Tuesday, February 05, 2008
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BREAKING AUDIO: Dr. Dobson Slams McCain
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Posted by:
Matt Lewis at
12:35 PM
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Doctor Dobson slams McCain on Laura Ingraham show:
I am deeply disappointed the Republican Party seems poised to select a nominee who did not support a Constitutional amendment to protect the institution of marriage, voted for embryonic stem cell research to kill nascent human beings, opposed tax cuts that ended the marriage penalty, has little regard for freedom of speech, organized the Gang of 14 to preserve filibusters in judicial hearings, and has a legendary temper and often uses foul and obscene language.
I am convinced Sen. McCain is not a conservative, and in fact, has gone out of his way to stick his thumb in the eyes of those who are. He has sounded at times more like a member of the other party. McCain actually considered leaving the GOP caucus in 2001, and approached John Kerry about being Kerry’s running mate in 2004. McCain also said publicly that Hillary Clinton would make a good president. Given these and many other concerns, a spoonful of sugar does NOT make the medicine go down. I cannot, and will not, vote for Sen. John McCain, as a matter of conscience.
But what a sad and melancholy decision this is for me and many other conservatives. Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for president in my lifetime. I certainly can't vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions. If these are the nominees in November, I simply will not cast a ballot for president for the first time in my life. These decisions are my personal views and do not represent the organization with which I am affiliated. They do reflect my deeply held convictions about the institution of the family, about moral and spiritual beliefs, and about the welfare of our country.
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Well, if it gets that bad, you can always write in Ron Paul come November. But, in truth, most of us will probably have to reconsider McCain and many will go with him in the end. |
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McCain is pro life. Hillary and Obama are not. McCain has pledged to pick justices to the Supreme Court like Alito and Roberts. The Supreme Court will end up ruling on Roe v. Wade.
And Dobson will sit out the general if McCain is the GOP nominee? I understand voting for your favorite canidate in the primaries, but to make this decision is disgraceful of Dobson.
Dobson is the one who is not a conservative.
God forgive Dobson if he goes through with this. |
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Something to consider...
Why is the MSM and Dumocrats hammering Romney so much, and fawning over McCain?
BECAUSE ROMNEY, and ONLY ROMNEY can beat them in the general!
Current head to head polls 9 months from Election Day are WORTHLESS next WEEK! So Romney supporters are not worried!
Romney SCARES them!!!
His message, when unvarnished or not taken out of context by the MSM, McCain, Huckabee et al is RESONATING with the base.
And no matter how the McCaniacs "spin it", without the base, NO candidate will be successful!
And now DOBSON says HE will sit out the election if McCain is the GOP choice!
Good Luck John! |
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shocking I know.
But IF McCain is the nominee, you have to support him over Clinton or Obama in the general. He's better. Maybe not much on some issues, but generally better.
The real point is this though:
You still have a choice! You can still pick Romney and get the judges you want, the trade policy you want, the tax cuts you want and the foreign policy posture you want!
In 1976 the GOP went for the "moderate" candidate in Gerry Ford over the candidate they really wanted: Reagan. The thinking was that Ford would get moderates and win.
He didn't.
McCain won't either. Obama will get them. Our only candidate who can go toe to toe with Obama in the debates and in the money race is one guy:
Mitt Romney.
STAND UP conservatives! Stand by your principles! The Reagan coalition is NOT dead!!!! |
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Who is Dr Dobson and why does everyone care what he thinks. I think he just has a grudge and is a typical conservative hipocrit... |
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He probably couldn't endorse Romney outright, but his non-endorsement of Huck and his McCain attack speaks volumes.
Romney is RIGHT on conservative issues. |
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Washington is broken and McCain is part of the problem. The republican party is lost in the wildnerness. They have lost their soul. This will be the first election if McCain is the nominee I will not be voting for a Republican for President. Anyone believes that McCain my best friends are liberal will nominate anything less than a moderate to liberal Supreme Court Justice are deluding themselves. In two years time many in that party will be kicking themselves for not supporting Thompson or Romney. |
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I have deep respect for Dr. Dobson and his decades-long career standing up for the family. And I did not cast a ballot for John McCain on today's Super Tuesday election. However, I must disagree with his (and many other's) decision to sit out this election if McCain is the nominee.
There are some things we can disagree with the Senator on, however, in my view they do not warrant handing over the White House to Democrats. We know what they (along with a Democratic Congress) will do.
This is election is consequential! If for no other reason than the aging Supreme Court.
Dr. Dobson and Focus on the Family Action spent a ton of money during the last Presidential election cycle to get conservatives registered and motivated to vote because the upcoming judicial nominees were so important. To walk away now seem to contradict all that effort entailed.
McCain has supported every conservative judicial nominee to the SC. The "Gang of 14" actually broke the logjam to allow conservative nominees to be confirmed and also preserved the filibuster that is crucial to the now minority Republicans in the Senate. Imagine if that 60 vote threshold were not in place now...
By the way, McCain is as pro-life a presidential candidate as we have seen. Does that not count for anything?
We can disagree with McCain on some issues, but we will never find a perfect candidate. The Senator would be a fine President and a stark contrast to a Democratic White House. The wreckage that would come in the wake of such a Clinton or Obama-led government would be incalculable.
If we care about these issues, human life and judges, not to mention confronting a global war on terrorism, then John McCain is a good choice. Perfect, no. But worlds away from the alternative.
Dobson is a fine man and an influential leader. In this case, he's wrong. |
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feel about this.
Frankly, I do not care if a Democrat takes the WH. Maybe it would even cause Republicans in Congress to actually GROW A SET.
But out of conscience, I will NEVER, EVER VOTE FOR JOHN MCCAIN.
Never. |
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I always highly respected Dr.Dodson, however, I can not understand his reasoning in his decision.
Mike Huckabee has been true to his beliefs all his life in Pro-Life, man-woman marriage and everything else that Dr.Dodson believes in, yet Dr.Dodson still don't want to support any candiate, he would rather take the chance of the Democrats getting in that is so totally against EVERYTHING he believes in...He could in fact be putting little lifes in future harm by this decision.
It's his right to do what he wants...it just doesn't make sense.
Let God be the judge between him and them. |
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to vote you are not conservative. Just remember that the Supreme Court hangs in the balance. If you allow Hillary or Obama to win and appoint those new Justices, shame on you and may God forgive you.
In the primaries, vote how you wish, but if McCain is the GOP nominee you have to make real hard choices. McCain has pledged to support justices like Alito and Roberts. I guarantee you Hillary and Obama will not be doing that. Sitting home, protest write ins, and getting angry only help get Hillary or Obama elected.
If you cannot figure out what that means, then you are not consrevative and you are most definitely not right. |
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Please do NOT stay home. You must vote. You do not have to vote for Hillybama or McAmnesty. There are always other parties and people on the ballot. You could write in Joe Oliva. The important votes are for House and Senate seats. Conservatives MUST win seats in the House. The House is where things get done. It was the passage of H.R. 4437, an enforcement bill, in Dec.05 that sparked the illegal alien protest marches and moved this issue to the front burner. It was the Senate that tried to jam amnesty down our throats. The D's that won seats in '06 were conservatives running on enforcement platforms. One of them, Heath Shuler D-NC, introduced the SAVE Act. Call, e-mail, or write your Congressman and urge support of this legislation. Enforcement is what Americans want, not amnesty.
Amnesty is a losing proposition.
I don't think Hillary is stupid enough to step in front of this bus.
McCain is.
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Is there a medical term for people who are so deranged that they can only vote for a Dem or a Rep? Is there some psychological disorder preventing people from looking elsewhere on their ballots to make a selection? If McCain is the candidate, I will vote for the most conservative alternative. I expect Ron Paul will run independent. VOTE!!!! |
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Matt Lewis,
Your evangelical hero Dr. Dobson has been hammering away at John McCain for some time.
Of course, as a huge supporter of McCain, YOU know that, and that's why you haven't written about it.
It's funny how during the past year whenever any evangelical leader has had anything critical to say about Rudy or Mitt's "social conservative credentials," you wrote/linked to it right away.
For instance, last spring, I recall that you linked to the epic words of evangelical leader Guy Rodgers(!!), who SUPPORTS McCain.
(by the way...who on earth is Guy Rodgers ?)
Yet when it is c-r-i-t-i-c-i-s-m of your candidate McCain by an evangelical leader such as Dobson, you wait until Super Tuesday AFTERNOON after everyone has voted or already made up their minds about whom to vote for.
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I always highly respected Dr.Dodson, however, I can not understand his reasoning in his decision.
Mike Huckabee has been true to his beliefs all his life in Pro-Life, man-woman marriage and everything else that Dr.Dodson believes in, yet Dr.Dodson still don't want to support any candiate, he would rather take the chance of the Democrats getting in that is so totally against EVERYTHING he believes in...He could in fact be putting little lifes in future harm by this decision.
It's his right to do what he wants...it just doesn't make sense.
Let God be the judge between him and them. |
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Just saw Ann on Fox news, being polite as usual. It is clear she gets her talking points from this very blog. All you McCain haters should contact her for a percentage of her speaking fees. She is stealing your material.
Not an original thought in her head and she spent the whole time talking over Alan Combs, rude rude rude. |
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Any luck yet in your endless search to find even ONE SINGLE McCain accomplishment in 25 years in the Senate? You really are a spineless, gutless wonder. |
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I just care about this country enought to support a hero, patriot and conservative like John McCain.
You support Mitt Romney. Fair enough. Mitt Romney is going to lose. If you are right and McCain cannot beat Hillary or Obama, let Mitt run in 2012. Mitt would be stronger losing in the primaries, than losing in the general. Mitt Romney is fundamentally weak to win this time around in the general and you know it. |
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Not if he is taking this position. |
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Only liberal Democrats are now allowed to be called conservatives. McCain SHUT DOWN the judicial nomination process with the gang of 14. The federal circuit has more vacancies than ever thanks to 'Mr. Conservative" McCain. A McCain nomination will be the end of the GOP for the next generation (at least). I am a conservative, not a Republican. I can live without Republicans if they can't tell the difference between themselves and Democrats. |
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Your narrow myopic version of conservatism is not Reagan conservatism. And if the choice is getting McCain in the White House and preventing Hillary or Obama from getting there--I know that Ronald Reagan would choose McCain.
If you do not, then you are a fool. |
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Pasadena Phil,
Are you actually suggesting you would vote for the idiot isolationist Ron Paul over John McCain in a general election ?
You're the fellow who has so brilliantly mocked the Paulistinians for their inability to see that we have no choice but to fight Islamic Jihad.
Should we go back into the Townhall archives and extract some of your quotes about how moronic you believe Ron Paul and his supporters are ? |
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The Republican Party under GWB seems intent on political suicide. Pandering to citizens of other countries illegally in our country while telling us we must be vigilantes if we object to illegal aliens ignoring our borders and laws. Mel Martinez is RNC Chairman to ensure an open borders candidate in '08. The cheap labor express will be kept running, regardless of the consequences, to party or country. GOP-R |
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The Republican Party under GWB seems intent on political suicide. Pandering to citizens of other countries illegally in our country while telling us we must be vigilantes if we object to illegal aliens ignoring our borders and laws. Mel Martinez is RNC Chairman to ensure an open borders candidate in '08. The cheap labor express will be kept running, regardless of the consequences, to party or country. GOP-RIP |
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let me tell you that we are indeed terrified of Romney. This, as many of you know, is why we have coordinated the thoughts of all major media outlets in support of John McCain. We all know that a man such as Romney is unbeatable in the general. His positions (recent ones, at least) are rock solid. There's just no way that you can attack Romney. He's the perfect candidate.
I know, I know, the polls. They all show Obama/Clinton wiping the floor with Mitt. But these polls are: a) wrong, b) liberal, c) bigoted, and/or d) mean. We (the dems) know the polls are wrong. We know this because we rigged them (don't you know that everything you don't agree with is a liberal/MSM conspiracy?). Therefore, we have decided to put up a candidate, McCain, that we know we can beat once we start attacking him. Lord knows that he hasn't been attacked up to this point.
Isn't a democratic president going to be great? Talk Radio feels the same way, you know. Maybe that's why they're putting up such a flimsy candidate like Mitt. But there I go, sounding all conspiratorial. The posters on this board should be very familiar with this mindset.
Silly conservatives... |
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My first pick isn't in this race either. Yet McCain has fearlessly declared what his Supreme Court choices would look like. McCain would further Dobson's stated goal of overturning Roe v Wade.
Instead Dobson wants to endorse Romney by inference and pout if he doesn't get his way. I don't get it.
Romney said not too long ago that he didn't want to go back to the Reagan era and now tries to invoke Reagan's name to gain the support of the religious right. Romney used a totally different political platform to get elected as gov and wants us all to believe that these recent changes in his opinion are a reflection of values deeply held.
Is it possible that Romney didn't think much about his positions before he became gov and only worked through them as he considered a White House Run? Do you want to take a chance on this guy getting into the White House and doing another run through and changing his mind again?
I may not like some of the things that McCain stands for, but we do know where he stands.
If Dobson wants to pout, I think we should take his own advice and ignore the whining child.
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