James Dobson (Focus on the Family) supports Don Sherwood (R-Pa) who cheated...

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Who do you have to sleep with to not get a top rating from the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family?
by John in DC - 10/24/2006 12:00:00 PM


Apparently philandering and being accused of beating (and strangling) your mistress isn't enough to get the political arms of the religious right's Family Research Council and Focus on the Family to drop you as a favored candidate.

FRC Action and Focus on the Family Action have given rave reviews - an 85% positive rating - in their latest "Voter Scorecard" to Rep. Don Sherwood (R-PA), who not only admitted recently to having a five year affair with a woman not his wife (five years folks, this wasn't just a one-time indiscretion), but what's more, Sherwood's mistress has accused him of beating her for five years and frantically called 911 claiming Sherwood had just attempted to strangle her in the midst of one of their romantic trysts in his DC love pad.

The list of issues the FRC and FoF looked at in deciding who was a good "pro-family" member of Congress were: abortion; gay marriage; the pledge of allegiance; stem cell research; abortion again; defunding the ACLU; and gay marriage yet again.

FRC and the FoF had enough room on their scorecard list to include abortion and gay marriage twice, but they couldn't include adherence to the Ten Commandments even once? Adultery is a pretty big sin in the Bible, and I'm sure it's not a big stretch to find some Biblical admonition against trying to kill your mistress.

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http://www.rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Famericablog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F10%2Fwho-do-you-have-to-sleep-with-to-not.html

Let's not forget what Mr. Dobson just said recently:

Dr. Dobson Responds to Liberal Attacks over Foley Situation
by Pete Winn, associate editor

What does the reprehensible behavior of a now-disgraced gay Republican congressman have to do with Christian conservatives? Nothing, says the founder of Focus on the Family Action.

Focus on the Family Action Chairman Dr. James Dobson took on liberal news media and politicians today and accused them of using the behavior of former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., to try to make political hay and tarnish the reputation of conservative candidates and all Christians — including him — in the process.

"What Congressman Foley did was inexcusable, reprehensible and morally depraved," Dobson said. "Let there be no question about the position we have taken on this."

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"As we know, the media and the Democrats saw an opportunity to make much, much, more out of it," Dobson said, "impugning the morals and character, not only of this disgraced congressman, but of entire the entire Republican Congress — and Christian conservatives, including me."

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"It will be interesting to see how Dr. Dobson," Krugman wrote, "who declared about Bill Clinton that no man has ever done more to debase the presidency — responds to the Foley scandal. Does the failure of Republican leaders to do anything about a sexual predator in their midst outrage him as much as a Democratic president's consensual affair?"

Dobson emphatically said he stands by his assessment of President Clinton's scandal. As for Foley's action …

"In fact, it does outrage me, Mr. Krugman," Dobson said. "We condemn the Foley affair categorically. And we also believe that what Mr. Clinton did was one of the most embarrassing and wicked things ever done by a president in power.

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http://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0042242.cfm

[Freedom_from_Chains]

1. It's not about weather you cheated on your wife or stole

money from you friends, it's about weather or not you have an (R) behind your name.

[DinahMoeHum]

2. IOKIYAR - It's OK If You're a Republican

n/t

[Freedom_from_Chains]

3. Yep, that's it! LOL n/t

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. Has anyone ever put a private investigator on Dobson?

Anyone so invested in moralizing as he, HAS to have some dirt he's hiding.

Enquiring people want to know.

[cali]

5. Dobson's

backing a sure loser. Sherwood is not only toast, he's burnt toast.

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6. I stopped giving donations to my church because they sponsor

Focus on the Family. There's an insert with a message from Dobson every week in the church bulletin. I can't stand it, and I don't want my money being used to spread hate.

[Blecht]

7. Question

Why is it still "your church" if you don't like their affiliation with Dobson?

If there's no alternative for you, have you tried to bring up your objections with church leaders? Let them know why you're not donating any more. Talk with other members of the church -- I'm sure you'll find people who feel the way you do. You would be doing your community a great service if you could get Dobson out of just one church.

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9. It's the church I've been going to since I was born for the past 29 yrs

Even though the current pastor who's only been there 5 years supports Dobson, I still consider it my church. And even though the GOP have politicized religion to the extent that we see today, enough so to stop me from going the past 6 years, I still consider it my church as well.

I've been wanting to write them a letter, which I know I need to prioritize sooner rather than later...

[Initech]

8. Honestly, Focus On The Family needs to stay the fuck out of politics.

[radfringe]

10. it's my district... Democrat Chris Carney had 50 percent to Sherwood's 38 percent

Republican Sherwood trails Democratic challenger Carney in poll
Associated Press
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15843314.htm

WASHINGTON - Republican Don Sherwood, who admitted last year to an extramarital affair, is trailing his Democratic opponent, according to an independent poll released Wednesday.

Among likely voters in the northeast and central Pennsylvania district, Democrat Chris Carney had 50 percent to Sherwood's 38 percent, a 12-point lead, according to the Keystone Poll. The poll has a 5 percentage point margin of error.