Richard A. Stitt: Republican Senator Larry Craig: Focus on The Family's Perfect Presidential Candidate
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by Richard A. Stitt
James Dobson, Focus on The Family founder and a strong proponent of what he calls "traditional Christian values," has said that he and his evangelical following will not endorse any candidate for president unless he is pro-life. There should be little doubt that Idaho U.S. Senator Larry Craig fits their qualifications perfectly.
American citizens can learn much from the votes of pious, sanctimonious Republican legislators such as Senators Larry Craig and David Vitter and Congressman Mark Foley, all of whom presented themselves to the voters as paragons of virtue and practitioners of Christian moral values while simultaneously voting to strip away rights of American citizens and condemning them for the very lifestyles in which they themselves were engaged.
As long as the list of these self-righteous Congressmen is, Republicans who took over our government for over 12 years gained the rock-solid support of the evangelicals, but now they act appalled that anyone is questioning their probity and exposing their tableau of lies and hypocrisy on which they used to worm their way into every governmental agency and institution, the primary purpose of which has been to dismantle programs put in place to serve the public needs.
Here is a partial list which I excerpted from Project Vote Smart -- Senator Craig -- Voting Record, revealing some of the most recent issues voted on by Idaho Senator Larry Craig, issues near and dear to the hearts of James Dobson's religious sect who wish to impose their punitive, theocratic policies on every citizen in the United States:
NARAL Pro-Choice America 0 percent in 2006.
National Right to Life Committee 100 percent in 2005-2006.
Christian Coalition 100 percent in 2004.
Eagle Forum 100 percent in 2004.
Republicans for Environmental Protection 0 percent in 2006.
Family Research Council 100 percent in 2006.
American Family Association 100 percent in 2005-2006.
Gun Owners of America 100 percent in 2006.
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees 0 percent in 2006.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 0 percent in 2006.
Parkinsons Action Network 0 percent in 2006.
National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association 0 percent in 2005-2006.
Disabled American Veterans 20 percent in 2006.
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave Senator Craig a grade of D- in 2006.
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