2008 California Election Forum

Dear Craig,

"I agree that Christian turnout for elections is appalling and consequently we deserve the govenment we get. We have no right to complain if we don't participate.

"I think many pastors keep quiet for fear of loss of tax status if they appear partial. There are ways around that, I think, but they can certianly urge their congregants to get informed and vote.

"Too many churches now are deader than doornails. They have lost their 'First love' as the Messiah tells us. That's a big part of the problem, too."

—Anita

In the last Republican debate, many were horrified at Congressman Ron Paul's position that U.S. involvement in the Middle East in the last 40 years has given Middle Eastern governments grounds for resentment and that it was the cause of 9/11 (which he didn't say, but the liberal media and Rudy Giuliani claimed he said that).

Click the play button below for an interesting video made of him after the debate.

James Dobson's latest announcement about Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was regarding Giuliani's support of abortion (including government funding and partial-birth abortion). Dobson doesn't trust that Giuliani would appoint family friendly judges.

He said Giuliani also is antigun ownership and against traditional marriage.

Dobson says he also opposes John McCain and would refuse to vote for either Giuliani or McCain in a presidential election.

To read his full statements on Giuliani, click here.

In response to ExxonMobil’s record profits, Senator Hillary Clinton said she wanted to “take those profits and...put them in an alternative energy fund.”

Statements like that are:

• Antifamily: Since slowing economic growth will hurt families.
• Economic illiteracy: Since the facts don't connect with her statement.

Here are the facts from a profamily, progrowth, economic viewpoint:

1. Taking successful companies’ profits is exactly what socialist governments do. It’s what Hugo Chavez is doing in Venezuela. And it’s why socialist countries fail economically, put their citizens into poverty, show slow or no economic growth and lack innovation.
2. ExxonMobil paid $10.7 billion in taxes vs. $39.5 billion in profits. Over the past 25 years, federal and state governments took $397 billion from the largest oil companies. Plus $1.1 trillion in taxes from you and me at the pump.
   
   This is because there is a 35% corporate tax.
3. ExxonMobil had sales of $377.5 billion and a profit of $39.5 billion. That's a little over 10 cents on the dollar. This is well below the margins of ...Get the full story. Sign up for a FREE all-access membership by clicking here.

You may remember we mentioned Rudy Giuliani's flip-flopping in our last issue.

Now it's come out that Giuliani has donated to Planned Parenthood. On Laura Ingraham's radio program, Giuliani said, "Planned Parenthood makes information available...it's consistent with my position."

Here's what some readers said:

Would Not Support Giuliani

"His flip-flopping on this issue is not different from the others. Mitt Romney, all the ones who change their 'beliefs' like they change their clothes just for the political advantage of the moment, makes me sick. I keep praying that God will raise up a genuine, honest, conservative Republican who is electible and can save us from the Clintons."

Thanks, Rebecca

Won't Support Him

"I think Giuliani is trying to appeal to a wider margin of voters, however, I believe abortion is wrong, it is murder and our tax dollars should not be funding these 'rights.'

"A constitutional right means we have the legal right to do this type of action, but it does not mean that we as tax payers must pay for their rights!