So, Dobson finally endorsed as much as he legally could McCain on his radio program:

A clear go-ahead signal to millions of evangelicals across the country from Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman of FocDr James Dobson founder and chairman of Focus on the Family who radio program and newsletters reach millions of evangelicals approves a vote for the Republican ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palinus on the Family, to vote for the GOP ticket. It couldn’t have come at a better time given more polls showing a Democratic lead on the eve of the next presidential debate, tomorrow night in Nashville.
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“It’s probably obvious which of the two major candidates’ views are most palatable to those of us who embrace a pro-life, pro-family worldview,” Dobson said.
“While I will not endorse either candidate this year, (in fact, I’ve only endorsed one presidential nominee in my life) I can say that I am now supportive of Senator John McCain and his bid for the presidency.”

A clear go-ahead? Who in their right mind needs Dobson’s consent to vote for a candidate? The MSM really think we’re a bunch of mindless sheep who need someone to tell us who to vote for. Some of those sheep have chosen Obama and doing so doesn’t make them any less Evangelical (yes, it’s true, you can be Christian and vote for a Democrat). The LA Times seems to have forgotten that there is a sizable portion of Evangelicals who have decided that his withdrawal from Iraq outweighs his support of infanticide (for babies who survive an abortion), even though he is pro-war in Afghanistan. Evidently, they’ve bought into the notion that he plans to reduce the number of abortions under his presidency (but before Evangelicals and Catholics cast that vote, they might want to ask him if he plans to continue Bush’s policy of prohibiting the use taxpayer money to international groups that promote forced abortions and they might ask him if his healthcare plan includes abortions).
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