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As a Christian, I’ve always respected James Dobson. I don’t completely agree with him, but I think he truly “gets it” on public policy issues, especially Islamofascism. But when I saw how quickly he jumped the shark from Romney to McCain, I felt dirty.

Kalifornia Kafir on February 9, 2008 at 3:20 AM

I like him pretty well myself, which is to say I’ve enjoy the books of his that I’ve read. I just don’t think politics is his best arena.

It’s pretty obvious. AP regularly bashes Christians on this site. For example, referring to his speech as “one final bleat.” That’s an animal reference, specifically a sheep. Why that choice of word?

“Pretty obvious” – which is to say you interpret it that way. Bleat – used probably because lambs/sheep are Christian imagery. I’d be quite interested to see you support your statement, by the way. Where has AP said anything like – Christians are _____ (any negative adjective)?

This isn’t a sudden thing, despite your attempted spin. This is the bone of contention that was brought up. It’s really not about Dobson, he is just another in a long line of examples where AP has taken pitchforks to evangelicals.

Contention about what? This post is about Dobson and what he is doing politically. That’s not spin, my friend. And why is it a pitchfork at evangelicals? Unless you take Dobson’s endorsement of Huck as an insult to evang. conservatives.

Pope Linus

You know almost nothing about James Dobson, his reasoning, & his motives. I am honored to stand side-by-side with him on many issues, while I disagree with him this time.

joncoltonis

Instead of eagerly slandering a very intelligent man as an “idiot“, why not find out his reasoning?
Dobson didn’t want to endorse anyone while there were two alternatives to McCain. Now that there is one, he made his choice known.
As a McCain supporter, I disagree with Dobson, but I hold him in very high regard. His wisdom has helped millions of families around the globe.

Don’t judge us all by J. Dobs. Most of us don’t just snatch up our toys and go home when we lose.

My bad.

I quickly unsubscribed to Citizen Action (his online newsletter) and deleted the “Focus on the Family” podcast link from my iPod. How could Dobson support someone like Huckabee? Man, he’s a liberal who wanted to take the Southern Baptist Convention from a conservative bible-based organization to a liberal one (a la Jimmuh Cartuh). The guy may be an evangelical, but he’s definitely not Conservative. I think James Dobson betrayed his own best wisdom by supporting such a liberal, weak, mean-spirited man. Lesson learned: all the way around, pastors (or former pastors) are not perfect.

apacalyps on February 8, 2008 at 4:35 PM

It would almost be worth him getting the nomination to delight in his humilation in the general. Almost! He doesn’t have a prayer.

I must confess I did not see the Mitt Romney dropout coming. I’m surprised Sean Hannity did not commit suicide on his show today as a result. And of course he did it at that annual gathering of the mentally deranged “conservatives” known as CPAC-the…

Huckabee is a copper-tongued devil with hate in his heart who is somehow the darling of the late-night leftist comedian set.

May he go down in political flames, and get that coveted job in entertainment he was clearly born for.

Huck’s gaining momentum again…..•*´

We’re only getting started so fasten your seat belts.

What You do is click This Blue Line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUUplL7gK8w

Huckabee attended a fundraiser for his campaign at the home of the owner of the push polling company 3 weeks before they started push polling.

Total b.s. that the Huckster wanted them to stop. If he really wanted them to, they would have. He said he was against it so he could have plausible deniability, and rubes like you bought into it.

Since you’re defending an ad you admittedly never saw, here’s a little help….

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8xn7uSHtkuA

Not only is it a cross, but it’s lit perfectly to make it stand out.

If you and your “Christian friends” are too butt blind to see the cross, or think it was a coincidence, then you really are clueless.

As for the Huckster being a “saint” on illegal immigration…he supports taking my tax dollars to give scholarships and in-state tuition. And he wanted to give them driver’s licenses.

Of course, he became tough on immigration a whole 2 months ago by plagiarizing someone else’s plan.

He is the ultimate douchebag and will never get my vote.

And oh, ya… thanks Mr. Dobson for endorsing Huckabee. Keep it going Mike!!!!!

I’m gonna send him some cash.

Speakin’ a cash- How’d Ruffini’s “07 Support OUR Nominee” fund raiser go?

Allah- it was supposed to be done yesterday remember. How many millions did he raise for McCain???

Help me out. I’m not following what you are upset at. Dobson has some political goals, yes? Centering around family values and pro-life, yes? To attain political goals, one needs to build up political viability, yes? So Dobson has acted in a way involving the self-interest of voters to whom those are the highest priority, yes? So if you extend that to a hypothetical proving the viability of or to draw attention to the Christian right vote by a 3rd party run (which is why 3rd party runs happen), all the sudden AP is a bad person? Help me out here.

Spirit of 1776 on February 8, 2008 at 9:51 AM

It’s pretty obvious. AP regularly bashes Christians on this site. For example, referring to his speech as “one final bleat.” That’s an animal reference, specifically a sheep. Why that choice of word?

This isn’t a sudden thing, despite your attempted spin. This is the bone of contention that was brought up. It’s really not about Dobson, he is just another in a long line of examples where AP has taken pitchforks to evangelicals.

I don’t have any reason to believe that AP hates Christians. But he does like to goad ridicule us occasionally regularly.

jgapinoy on February 8, 2008 at 8:57 AM

Fixed.

thuja

How can you assume an Obama Presidency like that? Who can predict what will happen next week, let alone in nine months?
It will be easy for McCain to portray Obama as an inexperienced liberal extremist.

jgapinoy on February 8, 2008 at 9:01 AM

Quite right about what you perceived as my assumption, but I was replying to someone who had already made the assumption.

But I do disagree with it being easy for McCain to negatively portray Obama. McCain could just end looking ill-tempered and losing. I do think Obama, our very own Chance the Gardner, could win. It’s that darn uncertainty about the future that you brought up.

Allah,

This is EXACTLY what Huckabee is doing (along with enjoying his new found fame)

This is the problem. Although McCain picking Huckabee would bring along those evangelicals, who I think proved their power on Super Tuesday, it would also turn off a great many moderate and non religious conservatives like youself.

So, I don’t think McCain should pick him, but it would do him well to get his endorsement. Make a deal. It’s done all the time. McCain needs a conservative southerner who will appeal to evangelicals, but I don’t suggest Huckabee.

Regarding Dobson, he is a man of great integrity who has written child rearing books that should be required reading for every person who has a child. He is not a preacher, he does not make a living off his religious work. He is a citizen just like all of us and he has every right to “endorse” someone for President.