ROFL! James Dobson trashes Dick Armey in Fox News Column, GOP infighting begins!

[Grebrook]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,226522,00.html

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It is always a bit of a shocker when a friend, or one who presents himself as a friend, suddenly appears in the media making bitter and unexpected statements criticizing you. But that best describes recent public comments former House Majority Leader Dick Armey has made about me in television appearances, press interviews, and most specifically, in a statement he posted on the Web site of the organization he leads, FreedomWorks, and e-mailed to many people across the country.

Armey's targeting of me in his criticism of evangelical Christians came straight out of the blue. During his tenure in office, Mr. Armey and I had worked together several times on issues important to the family. Yet despite this history, Armey never called me personally to express his anger, nor did he send me an advance copy of the attack he published on his Web site.

We have not communicated once in any form since he retired from politics four years ago. It leaves me to wonder why he chose this particular election season to fire his salvos, and what is the underlying message he hoped to convey?

We all know that politics is a contentious business, and Armey must have made many lifelong enemies during his nine terms in office. Not only did he do battle with numerous liberal Democrats and lobbyists during that time; I am aware of some notable Republican congressmen with whom he also had bad relationships.

So why am I, a conservative and a fellow Christian, one of only two people Armey selected for personal mass-media vilification? That question is even more curious since he “made up” or imagined many of the incidents that he has attributed to me.

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For those unfamiliar with the situation, former Republican Majority Leader Dick Armey recently called James Dobson and his minions at the Family Research Council "thugs" for trying to hijack the GOP.

[MADem]

1. Did Dobson call him "Penis Navy?" BTW, you need a link and you need to

cut down your total cited paragraphs. It's a board rule.

[Disturbed]

2. A Rethug is correct on this issue.

The RW Fundies do not believe in a democratic, Representative Republic. They believe in a Theocratic Monarchy. They think that Jesus will return and be "King of Kings" and rule over this planet. Now the so called Christian RW find out that the Regime that they thought would heap piles of $$$ into their coffers was just using them to gain power and calling them nuts behind their backs.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

3. On the linked site~

It looks like the excerpted 5 paragraphes are 4. Easy mistake to make. Thank you to OP for the article, keep up the good works.

[MADem]

4. Originally, there was no link and the entire article was posted.

I wouldn't quibble about four or six paragraphs, but I know that the mods would jump on the entire article.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

5. I didn't know the entire article had been

posted. Thank you for the clarification, MADem. It's always a rough go when new to a site and it's rules, just wanting to encourage these newer posters to keep on working to get their news links across. New blood and fresh energy is always good for a site.