Pat Robertson To Endorse Ghouliani

Pat Robertson To Endorse Giuliani

Pat Robertson, one of the most influential figures in the social conservative movement, will announce his support for Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid this morning in Washington, D.C., according to sources familiar with the decision.

Pat Robertson's endorsement of Rudy Giuliani is a significant blow to Mitt Romney, who has worked hard to court evangelical leaders. Above, Robertson speaks to the Christian Coalition in 1999. (File photo: James A. Parcell - The Washington Post)Robertson's support was coveted by several of the leading Republican candidates and provides Giuliani with a major boost as the former New York City mayor seeks to convince social conservatives that, despite his positions on abortion and gay rights, he is an acceptable choice as the GOP nominee.

It also slows any momentum for Mitt Romney within the social conservative movement. Romney had recently secured the backing of conservative stalwarts Paul Weyrich and Bob Jones III -- endorsements that seemed to strengthen his bid to become the electable conservative alternative to Giuliani. Romney had made no secret of his desire for Robertson's endorsement and has to be disappointed this morning.

The other major effect of Robertson's support for Giuliani is that it will quiet talk in social conservative circles that nominating Giuliani would lead "values voters" to abandon the Republican Party. The stamp of approval from Robertson should assuage the doubts of many (although certainly not all) of the rank-and-file social conservatives.

Robertson is widely viewed as one of the pillars of the religious right. He founded the Christian Broadcasting Network, the Christian Coalition and Regent University in Virginia Beach. Robertson ran for president in 1988, finishing a surprising second in the Iowa caucuses before losing steam in later states. In recent years, Robertson has drawn considerable controversy for comments made about homosexuality.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2007/11/robertson_to_endorse_giuliani.html

This is pretty damn significant. A lot of people have been knocking Rudy, saying he'll never win the nomination because the fundies hate him. But he just got the endorsement of King Fundie himself. This could change a lot.

If the fundies are behind Ghouliani we've got a serious problem, particularly if Hillary is the nominee.

this is good news.

has nothing to do with abortion or gay rights after all. What a f---ing bunch of hypocrites. Next thing the NRA will be endorsing him.

give the dems some talking points to hit back with. If you are so anti gay, so anti abortion, how can you endorse a man that supports both of those causes.

Do you suppose they will hit him with these questions at his press conference in a few hours? Do you suppose god came to him in the night and gave him this Revelation to support Rudy?

That's pretty revealing.

By the way, is Robertson on the list that Grassley is investigating? It is always interesting to me to see these characters coming out with their endorsements like it's supposed to make a difference...separation of church and state, and all that jazz.

Perhaps we should bring that up each time they stick their noses into the political arena.

and all the folks who said "Oh, evangelicals will NEVER vote for Rudy or a Mormon" will be proven wrong--they'll find a way to vote Republican, trust me.

They will crawl out from under every rock to defeat her.

They fit together like swamp and gas, like muck and mire, like Sodom and Gomorrah. like ...

What a load of donkey dung . The writer and the preacher and the former candidate.

2 posted on 11/07/2007 5:53:27 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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He hasn’t been influential with me. This endorsement will keep him from being influential to many.


3 posted on 11/07/2007 5:55:24 AM PST by indylindy (Duncan Hunter is the best hope we have on both fronts.)
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What a fraud. Either that or a senile old man. What kind of conservative religious leader endorses a pro-abort and pro-gay candidate?


4 posted on 11/07/2007 5:56:48 AM PST by SmoothTalker
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Pat Robertson is one heck of a good businessman..


5 posted on 11/07/2007 5:56:52 AM PST by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ Isaiah 3.3)
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Another one removed from my good-guy list:

Gov Rick Perry
Sen Norm Coleman
Pat Robertson


6 posted on 11/07/2007 5:57:22 AM PST by yellowhammer ( Mitt Romney '08)
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Great, Pat: Now go legpress that two tons again...
What a flake.


7 posted on 11/07/2007 5:58:41 AM PST by Jagman (I drank Frank Rabelais under the table!)
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:rofl:

ripping into Pat and Rudy. She's one of those zealous mid-life Catholic converts who sneer at lifelong lapsed Catholics like Rudy, so I'm not surprised. Amusing to see the RW radio assholes go into convulsions over this.

about what kind of judges from the Supreme on down he will appoint. All about the courts which trumps over abortion, gay rights, etc.

(er, again)

Never trust anyone who thinks God is telling them to be hateful.

Hey McCain, you kissed the wrong evangelical nut. Your guy died on you. Ha!