Posted on 05/17/2007 7:31:54 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Religious conservative leader James Dobson will sit out the 2008 presidential election if former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the Republican presidential nominee, he wrote Thursday in an online column.
In a piece published on the conservative Web site WorldNetDaily, Dobson wrote that Giuliani's support for abortion rights and civil unions for homosexuals, as well as the former mayor's two divorces, were a deal-breaker for him.
"I cannot, and will not, vote for Rudy Giuliani in 2008. It is an irrevocable decision," he wrote.
"If given a Hobson's -- Dobson's? -- choice between him and Senators Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, I will either cast my ballot for an also-ran -- or if worse comes to worst, not vote in a presidential election for the first time in my adult life. My conscience and my moral convictions will allow me to do nothing else."
Dobson, 71, is the founder and chairman of Colorado-based Focus on the Family, but said he was writing as "a private citizen and not on behalf of any organization or party."
He endorsed President Bush in 2004, the first time he endorsed a presidential candidate.
Dobson's organization says his daily radio program is heard by as many as 220 million listeners over 3,500 stations in the United States. He's also seen on 80 television stations, and 10 Focus on the Family magazines have 2.3 million subscribers, the group says.
Dobson attacked Giuliani for publicly saying he hates abortion but supports a woman's right to have one. Giuliani had been criticized for being ambiguous on his abortion views, but firmly stated last week that he supports abortion rights.
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That’s his choice. The Far Right and the Far Left both need to realize they are never going to get exactly what they want in the White House. Our Constitution allows them to live their lives as they choose, but it doesn’t guarantee them the President of their personal choosing.
What has Rudy said about this Amnesty bill?
I do not know. I haven’t even reviewed the specifics of it myself.
Has Mr Dobson expressed any regrets about his 2004 endorsement of Bush?
Why would he?
Dubya has SCOTUS on the edge of overturning Roe and has vetoed embryonic stem cell research.
Have any of the crop of Republican candidates stated that they will only appoint USSC judges who would vote to overturn Roe v Wade?
Well, Tancredo and Newt have and they say it's very bad. Rudy has to be more on top of this stuff. We're talking about national security here.
Well,for starters -Bush’s open border policy and defacto amnesty position has the country going to hell in a handbasket
I think Romney has.
It’s not a choice between Rudy and Hillary. It’s a choice between Rudy and the other republicans running in the primaries.
No, but it guarantees we don't have to vote for some RINO imposter who is determined to sacrifice the sovereignty of the United States to a bunch of criminal third world invaders, now doesn't it?
If the Republican party doesn't wake up and do the right thing, for the first time in about, oh six years, there will be no Republican party. And we'll get what we deserve.
I'm through bidding God speed to wolves in sheeps clothing.
No you don’t, and you’re right, we will have to live with it ... just like we did with Mr. Clinton. Now we’ll have to do it with Mrs. Clinton too ... only it will be much worse. Much, much worse.
I can give you the Reader's Digest of it:
- Amnesty for millions of Illegals who broke the law.
And Rudy has said......nothing so far. Fred Thompson has spoken out against it. I guess Rudy is too busy.
His actions as governor of Massachusetts defy that promise, if he made it.
The same thing could be said of The Great Ronald Reagan in California prior to 1980.
I’ve no particular brief for Romney but he does seem the most conservative with a real chance.
Thank you James Dobson.
Mitt “Pro Abortion, Gun Grabber, Socialized Medicine” Romney?
No Moronmey for me, thanks!
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