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Focus on the Family Praises Democrats, Slams Republicans
Orginally published on Monday, November 13, 2006 at 4:49 AM
by Todd Rhoades
Panelists on Thursday's Focus on the Family broadcast had mixed reaction to Tuesday's election results, asserting both that "we didn't succeed," and that "our values were validated in this election." The panelists, which included Focus chairman James Dobson, Focus vice president of public policy Tom Minnery, Focus analyst Carrie Gordon Earll, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, and FRC former president Gary Bauer, praised Democrats while savaging Republicans...
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Post Your Comments:I listened to the broadcast and found it very informative.
In the article Dr Dobson was quoted as saying:
I want to emphasize to all of our listeners that we are not devoting this program to political matters although it involves the moral issues that have played out in a political arena,” he said in the broadcast’s first few seconds.
Sure Doc, Sure. It was all about politics. As soon as you take “your” issues and attach them to political parties and leaders..........it becomes ALL politics.
Several quotes from this CT article:
“The values that WE care about,” such as abortion and gay marriage, he said, “are issues that not just evangelicals care about, but more people in this society care about . . .”
WE can’t shrink back now. OUR values were validated in this election. WE simply have to get people who will run for public office who openly share those views and will create policy reflective of those views.”
“If WE focus on ideas, OUR majority status will take care of itself.”
“WE did the best we could. WE didn’t succeed. But success is in God’s hands, and faithfulness is what he expects of US. … I think WE ought to let the Republican leadership know that if they want to change this outcome in two years, they’d better pay attention to their base, and their base is made up of values voters.”
Values voters . . . since I’m not in their base, do I not have values???
I don’t know what bothers me more . . .
• These guys claiming to speak for me (and God) in order to gain political leverage and get particular people into office and create public policy . . .
• The ridiculous claim that their work is not political (but moral)
• The implication than anyone who disagrees with them (like me) is thus immoral
Wendi
I heard a great (non-political) pastor once said that abortion is so immoral and so wicked that anyone who seeks office who isn’t opposed to it is disqualified for office in his mind.
That makes a lot of sense to me. Unfortunately, it means that I sometimes vote for people who I think will make worse public policy decisions but will do what’s right in this arena.
I think that’s what Dobson and company were getting at on their show.
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