Family advocate James Dobson, widely considered an important GOP rainmaker, says he will not vote for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani under any circumstance in the upcoming presidential elections because of his positions on abortion, domestic partnerships for homosexual couples and other moral issues.
Dobson says today in an exclusive WND column, speaking strictly as a private citizen, "I cannot, and will not, vote for Rudy Giuliani in 2008."
"It is an irrevocable decision," said the founder and chairman of Focus on the Family. "If given a Hobson's – Dobson's? – choice between him and Sens. Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, I will either cast my ballot for an also-ran – or if worse comes to worst – not vote for the first time in my adult life."
Dobson said, "My conscience and my moral convictions will allow me to do nothing else."
I will admit the post title is a little misleading since I'm sure Dobson has similar distate for Hillary Clinton, but failure to support the GOP nominee is de facto support for the Democrat, so you have to assume that if Dobson is so opposed to Rudy that he can't vote for him, even against Hillary, that he'd prefer to have Hillary as president. If Hillary wins because people like Dobson refuse to support the GOP nominee, they have themselves to blame.
I will also admit that I have a similar problem with John McCain, and the only way I could cast a vote for him is with extreme teeth clenching, though I'm not even sure I could pull that off. If McCain is the nominee (which I highly doubt at this point), I may end up being as guilty of supporting the Dems as Dobson will be if Giuliani is the GOP nominee.
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