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Old 11-07-2007, 12:44 PM
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Pat Robertson Backs Giuliani's Bid

Pat Robertson has be come the most prominent "Christian" leader so far to come out in support of Rudy Giuliani for president. Saints, what are your thoughts on this?

Nov 7 12:55 PM US/Eastern

WASHINGTON (AP) - Televangelist Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition, endorsed Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday.
"It is my pleasure to announce my support for America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, a proven leader who is not afraid of what lies ahead and who will cast a hopeful vision for all Americans," Robertson said during a news conference with Giuliani in Washington.

The former New York mayor backs abortion rights and gay rights, positions that put him in conflict with conservative GOP orthodoxy, and has been trying to persuade evangelical conservatives like Robertson to overlook their differences on those issues.

Evangelicals have split in their support for the leading Republican candidates. Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, a favorite of Christian conservatives who dropped out of the race last month, endorsed fellow Sen. John McCain of Arizona on Wednesday. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney recently announced that Paul Weyrich and Bob Jones III were on board with his candidacy.

Asked about the Robertson endorsement, McCain, at a news conference with Brownback in Dubuque, Iowa, said: "Every once in a while, I'm left speechless. This is one of those times."

Giuliani is best known to voters for leading New York in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Shortly after 9/11, Robertson released a statement in which he said the attacks occurred because Americans had insulted God and lost the protection of heaven by allowing abortion and "rampant Internet pornography."

Robertson made no mention of his differences with Giuliani on social issues in Wednesday's statement.

"Rudy Giuliani took a city that was in decline and considered ungovernable and reduced its violent crime, revitalized its core, dramatically lowered its taxes, cut through a welter of bureaucratic regulations, and did so in the spirit of bipartisanship which is so urgently needed in Washington today," Robertson said.

Robertson, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 1988, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network, the Christian Coalition and Regent University in Virginia Beach.

Also Wednesday, Giuliani said he asked two GOP friends in Congress, Rep. Peter King of New York and Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, to introduce bills to keep states from giving licenses or similar identification to illegal immigrants.

The Democratic front-runner, Hillary Clinton, was criticized after a televised debate last week when she hedged an answer on whether she supported New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's effort to grant licenses to illegal immigrants. Her aides say she generally supports the idea in the absence of comprehensive immigration reform.
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I guess I'll give my 2 cents first then.

Obviously there are a lot of reasons why conservative Christians might think its a bad idea to support or vote for a socially liberal candidate like Guiliani. But I think if he becomes the nominee, many Christians will end up voting for him simply because they see Hillary Clinton as being a lot worse.

Kind of the "lesser of two evils" argument.

Kinda sad if we have to end up choosing not the "better" candidate, but the "lesser of 2 evils".
I'm not terribly impressed with any of these candidates anyway.
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Old 11-07-2007, 01:10 PM
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I guess I'll give my 2 cents first then.

Obviously there are a lot of reasons why conservative Christians might think its a bad idea to support or vote for a socially liberal candidate like Guiliani. But I think if he becomes the nominee, many Christians will end up voting for him simply because they see Hillary Clinton as being a lot worse.

Kind of the "lesser of two evils" argument.

Kinda sad if we have to end up choosing not the "better" candidate, but the "lesser of 2 evils".
I'm not terribly impressed with any of these candidates anyway.
I agree that most people view this as the "lesser" of two evils. However, if you are choosing like that, you are still choosing an evil, albiet a lesser one. I think it is a double-standard for Robertson to speak out aginst abortion and gay marriage and then publicly support a man that doesn't. The good thing is that most don't listen to Robertson anyway. He is a little out there.
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