Would someone please explain why there are some “conservative Christians” who have, in the last month, decided that Romney is the “man”?
I have read his current positions - but his past comments, interviews, statements, campaign materials, and inaction in office speak a different story.
The only guy who is a perfect conservative, IMO, is Duncan Hunter. But it looks like he may not be the nominee. So I guess some of us, while hoping for a miracle, may settle.
I know I wil, since I’ll never vote for a dem! And I’m not going to stay home so that my vote doesn’t count.
In their own words:
Dr. Bob Jones III, Chancellor of Christian fundamentalist Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC: "This is all about beating Hillary [Clinton]. And I just believe that this man has the credentials both personally and ideologically in terms of his view about what American government should be to best represent the rank and file of conservative Americans. As a Christian I am completely opposed to the doctrines of Mormonism, but I’m not voting for a preacher. I’m voting for a president. It boils down to who can best represent conservative American beliefs, not religious beliefs."
Robert R. Taylor, Dean of the college of arts and sciences at Bob Jones University: "We’re not electing a pastor — we’re electing a president."
Mark DeMoss, president of The DeMoss Group, a public relations firm for evangelical Christian groups and causes: "After spending months researching his life and his record, and hours with him (and his wife and staff) in his home, his office and on the road, I am convinced his values practically mirror my own—values about the sanctity of life, the sacredness of marriage, the importance of the family, character and integrity, free enterprise and smaller government.
James Bopp, Jr.: So it does come down to two things: (1) the viability of the candidate, which only Mitt Romney has demonstrated among the socially conservative candidates, and
(2) whether social conservatives will have the courage to rally around the only viable social conservative alternative to Rudy Giuliani. A divided field means that Giuliani is likely to win the nomination. This is our choice to make, and we don't have long to make it.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time.
There's a sucker born every minute.
These are the same people who fall for high-rollin' televangelists and huckster faith healers.
Shall I go on?