James Dobson Tells Giuliani To Kiss It

Yet, another prominent conservative wants nothing to do with Rudy:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Religious conservative leader James Dobson will sit out the 2008 presidential election if former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the Republican presidential nominee, he wrote Thursday in an online column.

In a piece published on the conservative Web site WorldNetDaily, Dobson wrote that Giuliani's support for abortion rights and civil unions for homosexuals, as well as the former mayor's two divorces, were a deal-breaker for him.

"I cannot, and will not, vote for Rudy Giuliani in 2008. It is an irrevocable decision," he wrote.

"If given a Hobson's -- Dobson's? -- choice between him and Senators Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, I will either cast my ballot for an also-ran -- or if worse comes to worst, not vote in a presidential election for the first time in my adult life. My conscience and my moral convictions will allow me to do nothing else."

Dobson, 71, is the founder and chairman of Colorado-based Focus on the Family, but said he was writing as "a private citizen and not on behalf of any organization or party."

You just know that the Hillary camp is loving this. And why shouldn't they? In the eyes of the Christian Right, Giuliani is a disgrace. Romney's flip-flops more than John Kerry and come January 2009, McCain will be 72 years old. Frankly speaking, overall the current GOP field looks pretty weak.

Newt Gingrich? Senator Brownback? Fred Thompson?

The Right needs at least one of you guys to step in and shake things up.

Person of the Week: President George W. Bush

Age: 66
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut

Claim to Fame: If you didn't know already, he's the "Decider"

Why's He's Person of the Week: For reaching a deal with the Senate on the long contentious issue of immigration reform yesterday. By coming to terms with Democrats (even liberal asses like Ted Kennedy), Bush not only did what's best for the country, but he once again showed that he's not as stubborn as many make him out to be. The bipartisan agreement is a fair step in the right direction concerning a problem that's been going on long before Bush took office. And for those on the Right still crying about this amounting to nothing but "amnesty"?

Well, get over it!

To blame Bush for illegal immigration and act like he's just supposed to grab a net, scoop up every illegal immigrant in the country and toss 'em out is dumb. President Bush has done a lot to secure the borders and for yahoos like Michelle Malkin (always complaining, but rarely offering solutions) to continue to cry "Amnesty! Amnesty!" are just choosing to be ignorant of the facts.

Since Bush took office, funding for border security has increased immensely and the Border Patrol has been expanded to more than 12,000 agents, an increase of more than 2,700 agents, or nearly 30 percent. The President's FY07 budget funds another 1,500 new agents. Agents are being provided with cutting-edge technology like infrared cameras, vehicle barriers & fencing in urban areas, advanced motion sensors, and unmanned aerial vehicles. Plus, the administration's Border Security Strategy is getting results.

Since President Bush took office, agents have apprehended and sent home more than 6 million people entering the country illegally including more than 400,000 with criminal records. Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement are all working together and more than 600,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended through the Arizona Border Control Initiative last year - an increase of more than 50 percent increase over the previous year. Dare anyone come up with an administration that has a better record on handling illegal immigrants that of Bush's.

Paris Hilton's Jail Time Cut In Half

This is really absurd. I mean, who knew that you could get time off for "good behavior" just for showing up to court? Unbelievable.

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Paris Hilton will serve about half of her 45-day jail sentence and will be separated from the general inmate population, authorities said.

The hotel heiress will spend about 23 days in a "special needs housing unit" at the Century Regional Detention Center in suburban Lynwood, Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

Her sentence was shortened after jail officials gave her credit for good behavior, Whitmore said. Officials considered several factors in calculating the credit, including that she appeared for her latest court date, he said.

Granted, she still has to do 23 hours a day in lockdown, but for someone who has broken the law repeatedly and who still doesn't accept responsibility for any of her actions, getting time off without even serving a day yet amounts to nothing but utter lunacy. And my guess is that even the leniency shown here still won't be enough for the skank and her team of high-priced lawyers. Next step? The entire sentence gets tossed for community service.

The Left Spits On Jerry Falwell's Grave

First, the news of the controversial reverends passing:

The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the folksy, small-town preacher who used the power of television to found the Moral Majority and turn the Christian right into a mighty force in American politics during the Reagan years, died Tuesday at 73.

Falwell was found without a pulse in his office at Liberty University and pronounced dead at a hospital an hour later. Dr. Carl Moore, Falwell's physician, said he had a heart condition and presumably died of a heart rhythm abnormality.

Driven into politics by the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that established the right to an abortion, Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1979. One of the conservative lobbying group's greatest triumphs came just a year later, when Ronald Reagan was elected president.

Falwell credited the Moral Majority with getting millions of conservative voters registered, aiding in Reagan's victory and giving Republicans control of the Senate.

"I shudder to think where the country would be right now if the religious right had not evolved," he said when he stepped down as Moral Majority president in 1987.

Reaction from far-Left blogger and Catholic-basher Amanda Marcotte:

"Guess god liked the ACLU better after all."

Reaction from liberal shill Oliver Willis:

"May he rot."

Reaction from the "Blog of the Moderate Left":

I wish I believed in Hell, so I could imagine Falwell enduring the eternal torment he wished on so many.

How typical. I swear they're their own worst enemy. Jerry Falwell did say some outrageous things that I didn't always agree with. But Rosie O'Donnell says outrageous things every time she opens her mouth. And O'Donnell, an admitted conspiracy theorist, who still believes that President Bush orchestrated 9/11, who sympathizes with terrorists, who claims that Christianity is worse than Islamofascism, who pokes fun at Asians, almost never apologizes for her blatant lies. Yet, Falwell steadfastly apologized for all his over-the-top rhetoric, but that's lost on the "tolerant" crowd who spread hate towards anyone who doesn't bow down to their pulpit. But even tho' I despise her, if I'm still here when Rosie O'Donnell passes on, I'd much rather say nothing and report it because it's news, than ever come off as a total asshole by taking digs at her after she's gone.

Thomas Sowell Quote of the Day!

"That people on the political left have a certain set of opinions, just as people do in other parts of the ideological spectrum, is not surprising. What is surprising, however, is how often the opinions of those on the left are accompanied by hostility and even hatred.

Particular issues can arouse passions here and there for anyone with any political views. But, for many on the left, indignation is not a sometime thing. It is a way of life."

- conservative author and political analyst Thomas Sowell

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