Dobson is WAY out of line.
I don't want to get into details of a campaign four years ago when the candidate isn't running now. I don't trust my memory on that sort of thing without doing research, and I don't see the point of researching it because Fred Thompson isn't running.
So, let's change the name. Were conservatives wrong four years ago to say that Barack Obama is “not Christian enough” because of the stuff going on in Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church?
Dobson is not “way out of line” here, any more than the people who criticized Obama’s church and pastor. Dobson has every right to criticize a candidate for not being Christian enough, especially if that candidate professes to be affiliated with a Christian church and has made his faith an issue but doesn't appear to be practicing what he professes.
Those who agree with Dobson will take that into account, and those who don't, won't.
I think Newt Gingrich compares quite favorably to Fred Thompson on the issue of practicing what he professes to believe, by the way. That's a point in Gingrich's favor. He gives every indication of being a sincere convert to the Roman Catholic Church who believes a spiritual foundation is critical to win the war on Islamofascism, and understands the Roman Catholic Church's long history of confronting Islam.