Clarence Page: Pat, Rudy, and Other Suprises

Pat, Rudy, and Other Suprises
By Clarence Page

Like war, presidential campaigns always will surprise you. Keep that in mind as you try to figure out Pat Robertson's surprising endorsement of Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid.

Robertson is a Virginia-based televangelist tycoon, icon of the religious right and a 1988 presidential candidate. He rails against abortion and gay marriage. Yet he's endorsing a former New York mayor who favors a woman's right to choose, defends gun control laws and once shared a Manhattan apartment for a time with two gay friends, when marital difficulties forced him out of the mayoral mansion. Hey, it's hard to find affordable housing in New York.

So why is Robertson compromising his usual tut-tut moral absolutism to endorse Giuliani for the White House? The fight against Islamic fascism is of greater importance, says the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network. That view is shared by many other social conservatives, who have given Giuliani more support in places like South Carolina than a New York moderate might be expected to get.

Whatever his agenda may be, Robertson's endorsement and Giuliani's eagerness to accept it say a lot about the nature of Campaign 2008: With the unifying force of President Bush in eclipse, the religious right is up for grabs, and all of the Republican candidates, except perhaps the libertarian maverick Texas Rep. Ron Paul, appear eager to grab it.

The first rule of politics is: Thou shalt not divide thy base. Of the frontrunners Giuliani, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, none have won the strong support Bush captured in the 2000 campaign, when he named Jesus Christ as his "favorite political philosopher" during a debate.

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So the fetus-lovers are willing to put their moral absolutes aside to fight religious fascism? Me thinks they're grasping for any reason at all to remain politically relevant. And now thanks to the blood-lust of this president appointed by God we'll have all the terra their little rwing minds would hope for.

Keep in mind there is only ONE reason for republicans' actions. In the case of the bigwigs like CrossDresserRudy and SlaveOwnerPat, it is the Benjamins. That is the ONLY thing that drives their decisions.

Their acolytes, the sheep (not their base, which are corporate executives) might have other reasons to vote for their crminal idols like abortion or gay rights.

Never confuse the two. The fatcats have nothing but hatred for their flock of sheep.

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