From Fox News: Some of the nation's most politically influential conservative Christians, alarmed by the prospect of a Republican presidential nominee who supports abortion rights, are considering backing a third-party candidate.OK, folks, reality check time. What is a 3rd party candidate going to do? What has it always done? Split the vote and allow the worst possible candidate to win. See Bush 41, 1992. See Schmidt, Jean, primary victories.
More than 40 Christian conservatives attended a meeting Saturday in Salt Lake City to discuss the possibility, and planned more gatherings on how they should move forward, according to Richard A. Viguerie, the direct-mail expert and longtime conservative activist.
Other participants in the meeting included James Dobson, founder of the Focus on the Family evangelical ministry in Colorado Springs, Colo., and, according to Viguerie, Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, a conservative policy group in Washington.
However, Dobson spoke out against the idea of a third party even if "both Democratic and Republican nominees are known to be entirely unsupportive of the sanctity of human life, the institution of marriage and other aspects of the pro-moral agenda," according to Gary Schneeberger, a spokesman for Focus on the Family Action.
A spokesman for Perkins did not respond to requests for comment Monday.
Viguerie would not give specifics of the proposal or reveal additional names of participants, but said President Bush "would not have been elected in '04 without the people in that room."
"There is such a jaundiced feelings about any promises or commitments from any Republican leaders," he said in a phone interview. "You could almost cut the anger and the frustration with a knife in that room it's so strong. Because they don't know what else to do, they're talking third party."
This is ridiculous. If you don't take the lesser of the two evils, then we are going to be doomed with Hillary. Is that what you evangelicals want? If you thought it was tough to be a Christian in the 1990s, just wait til you get the more vindictive Clinton in office! Wake up people, quit being so selfish toward your own voting bloc and think about the nation. Can we handle evangelicals wasting a vote in protest and get HillaryCare(tm), Hillary(lackof)Defense(tm), Hillary(no)Ethics(tm)? I think not.
To paraphrase Barry Goldwater: quit whining, conservatives. If you want to take the party back, quit whining and work in the structure. Whining in your beer is only going to get you the result you want most to avoid: more abortion on demand, even more moral decay, even more lack of personal responsibility, and even less religious freedom.
