttier and unhinged cultist supporters.
You didn’t mention that DeMoss is unpaid, a volunteer advisor to Romney.
I have trouble with the Romney campaign’s practice of busing in paid supporters to events.
Above board money is fine with me, as long as they’re honest about it. It’s hidden money that worries me.
So now it comes down to voting for a guy with the most money!!
Forget about our principles and voting for the candidate that WE choose.
This is one of the lamest excuses to back a candidate that I have heard.
If the grass roots want to back a candidate - they will provide the money to do it!
You didn’t mention that DeMoss is unpaid, a volunteer advisor to Romney.
Just be up front and not act like the guy has no ties to the Willard campaign.
Hey, has Hale Bopp weighed in, yet ?
Hey, has Hale Bopp weighed in, yet ?
You skipped the most telling one, since when is a paid consultant doing his job news.
Maybe Fred’s just against the Feingold part of McCain-Feingold. Just speculatin’.
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