Cal Thomas: RW'ers attacking Clinton, but not Republicans, for infidelity is not hypocrisy

[ck4829]

But instead they are 'maturing'.

"One has to wonder just what world right-wing commentator Cal Thomas inhabits. The fact that the Right is resoundingly under-whelmed and dismayed by the current crop of GOP presidential frontrunners is not to be taken as a sign that their influence may be waning, but rather as sign that “Conservative Evangelical Christian voters” are supposedly “maturing” in their political outlook:

Conservative Evangelical Christian voters have come a long way in a short time. From their nearly unanimous condemnation of Bill Clinton for his extramarital affairs, a growing number of these “pro-family” voters appear ready to accept several Republican presidential candidates who do not share their ideal of marriage and faith.

Thomas then goes on to recount the various infidelities of Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, and John McCain before concluding

That substantial numbers of conservative evangelical voters are even considering these candidates as presidential prospects is a sign of their political maturation and of their more pragmatic view of what can be expected from politics and politicians.

Seeing as these men are widely considered to be among the GOP’s frontrunner and that the first Republican presidential primary is still almost a year away, these voters don’t really have much choice but to consider these candidates at this point. Nonetheless, according to the most recent New York Times/CBS News poll, they don’t seem too happy about it..."

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/03/the_maturing_ri.html

[CJCRANE]

1. Hate the Sin but love the Sinner

unless he's Bill Clinton.

[RaleighNCDUer]

9. For repukes it's Love the sin, hate the sinner.

That's why it's called hypocrisy.

[shain from kane]

2. Henry Hyde's youthful indiscretions. Gingrich had about 18 years with each

of 2 wives. How old was Giuliani when he settled on no. 3?

[sarge43]

3. Well, that's a interesting spin on the Seventh Commandment

Thou shall not commit adultery. Republicans excepted.

[Toots]

4. IOW Right Wingers have been a bunch of immature whiners for over a decade

But now they have matured and found that their reading of the Bible is no longer important unless of course they canuse it to attack a Democrat..

[baldguy]

5. And why should I care what Cal Thomas thinks?

He's just another immature whiny hypocrite.

[Donnachaidh]

6. I *might* buy this argument IF

RW nutjobs weren't STILL using the Monica case to attack Bill Clinton at every possible instance.
But they are -- and this is just another spin job by a RW mouthpiece.

[TlalocW]

7. Of course, it's not hypocrisy

Jesus himself only condemned adultery during non-election years or when it looked like his political party was safe.

TlalocW

[OHdem10]

8. The Media ignores what RR Leaders

are saying. Both R. Land, Top Official Southern Baptist
Convention and also Leader of Family ResearcH Council
on C. Matthews Hardball Monday.
Essentially stated Guilliani as "unnacceptable".
Both agreed that having Candidateswith 3 marriages and
ugly divorces gives the Democrats ammunition to
call us hypocrites especially after our attacks
on Bill Clinton.

If you closely examine Cal Thomas's last sentence,
they are not happy with their choices. He, too.
sees the problem for the Republican Base. On
the Fox Newswatch program Thomas indicated that
being pragmatic on these marriage issues can leave
Republicans looking like hypocrites.

Are they trying to change the image of the Republican
Party--not so "religious" and more moderate.
Right now, I have no idea. I find it interesting
that they seem to ignore players like the Southern
Baptist Convention and the Family Research Council.