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    <title>Rudy Keeps Racking Up The Negative Endorsements</title>
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    <published>2007-05-17T12:53:42-05:00</published>
    <updated>2008-08-07T15:58:34-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Kyle</name>
    </author>
    <category term="James Dobson" />
    <category term="Politics" />
    <category term="Religious Right" />
    <category term="Richard Land" />
    <category term="Richard Vigeurie" />
    <category term="Rudy Giuliani" />
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Last week,  Richard Land was a guest on &ldquo;Hardball With Chris Matthews&rdquo; where <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/05/land_negatively.html" title="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/05/land_negatively.html">he stated</a> that while he did not endorse political candidates, that didn&rsquo;t mean he  wouldn&rsquo;t &ldquo;negatively endorse&rdquo; them. &nbsp;And that is just what he proceeded to  do regarding Rudy Giuliani: </p>
<blockquote><p>I don&lsquo;t think I could sell him to most of them and I  wouldn&lsquo;t try.&nbsp; I would say vote your values and your beliefs and  convictions and have to leave it to them to connect the dots.&nbsp; But I have  said publicly, I don&lsquo;t endorse candidates, but I&lsquo;m negatively endorsing. I  could not vote for Giuliani.</p></blockquote>
<p>In addition  to Land&rsquo;s negative endorsement, Giuliani has also received a <a href="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/730863139.html" title="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/730863139.html">similar  endorsement</a> from right-wing direct-mail pioneer Richard Viguerie:</p>
<blockquote><p>&ldquo;If the Republican Party nominates Rudy Giuliani as its  candidate for either president or vice president, I will personally work to  defeat the GOP ticket in 2008,&rdquo; says Richard A. Viguerie, author of <em>Conservatives  Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big Government Republicans Hijacked the  Conservative Cause</em>.</p></blockquote>
<p>And if that wasn&rsquo;t enough, Focus on the Family&rsquo;s James  Dobson has now taken to the pages of <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55743" title="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55743">WorldNetDaily</a> to declare that under no circumstances will he support Giuliani: </p>
<blockquote><p>My conclusion from this closer look at the current GOP  front-runner comes down to this: Speaking as a private citizen and not on  behalf of any organization or party, I cannot, and will not, vote for Rudy  Giuliani in 2008. It is an irrevocable decision. If given a Hobson's &ndash;  Dobson's? &ndash; choice between him and Sens. Hillary Clinton or Barrack Obama, I  will either cast my ballot for an also-ran &ndash; or if worse comes to worst &ndash; not  vote in a presidential election for the first time in my adult life. My  conscience and my moral convictions will allow me to do nothing else.</p></blockquote>
<p>It should  also be noted that Dobson has already <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/01/with_falwell_ap.html">negatively endorsed</a> John McCain and has <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/03/dobson_seeks_to.html">suggested</a> that potential candidate Fred Thompson is not enough of a Christian. </p>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Last week,  Richard Land was a guest on &ldquo;Hardball With Chris Matthews&rdquo; where <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/05/land_negatively.html" title="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/05/land_negatively.html">he stated</a> that while he did not endorse political candidates, that didn&rsquo;t mean he  wouldn&rsquo;t &ldquo;negatively endorse&rdquo; them. &nbsp;And that is just what he proceeded to  do regarding Rudy Giuliani: </p>
<blockquote><p>I don&lsquo;t think I could sell him to most of them and I  wouldn&lsquo;t try.&nbsp; I would say vote your values and your beliefs and  convictions and have to leave it to them to connect the dots.&nbsp; But I have  said publicly, I don&lsquo;t endorse candidates, but I&lsquo;m negatively endorsing. I  could not vote for Giuliani.</p></blockquote>
<p>In addition  to Land&rsquo;s negative endorsement, Giuliani has also received a <a href="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/730863139.html" title="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/730863139.html">similar  endorsement</a> from right-wing direct-mail pioneer Richard Viguerie:</p>
<blockquote><p>&ldquo;If the Republican Party nominates Rudy Giuliani as its  candidate for either president or vice president, I will personally work to  defeat the GOP ticket in 2008,&rdquo; says Richard A. Viguerie, author of <em>Conservatives  Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big Government Republicans Hijacked the  Conservative Cause</em>.</p></blockquote>
<p>And if that wasn&rsquo;t enough, Focus on the Family&rsquo;s James  Dobson has now taken to the pages of <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55743" title="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55743">WorldNetDaily</a> to declare that under no circumstances will he support Giuliani: </p>
<blockquote><p>My conclusion from this closer look at the current GOP  front-runner comes down to this: Speaking as a private citizen and not on  behalf of any organization or party, I cannot, and will not, vote for Rudy  Giuliani in 2008. It is an irrevocable decision. If given a Hobson's &ndash;  Dobson's? &ndash; choice between him and Sens. Hillary Clinton or Barrack Obama, I  will either cast my ballot for an also-ran &ndash; or if worse comes to worst &ndash; not  vote in a presidential election for the first time in my adult life. My  conscience and my moral convictions will allow me to do nothing else.</p></blockquote>
<p>It should  also be noted that Dobson has already <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/01/with_falwell_ap.html">negatively endorsed</a> John McCain and has <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/03/dobson_seeks_to.html">suggested</a> that potential candidate Fred Thompson is not enough of a Christian. </p>
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