Folks who object to James Dobson’s comments are¬†drawing fire from RedState, and¬†are being told to suck it up.¬† This is in the wake of some controversy over Hugh Hewitt’s reaction to the review¬†Erick Erickson¬†did of his book on Mitt Romney.

First of all, Erick got a very basic fact about LDS missionaries wrong in his review.¬† Missionaries don’t do anything political.¬† Period.¬† And now, it seems that he has started to claim that Hugh is trying to shut down debate.

Between this and the Dobson comments on Fred Thompson’s religious status, I’m just wondering why I am the one who needs to “suck it up” to use Erick’s words.¬† I think that the “suck it up” needs to go the other way.¬† Because, at this point, folks like James Dobson and Erick Erickson are alienating many who should be allies.

Like me, for instance.¬† I think abortion should be outlawed with the exception of cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is in danger.¬† I do not like the notion of redefining marriage.¬† On those “big issues”, there’s general agreement with Dobson and Erickson.

Yet, they are reaching a point where I just¬†don’t like voting for them, and they¬†get my vote¬†only because I cannot¬†freakin’ stand the Democrats.¬† While I do vote against Democrats in the general, others like me may decide to sit an election out over this, or they go the other way.

And perhaps Dobson and Erickson riddle me this.¬† Why is it that many Republican primary voters are not leaning towards the evangelicals’ choices.¬† Mike Huckabee and Sam Brownback are way back, while Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, not-yet-a-candidate¬†Fred Thompson, not-yet-a-candidate Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney all are apparently in the top tier of contenders for the nomination, way ahead of Brownback and Huckabee?

Care to espouse your theories as to that?