Comments on: Judge and Jury http://themoderatevoice.com/16016/judge-and-jury/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Patrick Joubert Conlon http://themoderatevoice.com/16016/judge-and-jury/comment-page-1/#comment-104455 Patrick Joubert Conlon Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:08:26 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/16016/judge-and-jury/#comment-104455 Pete, I think I made a mistake in the opposite direction and wrote off Robertson too quickly. Robertson may not have much clout among the movers and shakers but, as George pointed out, he still has his TV show and has probably now convinced the million or so gray-haired old ladies who send him money to vote for Rudy. Of course I'm still convinced that Robertson picked Rudy because he is the most hawkish of the GOP contenders and Robertson is hoping for Armageddon. Pete, I think I made a mistake in the opposite direction and wrote off Robertson too quickly. Robertson may not have much clout among the movers and shakers but, as George pointed out, he still has his TV show and has probably now convinced the million or so gray-haired old ladies who send him money to vote for Rudy. Of course I’m still convinced that Robertson picked Rudy because he is the most hawkish of the GOP contenders and Robertson is hoping for Armageddon.

]]> By: Pete Abel http://themoderatevoice.com/16016/judge-and-jury/comment-page-1/#comment-104438 Pete Abel Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:39:38 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/16016/judge-and-jury/#comment-104438 I don't know the answer to that, George, although I must admit I have some respect for Robertson's realization that politics requires compromise and that foreign policy is perhaps the most important issue of the '08 election, dwarfing social debates over reproductive and non-reproductive sex. However, while I think Robertson has recognized the correct prioritization of political matters in today's world, he's still (I fear) backing the wrong guy, and he's doing so because his (Rev. Pat's) views of how to deal with foreign policy are precisely the OPPOSITE of what we actually need. I don’t know the answer to that, George, although I must admit I have some respect for Robertson’s realization that politics requires compromise and that foreign policy is perhaps the most important issue of the ’08 election, dwarfing social debates over reproductive and non-reproductive sex. However, while I think Robertson has recognized the correct prioritization of political matters in today’s world, he’s still (I fear) backing the wrong guy, and he’s doing so because his (Rev. Pat’s) views of how to deal with foreign policy are precisely the OPPOSITE of what we actually need.

]]> By: George Sorwell http://themoderatevoice.com/16016/judge-and-jury/comment-page-1/#comment-104431 George Sorwell Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:03:54 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/16016/judge-and-jury/#comment-104431 Robertson still has his cable-TV show. That means he still has an audience. That means he still has influence. He's not going to make threats to leave the Republican Party. Does that make him more beneficial or less beneficial to the Republican Party? Robertson still has his cable-TV show. That means he still has an audience. That means he still has influence.

He’s not going to make threats to leave the Republican Party. Does that make him more beneficial or less beneficial to the Republican Party?

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