Dr. Dobson: I'd Vote for McCain-Palin

Newsmax ^ | 8/30/08 | Phil Brennan

[wagglebee]

Call it the Palin effect -- John McCain's choice of Alaska's governor Sarah Palin has motivated many conservatives previously reluctant to support his candidacy to surrender their enthusiastic support.

Notably among them is Dr. James Dobson, the very influential conservative leader, who heads the nationwide Focus on the Family organization. Dr. Dobson, who has flatly declared that he would not vote for McCain now says he will, and attributes his change of mind to the senator's choice of solidly conservative pro-life Gov. Palin to be his running mate.

Earlier this year, Dr. Dobson had announced on the nationally syndicated “The Dennis Prager Show” that he “cannot and will not vote for Senator John McCain.” Friday on Prager's Show, he changed course and announced his enthusiastic support of McCain on the heels of the announcement by McCain of Palin as his vice presidential running mate.

Speaking with Prager, Dr. Dobson said he now feels the same excitement he felt when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated.

[Theo]

Dobson has “endorsed” nobody, as far as I can tell. He *has* said that he’s inclined to vote for McCain/Palin.

[Category Four]

He can vote for who he likes, no problem there. There's just that element, that raw meat in the Libs' eyes, of his being a kingmaker; how can he, or we, get around that.

But as far as who he wants to vote for, if he says he wants to vote for a prom date with Santa Claus on the moon, I'll be OK. And as to your question, no. Not all Christians are jerks.

[Theo]

“Kingmaker” is not a term that conservatives use as a hammer against other conservatives. It’s derogatory, and in the case of Dobson, not true. Unless you’re a liberal, there’s no need for you to use such a term against a fellow Christian conservative. If you’re not a Christian, forgive me for assuming you were.

[Category Four]

I'm still a little new to FR, and that's with a two-to-four-year lurk. The thing is, we don't tolerate leftwing preachers in the media (and I know, Dobson's a psychologist, not a pastor), but I'm actually curious now what the difference is in the perception of those who shape, and hold, opinion.

As to my religion, I still haven't figured out what I am -- it's elements of Judaism, Christianity, and perhaps some of the questioning parts of Buddhism.

There's nothing really to forgive, it's not so big a deal -- to me, at least. I'm not gonna beat you up over it, so don't you do it to yourself.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

;)

[Pan_Yan]

How in the heck did you dig this up? Doesn’t change my opinion. I doubt Dobson would have voted Libertarian if Cain had chosen some other little known governor as his running mate.