Christian Conservatives Consider Third-Party Effort

[Herman Munster]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/christan-conservatives-consider-third-party-effort/

Alarmed at the chance that the Republican party might pick Rudolph Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is threatening to back a third-party candidate in an attempt to stop him.

The group making the threat, which came together Saturday in Salt Lake City during a break-away gathering during a meeting of the secretive Council for National Policy, includes Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family, who is perhaps the most influential of the group, as well as Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, the direct mail pioneer Richard Viguerie and dozens of other politically-oriented conservative Christians, participants said. Almost everyone present expressed support for a written resolution that “if the Republican Party nominates a pro-abortion candidate we will consider running a third party candidate.”

The participants spoke on condition of anonymity because the both the Council for National Policy and the smaller meeting were secret, but they said members of the intend to publicize its resolution. These participants said the group chose the qualified term “consider” because they have not yet identified an alternative third party candidate, but the group was largely united in its plans to bolt the party if Mr. Giuliani became the candidate.

[Taverner]

1. Awesome!

It's about time they wasted their vote!!!!

I'm sick of them splitting the rational people's vote...

[Jed Dilligan]

2. Where can I donate?

[Middle finga]

3. Good, run Rudy run!

[sufrommich]

4. Everybody pray!

Dear God,
Please give Dobson and Perkins their third party!

[thegreatcause2]

13. LOL

nt

[angrycarpenter]

5. Good news

the blind faithful should be off to themselves with their own political agenda. Trying to keep these people happy has gone a long way towards making our political process divisive and irrational. With them marginalized maybe things can return to a more rational level.

[Progressive Friend]

6. Who would they support, I wonder?

The right-wing Constitution Party's candidate in 2004 opposed the Iraq War and the Patriot Act. I guess they would start their own party then?

[spag68]

7. We can only hope

They wold support Brownback or Huchfinn maybe the idiot, ho wait that would include most of them.

[AlCzervik]

8. you know i really wish they'd follow through but in the end---they'll vote

for the republican.

[Pushed To The Left]

9. For once, the religious right may do something that will make me happy!

I absolutely despise the political movement of the religious right and everything that it stands for, but I'm very happy to see them eat their own.

[Rageneau]

10. What this means is that `Huckabee is on the ascent.

I've said all along that Huckabee is the best all-around candidate the GOP has. As the rest of that tattered pack continues to stumble and bumble throug the primaries, that will become more aparrent.

One way or another, we're gonna have another President from Little Rock.

[eppur_se_muova]

11. As God wills it. :D nt

[laugle]

12. Well what else can they do......be the hypocrits we know them to be!

The rethugs have lost their base and they are finished.....the tyranical rule of the rethugs is over!!! It's no wonder they can no longer raise money, who wants to donate to a LOSER party.

This is the only thing that we can THANK BUSH FOR!!

[thegreatcause2]

14. give bush credit

he's been the perfect example of a dumb-ass s.o.b.

[laugle]

15. Did you read my post?? We can all thank that idiot

for destroying what is left of the republican party!!

[AZBlue]

16. That's fantastic!

Anything that makes the GOP weaker has my support!!