DOBSON SLAMS FRED THOMPSON (TWICE), LOVES NEWT; SAN FRAN BANS PLASTIC BAGS.
March 28th, 2007
THURSDAY NEWS UPDATE.DOBSON SLAMS FRED THOMPSON (TWICE), LOVES NEWT; SAN FRAN BANS PLASTIC BAGS.
P2008 - GOP: Influential Religious Right leader James Dobson -- leader of the Focus on the Family organization -- fired a serious shot at the potential White House candidacy of actor and former US Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN). "Everyone knows he's conservative and has come out strongly for the things that the pro-family movement stands for [but] I don't think he's a Christian -- at least that's my impression," said Dobson in an interview with US News & World Report. A spokesman for Thompson quickly responded that "Thompson is indeed a Christian. He was baptized into the Church of Christ." In a follow-up with Dobson, a Focus on the Family spokesman said Dobson stood by his earlier comments, explaining Dobson knows Thompson sees himself as a Christian but that Dobson "has never known Thompson to be a committed Christian." Although Dobson recently met with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, he appears to be strongly leaning towards former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's likely bid. Dobson told the magazine that Gingrich is the "brightest guy out there" and "the most articulate politician on the scene today." He also reaffirmed his comments of last year that "many evangelicals would find it difficult to support Romney because of his Mormonism" -- although added "I'm not saying that's the correct view or my view." No surprise, but Dobson also is not a fan of John McCain or Rudy Giuliani. Surprisingly -- despite Senator Sam Brownback's frequent courting of the evangelical community and former Governor Mike Huckabee's background as an evangelical minister -- neither man merited even a single mention from Dobson in the article.
"I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE WORD TO YOU: PLASTICS": San Francisco is the first city in North America to ban the use of plastic one-time-use grocery bags, a move that city leaders hope will spread nationwide. The law, adopted Tuesday, prohibits grocery stores and drugstores from using non-recyclable and non-biodegradable plastic bags made from petroleum products. Supermarkets have six months to comply, while drugstores have up to a year. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi said city residents use up to 200 million plastic bags each year -- bags which take a roughly a thousand years to biodegrade in a landfill.
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