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Pat Robertson endorses Giuliani

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edited November 2007 in A Moving Train
Does this help or hurt his campaign?
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Televangelist Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition, endorsed Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday.

"It is my pleasure to announce my support for America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, a proven leader who is not afraid of what lies ahead and who will cast a hopeful vision for all Americans," Robertson said during a news conference with Giuliani in Washington.

The former New York mayor backs abortion rights and gay rights, positions that put him in conflict with conservative GOP orthodoxy, and has been trying to persuade evangelical conservatives like Robertson to overlook their differences on those issues.

Evangelicals have split in their support for the leading Republican candidates. Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, a favorite of Christian conservatives who dropped out of the race last month, endorsed fellow Sen. John McCain of Arizona on Wednesday. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney recently announced that Paul Weyrich and Bob Jones III were on board with his candidacy.

Asked about the Robertson endorsement, McCain, at a news conference with Brownback in Dubuque, Iowa, said: "Every once in a while, I'm left speechless. This is one of those times."

Giuliani is best known to voters for leading New York in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Shortly after 9/11, Robertson released a statement in which he said the attacks occurred because Americans had insulted God and lost the protection of heaven by allowing abortion and "rampant Internet pornography."

Robertson made no mention of his differences with Giuliani on social issues in Wednesday's statement.

"Rudy Giuliani took a city that was in decline and considered ungovernable and reduced its violent crime, revitalized its core, dramatically lowered its taxes, cut through a welter of bureaucratic regulations, and did so in the spirit of bipartisanship which is so urgently needed in Washington today," Robertson said.

Robertson, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 1988, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network, the Christian Coalition and Regent University in Virginia Beach.

Also Wednesday, Giuliani said he asked two GOP friends in Congress, Reps. Peter King of New York and Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, to introduce bills to keep states from giving licenses or similar identification to illegal immigrants.

The Democratic front-runner, Hillary Clinton, was criticized after a televised debate last week when she hedged an answer on whether she supported New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's effort to grant licenses to illegal immigrants. Her aides say she generally supports the idea in the absence of comprehensive immigration reform.
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I think it helps him with the conservative crowd (who he needs help with)... for me, it' helps me like him even less :)
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    im with mccain... what the fuck? this might be the sign of the end of times... the christian coalition endorsing a pro-choicer based on REAL issues?
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    soulsinging wrote:
    im with mccain... what the fuck? this might be the sign of the end of times... the christian coalition endorsing a pro-choicer based on REAL issues?
    Yes...very interesting that someone of Pat's ilk would stray to a candidate that does not agree on one of Pat's keystone issues.
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  • fragileblakefragileblake Posts: 716
    This just proves that the supposed Christian moral values they espouse was just bullshit posturing on their part. Smell the blasphemy.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    There many different slides to ride on in the slope of bias and corruption.

    Power and racism are the widest and shiniest if you know what I mean.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • hailhailkchailhailkc Posts: 582
    This has me baffled to. I don't know why Robertson would want to support Giuliani. His justification will probably be that Rudy and Hillary will be the "front runners" at campaign time...and that Rudy will be the "lesser of two evils"...

    Eh, whatever. I don't care. I think I'm casting a vote for an independent candidate this time anyway.
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    It Shows How Desperate Both Sides Are
  • prismprism Posts: 2,440
    oopsie....someone forgot to tell Pat Robertson that Giuliani is pro-choice, pro-gay marriage and has himself been married three times......that's a hellava big memo for the evangelicals to have all of a sudden lost
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  • theroachmantheroachman Posts: 362
    Rudy also likes to wear Woman's clothing.

    A crossdressing President? And he is not even a liberal?
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    frauds...


    all of them...


    will do anything...


    and say anything...


    to fullfill their personal agenda's...
  • lastexit78lastexit78 Posts: 618
    What this shows me is that the Christian Coalition doesn't have as much power as some think they do. They're capable of altering elections but they're not capable or sending they're own candidate to do it. If they were the force that some claim they would have their own puppet running next year. Instead they have to support Rudy because he's the only real GOP threat to Hilary. I look at this as good news. The less power Robertson and those nuts have the better. The longer we stay away from a real Christian Conservative running or winning the presidency the better off we all are.
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    my2hands wrote:
    frauds...


    all of them...


    will do anything...


    and say anything...


    to fullfill their personal agenda's...

    Exactly !!

    Talk about hypocrisy!!

    Pat Robertson is a joke, burn in hell you fraud
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Do people really pay any attention to who endorses whom....and does it affect their voting? It makes no difference to me. As a Christian, I still wouldn't vote for Giuliani even if the pastor of my church endorsed him (and I'd probably quit the church).
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    know1 wrote:
    (and I'd probably quit the church).

    :D
  • floyd1975floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    know1 wrote:
    Do people really pay any attention to who endorses whom....and does it affect their voting? It makes no difference to me. As a Christian, I still wouldn't vote for Giuliani even if the pastor of my church endorsed him (and I'd probably quit the church).

    Everybody will follow when I make my endorsement. Right now, I am still gathering information that will help me decide who to support.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    pat robertson is a liability for any candidate. any person who is in his 70s and claims the lord helps him leg press 700 pounds is obviously full of shit. funny how pro lifers will bend a bit and support a historically pro choice candidate that has been divorced a few times. on a tangent, why do "evangelicals" continually support candidates who do nothing for them and nothing to advance their cause???

    i now know who i am NOT voting for.
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