Dobson Seeks to Put Kibosh on Thompson's Bid

[ck4829]

As we noted the other day, James Dobson is a member of The Arlington Group, a secretive coalition of right-wing powerhouses that is throwing around its political power by interviewing presidential candidates in an attempt to anoint the eventual GOP nominee by granting said nominee its seal-of-approval.

At the same time, various polls show TV star and former Senator Fred Thompson doing quite well among Republican voters despite the fact that he is not even officially running. That apparently was frightening enough to James Dobson to compel him to make an unsolicited phone call to Dan Gilgoff, author of "The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War," in order to decree that Thompson's candidacy is unacceptable because Dobson doesn't "think he's a Christian":

Focus on the Family founder James Dobson appeared to throw cold water on a possible presidential bid by former Sen. Fred Thompson while praising former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is also weighing a presidential run, in a phone interview Tuesday.

"Everyone knows he's conservative and has come out strongly for the things that the pro-family movement stands for," Dobson said of Thompson. "(But) I don't think he's a Christian; at least that's my impression," Dobson added, saying that such an impression would make it difficult for Thompson to connect with the Republican Party's conservative Christian base and win the GOP nomination.

Dobson went on to say that Gov. Mitt Romney can't win because "there are conservative Christians who will not vote for him because of his Mormon faith," and that "the current excitement over Giuliani" will soon fade.

The only potential nominee for whom Dobson had any praise was Newt Gingrich, who just so happened to appear on Dobson's radio program a few weeks ago where he confessed to having cheated on his wife during the impeachment of President Clinton and claimed to have sought forgiveness.

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

[Ganja Ninja]

1. The religious right and the GOP deserve each other.

:popcorn:

[skipos]

2. I agree with Dobson

Newt should be the Repub nominee. His favorable/unfavorables are even worse than Hillary's. He and Mitt would be MUCH easier to beat than Dame Rudy or the Law & Order guy, imo.

[Hubert Flottz]

3. I still say Arnold Ziffel best represents what the GOP stands for.

And he is a better actor and more human than all the others put together.(smells better too)

I think Arnold would fly!

[rodeodance]

4. It is amanzing how one man can have so much power!

[BOSSHOG]

6. I believe some credit can be given to

his perception machine and a rather pliant outside media. It must pain him severely to try to "fix" the broken gingrich because he can't find anyone else that hates enough or is evil enough for him to endorse and tell the lemmings to vote for. I believe his sphere of influence is limited to (a rather large) group of ignorant people.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. So...from deep inside his topsy-turvy wackaloon RW cloister,

James Dobson issues a fatwa declaring that Fred Thompson doesn't meet his 'evangelical purity' test. Neither does Mitt Romney. Strangely enough, Newt Gingrich does! :silly: :wtf:

How about it, Republicans? Will you allow this judgmental shitweasel to choose your candidates? Good luck with finding a candidate who passes the various & sundry litmus tests you've allowed the fundies to put in place. :evilgrin: