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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 04:39 AM
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New York Times: Christian Right Labors to Find ’08 Candidate
Good news. There is no one amongst the Republican front runners who hates enough to satisfy the blood lust of leaders like Falwell, Robertson, and James Dobson. How surprising, there's some pretty hateful stuff on the table with the current Republican block. But I'm not here to criticize their choices, just to rejoice at the "Good News" - THEY MAY SIT OUT 2008!!!


The Hunt for the New Damien Begins



Christian Right Labors to Find ’08 Candidate


25 Feb 2007 LINK

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 — A group of influential Christian conservatives and their allies emerged from a private meeting at a Florida resort this month dissatisfied with the Republican presidential field and uncertain where to turn.

For eight years and four elections, President Bush forged a singular alliance with Christian conservatives — including dispatching administration officials and even cabinet members to address council meetings — that put them at the center of the Republican Party.

But in the aftermath of the stinging defeats in the midterm elections, and with discontent over the Iraq war weighing heavily on the public, some Christian conservatives worry that they may find themselves on the sidelines of the presidential race.

The conservative concern may also be an ominous sign for the Republican Party about the morale of a core element of its political base. Conservatives warn that the 2008 election could shape up like 1996, when conservatives faced a lesser-of-two evils choice between a Republican they distrusted, former Senator Bob Dole, and a Democrat they disdained, President Bill Clinton. Dr. Dobson of Focus on the Family later said in a speech to the council that he voted for a conservative third-party candidate that year rather than pull a lever for Mr. Dole.[/div
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 04:55 AM
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1. The Christian Right: Neither Christian Nor Right. n/t
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 02:58 PM
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8. rofl!
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SquireJons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 05:20 AM
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2. Dup
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 05:40 AM
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3. So Dobson wouldn't pull the lever for Bob Dole!
Edited on Sun Feb-25-07 05:47 AM by Chipper Chat
Dole is about as apple-pie American as they come, war hero and all.
I can't imagine Dobson pulling the lever for Jesus Christ either, hippie-lover and friend of the poor that he is - and UNMARRIED!

Well James, I have found the perfect fuck-us on the family candidate for you: ALAN KEYES.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 08:42 AM
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4. I think Ted Haggard is available.

:rofl:
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 06:21 PM
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14. Yes, now that he's been CURED of The Gay!
Hallelujah! It's a miracle!


:rofl:
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 09:08 AM
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5. Maybe a Tom Tancredo/Virgil Goode ticket would satisfy these
red-meat haters.

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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 02:58 PM
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7. You've nailed it, Those two fit the bill...they scare babies and
make mothers want to cry;)

How about Falwell, Robertson...there's a good one.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 03:26 PM
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9. Hi, autorank. Yep. Ol' Pat Robertson's always interested in being in
the limelight. I doubt it would take very much to persuade him to jump in.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 11:29 AM
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6. Why doesn't Dobson run?
I'd pay big money to watch him explain on national tv why dragging one's little boy into the shower for a session of penis show-and-tell is a good idea.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 06:00 PM
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11. Maybe Pat "Blood Diamonds" Robertson will give it another go. What fun that would be.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 03:30 PM
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10. Brownback and Hunter aren't demented enough for them?
Maybe batshit crazy Allan Keyes will try to make a comeback.
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Bullet1987 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 06:15 PM
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12. This is why McCain and Guiliani don't have a shot in hell of getting the nomination...
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 06:21 PM
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13. I weep for the religiously insane.
:cry:
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 06:28 PM
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15. Mark Foley hasn't been convicted of anything yet
He's certainly eligible to run.
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