New Focus on the Family Chief Wants 'More Families Like Obama's' (BARF ALERT)

US News and World Report ^ | 6/16/2009 | Dan Gilgoff

[markomalley]

Imagine you're at Focus on the Family to watch founder James Dobson formally step down from the board after three decades. The newly powerful ministry president—the micro-managerial Dobson is now officially powerless—steps to the mic and says: "What we want to see are more families like Barack Obama's."

Would never happen, right?

Well, it already has. The Denver Post reports on Focus's newish CEO, Jim Daly, who wants to trade Focus's image as a Christian right group in for one of as a family-focused ministry. After all, apolitical, family-focused work still absorbs the vast majority of Focus's resources.

A few key graphs on how Daly plans to drastically change Focus's approach to politics and public policy:

Dobson rarely engaged directly and publicly with political opponents, although he sometimes met them behind the scenes. Daly expects to be more open.

"We're in a democracy. How do we express Christian ethos in a way that draws people into the discussion?" Daly asked. "We are the church. We have to be more understanding and not expect the world to act like the church. We also don't accept the church acting like the world."

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When Dobson stepped down, he said a few words on the occasion. And then Daly spoke.

"What we want to see are more families like Barack Obama's," Daly said.

"Everybody's jaw went clunk, including Dr. Dobson's," Daly recalled, laughing. "But we can respect what Obama does well. We can focus more on the positive. And I respect his family."

Daly says he is results-oriented, not an ideologue.

"When those who are right, left and center all say, 'Let's make abortion rare,' let's meet at that starting point," Daly said. "Let's shove off the rhetoric and get together on practical matters."

[markomalley]

I think that hell officially has frozen over.

[pissant]

Yes. Everyone needs a Larry Sinclair in their life.

[pointsal]

bad idea....wrong direction.

[sonrise57]

Focus on the family was James and Shirley Dobson. All good things must come to an end.

[Always Right]

It depends what he means, if he only means that the mother (woman) and father (male) are married, living together, and raising their children....then he is right in that respect. The Obama family is a good example of the traditional two-parent family.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Sounds like the Commies have sunk their meathooks into “Focus on the Family.”

[Ken522]

I don’t think this guy Daly will have that job very long ... for being “results-oriented” he certainly has a weak composition, and a very superficial understanding of history.

[AirForceMom]

We need more angry parasites?

[Typical_Whitey]

OK so lets get it straight Focus on the Family wants to see Family’s where the Fathers believe in their soul that their Daughters pregnancy is viewed as a punishment? Where the Father figure supports laws where if an innoncent baby somehow survives the abortionists cruel instruments then that baby born free and alive into this world should be immediately Murdered that Life stamped out all because the Mother and society should not be PUNISHED with that baby.

We are in the end times for sure.

[markomalley]

I don’t think this guy Daly will have that job very long ... for being “results-oriented” he certainly has a weak composition, and a very superficial understanding of history.

Either that, or Focus may not be around very long...

[Texas Eagle]

Lighten up, Frances.

He's probably talking about the positive signal of an intact two-parent black family unit.

[JSDude1]

Compromisers, I imagine Dobson isn’t happy about this: and if I were long time members I wouldn’t be either (since you can’t separate faith & culture (which is what it primarily is conservative on, anyway).

I hope this guy gets ‘fired’! (or has some..spanin’ to do)

[freekitty]

I think you may be right; and what blind fool could ever wish that. I don’t even think the Obamas like each other.

[TADSLOS]

LOL! The freakin’ world has gone mad.

[1010RD]

Isn't this placing Obama in check? Two parent, heterosexual, married families with children do best by far.

I doubt he means to promote leftist ideologies, but stating the obvious that Obama was raised by a stable, married couple in direct opposition to his mother's leftist lifestyle and his father's Islamist hedonism certainly places Barack in a trick bag.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

"What we want to see are more families like Barack Obama's," Daly said.

I can see that. Mom and Dad married and they do seem to care very much for their daughters.

If more families followed that example we would be better off.

Of course daddy is a con-man and mommy has a major bitterness problem but they do have a intact nuclear family.

[freekitty]

What the hell did they blackmail Dobson over?

[DTogo]

But we can respect what Obama does well.

Read a teleprompter?

Shred the Constitution?

Attend a race-baiting church for 20 years?

[Maelstorm]

They think if only they were nice enough everyone would love Christians. I pity this naive man. I do agree that we do need to reach out to minorities but this doesn’t sound like that it sounds like surrender.

[PetroniusMaximus]

But we NEED more panderers!!!