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    <title>Fighting It Out on the Pages of WND</title>
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    <published>2008-03-18T15:25:12-05:00</published>
    <updated>2008-08-07T16:00:39-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Kyle</name>
    </author>
    <category term="Alan Keyes" />
    <category term="Gordon Klingenschmitt" />
    <category term="Janet Porter (née Folger)" />
    <category term="John McCain" />
    <category term="Mike Huckabee" />
    <category term="Politics" />
    <category term="Religious Right" />
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Just  because Mike Huckabee has dropped out of the presidential race doesn&rsquo;t mean  Janet Folger is done campaigning for him, <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=59232" title="blocked::http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=59232">penning</a> an open letter to John McCain urging him to tap Huckabee as his VP: </p>
<blockquote>
<p>I'm not telling you whom to pick, but if you want the vice  presidential candidate who in addition to winning the &quot;must win&quot;  states in the primary, who has the best cost/vote ratio, who has proven he can  energize the base of the party, who defended (not attacked) you even before you  won the nomination, who is honest, consistent and according to Rasmussen, has  the least opposition among American voters, Mike Huckabee is your guy.</p>
<p>Ask him, I'm sure he would be honored to be your vice  president, and I'm sure millions more would be honored to vote for you if you  do.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>While  Folger has already made <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/03/janet_folger_sh.html" title="blocked::http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/03/janet_folger_sh.html">peace  with her principles</a> by deciding to throw her support behind McCain, her  one-time comrade-in-arms Gordon Klingenschmitt is having none of it, taking to  the pages of <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=59187" title="blocked::http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=59187">WorldNetDaily</a> to chastise Folger for selling out: </p>
<blockquote>
<p>In a recent WND column, Janet Folger begs social  conservatives to vote for John McCain. She believes McCain will rescue  &quot;most everyone&quot; from our political &quot;burning building&quot; &ndash;  when in fact McCain has already locked arms with the Kennedys, Feingolds and  liberal Democrats to keep social conservatives &quot;out&quot; of politics  while they burn our constitutional republic to the ground.</p>
<p>&hellip;</p>
<p>McCain not only refused to participate in Janet Folger's  Values Voter Presidential Debate, he has repeatedly distanced himself from  religious groups. He won the Republican nomination without faith-based voters.  So, if he wins the White House, will he suddenly listen to our pleas? No  chance! Only by treating ourselves with respect can we demand respect from  others. Have we no dignity?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Klingenschmitt  and Folger have a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.f2a.org+klingenschmitt&amp;sourceid=navclient-ff&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US215" title="blocked::http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.f2a.org+klingenschmitt&amp;sourceid=navclient-ff&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US215">long  history</a> together, as she was one of his <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51979" title="blocked::http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51979">staunchest</a> <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51973" title="blocked::http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51973">defenders</a> when he was fighting to <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2006/09/how_can_i_be_a.html" title="blocked::http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2006/09/how_can_i_be_a.html">keep  his job</a> as a Chaplain in the Navy, with Folger regularly citing  Klingenschmitt&rsquo;s legal fight as evidence of the on-going &ldquo;criminalization of  Christianity.&quot;</p>
<p>After being  discharged from the Navy, Klingenschmitt linked up with Vision America&rsquo;s Rick  Scarborough and Alan Keyes for their &ldquo;70 Weeks To Save America Crusade&rdquo; and  then quickly lined up to support Keyes&rsquo; own <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/06/alan_keyes_back.html" title="blocked::http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/06/alan_keyes_back.html">vanity  run</a> for President (he&rsquo;s currently listed at the top of the &ldquo;<a href="http://www.alankeyes.com/pledge.php?signers=1" title="blocked::http://www.alankeyes.com/pledge.php?signers=1">Honor Roll</a>&rdquo;  on Keyes&rsquo; website for his efforts to secure 104 pledges to support his  campaign.) &nbsp;</p>
<p>  But it  looks as if now Klingenschmitt and Folger are on the outs. &nbsp;In fact, it  looks like Klingenschmitt is on the outs with the Republican Party altogether,  announcing that Keyes is <a href="http://www.theamericanview.com/index.php?id=1035" title="blocked::http://www.theamericanview.com/index.php?id=1035">reportedly</a> leaving the GOP and that he intends to follow suit so that he may &ldquo;continue to  support Dr. Keyes wherever he leads our Exodus&rdquo;: </p>
<blockquote><p>Abandon McCain's sinking ship! Man your lifeboats! I cannot  violate my conscience in November. I'll make a statement with my vote, instead  of wasting it on Clinton, Obama or McCain. Faith-minded people cannot tolerate  evil, whatever its degree, since Christ taught us, &quot;Be ye perfect even as  your heavenly Father is perfect.&quot; Show some self-respect and have faith in  God. America  needs principled leaders who have borne the battle for liberty and are  unashamed of the wounds received in doing so. I'll vote for Alan Keyes, writing  in his name if necessary. Join us, and someday you'll stand before God with  your head held high, blameless and unashamed of your vote.</p></blockquote>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Just  because Mike Huckabee has dropped out of the presidential race doesn&rsquo;t mean  Janet Folger is done campaigning for him, <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=59232" title="blocked::http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=59232">penning</a> an open letter to John McCain urging him to tap Huckabee as his VP: </p>
<blockquote>
<p>I'm not telling you whom to pick, but if you want the vice  presidential candidate who in addition to winning the &quot;must win&quot;  states in the primary, who has the best cost/vote ratio, who has proven he can  energize the base of the party, who defended (not attacked) you even before you  won the nomination, who is honest, consistent and according to Rasmussen, has  the least opposition among American voters, Mike Huckabee is your guy.</p>
<p>Ask him, I'm sure he would be honored to be your vice  president, and I'm sure millions more would be honored to vote for you if you  do.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>While  Folger has already made <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/03/janet_folger_sh.html" title="blocked::http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/03/janet_folger_sh.html">peace  with her principles</a> by deciding to throw her support behind McCain, her  one-time comrade-in-arms Gordon Klingenschmitt is having none of it, taking to  the pages of <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=59187" title="blocked::http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=59187">WorldNetDaily</a> to chastise Folger for selling out: </p>
<blockquote>
<p>In a recent WND column, Janet Folger begs social  conservatives to vote for John McCain. She believes McCain will rescue  &quot;most everyone&quot; from our political &quot;burning building&quot; &ndash;  when in fact McCain has already locked arms with the Kennedys, Feingolds and  liberal Democrats to keep social conservatives &quot;out&quot; of politics  while they burn our constitutional republic to the ground.</p>
<p>&hellip;</p>
<p>McCain not only refused to participate in Janet Folger's  Values Voter Presidential Debate, he has repeatedly distanced himself from  religious groups. He won the Republican nomination without faith-based voters.  So, if he wins the White House, will he suddenly listen to our pleas? No  chance! Only by treating ourselves with respect can we demand respect from  others. Have we no dignity?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Klingenschmitt  and Folger have a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.f2a.org+klingenschmitt&amp;sourceid=navclient-ff&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US215" title="blocked::http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.f2a.org+klingenschmitt&amp;sourceid=navclient-ff&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US215">long  history</a> together, as she was one of his <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51979" title="blocked::http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51979">staunchest</a> <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51973" title="blocked::http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51973">defenders</a> when he was fighting to <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2006/09/how_can_i_be_a.html" title="blocked::http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2006/09/how_can_i_be_a.html">keep  his job</a> as a Chaplain in the Navy, with Folger regularly citing  Klingenschmitt&rsquo;s legal fight as evidence of the on-going &ldquo;criminalization of  Christianity.&quot;</p>
<p>After being  discharged from the Navy, Klingenschmitt linked up with Vision America&rsquo;s Rick  Scarborough and Alan Keyes for their &ldquo;70 Weeks To Save America Crusade&rdquo; and  then quickly lined up to support Keyes&rsquo; own <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/06/alan_keyes_back.html" title="blocked::http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/06/alan_keyes_back.html">vanity  run</a> for President (he&rsquo;s currently listed at the top of the &ldquo;<a href="http://www.alankeyes.com/pledge.php?signers=1" title="blocked::http://www.alankeyes.com/pledge.php?signers=1">Honor Roll</a>&rdquo;  on Keyes&rsquo; website for his efforts to secure 104 pledges to support his  campaign.) &nbsp;</p>
<p>  But it  looks as if now Klingenschmitt and Folger are on the outs. &nbsp;In fact, it  looks like Klingenschmitt is on the outs with the Republican Party altogether,  announcing that Keyes is <a href="http://www.theamericanview.com/index.php?id=1035" title="blocked::http://www.theamericanview.com/index.php?id=1035">reportedly</a> leaving the GOP and that he intends to follow suit so that he may &ldquo;continue to  support Dr. Keyes wherever he leads our Exodus&rdquo;: </p>
<blockquote><p>Abandon McCain's sinking ship! Man your lifeboats! I cannot  violate my conscience in November. I'll make a statement with my vote, instead  of wasting it on Clinton, Obama or McCain. Faith-minded people cannot tolerate  evil, whatever its degree, since Christ taught us, &quot;Be ye perfect even as  your heavenly Father is perfect.&quot; Show some self-respect and have faith in  God. America  needs principled leaders who have borne the battle for liberty and are  unashamed of the wounds received in doing so. I'll vote for Alan Keyes, writing  in his name if necessary. Join us, and someday you'll stand before God with  your head held high, blameless and unashamed of your vote.</p></blockquote>
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