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Dobson and “Focus on the Family” wants the same stranglehold on the Republican party that Moveon.org has on the Democrat party. For Mr. Dobson...I do not see the Jesus Stamp of Approval on your letterhead so what makes your “endorsement or non-endorsement” better than anyone elses. Has Focus on the Family become a cult were followers are to bow to your ever demand?

Don’t lose sight of the fact that this was a private email from Dobson to some group of acquaintances or supporters. One of those people chose to release it to a reporter (possibly with Dobson’s knowledge, possibly without it). If Dobson wanted it released it was his intent to make this public and have a large and immediate impact on the nomination, but if it was done without his prompting he may have intended it to remain private and to have a smaller effect. It’s not exactly a “cult” to send an email to people about your thoughts on the election. I send them myself . . . it’s just that reporters are not interested in my opinion, sadly.

Dobson and “Focus on the Family” wants the same stranglehold on the Republican party that Moveon.org has on the Democrat party.

You hit that nail on the head!

Has Focus on the Family become a cult where followers are to bow to your ever demand?

Sure seems that way from reading some of the posts defending Dobson!

I understand that the e-mail was a private one.

Dobson and Focus have as their highest priority pro-life. He seems to be a good and decent Christian man who has constantly spoken out on moral issues. He’s also very concerned about the hate crimes bills and the Fairness doctrine. He didn’t like McCain-Feingold, as many don’t, because of the way it skews fundraising.

A candidate that doesn’t hold to those points of view, with the most critical one being pro-life, and the second probably Judeo Christian based ethics (I think he’d have no problem with a conservative Jew, for instance), would not be one he would endorse.

I like Fred Thompson a lot, based on some of his position papers but understand the concerns Mr. Dobson expressed privately, presumably to a friend(?).

I have listened to the guy for many years and he considers himself to be someone who provides information and lets folks take it where they may. He is one of many who try to get a conservative take out to the public, despite the efforts of the lamestream media.

So, you didn’t like any of the social conservative organizations that organized the Values Voter Debate and now you don’t like Focus on the Family. So, I have to ask do you like any social conservatives? Why is it such a crime to you that we have positions and don’t support candidates who disagree with us on the issues that we care about. Isn’t that what politics is all about?