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BonoVoxSupastar said:
The U.S. post office needs chaplains
This one I just don't get.
BonoVoxSupastar said:
The U.S. post office needs chaplains
diamond said:Can we stop picking on Mitt?
BonoVoxSupastar said:
It's making sure you hate the right people...
Social conservatives fall in line behind Romney
Republican Mitt Romney today announced he's been endorsed by Paul Weyrich, a leading social conservative who co-founded the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority and the Free Congress Foundation. At least one blogger sees this as a turning point for Romney.
"It's Official: Romney is the Social Conservative Alternative," Matt Lewis writes at Townhall.com. He says the endorsement signals social conservatives have given up looking for the perfect candidate and predicts more major figures will line up behind Romney. He also notes Fred Thompson's refusal to support a federal abortion ban.
American Spectator's Philip Klein calls the endorsement "a major pickup." At Hot Air, Bryan Preston says it "goes a long way toward blunting the the flip-flop charge and does quite a bit of damage to the idea that Romney can’t win over evangelicals. Weyrich is among the handful of activists who can claim to have been present at the founding of the social conservative movement, and he’s endorsing Romney."
coemgen said:Pat Robertson endorses Giuliani.
Not good for Mitt.
diamond said:
Worse for:
Fred
and
Mike
though.
dbs
BonoVoxSupastar said:
Not really. Mitt is actually trying for the CR vote, if he doesn't get a big endorsement from one of their mouthpieces then he's screwed. If Dobson now doesn't give him an endorsement, the CRs aren't going to know to vote for Mitt.
coemgen said:BVS is right on the money.
This is from the actual story about Robertson endorsing Giuliani:
"The Robertson endorsement may also quash talk of a social conservative third party candidate if Giuliani wins the nomination.
"It also put a dent in Mitt Romney's courting of the religious right. The former Massachusetts governor has made major inroads with Christian conservatives, despite the concerns by some regarding his Mormon faith."
Brownback supporting McCain doesn't help him either.
diamond said:Well time will tell if you guys are right.
I think Dobson's endorsement for a conservative candidate would have a lot more credibility than Pat's. It will be a watershed moment for Mitt if he gets his endorsement-larger then Bob Jones.
After Pat's endorsement of Rudy the "700 Club" may now very well become the "349 Club".
Brownback's endorsement of McCain is curious. Brownback was very out spoken "Evangelical Conservative Christian". I didn't expect him to endorse Mitt, as he was caught in the campaign of promoting AntiMormon rhectoric against Mitt earlier this year; I did think he would saddle up for Mike though, why he didn't -is quite telling to me.
So, let's see how this all plays out kids- with advice not to jump to conclusions.
Reagan started out the same way Mitt did and eventually won the Republican nomination.
good day,
dbs
coemgen said:
Yes, it'll be interesting to see where Dobson goes with this. I think Brownback and Robertson's endorsements are very telling: they don't want to support a Mormon. To me at least, the case of Robertson is the most interesting. He started the anti-abortion, right wing Christianity movement and has been anti-gay marriage to the bone, yet he supports a candidate who is neither of these. Why? Mitt has both of those badges on his sash.
Then you have the fact that so many right wing Christians want to start a third party. Why would they want to do that when Romney is anti-gay, pro-life and big business?
Hmm.
U2isthebest said:
It's pretty clear (at least as of recent years) that Romney is far more conservative than Giuliani.
BonoVoxSupastar said:
This is why I wonder if Pat's endorsement has some of that 'Mormon's aren't real Christians' mentality...
coemgen said:We shall see.
"Are some Evangelicals worried that Mormon Christians might be truer Christians then them? "
Considering there’s no evidence for this and the fact too many Christians view Mormonism as a cult, I doubt it, buddy.
diamond said:
The Pharisees who were considered "mainline believers", in the majority and correct denomination as they understood it (in Christ's day) considered Christ and his followers to be cultists.
And as a brother in Christ I would remind you of this verse:
"But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned," (Matt. 12:36).
dbs
diamond said:He isn't fiscally conservative though-that's his achilles heel.
financeguy said:
In that case, he would be typical of Republicans. They tend to be spendthrift with taxpayers' money and extremely economically irresponsible - witness the Bush/Cheney axis.