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Evangelicals turn on Thompson
Politico ^ | September 26, 2007 | Jonathan Martin

Posted on 09/26/2007 5:49:53 PM PDT by Canticle_of_Deborah

Thompson's refusal to back a nationwide ban on gay marriage has irritated potential supporters.

Fred Thompson is failing to meet expectations that he would rally widespread support from Christian conservatives, and he almost certainly will not receive a joint endorsement from the loose coalition of "pro-family" organizations, according to leaders of the movement.

Many religious conservatives, faced with a Republican primary top tier that lacked a true kindred spirit, initially looked to Thompson as a savior. But the former Tennessee senator has disappointed or just not sufficiently impressed the faith community since his formal campaign launch earlier this month.

While Christian conservatives once seemed willing to readily give Thompson the benefit of the doubt earlier this summer, when questions were raised about his lobbying for a pro-abortion-rights group, they are not willing to turn the other cheek anymore.

Even some on the religious right who remain sympathetic to Thompson are unhappy about his refusal to back a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, and were unpleasantly surprised by his confession that he doesn’t belong to or attend any church and won’t talk about his faith.

It was Thompson’s refusal to discuss his faith that is likely to deny him any unified backing from the organizations that comprise the Arlington Group, the umbrella coalition of almost every major social conservative group in the GOP constellation.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; arlingtongroup; christianvote; electionpresident; elections; evangelicals; fredthompson; homosexualagenda; rino; rinoalert; thompson
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah

I am not committed to supporting Fred — CFR makes me pretty disgusted, really — but I can recognize that this is a lightweight, over-the-top hit piece.


41 posted on 09/26/2007 6:10:22 PM PDT by Sloth (You being wrong & me being closed-minded are not mutually exclusive.)
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To: basil

Agreed. Thompson has a PAST. So does Guiliani. Hunter is the great hope.

My hope.


42 posted on 09/26/2007 6:11:18 PM PDT by tennteacher (Duncan Hunter '08)
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To: NeoCaveman
LOL!!!!!

Hey, I've seen some evangelettes who could turn on me, er, turn me on.

43 posted on 09/26/2007 6:11:19 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah

Puh-lease. It’s more along these lines: a few “evangelical leaders” are miffed that their agenda is not bowed to and genuflected before (wait—that’s Catholic) and, so, rail on Thompson. Some of their followers will fall into lockstep. More of them, though, will look at Hillary and then at Thompson and then over at the “leaders of evangelicalism” and then shake their heads over the Pharisaical boneheadedness and pull the lever for Thompson and save the country from The Beast.


44 posted on 09/26/2007 6:11:26 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: NeoCaveman
LOL.

I just remembered that Dobson had Newt on his show to make a clean confession of all his marital messes.

Naturally Dobson wants access to the White House. I don’t think he would get much if Thompson won.

45 posted on 09/26/2007 6:11:26 PM PDT by JRochelle ( Winkle Paw is a Hillary donor.)
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To: Brilliant
It’s impossible to win the Presidency with the positions advocated by the religious right.

They sure want to be a voice in the upcoming election, but what have they done to earn it? IMHO, not much.

46 posted on 09/26/2007 6:12:37 PM PDT by Rudder
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To: puroresu

“The problem is, without the FMA, activist left-wing nanny judges will eventually strip every state in the union of their power to define marriage.”

So the activist “evangelical” right wing should beat them to the punch? No thank you.


47 posted on 09/26/2007 6:14:00 PM PDT by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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To: Brilliant
It’s impossible to win the Presidency with the positions advocated by the religious right.

Unfortunately, it’s also impossible to win the Presidency with anything resembling the positions advocated by the U.S. Constitution.

48 posted on 09/26/2007 6:14:24 PM PDT by Sloth (You being wrong & me being closed-minded are not mutually exclusive.)
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To: NeoCaveman
Dobson is in the tank for Newt Gingrich who has zero chance of winning the primaries let alone the Presidency. I think Dobson needs to lay off the absolutism and goes with a great candidate like Thompson who is very conservative on most issues and the most important one and who will keep fighting the war on terror to protect our freedom and our way of life. Also very important Fred Thompson can crush any democrat candidate in the general elections.
49 posted on 09/26/2007 6:15:33 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah

The title alone tells you it’s a hitpiece. Not “some evangelicals” or “many evangelicals,” just “evangelicals.” The reader is invited to assume it is “all.” Not true.

Further, what do the WashPost rejects care about the marriage amendment, except to use it as a wedge issue among conservatives?

Don’t be such a sucker.


50 posted on 09/26/2007 6:15:36 PM PDT by Petronski (Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
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To: JRochelle

It is ultimately about power and control.

I’d prefer Dobson and his ilk to be as vocal as those “urban” preachers who want money and programs.

Go pound sand.


51 posted on 09/26/2007 6:16:35 PM PDT by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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To: eyedigress

“If all 50 states ban gay marriage i don’t think it would bother him a bit.”

Me either. I’m about ready to get some states rights back. I’m sick of the feds being expected to do everything.


52 posted on 09/26/2007 6:17:11 PM PDT by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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To: JRochelle

Willard “dropped 10 in NH?” Really?

Gosh, I guess “money can’t buy you love.”


53 posted on 09/26/2007 6:18:32 PM PDT by Petronski (Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
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To: Larry Lucido

and I just dont find homosexual marriage in the constitution, or any moral teaching...


54 posted on 09/26/2007 6:18:42 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: JRochelle

Is there a thread on Willard’s NH meltdown?


55 posted on 09/26/2007 6:18:58 PM PDT by Petronski (Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
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To: inkling
I swear, somedays I wonder if I should just join the Calvinists.

Nah, you have no menu choices. You get whatever you're predestined to get.

56 posted on 09/26/2007 6:19:38 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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To: L98Fiero

Thanks for seeing it that way. That’s his whole point and the spin machine is on. :^)


57 posted on 09/26/2007 6:20:04 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: Brilliant
It’s impossible to win the Presidency with the positions advocated by the religious right.

This is precisely why we need:

Larry Craig
Mark Foley
2008


/sarcasm
58 posted on 09/26/2007 6:20:07 PM PDT by jdm
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To: JRochelle

I’ll bet Dobson’s email was “leaked” the moment he hit send.


59 posted on 09/26/2007 6:20:27 PM PDT by Petronski (Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
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To: Petronski

Yes.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902753/posts


60 posted on 09/26/2007 6:20:37 PM PDT by JRochelle ( Winkle Paw is a Hillary donor.)
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