James Dobson Calls McCain An Unethical Adulterer, Compares Him To Bill Clinton
If you want to know why it's going to be next to impossible for Focus on the Family's James Dobson to publicly support John McCain (R) -- at least in a manner that he can straight-face -- you need only look at the condemning statement of McCain that Dobson issued in 2000:
February 17, 2000, Thursday
Dr. James Dobson's Statement on Gary Bauer's Endorsement of Senator McCain
DATELINE: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 17
Speaking as a private individual and not as the president of Focus on the Family, Dr. James Dobson expressed disagreement yesterday with former presidential candidate Gary Bauer's endorsement of Senator John McCain as Republican nominee for U.S. President. The Senator has offered no assurances that he intends to appoint a pro-life running mate or pro-life justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. Indeed, he voted for pro-abortion Stephen Breyer and pro-abortion ACLU-activist Ruth Bader Ginsburg for that Court and for David Satcher for Surgeon General, who supports partial-birth-abortion. McCain also voted in support of President Clinton to expand fetal-tissue research.
Furthermore, McCain has accepted huge contributions from the gambling industry and apparently is comfortable with the proliferation of gambling in American society. He has also accepted large contributions from producers of alcohol. McCain is in favor of combat assignments for women in the military, and has sought and received enormous financial and political support from the Log Cabin Republicans and other homosexual activists. McCain also supports Most Favored Nation status for the brutal regime in China, and voted against our nation's monitoring of Communist Chinese commercial fronts operating in the United States. He seeks to appease the bloated Federal public school bureaucracy and has refused to support vouchers.
"The Senator," Dobson said, "is being touted by the media as a man of principle, yet he was involved with other women while married to his first wife, and was implicated in the so-called Keating scandal with four other senators. He was eventually reprimanded by the Congress for the 'appearance of impropriety.' The Senator reportedly has a violent temper and can be extremely confrontational and profane when angry. These red flags about Senator McCain's character are reminiscent of the man who now occupies the White House."
Gary Bauer's endorsement of the Senator is troubling for another reason. When Clarence Thomas was being considered for Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Mr. Bauer actively championed his candidacy. However, Warren Rudman who is John McCain's National Campaign Chairman and his most likely choice for U.S. Attorney General was a pro-abortion Senator who opposed confirmation of Clarence Thomas, despite the fact that he voted for him in order to get three federal judgeships approved. He said about the Thomas decision, "It's a vote I'm not proud of."
Given these concerns about McCain, it is difficult to understand how Gary Bauer can support him "with great pride and with absolutely no reservation."
This statement is not intended to imply Dr. Dobson's endorsement of anyone else's candidacy for the presidency -- simply to clarify his lack of support for Senator McCain.
SOURCE Dr. James Dobson
The biggest problem that Dobson would have in backing McCain -- which he has recently hinted at -- is that the reasons he castigated him for in 2000 -- adultery, Keating Five, ethics, violent temper, profane behavior, courting the Log Cabin Republicans, stem cell research, and his acceptance of gambling and alcohol money -- haven't gone away. McCain still has those same character flaws and though he rivals Mitt Romney (R) when it comes to the speed and reach of his flip-flops, even McCain hasn't shifted on all the issues that Dobson cares deeply about.
We'll soon find out if Dobson is really a man of principle or just another political hack that drapes himself in religious clothing in hopes of electing more Republicans.
Mark Nickolas is the Managing Editor of Political Base, and this story was from his original post, "Dobson Calls McCain Unethical Adulterer, Compares Him To Bill Clinton"
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Count on him to find a way to support McCain, he'll do it, you'll see. To think otherwise, is silly.
"As it turns out, Mr. [Mark] Foley has had illicit sex with no one that we know of, and the whole thing turned out to be what some people are now saying was a -- sort of a joke by the boy and some of the other pages."
--James Dobson, 2006
Caught with his pants down - makes you wonder who Dobson is kidding.
Bad boy.
Are you talking about the same Dobson who already said he's "thinking" about endorsing JMC??
And why do you think any of the points you raised will make the shift difficult?
Remember the bible says: Judge not so you may not be judged?
This guy's got a son who goes around preaching that the ancient Greek view of the world (Aristotle, Plato and all those guys) is a form of satanism, hence the biblical view (whatever that is) is the only reality.
I wish Jeebus would come back and take these people away so the rest of us can party as we see fit.
He's a man of principle, all right. It's just that his primary principle is that everybody should get in line and do what Dobson says.
The only principle he has in in the bank.
Yep. they have another principle too; "Never give the sucker an even break."
They got it to work really well, for them, until their greed and lack of character
broke the economy and betrayed America's brand around the world.
Mark Twain said it long ago and I never tire of repeating it:
:"He's got the fools in town on his side; that's a majority in any town."
....something, something, something about glass houses............
I vote political hack! Dobson's not a man of principle - we all know that.
I find Republican "values" to be absolutely empty and little more than a bunch of talking points.
Look who is McCain's keynoter: Giuliani, a man who wanted to move his mistress into NYC's Mayoral Mansion.
Values, my rear end.
Dobson will come around, they always do. He and McCain and the likes of them are why so many Americans snicker when they hear these phonies talk about values. Actions speak louder than words, and have, for a long time.
If those Evangelicals object to McCain receiving contributions from alcohol interests, what do they say about him being married to a beer baroness?
You know, I've never really looked into Focus on the Family, but I've never seen such a laundry list of policy positions that I disagree with more. Seriously, publicly-funded education vouchers? Come on.
"next to impossible"????
more like "next to super duper easy".
why and how?
dobson is a hypocrite. he will say "we are all sinners and i have come to forgive the great christian warrior senator john mccain because he will stand stalwart in the face of islamofacism while barack obama will stab the baby jesus straight thru his heart while he sleeps in the holy manger."
Yes, let's see if these two hypocrites crawl into bed together; I'm betting that holier-than-thou McBush and Dab-il-do-ya will use the same pillow and covers.
Sadly, Dobson and the likes will still vote for McCain. Help me, I can't tell who the hypocrites are, McCain or the Evangelicals - they both walk and talk like ducks.
Hmm, let's see, is it really necessary to answer this question?
"We'll soon find out if Dobson is really a man of principle or just another political hack that drapes himself in religious clothing in hopes of electing more Republicans."
We have seen Dobson and he has proven himself the latter.
HE is an evil manipulative SOB!
"Those who control what young people are taught, and what they experience — what they see, hear, think, and believe — will determine the future course for the nation."
— James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family
What a lame contention. Dobson will not support McCain because he didn't like him 8 years ago? Dobson has already signaled a reversal of his opposition to McCain. He will fall in line with the rest of the evangelicals and do everything possible to stay on the Republican gravy train.
Dobson and all of theother republicn evangelicals will get on the bandwagon and support McCain they just want to make him sweat; there is no way they would not support McCain. They will never support Sen. Black Obama.
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