Watch as McCain chooses a FAR-Right running-mate so as to appease these nutcase bigots who think McCain isn't conservative enough for them.
Then if McCain wins the general election (He's ahead of the Dems in the polls at this time), he could die in office, giving us a president that may make Bush and Cheney look good to us liberals.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

that religious figures making political statements/requirements/demands/suggestions was illegal. Something having to do with their tax exempt status and staying out of government affairs.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

I was going to suggest that anyone who voted for W the second time around sit out the next couple of elections. I cannot imagine that anyone who voted for this idiot for a second term can still have any faith in their own ability to determine who should be the President. I was also going to suggest that perhaps anyone who still thinks a vote for bush was a good idea should be permanently disenfranchised and forever forbidden to hold office.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

I don't think we're going to have much of a choice this coming election and I fear for our country and our freedoms. If our new president, regardless of who it is, doesn't focus on the needs of our country and protecting our constitution, strengthening our education system, providing medical care, and putting our citizens first, I can't even imagine what will become of us. We are a dying nation, dying of greed and hypocrisy while our infrastructure crumbles. We live in a nation that defines people by the amount of their income and savings accounts and it is only those people who reap the benefits of what this once proud country could offer. We can look at the current administration and see for ourselves what we have become - arrogant, selfish, corrupt, greedy, liars and propagandists who are returning to a dark age where women have no rights and religion rules. Frankly, I don't want to live in a world that offers freedom only to religious fanatics but I do want to live in a world that allows them to have their beliefs without fear of repercussions. I want to live in a world where I have as many freedoms as the next person. If I feel an abortion is in my best interest, I should have that right. If you don't want an abortion you don't have to have one. I want to live in a world that allows stem cell research to hopefully eliminate the suffering of so many people. I want to live in a world where population and the environment is a concern that is addressed seriously and appropriately, including alternatives to eliminate our dependence on oil. Just think what we could have done with all the money we have wasted and had stolen (Halliburton as an example) from us because of Iraq. I want to live in a world where war is something that occurs only if we are attacked and war mongers are punished for their war crimes. I don't want to be a part of any country that attacks other countries in the name of freedom because we don't like their government or because they have what we want. Our country has turned into the very thing our founders wanted to escape. Freedom means that not only you have rights but so does everyone else, regardless of how opinions differ.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

...Jeb Bush and appease the the right winger extremists. He is fundamentalist Catholic(my religion) and a right wing extremist Rethug. That would satisfy everyone of the religious right nut cases who kill for profit and in the name of their idea of Jesus the Prince of Peace. It's funny how they all seem to forget that fact.
Jesus spoke of peace and love but they speak only of hate and death. Amaaaaazing

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

I hope that when he does, he's walking briskly towards a very deep cliff.
~Rev. El
Pastor, WVCSR

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Let's see, what would Jesus do for today's American families? Would he deny them the miracle of medicine because they couldn't afford insurance? NOT. Would he throw them into the streets in order to cut back on housing assistance and other "entitlement" programs? NOT. Would he let them starve? NOT!

This is the bs rethoric of right wing conservatives which they proudly uphold as good Christians. I think I'm going to go throw up now.

Just whatever you do, don't let the gays marry, clone cows for food but don't touch that stem cell before it goes in the bio-heep to save a life, and for God's sake, deny your sexuality!!! Just because they are all a bunch of cross-dressing closet ho's don't mean a thang!

It's people just like this asshat that are the true despots of this world. Blind, ignorant, "pretend" Christians don't know the first damn thing about what Jesus would do!!!!

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

How small must the god be whose mind can be known by the likes of Dobson!
There's a word for people who claim to speak for god. That word is insane!

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Early in his campaign he gave political speeches that resembled nauseating, xian-like sermons.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Considering that gay marriage, abortion, and silly social issues are more important than the economy and our broken government to the "Jesus Freaks", it won't bother me one bit if they don't vote in the Presidential election. It is time we started addressing the real problems in this country, such as:
1. Corporate control of the government.
2. The war in Iraq.
3. Equal rights for all Americans.
4. Taxation without representation.
5. Corruption in the government.
The right wing nuts have been using obfuscation to rile up the Evangelicals and then rob us blind in the form of an illegal war with no bid contracts to cronies, lobbyist written legislation that steals tax dollars and tax cuts that puts the tax burden on the poorest citizens.

Good night and good luck...

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

I can't even remember when the last time we had a real election was. Lord knows we'll never have another one.

I have pondered what might happen if no one showed up at the polls...if no one at all "voted."

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

Well, you all helped Bush get into office, not just once but twice. So, could we get that promise in writing? Or at least a promise not to make another stupid mistake.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

James Dobson DOES NOT know his Bible. Religion and politics DON'T mix. This will come back to haunt Mr. Dobson. He has much to answer for!

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

They're all sitting down at the table! Let the feast begin!

Hooray! They're eating their young!

First it was Rush. Then Coulter. Followed by Laura Ingram. George Will. The entire editorial board of the Wall Street Journal. And now Dobson.

I hope they gorge themselves until they explode!!!

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

See:
http://www.alternet.org/rights/68399/?page=entire
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/51150/

What makes you think there is going to be an election? If there
is, what makes you think George W. Bush is going to step down?
Naomi Wolf and others say that GWB is well on his way to
converting our government into a fascist dictatorship. See:

"The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot" by
Naomi Wolf

"The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" by Naomi
Klein

"The Conscience of a Liberal" by Paul Krugman

"The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore

"Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches" by John W. Dean

"It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush" by
Joe Conason

"Failed States" by Noam Chomsky

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

need to be put back into their church boxes. Dobson and his ilk could be dealt with in one simple way:

Take away their tax-exempt status as churches

There are laws stating churches cannot tell their parishoners how to vote in elections. We all know that has been going on for a long, long time. Ever since the rise of the Religious Right.

I say it's time to shut them up. Let them go back to what it is they claim to do... preaching the word of God. But it's past time they get out of politics. And if they don't get out of politics? Take away their tax-exempt status. That will get their attention! They shouldn't be tax-exempt anyway!

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

that if a preacher endorses a candidate from the pulpit the church loses its tax exempt status. George Bush has not seen fit to enforce this law.

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]