McCain Hopes To Mend Fences With Evangelical Leader (Dissed By Dobson!)

[Mark E. Smith]

Columbia, South Carolina (AP) -- Sen. John McCain said Tuesday he hopes to patch things up with conservative Christian leader James Dobson, who recently said he wouldn't support the Republican's presidential bid under any circumsatnces.

In a radio interview with KCBI, a Dallas Christian station, Dobson argued that McCain didn't support traditional marriage values and said he has prayed "we won't get stuck with him." Dobson is founder of Focus on the Family, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

"I'm obviously disappointed and I'd like to continue and have a dialogue with Dr. Dobson and other members of the community," McCain said Tuesday during a stop in Columbia.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/16/mccain.conservatives.ap/index.html

The GOP ticket in 2008? Won't see McCain's name on it.

[HappyWeasel]

1. PWNED!!!!!

Without McCain, and unless the next Vietnam or Depression can be blamed on the Dems by next year, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS DOOMED TO BE THE MINORITY PARTY IN ALL BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT!!!



Seriously, this should be as bad as being knifed in a gun fight.

[Megahurtz]

2. Even Though I Don't Care Much for McCain,

I could really give a shit what Dobson's opinion about anything is.

Hey McCain!
Dontcha think you're a little out of style with the "Born Again" Faux-Christian Fundamentalism?

[David Zephyr]

3. Gag me.

Sickening.

[number6]

4. McCain 's a joke

Dobson is a bigger one

[hatrack]

5. C'mon, John! Kiss a little more Fundie ass! Go ahead and KISS IT!!

Each soothing lip-smacking smooch costs you another 10,000 Reagan Democrats!!

[tanyev]

6. We'll soon have a photo of McCain sniffing Dobson's armpit, too.

What a maverick.

[UTUSN]

7. HaHAH!!1 Let's play, "How LOW Can McCAIN GO-o-o-o-o??!!1"

[jefferson_dem]

8. McCain to make amends with Dobson

McCain to make amends with Dobson

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) said Tuesday he hopes to patch things up with conservative Christian leader James Dobson, who recently said he wouldn't support the Republican's presidential bid under any circumstances.

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During a campaign stop in Columbia, S.C., McCain said: "I'm obviously disappointed and I'd like to continue and have a dialogue with Dr. Dobson and other members of the community."

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"I'm happy to say that I've established a dialogue with a number of other leaders," including the Rev. Jerry Falwell, "Purpose Driven Life" author Rick Warren and Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention.

McCain has reached out to conservatives he once crossed. Last May, he spoke at Falwell's Liberty University in Virginia. In 2000, Falwell opposed McCain's campaign for the GOP nomination and supported George W. Bush. At the time, McCain labeled Falwell and others on the right and the left as "agents of intolerance."

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In a GOP debate with Bush, McCain said that given the opportunity to speak at the school as Bush had, he would have said: "Look, what you're doing in this ban on interracial dating is stupid, it's idiotic, and it is incredibly cruel to many people."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_conservatives

[Roland99]

9. McCain might as well be put up at Thesaurus.com as a synonym for 'whore'

[BayCityProgressive]

10. FLIP FLOP FLIP FLOP FLIP FLOP FLIP FLOP

FLIP FLOPPING WAR SUPPORTING MCCAIN...PLEEEEEEEAAAAASSSSSEEEE NOMINATE HIM!!!!!!!!

[niyad]

11. as if I needed any more reasons to absolutely despise this waste of oxygen and skin.

[Erika]

12. I'm ashamed of my giving $ to McCain

And has told his campaign so. He's disgusting.

[BayCityProgressive]

13. ewww

why would you EVER give him money!?!?!?

[leesa]

14. Yuck..think of having to wade into the Dobson cesspool...probably gives

McCain torture flashbacks.

[Betty]

15. not one shred of dignity remains

no integrity either.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

18. It is becoming increasingly apparent...

That McCain sustained himself, during his years of abuse in Hanoi, with the thought that the payoff would be The Presidency of The United States. With 2008 on the horizon, and the thought that Dear Leader will be out of his way, and that, surely, some party stalwarts have told him that the nom is his, he has decided that said word must be made flesh.

No self-abasement is too...uhmmm...self-abasing. No compromise of his integrity is too reptilian to contemplate. "No real principles" is the only real principle.

A sad and broken man. I would like to think that he will come to no good end in this quixotic quest for the presidency, but if I did so, I would only court over-estimating the American electorate one more time.

[AtomicKitten]

16. pucker up, buttercup

[msongs]

17. all dobson wants is lots of CASH and $$$$$$ - money would be good too. nt