Atomic Bomb: Pat Robertson To Endorse Rudy
Posted by Jeremie Jordan on November 7, 2007
And then God sayeth to the world, take this wretched man and love him as if he was mine own flesh and blood:
Pat Robertson, one of the most influential figures in the social conservative movement, will announce his support for Rudy Giuliani’s presidential bid this morning in Washington, D.C., according to sources familiar with the decision.
Pat Robertson’s endorsement of Rudy Giuliani is a significant blow to Mitt Romney, who has worked hard to court evangelical leaders. Above, Robertson speaks to the Christian Coalition in 1999. (File photo: James A. Parcell - The Washington Post)
Robertson’s support was coveted by several of the leading Republican candidates and provides Giuliani with a major boost as the former New York City mayor seeks to convince social conservatives that, despite his positions on abortion and gay rights, he is an acceptable choice as the GOP nominee.
It also slows any momentum for Mitt Romney within the social conservative movement. Romney had recently secured the backing of conservative stalwarts Paul Weyrich and Bob Jones III — endorsements that seemed to strengthen his bid to become the electable conservative alternative to Giuliani. Romney had made no secret of his desire for Robertson’s endorsement and has to be disappointed this morning.
No word on whether Jesus felt slighted by Robertson’s endorsement of Giuliani.
The real conservatives are now free to trash the Pat Robertson endorsement [something I would probably do if I wasn't writing this pro-Rudy post]. “Pat Robertson is teh RINO!!!!11!”
November 7, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Dogs and cats are marrying - Robertson endorses Rudy. Worse, Bob Jones III endorsed Romney.
Who wants to bet there’ll be a Mitt Romney wing to a major building on Bob Jones University? Or the 700 Club changed to the 700 Rudy Club?
November 7, 2007 at 2:53 pm
I’m totally perplexdiscombobulated by this… is it really so? Weird. Never saw this coming…
November 7, 2007 at 3:20 pm
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8SOUT000&show_article=1&lst=1
It’s official.
Officially weird, that is…
November 7, 2007 at 9:50 pm
The social cons and family values crowd are officially going apeshit. A representative sampling can be found over at Hot Air.
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/07/report-pat-robertson-to-endorse-giuliani/
And oh yeah, I know Giuliani’s not Reagan reincarnated. (Despite leftist histrionics to the contrary, neither is Bush.) Doesn’t matter. He’s still my guy, and I don’t honestly think any serious conservative will protest vote for a 3rd party candidate in the general election, given the Hillary factor.
Well,to be honest, Rudy’s my first choice, anyway. My second would be anybody not named John McCain or Ron Paul.