Recently, Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham and head of the Billy Graham organization, said he has left the Republican Party and re-registered as an independent. He recommends that other Christians run for office outside of the two major parties. In 2012 Franklin Graham and Billy Graham had endorsed Mitt Romney for President. The Graham organization is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. North Carolina has very severe petition requirements for candidates who run outside the two major parties.
The cause of the decision was the recent action of Congress in passing the omnibus spending bill which retained funding for Planned Parenthood, and generally increased federal spending. See this story. Thanks to several people for this news.
I wouldn’t assume he is a good fit for any of them, including the CP.
Yeah the reaction always seems to be “he should join the LP” or insert party here. No, he shouldn’t. The LP does not need the likes of Franklin Graham. He may be a good fit for the CP, but being an independent is perfectly fine.
My point exactly. But not only the CP.
“They may prefer to be independent or start a new party that is closer to their own particular beliefs and/or not controlled by an existing clique.”
The latter could be a good reason why he wouldn’t join the CP.
A conservative bolting the duopoly does not necessarily mean he or she should join one of the existing alt parties. They may prefer to be independent or start a new party that is closer to their own particular beliefs and/or not controlled by an existing clique. The same is true of other ideological tendencies.
Agreed.
This guy should join CP. He isn’t at LP or GP fellow at all.
As we prepare to leave 2015 behind and close the chapter of Trump the Chump; as we might expect a NEW ‘cartoon’ character to take up the slack.
Introducing: Franklin Graham-Cracker – “Sanctimonium Extraordinaire”!
You WILL be born again!!!!!
…….or else!
Well I’m one.
Christians should become Libertarians… but hey, that’s me.