Dobson's latest political failures examined in The Gazette

The Mighty Doctor James Dobson is not going to like this:

On Tuesday, James Dobson of Focus on the Family railed against Sen. Barack Obama for distorting the Bible and trying to govern by the "lowest common denominator of morality."

But if he was trying to rally his base of Christian evangelists to vote against Obama, he might need a lot more than a censorious radio address.

He scolded Barack, no doubt, like his mother scolded him. Barack immediately responded, which is how bullies like Dobson need to be treated. The Gazette continues:

- Christian influence in politics has historically gone up and down since the early 1800s; this is another movement whose time may be up for now.

- The Bush administration hurt the evangelical cause - such as with the war in Iraq, its response to Hurricane Katrina and its alleged human rights violations at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center.

- Two of the movement's most important figures, D. James Kennedy and Jerry Falwell, are dead.

And the ethical failures of many other evagelical leaders still resonate.

The one ("life") or two-issue ("homosexuals") politics of those like Dobson and Haggard fails the religious philosphy they claim guides them - and it fails the followers they purport to lead. Now the followers are abandoning the the hyper-political preachers daily. And some evangelicals have seen the error of their ways.

A true leader is coming to town, one who's attempting to apply the positive aspects of religious belief to constructive solutions to our problems. His name is not James Dobson, it's Barack Obama. I believe it's Barack's turn to give a good lecture on morals to Dr. James "SpongeDob" Dobson.

Oh, and check out this excellent graphic from the Gazette by Becky Rother that makes the point of the article crystal clear: