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Dobson and Abramoff Sittin' in a Tree...
February 9, 2006 >> >> >> Karen Rothmyer >> Managing Editor >> The Nation >> Via E-Mail: >> >> To the Editor, >> >> Dr. James C. Dobson is hardly a close ally of disgraced lobbyist >> Jack Abramoff, despite the insinuations Max Blumenthal lays on >> Nation readers ["Abramoff's Evangelical Soldiers," Feb. 22]. >> Abramoff's personal e-mails have led some people to believe that >> Dobson helped him defeat a tribal casino in Louisiana, but it's an >> empty boast--like a rooster taking credit for the sunrise. Dobson >> didn't do anyone's bidding. >> >> The fact is that gambling has been mentioned as a destructive >> force to families roughly 200 times on Focus on the Family radio >> broadcasts during the organization's 29-year history. So when we >> took action against Louisiana gambling expansion in 2002, it was a >> continuation of a long-established pattern. We used our own money, >> and Dobson had no contact with Abramoff and no knowledge of his >> activities. >> >> Focus on the Family is getting mentioned in the sad Abramoff story >> only because we quite coincidentally fought the same casino at the >> same time. Dobson needs no one's pressure to oppose gambling in >> all its forms, because he's motivated by only one thing: the >> desire to safeguard families from the crime, bankruptcy, >> corruption and divorce that proliferates whenever a casino comes >> to town. We did it because gambling destroys families. Why, or >> how, Jack Abramoff did it is a story we have no connection to. >> >> >> Tom Minnery >> Senior Vice President >> Government and Public Policy Division >> Focus on the Family >> 8695 Explorer Dr. >> Colorado Springs, CO 80920 >> 719-531-3400 >> >> 217 Words
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