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I know that Dobson isn't exactly the most uncontroversial figure here, but I think his statement is spot on and I thank him for taking a stand.
1 posted on 09/01/2008 10:57:49 PM PDT by SolidWood
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To: SolidWood

Good note from Dobson there...

Children are not perfect... and many parents wrestle daily with the unfortunate surprises from their children. So many parents feel helpless at times when it comes to the choices their growing children make...

What Sarah and the McCain campaign received today was something for the “i-hate-republicans” crowd to talk about but more-so they received a lot of silent sympathy and compassion. We also were able to relate to her family even more than at first when we met them on Friday.


2 posted on 09/01/2008 11:07:45 PM PDT by bedowin
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To: SolidWood

“I make decisions as quickly as I can, quicker than the other fellow, if I can. Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.” -John McCain

Absolutely! We need to stick by Palin - McCain’s choice. McCain’s a maverick who knows what he is doing. Palin may be a gov. of a state with only 700,000 people for 18 months - who cares! She is gold! Stick with it till the bitter end. McCain’s judgment is unimpeachable.


3 posted on 09/01/2008 11:12:17 PM PDT by PresbyRev
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To: SolidWood
I know that Dobson isn't exactly the most uncontroversial figure here...

Christians are controversial everywhere.   ;-)

Thanks for the post, SolidWood!

4 posted on 09/01/2008 11:13:48 PM PDT by unspun (Mike Huckabee: Government's job is "protect us, not have to provide for us.")
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To: SolidWood

The press should leave the kid alone.


5 posted on 09/01/2008 11:18:29 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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To: SolidWood
I know that Dobson isn't exactly the most uncontroversial figure here, but I think his statement is spot on and I thank him for taking a stand.

There is only one stand to take on this: it's a no-brainer. But, ya, thanks just the same.

6 posted on 09/01/2008 11:18:58 PM PDT by period end of story (Goodness inside)
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Who cares if Dobson is controversial here, he is right!

"The media are already trying to spin this as evidence Gov. Palin is a 'hypocrite,' but all it really means is that she and her family are human. They are in my prayers and those of millions of Americans."

(*It was worth repeating!)

7 posted on 09/01/2008 11:20:30 PM PDT by exhaustedmomma (McCain: You don't have to love him, you just have to fall in line)
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To: SolidWood

“Sins of the flesh” exposed in other people’s lives give some people the urge to put the knock on other people. They should be careful. A great sermon posited a theory - unproven but very plausible - about a famous Bible story. Some Pharisees brought a woman to our Lord and accused her of adultery. “She was taken in the act!” Our Lord began writing on the ground with a stick, and one by one the Pharisees left. What did our Lord write? It could have been the names of women - one name for each Pharisee.


8 posted on 09/01/2008 11:21:31 PM PDT by 185JHP ( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")
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To: SolidWood

I’m a little late with this (I work midnight turn). IMO, the Democrats & the MSM (but I repeat myself) will overplay this hand (Bristol Palin’s pregnancy). Its almost like the Democrats WANT to lose this election. Unless Obama Muad’Dib gets a handle on the unhinged left in his corner, he will lose this election by a large margin. Most Americans are not thrilled at attacks on teenage girls. I’m not a huge Dobson fan, but he’s not wrong here.


9 posted on 09/01/2008 11:29:46 PM PDT by kb2614 (Hell hath no fury than a bureaucrat scorned)
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To: SolidWood

Well, of course, he would say this. He is a Christian. And he is right.


10 posted on 09/01/2008 11:32:46 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (John votes outside of the GOP on principle; Sarah 'sez "Third Party Conservative" is fine. Hmmmmmmmm)
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"In the 32-year history of Focus on the Family, we have offered prayer, counseling and resource assistance to tens of thousands of parents and children in the same situation the Palins are now facing.

Totally consistent with what I've heard over listening to
"Focus On The Family" for at least a decade (with a occassional
hiatus here and there).

I guess the Democratic Party's folks haven't fully grasped that
Christians are more about honorably dealing with "unintended
consequences" and the less-than-admirable acts Christians commit
while in the midst of a pagan/atheistic/hedonistic bunch like
Today's Democratic Party.

From what I've seen of The Democratic Party since the era of Reagan...
their main theme is pleasure/utopianism...even if the innocent
yet-to-be-born have to pay the price for their indulgence.
12 posted on 09/01/2008 11:42:08 PM PDT by VOA
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To: SolidWood

I don’t see it this way, sorry. I’ve been wrestling this one since I heard about it, and where I come down is - this isn’t the right example for teenage girls - to hear something like this, and for it to be celebrated the way it is. Just a few months ago, some 7-8 girls at a high school all agreed to get pregnant at the same time. A baby needs a family- a stable family. I’m glad that life was chosen in the case of Palin’s daughter, but its not right. Not at that age.

Call me old fashioned but thats why women should stay home and not the father- I doubt Sarah would have let this happen if she were on it.


13 posted on 09/01/2008 11:46:00 PM PDT by cattleranch716
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To: SolidWood
I know that Dobson isn't exactly the most uncontroversial
figure here, but I think his statement is spot on and I thank him
for taking a stand.


An additional thought...
If I was a conservative celeb appearing on CNN or MSNBC and they
started being harpys about the NOT-TERMINATED pregnancy of
Palin's daughter, I'd say to the interviewer...

"You are sounding really judgemental these days!
Have you converted to fundamentalistic Christianity?"

That would be a question (if pressed forward with follow-up
interrogatories) that would probably leave the MSM interviewers
frothing at the mouth.
Before they collapse in some sort of apoplexy (stroke).
14 posted on 09/01/2008 11:48:13 PM PDT by VOA
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To: SolidWood
The truth...now we all know which party makes themselves God and does the punishing. Christians will worry for this young mothers struggles and will support her and her child....the left will seek to destroy...count on it.
15 posted on 09/01/2008 11:50:42 PM PDT by Earthdweller
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To: SolidWood

Dr. Dobson is correct. Thanks for posting.


18 posted on 09/01/2008 11:55:05 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: SolidWood
Excellent points here. These are real people facing real problems. The Palin's are Pro Life.

The jackals on the left are hoping the evangelical crowd will be duped into not supporting McCain/Palin- so that pro partial birth abortion Obama can win the upcoming election.

They (left) must be shocked to discover that most Christian's are not falling for it. The (lefties) never get the part where Jesus came to save the sinners. We are all sinners. They always miss that part.

IMO- Sarah, is an "outside Washington", "down to earth folks"- person. We haven't had this type running for office, in a long time. (She has a great record too.) It's refreshing. What family doesn't have problems to deal with? What family is perfect? Any family can relate to what they are going through on some level.

I agree with Dobson- the voting public will not be pleased with the attacks on Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter, anymore than they liked the attacks on Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter- which didn't go over at all.

It will be interesting to see how Sarah handles this first challenge. It's a teachable moment, I think.

Anyway, Prayers being said, this is only the beginning of the slime campaign.

Great article- BUMP

19 posted on 09/01/2008 11:56:00 PM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for president Bush. Pray for our troops. Pray for congress, Pray for our nation.)
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To: SolidWood
Its not Palin as a conservative who is being hypocritical. Conservatives do not condemn people for having teenage daughters who have the courage to keep an unwanted pregnancy and get married to the father.

It is the "progressive" critics who are being hypocrites. How the heck can they routinely excuse "hooking up" between teenagers, and a "woman's right to choose", and yet condemn Palin or her daughter for anything?

This misguided mud slinging will bite them in the butt.

21 posted on 09/02/2008 12:03:38 AM PDT by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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The liberal “take” on this pregnancy shows their ignorance about Christianity...real Christianity, not the false gospels of universalism and Obama’s racist church doctrines.
22 posted on 09/02/2008 12:13:40 AM PDT by highlander_UW (illegal alien is to an undocumented worker as a drug dealer is to an unlicensed pharmacist)
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“uncontroversial”

The word “controversial” just means that the God-hating death eaters hate a person or an idea.


24 posted on 09/02/2008 12:48:27 AM PDT by dsc
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There must be many Christian families that are dealing with similar situations with their own children having children.

No one is perfect. We just have to deal with our imperfections as gracefully as possible.


28 posted on 09/02/2008 3:02:34 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776 (I am voting for McCain , because I already have a Messiah.)
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To: SolidWood
I know that Dobson isn't exactly the most uncontroversial figure here...

Hard to believe isn't it? Especially since he is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and-pro America. He opposes all forms of liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism, anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism, feminism, homosexualism, racism, wacko environmentalism, judicial activism, etc.

Hmmm... where have I read this before?

30 posted on 09/02/2008 3:24:03 AM PDT by loboinok (Gun control is hitting what you aim at!)
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