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thatcrazycajunIn a sure sign that either (a) the biblically-foretold End Times truly are near or (b) Satan has just instructed his minions to put in a bulk order for ice scrapers and thermal underwear, the Rev. Pat Robertson has just endorsed former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R), of whom it is widely viewed that the GOP Presidential nomination next year is his to lose. (See story here.) You may recall that Pastor God-Will-Smite-Orlando had met with other Christian conservative leaders recently and joined them in a very public threat to bolt the party and back an independent or third-party candidate if Rudy were the GOP ticket-topper, due largely to his prior support for GLBT equality and abortion rights when he was mayor.
Does this mean Jim Dobson, Gary Bauer and Paul Weyrich et al. will abandon their insistence on a pro-life, anti-gay nominee and fall in line behind Pat? Dunno. Kinda doubt it, given their history. But it is interesting (in a schadenfreude-cocktail kind of way) to watch the Reich's united front begin to crack and splinter.
And what could possibly make the Old Dominion's resident Christian Ayatollah set aside his long-documented, deeply-held principles and break ranks with his bluenose buddies? Here's a hint from the article: "He [Robertson] denied that he was picking Giuliani solely because he thought he had the best chance of beating Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, but acknowledged the importance of having a Republican who can do so -- a key Giuliani argument to sway wavering conservatives."
As Bill Cosby used to recount Noah saying in his famous bit about the Ark: "Riiiight." There's no way in Hell, Heaven or on Earth you'll ever convince me this isn't really and totally Pat saying, "Even having a faggot-loving baby-killer in the Oval Office is better than letting Billary get back in there. (Yeah, I know, they're both FLBKs too, but Rudy at least we can lean on.)"
ADDENDA, 3:15 PM: More fragmentation in the Christ-con camp: Speaking of Weyrich, The Huffington Post quotes the right's direct-mail guru thusly on Rudy's chief rival for the fundie vote, Mitt Romney, in an article here: "I believe that he [Romney] has flip-flopped in our direction, if you will - the direction of the values voters - and I think he will stay there," Weyrich said in a telephone interview, the first since he endorsed Romney. "I think he has a good deal of presence and ability to explain things, and so I think he's the candidate this year."
And Nicole Belle of CrooksAndLiars.com gets off a good one on the Robertson endorsement: "So, apparently the “values” of the “Values Voter” include infidelity, divorce, tolerance of homosexuality, cross-dressing, mob ties and bearing false witness. Cool." (Full article here.)
Does this mean Jim Dobson, Gary Bauer and Paul Weyrich et al. will abandon their insistence on a pro-life, anti-gay nominee and fall in line behind Pat? Dunno. Kinda doubt it, given their history. But it is interesting (in a schadenfreude-cocktail kind of way) to watch the Reich's united front begin to crack and splinter.
And what could possibly make the Old Dominion's resident Christian Ayatollah set aside his long-documented, deeply-held principles and break ranks with his bluenose buddies? Here's a hint from the article: "He [Robertson] denied that he was picking Giuliani solely because he thought he had the best chance of beating Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, but acknowledged the importance of having a Republican who can do so -- a key Giuliani argument to sway wavering conservatives."
As Bill Cosby used to recount Noah saying in his famous bit about the Ark: "Riiiight." There's no way in Hell, Heaven or on Earth you'll ever convince me this isn't really and totally Pat saying, "Even having a faggot-loving baby-killer in the Oval Office is better than letting Billary get back in there. (Yeah, I know, they're both FLBKs too, but Rudy at least we can lean on.)"
ADDENDA, 3:15 PM: More fragmentation in the Christ-con camp: Speaking of Weyrich, The Huffington Post quotes the right's direct-mail guru thusly on Rudy's chief rival for the fundie vote, Mitt Romney, in an article here: "I believe that he [Romney] has flip-flopped in our direction, if you will - the direction of the values voters - and I think he will stay there," Weyrich said in a telephone interview, the first since he endorsed Romney. "I think he has a good deal of presence and ability to explain things, and so I think he's the candidate this year."
And Nicole Belle of CrooksAndLiars.com gets off a good one on the Robertson endorsement: "So, apparently the “values” of the “Values Voter” include infidelity, divorce, tolerance of homosexuality, cross-dressing, mob ties and bearing false witness. Cool." (Full article here.)
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Date: 2007-11-07 06:19 pm (UTC)1. The Religious Reich faction, for repelling voters who don't share their prejudices
2. The neocons, for getting the country into the Iraq situation
3. The old-time political hacks, for running up deficits and discrediting GOP claims to stand for fiscal responsibility
I'm guessing that the neocons are trying to preemptively make sure the Religious Reich takes in in the shorts, and still have enough power in the party that they might well succeed.