Cross posting this from my blog. Although the letter itself has been written about here, I think it needs to be raised again this close to election day.
"My goodness, if our audience is any indication, they're getting it. There are millions of people praying for you and for Sen. McCain. It's always risky to kind of politicize your prayer life, but there are issues here that are more important to me than my life."
-James Dobson, to Sarah Palin
The hard core conservatives have reached the Final Days. As such, we should expect them to launch everything they have at the Democrats. With polling showing a landslide on the horizon, many have switched to all out fear mongering (different from their usual cash drive fear pandering).
Today’s gem comes from Focus on the Family’s James Dobson. More on him later, but for now let me summarize the predictions he makes in his wonderfully fatalistic and assuming letter from the future (2012 after 4 years of Obama):
* The Supreme Court is totally controlled by Elite Left wing Liberals by the end of the first year (4 crazy liberals appointed).
* The new court, apparently instantly, works with Obama to change the fabric of our society.
* Same sex marriage legal and protected from discrimination.
* Gays in the military? You betcha, they even get special sign on bonuses!
* No more Boy Scouts. The court has made it illegal for them to operate or meet in public places because they don’t allow the gays (he didn’t mention their intolerance of Atheists, which I found interesting. I guess gays get people more angry than Atheists).
* All the faith based initiatives and college crusaders are outlawed.
* Elementary schools now teach horrible things like ’Homosexuality isn’t a sin’ and ’people are
* equal’.
* In fact, kids can’t even express their Bible indoctrinated hatred!
* Schools can’t have student led prayer or meetings, and the pledge is outlawed.
* Since the Supreme Court has said that adoption agencies that refuse to help same sex couples are practicing discrimination, they’ve all shut their doors.
* All of the tent poles of the Religious Right economy are destroyed by the Supreme Court - Christian publishing, Right Wing Radio, Activist groups like Focus on the Family (huge loss to civilization here).
* Abortion? Required. Ok, he doesn’t go that far but yes, abortion is still legal and the libs have even stepped up the war, now requiring nurses and doctors to assist in abortions.
* Pornography is rampant, and not in the ‘overflowing the world’s communication systems’ type of way that it is now. No, I’m talking every channel, hardcore porn, totally legal.
* You have no guns anymore, they were taken by the government.
* Homeschooling is restricted and controlled to the point that Christians are fleeing to Australia.
It gets better...
* We run from Iraq and leave a vacuum that Syria and Iran fill, which emboldens Al Qaeda and they grow in size. The ensuing bloodbath leaves millions of Arabs dead.
* Four terrorist attacks on US soil kill thousands of Americans.
* Obama responds by sending millions of dollars in aid to the nations that bred the terrorists.
* Russia invades eastern Europe, taking over all of the old Soviet states.
* Obama appeals to the UN for condemnation but does nothing.
* Obama makes good friends with Chavez, Castro and all the other communists in Latin America.
* Iran attacks Israel with a nuclear weapon and Obama goes to the UN, but Muslim nations prevent any action.
* The Liberal Media covers for Obama (remember, there’s no talk radio anymore).
* Universal Health Care has destroyed the economy because of all of those freeloading cancer patients and Obama has raised everyone’s taxes immensely.
* Everything else you hold dear is destroyed, given away to minorities. Plus Obama has personally eaten your beloved cat, Whiskers (not really).
Dobbie ends this little fairy tale with the following:
Personally, I don’t know how we are going to get through tomorrow, for these are difficult times. But my faith in the Lord remains strong. I still believe that "for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose" (Rom.8:28). I still believe "kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations" (Psalm22:28). I still believe our salvation comes from no earthly government for "there is salvation in no one else" than Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12). I still believe God is sovereign over all history, and though I don’t know why he has allowed these events, it is still his purpose that will ultimately be accomplished. He alone can say of all history, "There is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, "My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose" (Isaiah 46:9-10).
This is the lowest bit of propaganda I’ve read in modern times. So arrogant, so fearful, so condescending. Arrogant because he actually believes that God is working on the side of his group. Fearful because his gig scaring people out of their money might be in danger. Condescending because he trusts that his followers and financial supporters are gullible enough to fall for this fear pandering.
What Dobson wrote is an embarrassment to civility. But the absolute kicker of all of this:
Dobson Says ‘No Way’ to McCain Candidacy - WorldNetDaily, January 13, 2008. If you are afraid of WND, here’s the relevant passage:
"Speaking as a private individual, I would not vote for John McCain under any circumstances," said James Dobson...