Then And Now: James Dobson
March 31st, 2008, 7:54 PM EDT
Then:
Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for president in my lifetime. I certainly can’t vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions. If these are the nominees in November, I simply will not cast a ballot for president for the first time in my life.
Now:
Now, Dobson’s changing his tune. Focus on the Family action just sent a “special alert” to its backers, with a subject line that retracts Dobson’s vow to stay home come Election Day: “Dr. Dobson: ‘I Will Certainly Vote’.”
Of course, this doesn’t mean he’ll vote for McCain. After all, now Alan Keyes is running on the Constitution Party.
I never really understood Dobson’s beef with McCain to start with. He’s on Dobson’s side on the cultural issues and it’s not like Dobson is a staunch defender of free speech, other than for blowhard ministers. That Dobson was playing politics, and still is, shouldn’t come as a great surprise.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:44 pm
[...] Alan Colmes says, at his LiberalLand blog that Dr. Dobson made a “vow” to not vote for John [...]
April 1st, 2008 at 2:36 am
Dobson dug around in his ass and found his head. Finally.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:10 pm
LiberalLife @ 2:36am: “[…] Alan Colmes says, at his LiberalLand blog that Dr. Dobson made a “vow” to not vote for John […]”
Um, LiberalLife, Alan isn’t the one that said Dobson made a “vow” as you’ve claimed here and on your blog. It was BeliefNet who said that in THEIR story on Dobson’s change.
Ever hear of following the link? You know, the one Alan took time to put up there for us to read? Now, how about placing a correction on your blog to reflect the reality of the situation and apologize to Alan for your mistaken claim?
Btw, the word vow doesn’t only mean to promise or pledge as you seem to be implying. It can also mean “to declare solemnly or earnestly; assert emphatically” which would be an appropriate word for what Dobson said.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Unfortunatly, both parties took stupid pills when they selected the front runners. Senators in general are not as good candidates for President as the NEVER RAN ANYTHING.
Democrats threw Bill Richardson, the best choice under the bus, and Republicans tossed Romney.
Out of the three front runners, McCain is the best choice as he hasn’t *yet* committed direct treason against our country by poliferating technology to China, or is so green around the ears and clearly doesn’t have a clue what to do if they enter the WH.
Though left with McCain, many are dis-illusioned with his actions:
1) Co-writing McCain-Feingold, which should have been shot down by the Supreme Court for it’s unconstitutionality of limiting free-speech.
2) McCain “gave the conservative base the finger” during the 2000 Primaries, and paid by losing.
3) Co-writing the amnesty bill. Some are not convinced that he made a turn-around due to the backlash; just payed lip-service to prop up his struggling campaign to what it is now.
On the economy, he dosen’t have a clue, but the alternatives are much worse.
Positives for McCain, is that he clearly shows knowledge in handling campaigns, unlike Both Clintons, and W, has a quiet ‘pro-life’ stance.
Before we vote, it is important that we UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES and check track records of the candidates so we can UNDERSTAND the repercussions of the implementation of the candidates’ policies,
Mike
April 4th, 2008 at 6:32 pm