James Dobson

A Christmas verse from 23/6

December 11, 2008 - Yes, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together. And children everywhere will soon be staying up late listening for the sound of jingle bells, Batman smells. But perhaps the best known and most beloved of holiday poems is Clement Clark Moore's eternal "A Visit From St. Nicholas...

The true story of the War on Christmas

December 7, 2008 - The war on Christmas has been raging for years, and it shows no sign of stopping. The most recent attempt to defend this cheerful holiday comes from Utah state senator Chris Buttars, who is calling for a boycott of retailers that allow their employees to wish customers a generic "happy...

From The Room: Sarah Palin Might Not Know What a Platform Is

October 23, 2008 - Yesterday Sarah Palin did a phone interview with James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Most of it went pretty well (lucky, he's a creep who likes children, that's an important sign; lucky, she's an asshole with children, small world, isn't it?) but there was one...

McCain, Obama to co-headline this summer's Godfest

July 21, 2008 - Barack Obama and John McCain will appear together during a forum at Rev. Rick Warren's megachurch in Lake Forest, California this August. The candidates will be interviewed separately, however. Rev. Warren explained, "I'm not going to give them any gotcha questions." The reverend also hopes the two...

Quick Quiz: James Dobson

June 27, 2008 - With James Dobson attacking Barack Obama for "distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own worldview" - which is odd, because isn't that just what Dobson does, so where's the harm? - Paul Slansky looks at the man who may be the worst person in religion now...

From The Room: Screw the Evangelical Vote!

June 25, 2008 - Would someone who knows someone at CNN please pass on a request that they cease and desist from treating anything James Dobson says as news? This intellectual shitkicker may have puffed himself up...

From The Feed: James Dobson: Obama's "fruitcake" Constitutional interpretation (video)

June 24, 2008 - "Focus on the Family" founder/evangelical leader James Dobson, on his radio show yesterday, denounced statements made by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama about separation of church and state, while implying it it's Obama, not he, who's secretly gay...