Will John McCain have to repudiate Pat Robertson?

It seems that now that McCain has had to distance himself from two influential, but controversial, televangelists (John Hagee and Rod Parsley) -- whose endorsements he courted -- he may have cornered himself into needing to do the same with other outspoken Religious Right leaders like Pat Robertson, Tim LaHaye and James Dobson.

If he does, will that erode even more support from the "base" that was one of the keys to Bush's victories?

Over at Huffington Post, Chris McGowan writes about this very issue:

If McCain makes it a habit to repudiate bigoted, offensive or repressive comments coming from the Religious Right, then he'll probably have to reject the support of the likes of James Dobson (Focus on the Family), Pat Robertson, Tim LaHaye (Left Behind, Council for National Policy), Paul Crouch and many of the preachers appearing on TBN. The more radical comments of the above would offend most of America, and certainly don't appeal to those Republicans who mainly want lower taxes, less government and a strong military.

Have the Religious Right finally outworn their welcome in the conservative political arena?

We can only hope...

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The Review of "Pat..." is about 3/4 down the page... just click on the "INDIE JONES" section and it will take you to it.

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The Right is on the March

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The conservative fundamentalist movement in this country is now officially out of control. Pat Robertson says liberal judges are more dangerous to this country than a "bunch of bearded terrorists flying planes into buildings." Read about it here at Media Matters

He also said Moslems shouldn't be judges or in the President's Cabinet: No Muslim Judges.

And don't let them fool you. They aren't looking out for the children. They want the government to decide what you can and cannot watch as adults.
From the Online Television Newsletter Cynopsis today (5/5/5):

"As the debate rages on about TV program content, censorship and indecency and what the role of the government should be in all this, a new coalition called TV Watch has set up shop in NYC. TV Watch opposes government control of TV programming content and instead advocates parental controls, which includes program content ratings, blocking technologies, and providing parents/care takers with the right to select what is good or not for their family. Backed up a host of media companies, including NBC Universal, Viacom, NewsCorp., and a host of legal experts, academics, business leaders and entertainers, TV Watchburst out of the gate yesterday with the findings of a national poll indicating while the American public cares about content, it is also in favor of parental responsibility versus "government control." Findings include an 8:1 ratio of respondents who say "more parental involvement” is a better solution to keeping kids from seeing adult content than increasing government control. The national survey was conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates and the Luntz Research Companies, the complete findings are available at the TV Watch website: http://www.televisionwatch.org/.

The strong response from Parents Television Council president L. Brent Bozell to the formation of TV Watch was published on the PTC website's home page: "This supposed 'coalition' needs to be taken – and dismissed – for what it is: a collection of random citizen and public policy groups that have simply been hired and paid for by the networks to do their dirty work. Some of these organizations, like the American Conservative Union and Americans for Tax Reform have never given a moment's thought to the suffocating sewage coming from the entertainment industry. That in and of itself is shameful. But now, suddenly, they care? It's a laughable proposition to think that this hired gun coalition will have any impact whatsoever on the ongoing debate over decency and the public airwaves."

Clearly, these people are certain they have the right, nay, the responsibility, to make sure YOU as an independent adult are not exposed to filth...

Words of Wisdom From My Brother

My brother Tim, who's an ordained Prebytarian Minister, gave the Opening Prayer for Ohio's House of Representatives. I happen to think he's both wise and brilliant, but then again, he's my brother. Check out the text here:

t 'n t luoma: Ohio House of Representatives Opening Invocation, April 20th, 2005

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Read Frank Rich's Take on Mel's Kind of Christianity

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The man makes a good point...