John McCain Panders To Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson And James Dobson
“I am a pro-life, pro-family fiscal conservative, an advocate of a strong defense, and yet Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and a few Washington leaders of the pro-life movement call me an unacceptable presidential candidate. They distort my pro- life positions and smear the reputations of my supporters.
Why? Because I don’t pander to them, because I don’t ascribe to their failed philosophy that money is our message.
Presidential Candidate John McCain
As we know McCain lost his 2000 presidential bid; the “straight talker” now feels obliged to sweet talk the intolerant religious right. McCain and Falwell are now fast friends, and the two speak glowingly of each other. McCain even delivered the Commencement address at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University.
Falwell is an easy lay, all you have to do is whisper “sweet nothings” in his ear, and he will bend over backwards for you. But McCain is having a more difficult time winning over the other intolerant agents of the religious right. Â
From WBIR.Com:
“Senator John McCain says he hopes to talk with a conservative Christian leader who has declared that he won’t support the Republican’s presidential bid under any circumstances.
In an interview last Thursday with a Dallas Christian station, Focus on the Family’s James Dobson said the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law has prevented Christian broadcasters ‘from telling the truth right before elections.’”
From WBIR.Com:
“In South Carolina Tuesday, McCain said he’s “obviously disappointed” with the remarks and would like to have a dialogue with Dobson.”
Instead of having a dialogue with the agents of intolerance, McCain should have a dialogue with gays who have been physically assaulted by those inspired by the homophobic sermons of Jerry Falwell, James Dobson and Pat Robertson.
McCain has demonstrated, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he’s not a “straight talker”, but a typical politician who will say anything to get elected.
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January 21st, 2007 at 12:26 am
Why should this be surprising, this is also the man that panders to the illegal alien crowd in hopes of getting hispanic votes.
January 21st, 2007 at 4:37 am
McCain sure does likes to earn brownie points, doesn’t he? I wonder how he chooses the people he’s going to brown nose. Does he think that if he can “win over” religious leaders that their whole flock will take to him, too?
January 21st, 2007 at 5:48 am
KVolz wrote:
“Does he think that if he can “win over†religious leaders that their whole flock will take to him, too?”
Fortunately, evangelicals are not a monolithic voting block. Many evangelicals aren’t as intolerant as their leaders.
January 21st, 2007 at 10:36 am
This RINO doesn’t have a chance because he panders as bad as Kerry. Also, his video taped insult to Americans saying that there is work they “can’t do” will haunt him.
By trying to make everybody happy you instead make everyone angry.
January 23rd, 2007 at 1:56 am
RPR wrote:
“Fortunately, evangelicals are not a monolithic voting block. Many evangelicals aren’t as intolerant as their leaders. ”
Yes we are to the former, and oh heck yes we are to the later.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
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