Christian Conservatives threaten running 3rd party candidate to Derail Giuliani

[Quixote1818]

To Back Third-Party Candidate To Derail Giuliani Nomination


September 30, 2007, 2:38 pm
Christian Conservatives Consider Third-Party Effort

By David D. Kirkpatrick

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.

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[and-justice-for-all]

1. I thought ghoulliani was their friend??

I guess I missed something. XtianCons do not like ANY of the rethugs that are running??

[saltpoint]

2. Pander harder, Rudy!

[bunkerbuster1]

3. Why the HELL aren't the DNC backing a bible-thumpin' Rat-to-Laffer?

Ok, not the DNC, but some of our well-heeled muckity mucks?

If Ghouliani runs, and we get some nutball anti-abortionist on all the ballots, we could sweep all fifty states. It'd be a thing of beauty.

[jmowreader]

9. But then we'd be stuck with a nutball anti-abortionist for a term

If Giuliani runs, we could basically run George Tiller (google "Tiller the Killer") and win fifty states.

Rudy's the Democratic Party's dream opponent. He's the first candidate I can think of from any party that is reviled by both sides.

[daninthemoon]

4. I'm gonna start talkin up ghouliani every chance I get. Maybe I can

make a difference here in Oklahoma after all.

[DFW]

5. Richard Viguerie is a true believer, but Dobson?

He is money-grubbing filth.

I'm surprised Richard is willing to be mentioned in the same breath,
much less be written up as part of the same movement. I don't see
this as a long-term cohesive movement.

[Chipper Chat]

6. I hope they do it and pick Alan Keyes.

His entire platform would be to shit on homosexuals.

[saltpoint]

7. Ok. They don't like Giuliani and Sweet Newt's out of the race.

Thompson's in the race, but he's not in the race, so to speak.

Romney's a Mormon. I'm not seeing crazed-Protestant Dobson et al backing a Mormon for the Republican presidential nomination. Could be wrong, but I don't think their base will back Romney in sufficient numbers.

Brownback? He's Catholic. He's hyper-Catholic. He's so hyper-Catholic he makes the Pope look like a flaming socialist. Maybe he passes Huckabee in Iowa, maybe not. He's suboptimal from Dobson's point of view, in any case.

Huckabee? I'm not sure anyone of voting age really, truly gives a tinker's damn about Mike Huckabee, and properly so.

Maybe Duncan Hunter? Tancredo?

O! Don't forget -- George Pataki's campaign is only "suspended." He could get back in and thrill the nation at any moment!

[MoonRiver]

8. I've always known this clash between "moderate" Guiliani and the fundamentalists would occur.

It's about as obvious as "predicting" that the sun will rise in the east and set in the west.

And it will be so much fun watching all of THEM go down the drain as a result. :D

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Why do Christian Conservatives hate 9-11?

[annabanana]

11. That's GREAT!

I can't encourage them strongly enough! I hope they get themselves the PUREST radical, dominionist end-timer available and pour ALL THEIR dough into it.

GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!!

[Quixote1818]

13. It would be like old times seeing Pat Robertson out there again!

nt

[bullwinkle428]

12. No pun intended, but Christmas may indeed come early in 2008!!!