is james dobson the spokesperson for christianity and the bible in america?

spanone

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Tue Jun-24-08 03:41 PM
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is james dobson the spokesperson for christianity and the bible in america?

why does the media print dobson' opinions as news?

he's the posterboy for the reclamation of church and state.

after the revernd wright incident, you would think that the 'media' would be skeptical of a political preacher

guess not.

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mrreowwr_kittty

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Tue Jun-24-08 03:44 PM
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1. I'd vastly prefer Al Sharpton in that position. At least he's funny. nt

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truebrit71

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Tue Jun-24-08 03:45 PM
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2. I was wondering the same thing...since when did sane people turn to that ass-half religious fool...

Edited on Tue Jun-24-08 03:46 PM by truebrit71

for opinions...???

Fuck him and the self-righteous fuckers that care what that moran thinks...

The M$M in this country sucks major-league ass...

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stillcool

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Tue Jun-24-08 03:48 PM
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3. Jeez...I bet if they wanted to..

they could rustle up some really freaky sermons. It wouldn't have the same impact though. Reverend Wright was way more scary because he spoke the truth.

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Warpy

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Tue Jun-24-08 03:48 PM
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4. HE thinks he is!

I have no idea why the mass media think what that crazy old fart thinks is news, other than the fact that they're grasping at any anti Obama statements they can find in a desperate attempt to keep their media monopolies intact.

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spanone

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Tue Jun-24-08 03:49 PM
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6. it's just been on the damned teevee all day & it's pissed me off....

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sinkingfeeling

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Tue Jun-24-08 03:49 PM
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5. Apparently, the wonderful, competent media in America thinks so.

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Eurobabe

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Tue Jun-24-08 03:51 PM
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7. Evidently he thinks he is, he and his buddy Bill Bennett.

Men of virtue. Wonder what skeletons Dobson has in HIS closet?

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Gabi Hayes

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Tue Jun-24-08 04:56 PM
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16. do you really need to know anything besides this, when it comes to Dobson, or Bennett,

Edited on Tue Jun-24-08 04:56 PM by Gabi Hayes

for that matter?

http://www.slate.com/id/2000043/entry/1001588/

In his opinion column, Garry Wills revisited the wild claim of conservative leader James Dobson, whose book Children at Risk reported that the White House distributed a workbook to schools asking children "to draw the world's largest penis, compare white and black penises, and show their parents making love." (I'm quoting Wills.)

Dobson has never been able to substantiate this claim, despite repeated requests for evidence. And Wills persists in pointing out the credibility gap because the book's introduction was written by William Bennett. "Bennett goes about denouncing Clinton as a liar," Wills says, "but he promotes the kind of lies that right-wingers want to hear."

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Oleladylib

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Tue Jun-24-08 03:55 PM
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8. Okay, now it's damn sure I'll vote for Obama...These people drive me crazy...

I cannot stand the selfrighteous sons a bitches...and they should be asssshamed to call themselves Christians..They are an embarrassment to Christ...

Well, that might have been over the top...ask me if I care???!!!

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Old and In the Way

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Tue Jun-24-08 03:56 PM
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9. He bought the franchise.

He gets exclusive interpretational rights.

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Mythsaje

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Tue Jun-24-08 04:00 PM
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10. He's one of the creatures I was referring to here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3512474&mesg_id=3512474

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spanone

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Tue Jun-24-08 04:05 PM
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11. great post

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Mythsaje

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Tue Jun-24-08 04:08 PM
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13. Thank you eom

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BOSSHOG

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Tue Jun-24-08 04:08 PM
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12. YES HE IS

and let us make it so

Play leviticus backwards on your eight track and its there in living black and white. If lurkers think I'm making fun of you, you are fucking rocket scientists.

Dobson does however prove valuable. He is living proof of the importance of the separation of church and state.

Do ya ever notice how zealots love THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES??

I DID NOT SPEND 24 YEARS IN UNIFORM SUPPORTING AND DEFENDING THE BIBLE.

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greendog

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Tue Jun-24-08 04:13 PM
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14. A cross between P.T. Barnum and the Grand Dragon.

No divinity degree.
No theology degree.
Not a bible scholar.

The man, does however, have a remarkable talent for reeling in the suckers. That's why the media likes him.

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msongs

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Tue Jun-24-08 04:45 PM
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15. not the spokesperson but typical nt

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DailyGrind51

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Tue Jun-24-08 05:01 PM
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17. He does not speak for Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, or Mormons,

and I doubt if most mainline Protestants can stand him either!

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spanone

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Tue Jun-24-08 05:19 PM
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18. bill schneider spending bout 10 minutes on dobson/obama....this is just horseshit

'a dispute of values'

fuck james dodson

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knitter4democracy

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Tue Jun-24-08 05:33 PM
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19. I cannot stand that bigot.

I have no idea whom he bribed to get national attention, but he truly disgusts me.

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