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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 04:33 PM
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Right wing Christians angry, disappointed & ready to vote repub again.
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15585287.htm

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"We put these people in power in 2004," said Sue Means, a home-school activist from suburban Pittsburgh. "I really expected more. I'm disappointed."


The failed federal marriage amendment, waffling on stem cell research, no new limits on abortion - Means sees little but broken promises from the Republican Congress. And she's far from alone among like-minded people whom many credited in 2004 with helping pass same-sex marriage bans in 11 states and being key to President Bush's re-election.


"There are a lot of people that are somewhat disillusioned and have a feeling of betrayal for having worked so hard and have Republicans be so unresponsive," Dr. James Dobson, chairman of Focus on the Family, said after speaking at a rally here this week. "How that will play out, I really don't know."


Such discouragement is just one of several obstacles facing Republicans in mobilizing Christian conservatives this year.

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How many times will these people get invited to the party, get molested and tossed out like used tissues, and go back for more?
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Thickasabrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 04:35 PM
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1. LOL....I love your headline.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 04:36 PM
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2. Because they think Dems will ALWAYS be the 'greater evil', OR
because gay rights is far greater than everything else going on in the world. :dunce:

Damn fools.

I would give up GLBT rights if it meant health care got properly reformed - or name the issue. And PM me if you want the details; I consider this a very personal and multi-faceted issue.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 04:37 PM
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3. They're like battered spouses
who go back after every beating because they lo-o-ove him/her and expect the abuser to change this time. Besides, that honeymoon period is just SO good, just after the election/reconciliation when it looks like everything is going their way.
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 04:39 PM
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4. Republicon senate, republicon congress, republicon executive,
Edited on Sun Sep-24-06 05:02 PM by bluerum
extremely conservative judiciary.

Face it RW fundy neo-religious freaks, if ain't happened yet, it ain't gonna happen. Your issues and agendas are so extreme and marginalised that even the republicons can't foist them upon the American people.

Unless you get the pope elected president, you can pack it up and go home.

And don't let the door hit your ass on the way out - let me.

edit: sp. oopsie.
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liberaldemocrat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 04:50 PM
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5. Fake christofascists would vote Republican even if Bush F*cked a sheep.
They have no where else to go.

They don't really care for the poor. They do not appear as christians in my view.

They don't like regulation of business. They support cheap labor and unsafe products and unsafe working conditions.

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Lexingtonian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 04:51 PM
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6. I'll take a trade!

The 'Christian' wackos can own all of the GOP and kick out all those namby pamby sub-Christians.

We get all the GOP moderate voters and everyone to their left.

Then we'll both be happy. For slightly different reasons, but happy nonetheless :D.
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Totallybushed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 05:05 PM
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7. Where are they going to go?
They're surely not welcome here. I mean their ideas. No doubt any politician will take any vote he could get. But they don't have a Green party to bolt to.
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 05:06 PM
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8. Well, clearly it's because we haven't "courted" all 12 of them enough.
Obviously, according to certain DLC and "conventional wisdom" nabobs, working overtime to convince the "heartland" that we hate gays, reproductive choice, and the separation of church and state as much as they do is the ONLY way to win.

Never mind the fact that the segment of the Republican Party and Independent Electorate that is REALLY in play this time is Libertarian-Minded voters, people who are waiting for a party to take a stand against the Iraq war AND the Drug war, people who are waiting for a party to come out clearly and unapologetically for the rights of citizens to control their own bodies and personal decisions, from reproductive to end-of-life. They want a party that DEMANDS respect for and public placement -in city halls, courthouses, etc.- of a very important decalogue... not the Ten Commandments, but The Bill of Rights.

Hell, using the $$$ ("fiscal responsibility", remember?) saved by ending the $40 Billion-a-year drug war, legalizing and taxing marijuana, and cutting the half a trillion in yearly Military/Industrial outlays down to something sane, we might be able to afford things like a SPHC system; which would win us Green voters and even one or two of these "heartland values voters", if they ever decide that their family having health coverage is more important than making sure the gays down the street don't get married.

Sure, going that direction might make more sense; hell, it might even irretrievably crack the GOP in half and catapult US into long-term majority party status. But where's the fun in that?
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 06:28 PM
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9. As long as the faith-initiative-funded pastors tell them to vote
Republican (whether directly or in coded language), they will do as their told.
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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 03:43 AM
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10. there oughta be a law
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 04:43 AM
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11. Here's a twist
My crazy, unemployed, meth head ex-neighbor was discussing the fate of the world with his not-too bright, fundy and rather sad momma. Sonny boy has never had a real job in his life and the man is 35 years old. Sad momma told me once that each one of her kids had spent time in jail. Just the same, the both of them are super religious and just positive that they have the market cornered on heaven.

Anyways, I'm listening to sonny boy discussing the fate of the world with sad momma. Really, it was more like he was yelling and she was nodding her head. The point being is that sonny boy tells her:

"That George Bush is the Anti-Christ! He acts all religious but if you shave his head, you're gonna find a 666 tattoo. Mark my words!"

Take it for what you will. They're not my neighbors anymore - thank God, or Allah or my personal savior, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs.
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ima_sinnic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 05:09 AM
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12. so go form your own party, freaks
let's see how attractive you REALLY are to voters, dumb@$$ narrow-minded know-nothing mouth-breathing fake-@$$ "Christians."
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