Focus on the Family founder James Dobson visited George W. Bush regularly during
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his presidency, White House records show.
Between April 2001 and June 2006, Dobson visited the White House 24 times, and 10 of those times he met directly with Bush.
The information was obtained after Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW) in Washington, D.C., requested the White House visitors records of leading conservative Christian leaders, according to a news release from CREW.
Besides Dobson, visitors records were obtained for Andrea Lafferty, executive director of the Traditional Values Coalition; Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America; Gary Bauer, president of American Values; the late Jerry Falwell; Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council; Louis Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition; the late Paul Weyrick, founder of Free Congress foundation; and Donald Wildmon, founder of the American Family Association.
Both Wildmon and Perkins have worked closely with Focus on the Family Action, the political arm of the Colorado Springs organization.
While Dobson sat down with Bush more times than any of the other Christian leaders, the person who visited the White House most often was Lafferty — a whopping 50 times.
Below is a summary of the White House visits of the Christian leaders:
· For the period April 2001 through June 2006, Focus on the Family Founder and Chairman Emeritus James Dobson visited the White House 24 times; 10 of those visits were to President Bush.
· Andrea Lafferty, Executive Director of the Traditional Values Coalition, made an astonishing 50 visits to the White House starting on February 1, 2001, and continuing through March 16, 2008. Six of those visits were to President Bush.
· Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America, made 43 visits to the White House between May 2001 and August 2006. Four of those visits were to President Bush.
· Gary Bauer, President of American Values, made 10 visits to the White House, starting with a January 6, 2003 visit to Vice President Cheney and ending with a July 20, 2006 visit to President Bush.
· The late Jerry Falwell, of Jerry Falwell Ministries, made eight visits to the White House between May 2001 and September 2004. Three of those visits were to President Bush.
· Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council, visited the White House 14 times between February 2001 and June 2006, including two visits to President Bush.
· Louis Sheldon, Chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition, made 19 visits to the White House between March 2001 and September 2006, including two visits to President Bush.
· The late Paul Weyrich, the Founder of Free Congress foundation, made 17 visits to the White House between May 2001 and July 2005, including six visits to President Bush and one to Karl Rove.
· Donald Wildmon, Founder of the American Family Association, made three visits to the White House between July 2001 and March 2003, including one visit to President Bush.
What do you think Bush and the Christian leaders talked about?
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