The Republican Party is a coalition of fiscal and social conservatives. But sometimes you have to wonder whether these two groups don’t actually bleed into each other rather than representing two stand alone constituencies. Consider the following…
The Family Research Council is James Dobson’s spin-off lobbying arm, now run by far-right pastor Tony Perkins. Their mandate is to lobby Congress on ‘family values’. So, why is the Family Research Council advising CNBC host Larry Kudlow not to run for Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-CT) senate seat? Because he is not socially conservative enough? No.
The socially conservative Family Research Council (FRC) encouraged CNBC host Larry Kudlow to not run for office, reasoning he is the host is too valuable a voice at the financial network.
“As a conservative moderator you have exposed the Bush (bad) and the Obama (failing) economic responses to the financial crash to systematic analysis by many of the best thinkers on Wall Street,” FRC senior fellow Chris Gacek wrote in an open letter to Kudlow. “As long as the current economic recession remains unabated, The Kudlow Report will remain the most important source of news on the economy.”
But Gacek urged Kudlow not to run because Republicans are unlikely to overtake the Senate, and Kudlow would have little power (“You would have no chance of attaining the level of influence you now enjoy on CNBC,” Gacek said.)
It’s odd that an organization that is ostensibly dedicated to people’s spiritual life and opposing ‘sin’ would be so interested in who hosts a business program on cable news. But it’s even worse than that.
Gacek asked Kudlow to stay on at CNBC, so people can enjoy “the high-quality analysis of Obama Administration policies that they deserve for 2010 and 2012.”
High quality analysis? Like this?
Could it be any clearer that the Family Research Council takes advantage of people’s religious longings to teach them to support Wall Street?
