Posted by
Maudie in Mandeville on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:04:35 AM
Given the working relationship between Family Research Council and Focus on the Family, it might behoove Tony Perkins to put a bug in Dr Dobson's ear regarding his comments on the Republican presidential candidates. If they confuse Maudie, they probably confuse others.
Dr. Dobson has stated that he assumed Fred Thompson was not a Christian. Something as critical as getting a conservative elected to appoint hopefully conservative jurists to the Supreme Court should have inspired Dr Dobson to pick up the phone and ask Fred. This has all been 'clarified' according to Focus, but damage done.
Dr. Dobson has stated he will not vote for Giuliani because of his socially liberal life choices and positions. Giuliani has stated he will appoint strict constructionists to the Supreme Court. Pray tell why Dr. Dobson can accept Fred's apparent first time acknowledgment that he is a "believer", but apparently does not accept Giuliani's pronouncement of appointing conservative jurists. Dr. Dobson should realize groups like FOF and FRC could have held Giuliani's feet to the fire once elected and even now, could have held talks with him to get him to define 'strict constructionist' and gotten some examples of who would fall into this category, even offering their own prospects. Now, it must be assured, FOF has little influence in the Giuliani camp.
Dr. Dobson should have known that appointing strict constructionists would have all but removed Giuliani's position on abortion as a relevant issue. Lawrence Tribe, Alan Dershowitz, et al, have described Roe as bad law. Notwithstanding stare decisis, overturning Roe would give Rudy one vote to decide abortion in his home state of New York only. Rudy certainly hasn’t articulated this fact well, but if Dr. Dobson can accept Gingrich’s mea culpa’s, he should have done the Christian conservative movement a favor and helped Rudy with this message. After all, hundreds of thousands of little Dr. Dobsons sitting out this next election, puts Hillary in…and there is no question what kind of judges she will appoint.
Primaries are supposed to be for voters to determine their choice to eventually run against their enemy. This time should be spent by like- minded thinkers to mobilize support for their candidate. Dr. Dobson hasn't officially chosen, instead spending his time cutting off his nose to spite his face. His eventual selection may not become the voters choice. Unless he truly believes that a candidate who will take the war to the muslim terrorists and will appoint strict constructionists to the Supreme Court, effectively neutering his socially liberal beliefs, is still worse than Hillary and all that she will bring to the Oval Office, he should keep his powder dry, his influence at the ready, and his mouth shut. Pray for a conservative candidate, strict constructionist appointments, and for Dr. Dobson to see the light.
update 7/16/07: Giuliani to Reveal Five-Star Conservative Judicial Advisory Panel But because of Dr. Dobson's short sightedness, as Maudie pointed out back in May, he probably won't be on the panel to make any influential contribution. And we are the worse off because of it. In his place, let's hope for Ann Coulter or Michael Savage.