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Great hope?
There comes a time in the campaign of every presidential candidate when he has to just hold his nose and stand someplace he’d rather not be.
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For Fred Thompson, that time might come in Washington next month at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit.
Thompson is speaking early on the first day of the event, Oct. 19.
So what’s the problem? Well, the honoree at the event’s “Faith, Family and Freedom” Gala Dinner at the Washington Hilton is none other than Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family. The lobbying wing of Dobson’s empire, Focus on the Family Action, also is a co-sponsor of the event.
Back in March, Dobson said that although Thompson is certainly a conservative, “I don’t think he’s a Christian. At least that’s my impression.”
He went even further earlier this month. After ripping Thompson’s positions on the issues, Dobson said the former senator “has no passion, no zeal and no apparent ‘want to.’ And yet he is apparently the Great Hope that burns in the breasts of many conservative Christians? Well, not for me, my brothers. Not for me!”
The Thompson campaign didn’t address the apparent disconnect of his appearance, but spokeswoman Karen Hanretty said, “We’re confident that as voters get to know Fred, they’ll appreciate his conservative principles and that he is the one conservative in this race who can win the nomination and go on to defeat the Democratic nominee.”
