seems there's a bit of a dust up brewing between James Dobson & Barack Obama. there's a great analysis by
Frank Schaeffer over at HuffPo of why Dobson's attack may actually help Obama garner some of the evangelical vote this year.
"If you're one of many Americans who thinks that the war in Iraq was a mistake or believe that the Republicans have run the economy into the ground or think that perhaps the chaos George Bush unleashed in our foreign affairs has something to do with the price of gas at the pump... then you have Dr. Dobson to thank -- personally. No one worked harder to get Bush elected then reelected. Dobson delivered his millions of dupes. But now many of them see through him and like most Americans, are appalled by Bush."
"As a result of his power grabs and bullying of other evangelicals, not to mention his telling people how to vote and pointing them to the failed W, Dobson & Co. have zero credibility with a growing number of otherwise conservative evangelicals who happen--this year--to be looking favorably at Senator Obama's holistic Christian-based world view. Unlike Dobson they like Obama's theology just fine."
dinosaurs like Dobson, & for that matter McCain, need to realize that their extinction is nigh.
their kind of divisive politics has run it's course & even people in their own party are waking up to the utter failure of BushCo. over the past 7.5 years.
there is an interesting comparison of what Obama actually said & what Dobson claims that he said at
this site.
it won't come as a big surprise that Dobson is distorting & outright lying in his attacks.
the best quote from Dobson though is this:
“I think [Obama is] deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view, his own confused theology”
this very distortion is what people like Dobson, Falwell, Pat Robertson have built their lives & careers on. the complete lack of self awareness in this statement runs to the core of the hypocrisy of the religious right.
