Sun Will Rise, Sun Will Set, Dobson Will Endorse McCain
Mon, 07/21/2008 - 5:10pm
I was one of many people who thought that perhaps this was the election where the fundamentalist base of the Republican Party finally divorces itself from a "not conservative enough" Republican candidate. But there's been plenty of evidence that the relationship between Senator John McCain and the leading luminaries of the fundamentalist movement like the leader of Focus on the Family, James Dobson, and Pastor John Hagee of San Antonio's Cornerstone Church is as strong as ever.
Tonight we're treated to one more brick in the wall refuting the idea that John McCain will have anything less than the full support of leaders like Dobson in November. In a radio broadcast set to air today, Dobson says that while he is not endorsing Senator McCain right now, "the possibility is there that I might."
If nothing else, watching, reading and listening to fundamentalist leaders like Dobson gives the observer an acute appreciation for the substance of the phrase "do as I say, not as I do."
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Time to String Up the Sheet, and Start the Bickering
By kismert
Wed, 07/23/2008 - 7:46pm
If the fundamentalists and the Republicans divorced, it would be like the New York couple who split, but found out neither could afford to live on their own, so they put a bed sheet up in the middle of their apartment to make separate spaces.
Problem is, the fundies can't start their own party - their leadership and followers are far too fractious. The Republicans provide a convenient proxy political leadership that smooths over a lot of potential infighting.
Despite the clear liabilities that the fundies present, the Republican party is surely reluctant to give up such an easily led, blindly obedient, and undemanding block vote. Besides, with their current policies, the Republicans have few replacement demographics they can hope to attract, especially before November.
So, they are stuck with each other: no other party is going to take the fundies, and the Republicans can't afford to lose what has been their margin of victory over the past two presidential elections, either.
Hi, I agreed to your words
By caroline16
Thu, 07/24/2008 - 5:45am
Hi,
I agreed to your words that watching, reading and listening to fundamentalist leaders like Dobson gives the observer an acute appreciation for the substance of the phrase "do as I say, not as I do." And its a great article.
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