The Theofascism of James Dobson

[Leo 9]

The Theofascism of James Dobson
Written by Mel Seesholtz
Wednesday, 09 July 2008
by Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

James Dobson has a Ph.D. in child development. He advocates spanking. He was once known as “the Religious Right’s New Kingmaker.” The “king” he helped make was George W. Bush, who tops “the list when American voters pick the worst U.S. President in the last 61 years.” As a prominent character in the Bush-Rove nightmare, Dobson set himself up as a religiously-based political dictator bent on getting us to support his personal view of legislated morality.

And what’s even worse, Dobson goes to great length to use Scripture to support his view, and yet according to Time magazine he doesn’t even have any formal theological training. In short, Dobson, using his position as a radio psychologist, has set himself up as our moral authority and asks us all to blindly follow.


His Focus on the Family empire is considerable, although not as powerful as it once was. A mid-September 2007 article from The Denver Channel.com reported that “Focus on the Family is laying off 30 employees and reassigning 15 others, due in part to a drop in projected revenue …”

Dobson and his organization have slowly but surely been losing power. Perhaps that’s why the Chairman needed to make more outrageous statements to garner public attention and mobilize the sheeple “to blindly follow” and contribute to his cause.

Dobson used his June 24, 2008 radio broadcast to make preposterous claims and attack Barack Obama. The attack was the lead story on CNN.com:

A top U.S. evangelical leader is accusing Sen. Barack Obama of deliberately distorting the Bible and taking a “fruitcake interpretation” of the U.S. Constitution.

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http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/4223/81/

[TlalocW]

1. I mentioned this in one of my political email screeds sent to friends

Dobson isn't getting the attention that he's wanting - the press practically yawned when he refused to endorse McCain or pretty much anyone else for president, and he didn't like that so to get some press, he decided to say some bat-shit stuff.

TlalocW

[Ilsa]

2. These people don't have as much power as they think they have.

Their numbers are being proven to be smaller than they claim, and their coffers are reflecting that and the fact that their base is struggling financially.

This could be fun to watch.