Pat Robertson, icon of the Religious Right, today endorsed a thrice-married, cross-dressing, pro-choice Catholic for President in 2008.
"I thought it was important for me to make it clear that Rudy Giuliani is more than acceptable to people of faith," said Robertson. "Given the fractured nature of the process, I thought it was time to solidify around one candidate."
The move was foreshadowed in June when Giuliani addressed a leadership conference at Robertson's Regent University and, according to its web site, the founder "reflected on the Mayor’s legendary performance after the tragic events of September 11th, citing the world’s recognition of his extraordinary leadership in a time of unthinkable crisis. With his trademark good humor, Dr. Robertson related the story of their shared prior cancer diagnoses, and his hospital-room call from the Mayor to offer words of encouragement."
The Robertson endorsement will go a long way to consummate Giuliani's courtship of the Religious Right and fend off the challenges on that front from Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee.
What's a guy like Robertson gonna do? Sure, Giuliani's a twice-divorced adulterer with a history of cross-dressing. But Romney's a Mormon, and Robertson's people won't accept that. And Thompson's also been divorced, and lobbied for a pro-abortion group. Huckabee's the Christian ideological soulmate to Robertson's ilk, but Robertson wants to back a winning horse and Huckabee aint' it.
ReplyDeleteDr.S: Maybe you're right. An alternative view: Robertson and Giuliani represent the "Evangelo-Fascist Wing" of the Republican Party. These are not the old rock-ribbed suburban Republicans we saw when we were kids. These are true believers - basically nuts. Huckabee aint no fascist. But Giuliani appeals to the absolutist thinkers who want someone to root out the evil in the world and and has the enough sense of American entitlement (we're a blessed nation) and guts to lead us into the ultimate glory of End Times.
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