A good measure of the disrespect that Republican voters have for their own presidential candidates came this week from Politics1, one of the briefest yet most useful political reads on the web.
James Dobson, leader of politically active right wing Christians, sent an email to his followers in which he despaired that Fred Thompson “can’t speak his way out of a paper bag on the campaign trail,” and commented, “He has no passion, no zeal and no apparent ‘want to.’ And yet he is apparently the Great Hope that burns in the breasts of many conservative Christians? Well, not for me, my brothers. Not for me!”
The flareup is not just between Dobson and Thompson, of course. It reflects a deeper loss of direction within the Republican Party. For years, the Republicans claimed that, if only they could get control of the federal government, they’d solve all America’s problems. Now we see that the Republicans have only been able to make a mess of everything they touch. Every issue that used to be a rallying point for the Republicans now has become a point of shame. It’s no wonder that Republican presidential candidates like Fred Thompson can only offer half-hearted, tired performances on the campaign trail.
(Source: Politics1.com, September 21, 2007)
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