Comments on: Evangelicals Getting Interested in Campaign ‘08

By: Gina

Gina — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:04:25 +0000

Well, now that Steven Strang has left a vacancy for a religious endorsement, on the stage at Barack’s coronation ceremony, maybe Barack should come out of the closet and recruit the religious leaders who have always supported him … and, who Barack has always supported. Pastor Jeremiah Wright … Father Phleiger … and the rest of the radicals. But, we know Barack won’t do that, because even though that represents who Barack truly is … it wouldn’t help Barack deceive us … and get him elected. In November, vote for Senator John McCain, a man who truly loves America, with over 40 years of service and sacrafice … not Obama, an inexperienced, incompetent, empty suit, who is being agressively packaged, promoted, and sold to the American people.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:04:06 +0000

Mark, I feel sad for you. You are eaten up with envy and resentment for a person brighter, more accomplished and principled than yourself. It would be so much better for your spirit to acknowledge the goodness in other people, even if you disagree with some aspect of their thinking or values.

In parting I would ask, just what does a preacher do? Of all the times I have heard James Dobson speak I don’t recall him ever speaking of Christ - and what good is a Christless minister?

How does Mr. Dobson get his hands dirty, other than by mixing the unsanctified mud of politics with Christianity? What makes him think people need him telling them how to vote or how to live their lives?

By: Mark Noonan

Mark Noonan — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:12:59 +0000

Dennis,

What, exactly, does a community organizer do and, furthermore, what made Obama think that a community he wasn’t part of needed him to organize itself?

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:27:20 +0000

Talks and talks and talks? Mark, for efficiency’s sake I will cite a post from another thread to respond.

“Between attending Columbia and Harvard Obama worked as a community organizer for a Catholic Church-based organization, doing genuinely useful work in impoverished Chicago neighborhoods.

“He was president of the Harvard Law Review and graduated Magna Cum Laude. He went on to teach constitutional law for twelve years at the University of Chicago. He then worked for eleven years at a Chicago law firm specializing in civil rights legislation and neighborhood development. During this time he also served on the board of directors of multiple public organizations and committees.

“He next served seven years in the state legislature. He has been a US senator for three and a half years.”

James Dobson has been a radio preacher and a demagogue for as long as I have known about him. Please bring us up to date on what else he does besides “talk and talk and talk,” and muddy the pure waters of Christianity with politics. Like, when was the last time the good doctor actually helped a sick child?

By: Mark Noonan

Mark Noonan — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:20:27 +0000

Dennis,

Well, Dobson actually does things - gets his hands dirty, in a manner of speaking, trying to help people out…Obama just talks and talks and talks.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:25:12 +0000

An apt description of Dobson, that is, substituting the pretense of “moral” for “intellectual”…

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:22:04 +0000

Mark on anther thread called Sen. Obama “a nobody who does nothing but preens himself on his supposed intellectual superiority.”

It has occurred to me more than once that this might actually be a pretty apt description of James Dobson.

By: Blackandwhite

Blackandwhite — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:33:26 +0000

tell us why your ideology is better,17. Nevada Pundit | July 24th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

Simple, because it is not the con ideology! The latest WSJ poll 74% of Americans says Bush Jr and his conservative policies are leading the country in the wrong direction. McCain has adopted every major Bush policy position. Why would America want another four years of heading in the wrong direction?

By: Nevada Pundit

Nevada Pundit — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:49:01 +0000

Well if you believe that we do that and you believe that it is wrong then why do you constantly do the same thing?

By: Tractatus

Tractatus — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:46:27 +0000

Why is it that conservatives try and promote McCain and speak about why he is the better choice?

Where is that happening? Certainly not here. Just look at the tags–Barack Obama is by far the favorite subject of discussion. Promoting McCain takes a big-time backseat to attacking Obama (typically fallaciously or hysterically).