As someone who has been on FreeRepublic for more than a decade, I think this thread is one of the MOST disgusting and ignorant ones that I ever seen in the new century. It is even worse than the ones in which Republicans and supposed conservatives gave their backing to the Austrian Arnold Schwarzenegger, who destroyed the Republican brand in California, created tens of billions of dollars of additional debt and fathered a second family in his spare time.
The people who have contributed to this thread have — IN MANY CASES, PARTICULARLY THE PEOPLE I HAVE ADDRESSED THIS TO — shown themselves to grossly ignorant of their country and its founding, a notable Christian leader (Dr. James Dobson) and of Christianity. I would suggest that all of you start by reading the intro page for Free Republic — which states that it is “America’s exclusive site for God, Family, Country, Life & Liberty Conservatives.”
The people in this thread have poured contempt and venom on a good and decent man. He has been said to be a hypocrite, someone worthy of a golden shower, a money hound, a scoundrel, a judgmental old bastard, a perennial jackass and a holier-than-thou-do-gooder, among other vile and reprehensible names. I find your comments to be disgusting and unworthy of people who might consider themselves to be Christians or even conservatives.
I have never met Dr. Dobson personally, but I consider him to be an outstanding Christian leader and I believe he will be regarded that way in eternity by his Savior.
He is someone who has helped the downtrodden of society. As much as almost anyone in this nation, he has stood against the shedding of innocent blood by defending unborn children, opposing abortion and supporting adoption. His ministry has worked tirelessly to defend the sanctity of marriage and to assist couples who have had troubled marriages, both by his books, by his radio broadcasts and helping other Christian leaders. He has operated basketball camps for children from fatherless homes. HE HAS ACTED LIKE AND BEEN A CHRISTIAN MAN WHO HAS HONORED GOD AND WHO WILL BE HONORED BY GOD. I would suggest that he has done more to help other people IN ONE DAY OF HIS LIFE than most of you have done in your entire lives.
By the way, if you have time, you might have some point read some of the writings of our nation’s founders. They almost all thought that our nation’s president shouldn’t just be well qualified, but that he should be the most moral of his fellow citizens. I will support Santorum, Perry or even Gingrich over Romney — BUT I am less than thrilled about Newt’s moral baggage. To divorce one wife while she was sick with cancer and then to have a running eight-year affair on wife number two — EVEN DURING THE TIME OF THE CLINTON IMPEACHMENT — shows very poor moral judgment.
As far as I’m concerned, all of you owe Dr. Dobson an apology.
if Doc Dobson cannot take a punch, then I suggest he not step into the ring with both arms flailing!
Nobody really cares what you think, newbie.
Cool.
He'll be regarded as a judgmental idiot by 99% of everybody else.
You should be concerned about your own sin. Each and everyoneone of us have sinned just as much as Gingrich and Dobson have and we all have been pardoned. Take your self-righteous and sanctimonious feldergarb and stick it!
Apparently you missed the bottom feeding thread about the background research on Santorum's wife. Having said that, it's the kind of dumpster-dive smear I would expect from a leftist foreign paper, but not from Dobson.
Your red herring defense of Mr. Dobson does not wash. The difference between Gingrich and Bill Clinton is that the former repented of his sins and confessed them.
Read the parable of the Prodigal Son sometime.