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Dr. James Dobson: Fred Thompson 'Not a Christian'
NewsMax.Com ^ | Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Posted on 03/28/2007 2:36:11 PM PDT by SubGeniusX

Focus on the Family founder James Dobson has dealt a potentially devastating blow to Fred Thompson’s presidential aspirations, saying the former senator is not a Christian.

"Everyone knows he’s conservative and has come out strongly for the things that the pro-family movement stands for,” Dobson – considered the most politically powerful evangelical figure in the U.S. – said in a phone call to Dan Gilgoff, senior editor at U.S. News & World Report.

"[But] I don’t think he’s a Christian. At least that’s my impression.”

Thompson’s spokesman Mark Corallo took issue with the statement.

"Thompson is indeed a Christian,” he said. "He was baptized into the Church of Christ.”

Focus on Family spokesman Gary Schneeberger sought to clarify Dobson’s statement, telling Gilgoff that while Dobson didn’t believe Thompson belonged to a non-Christian faith, he "has never known Thompson to be a committed Christian – someone who openly talks about his faith.

"We use that word – Christian – to refer to people who are evangelical Christians. Dobson wasn’t expressing a personal opinion about his reaction to a Thompson candidacy.”

Thompson has said he is leaving the door open for a presidential run. A Gallup-USA Today poll released on Tuesday has the Tennessee Republican running third behind Rudolph Giuliani and John McCain among Republicans and Republican-leaning voters.

Although Dobson has not endorsed any Republican presidential candidate, he told Gilgoff that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was the "brightest guy out there” and "the most articulate politicians on the scene today.”

Gilgoff is the author of the new book "The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America Are Winning the Culture War.”

In the 2004 race, Dobson gave the first public presidential endorsement of his career, supporting George Bush. Bush got almost 6 million new white evangelical votes in 2004 that he didn’t get in 2000.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
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To: SubGeniusX

Dr. Dobson really needs to stick to what he does best: enlarging the Lord's Church.

He and certain others in the ecclesiastical hierarchy ( of many faiths and denominations) should take a deep breath, step back from the world of Caesar and just preach the Bible and the Word...and stop doing these inane interviews with and making statements about politicians.



141 posted on 03/28/2007 4:23:26 PM PDT by eleni121 ( + En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great))
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To: SubGeniusX

Dobson, going the way of Pat Robertson and every other special interest group. When all your real issues play out, you begin making them up.


142 posted on 03/28/2007 4:24:26 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: Popman

HOLY CATFISH! THE PIRANAS ARE STILL AT IT! LOL!!!!


143 posted on 03/28/2007 4:26:03 PM PDT by Paperdoll
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To: Suzy Quzy

but Baptists and other denominations have told their children that we are a CULT!!




You should hear what some of them, including Catholics, say about the Orthodox Christians.

"Let he that is without sin..."


144 posted on 03/28/2007 4:26:26 PM PDT by eleni121 ( + En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great))
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To: DeerfieldObserver

you are nutty, Newbie.


145 posted on 03/28/2007 4:27:40 PM PDT by Suzy Quzy (Hillary '08...Her Phoniness is Genuine!!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Focus on Family spokesman Gary Schneeberger sought to clarify Dobson’s statement, telling

When a minion issues a clarification, instead of a denial, there's a good chance the Master said, and meant, what was reported.

146 posted on 03/28/2007 4:28:54 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Being a political pundit is so easy anyone can do it, And does)
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To: fish hawk

OK...I'll bite....tell us what a real Christian is.


147 posted on 03/28/2007 4:29:02 PM PDT by Suzy Quzy (Hillary '08...Her Phoniness is Genuine!!!)
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To: DeerfieldObserver

You forgot he sarcasm tag...


148 posted on 03/28/2007 4:29:11 PM PDT by wireman
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To: Right_in_Virginia

For ever? :-)


149 posted on 03/28/2007 4:30:12 PM PDT by Howlin (Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
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To: eleni121

I've never heard one bad word about Orthodox Christians...what are they...Greek Orthodox?


150 posted on 03/28/2007 4:30:25 PM PDT by Suzy Quzy (Hillary '08...Her Phoniness is Genuine!!!)
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To: PFC
And I for one sure wish that they would stop doing that. They are giving all of us non-Evangical believers of Christ a bad name.

A very astute observation.

151 posted on 03/28/2007 4:31:19 PM PDT by Howlin (Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
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To: COEXERJ145

*Sigh*


152 posted on 03/28/2007 4:31:56 PM PDT by Howlin (Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
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To: eleni121

Dr. Dobson is Not a minister!


153 posted on 03/28/2007 4:33:09 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek (President Fred Thompson will finally give the University of Memphis the respect that it is due!)
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To: SubGeniusX

I wish Mr. Dobson would find a political cliff and jump off it. I hope Fallwell is handcuffed to him when he jumps.


154 posted on 03/28/2007 4:34:53 PM PDT by KoRn (FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: technochick99

He managed to insult millions of Christians (other-than-evangelican)in one fell-swoop, didn't he?


155 posted on 03/28/2007 4:35:23 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SubGeniusX

Dobson needs to get the boat keel out of his eye.


156 posted on 03/28/2007 4:37:03 PM PDT by Excellence (Vote Dhimmocrat; Submit for Peace! (Bacon bits make great confetti.))
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To: mariabush

It would be better if he were a physiologist. :)


157 posted on 03/28/2007 4:38:34 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: mariabush
The very fact that he has sold millions and millions of books on how to raise children tells me that there is great respect for him in this country.

uh-huh

158 posted on 03/28/2007 4:39:36 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Being a political pundit is so easy anyone can do it, And does)
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To: 3AngelaD

WINNER!!!!!


159 posted on 03/28/2007 4:39:38 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (We stand on the bridge and no one may pass.)
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To: Paige

You really need to lay blame on losing congress to the POTUS. His impotence on the illegal immigrant problem was and is astounding. This is where we lose enough 20 or 25 votes to control congress. The GOP only lost by 1 or 2 votes in each house.

Dobson is quite influential. Maybe he knows Fred Thompson, maybe he doesn't. I would certainly hope he knows what he stated to be true before he kills off somebody's candidacy.

Don't know much about Fred Thompson other than he seems better than the other three front runners.

Personally I was hoping we could clone Ronald Reagan (maybe make a single exception to the cloning laws).


160 posted on 03/28/2007 4:50:55 PM PDT by part deux
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