{"id":3458,"date":"2007-09-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-24T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/bauer-disappointed-by-dobson-m.html"},"modified":"2007-09-24T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-24T07:00:00","slug":"bauer-disappointed-by-dobson-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/bauer-disappointed-by-dobson-m.html","title":{"rendered":"Bauer disappointed by Dobson memo on Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is shaping up to be a very long and contentious campaign season. Not looking good for unifying around our candidate. Even the Christian right are bickering over the candidates<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Prominent evangelical leader and former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer fears Dr. James Dobson’s highly critical comments about presidential hopeful Fred Thompson will further divide conservative Christians.
\n[…]
\nAmerican Values president Gary Bauer says Dobson’s email is unhelpful because Thompson is a candidate conservative Christians should seriously consider if they hope to avoid what he calls the “nightmare scenario” of having to choose in the general election from two pro-abortion, pro-gay rights politicians from New York — Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani.
\n[…]
\nHe says that Thompson’s political views align closely with those of conservative Christians. Bauer states that Christian citizens are “very bright” and make “their own judgments”. He also states that “… at the end of the day, we’re all going to do the same thing; we’re going to watch debates, and watch campaigning, see who can raise the money that you have to raise, and I think the one thing that almost every conservative Christian agrees about is that we cannot allow Hillary Clinton to be the next President of the United States.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, we will make our own decisions and not follow someone that we did not put into leadership. Thompson’s views match the closest to conservative Christians than any of the other first-tiered candidates. I hope that Thompson picks up his game a little and gets that message out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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