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Evangelical Turnout

10.12.07 @ 12:01AM

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I would tend to say that there is no person more religiously conservative than Mitt Romney. You obviously do not know anything about his religion and how devoted he is to it.

I would recommend looking at this website.
-- Lance Ellinghaus

James Antle III... who really cares what you think about Dobson or the "values voters"? They are the people who have kept the Republicans in the majority until recently when they got fed up with the lack of values in politicians. Bush has made a disaster of this country with his immigration policies and the war in Iraq is turning into a big boondoggle due to his lack of leadership and foresight. Now Bush's one world tendencies are coming to the forefront with his intervention in the Texas capital punishment case. As one who used to frequent this site and who had gotten pretty fed up with your myopic viewpoints that condescend to reason and reality, I feel it's time we did get back to values. I'm not going to defend Dobson, but at least he stands for something his feet on the ground, and if it comes down to "sacrificing" the GOP to bring this nation back on an even keel, then so be it. You can compromise all you want, but until the last vote is counted , don't knock the "values voters" or you will find yourself without an audience as more people make the decision I did and leave you in the dust. Further, you left out Rudy's opposition to gun rights. He may say he'll appoint strict constructionists but anyone who thinks the way he does can hardly be trusted. Also, his "leadership" on 9/11 is being disputed by some of the people who were directly involved.
-- Pete Chagnon

I am a born-again, baptized in the Holy Spirit, tongue-speaking Christian living in south Louisiana. What does that have to do with whom I'm going to vote for in 2008? Nothing. Politics ain't beanbag, and it ain't an invitation to be filled with the Holy Ghost. The best candidate, with Fred Thompson a distant (but closing) second is Rudy. Period.

I have seen too many self-proclaimed shepherds of the voting Christian flock go off the deep end with their sudden (self) importance. If it isn't Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell saying something silly, it's Dr. Dobson going into full theatre to denounce perhaps the only viable candidate to keep a repeat of the French Revolution from erupting in America for the next four or eight years.

Dr. Dobson, get off of your high horse. You do not speak for me, and you don't speak for millions of other evangelical Christians who pay more than occasional attention to the political scene. And, third parties are for losers like Perot and that Corvair-slaying debutante of the Left. So, let a little of the hot air escape the bag and relax. After all, the Holy Spirit is in control. Right James?

So far, it's Rudy. That may change, it may not. If it does, it won't be because James Dobson told me not to vote for Rudy.
-- Robert McClain
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

More than 200 hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson running for president against John Adams and denying Adams a second term, was castigated from the pulpits by preachers assailing Jefferson as a nonbeliever even anti-Christian. As Jefferson served his presidency for two terms, the charges of his bias against religion dissipated, disappeared as a political issue.

Today Rudy finds himself in somewhat the same predicament, accused of not living as a Christian should live and harboring un-Christian like social ideas. Dr. Dobson appears to have the loudest horn in this avenging band.

To be fair and mindful of history, let's state now that Dr. Dobson is fair-minded and seeks to guide his Christian flock as he is commanded to by his religion. We also assume Dr. Dobson would forgive Rudy any sins as is the right of any person seeking forgiveness and redemption.
Let's also remember that Rudy is a practitioner of governance and must govern to a large extent as those who elect him wish him to. To this point Rudy has never said he is for abortion. Rather he has said he is against it, desiring as few as possible to occur within his governance. He recognizes, however his duty as a governor to settle the issue in his real world he governs in steps as opposed to imposing a religious view point having no gradation.

Rudy will appoint Conservative judges whom will comport in steps with the result desired by Christians. The Democrat Party, on the other hand, will resist efforts to end abortion, the result desired by Christians, and will probably continue their religious bias against Christians. Supporting third party efforts within the Republican Party will lead to an unsatisfactory effort to end abortion. "Render unto Rudy what is Rudy's and unto God what is God's" seems relevant here.
-- Howard Lohmuller

As someone sympathetic to the concerns of Dr. Dobson, et al., here's the thing: booger up the war vs. Islamofascism and the rest of the stuff they're worried about won't matter much.

Rudy won't booger up the war.
-- Brad Bettin
Melbourne, Florida

BALL OF WAXMAN
Re: The Prowler's Rush Week:

You people have no integrity at all. I just heard your spokesperson on the Rush Limbaugh show. Absolutely disgraceful. You are the kind of people who are creating the divisiveness in our country. You are unpatriotic.

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