Posted on 01/04/2008 12:24:09 PM PST by Tlaloc
Focus on the Family founder James Dobson said Friday that GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's victory in the Iowa caucuses shows that Christian conservatives still have considerable influence.
Huckabee easily defeated second-place finisher Mitt Romney in Iowa Thursday thanks to a wave of support from evangelical Christians.
"The results of the Iowa caucuses reveal that conservative Christians remain a powerful force in American politics. That had to be a great shock to those on the far left," Dobson said in a written release.
Dobson criticized what he called media elites, saying they had written off religious conservatives.
Huckabee's victory "was evidence of an energized and highly motivated conservative community," Dobson said. "Not bad for a supposed bunch of demoralized, depressed, disillusioned and disengaged Reaganites."
Dobson said he has not endorsed Huckabee and said the former Arkansas governor may not win the GOP nomination.
In the next test, the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, Christian conservatives are expected to be less of a force than they were in Iowa.
C-Span has them also, and political mag sites like NR have good info.
I hope he and FT stay in the race, they are a tough couple of guys for sure. RG was not a social ideologue for many reason, but his political actions while governing were no nonsense, accomplished, and got results. Very few pols have those attributes. He governed unapologetically and was unafraid to take on entrenched bureaucracy, another good and different trait for a pol, imo.
No, your statement was anti-Christian (whether you’d like to admit it or not) because your dismissal of Dobson is founded in his commitment to Christ. You are not anti-Christ, your stance against Dobson comes across as anti-Christian.
FWIW, Dobson is more inclined to vote for Romney than Huckabee. While Dobson has decided never to vote for anyone who is “pro-choice,” he hasn’t decided only to vote for those who hold his doctrinal stances. He may yet come out for Thompson, though that appears unlikely.
It’s possible that Theo was right and that the poster was engaging in anti-christian bigotry.
Since you’re accusing him of hiding behind a cliche, we’ll leave it to you to come up with a definition of anti-christian bigotry that we can all agree on as freepers, and see whether or not this met the case.
Oy vey, even.
Anyone who criticizes Dobson because of his faith is, by definition, anti-Christian. Not “anti-Christ” (how would I know that?), but “anti-Christian.”
Too many FReepers are too easily dismissive of Christian leaders. It gets old. It puzzles me why we’re so quick to denounce Christians who happen to be in the limelight....
Why should Thompson care what Dobson thinks about his christianity? He doesn’t dance to Dobson’s tune, remember.
Is Thompson like you, considering Dobson to be a jackass? You yourself point out that not all christians are evangelicals. It appears that Thompson does not want the evangelical vote. He does not self-identify as an evangelical.
Why are you telling ME this?
:) Feh.
Most of this so called christian conservative support came to Huckabee in mainly liberal areas....interesting!
You thought rino was slang for republican?
Read your comment, #208. Should be self-explanatory.
I would very much prefer a Christian candidate. I prefer one that tells the truth even more.
It’s interesting that the same sneaky vibe surrounding the Dobson e-mail “mistake” has also emanated from the Huckabee campaign. IMO.
***What incident are you talking about now?
Endorsed by the NEA was telling.
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I'm a Catholic, but I despise Giuliani. Are the Evangelicals committed to voting only for an Evangelical? If so, I wonder why they would bother registering as Republicans.
hmmm, crickets.
Because it's a rude, presumptuous insult.
He doesn’t dance to Dobson’s tune, remember.
Only a fool would.
Is Thompson like you, considering Dobson to be a jackass?
Ask him.
It appears that Thompson does not want the evangelical vote.
It might appear that way to you.
He does not self-identify as an evangelical.
Is that necessary? Do you only vote for evangelicals? Do you claim evangelicals only vote for other evangelicals?
the anti-Christian rhetoric in Republican circles
***Maybe you and NavVet can get together and come up with a definition.
But it’s not self-explanatory. I’m not criticizing Dobson because of his faith. I’m criticizing him because of his shabby, presumptuous, prideful behavior.
Are the Evangelicals committed to voting only for an Evangelical?
***No, it’s just a strong tendency, as shown by what happened in Iowa.
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