Christian Coalition in doldrums

[ck4829]

An important ally when George W. Bush first won the presidency, the Christian Coalition of America says it's poised again to help a conservative win the White House. Whether it can back up that pledge is an open question.

In the seven years since Bush beat John McCain en route to the Republican nomination, the coalition has spiraled into debt and its leadership has fractured. The coalition is trying to resurrect its once-vaunted influence at a time when religious conservatives are struggling to find an acceptable candidate among the leading contenders for the 2008 Republican nomination.

"Bush was just a darling, I think, of the religious right. But I think that this is going to be a different election because you don't have a George Bush running," said Roberta Combs, president of the South Carolina-based group that claims a mailing list of 2 million members and sends weekly e-mail blasts to 1 million potential voters.

Among the leading GOP contenders, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani favors abortion rights and domestic partnerships for gays and has a messy marital history. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's Mormon faith and shifting positions on social issues have raised eyebrows of Christian fundamentalists.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660201747,00.html

[BOSSHOG]

1. All that hating has just plum wore them out

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. *giggle*

[bobbolink]

9. ~~guffaw~~

Couldn't happen to a better bunch.

:rofl:

[BlueManDude]

2. "Christian Right" leaders are charlatans and thieves

and the flock is starting to figure it out.

[sarcasmo]

8. I prefer to use the term Snake Oil Salesman.

Why is it only certain people can see that they are using their flock. The Brainwashing must be extreme.

[BlueManDude]

15. They steal money from people to finance their "ministries" and extravagant lifestyles

Flip accross the cable dial - there are dozens of them.

[Kolesar]

3. They have become coupled to the oil industry in a shameless fashion

The oil industry has used their leaders like Dobson to "fight" against evangelical leaders like Richard Cizik who want to do something to prevent global warming. I would expect their laity is going to catch up with them on this. It will splinter the RW churches.

[rkc3]

4. A darling of the religious right. That's good stuff.

A guy who thinks its OK to torture people, doesn't have a problem using the death penalty, starts wars in two countries killing countless civilians, loots the treasury, plays guitar while NO is destroyed, and on and on and on and on it goes.

And we learn his team mocked this group of supporters while courting their votes.

The best part - the right will find someone even more despicable to support in '08.

[saltpoint]

5. The Modernity Express has left the station and these poor fools are

fiddling with their tickets on the platform.

In the rain.

Ralph Reed and others promised them they'd be at the control panel of History by now, and here it is 6 years into Dubya's reign and they don't have too much to show for their trouble.

I'm just all broken up over it, too.

[enid602]

6. ironic

It's ironic, when you think about it; the religious right is upset because they cannot find anyone of George Bush's moral fiber.

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12. dobson can't find a declared gop candidate

who is hateful enough or is an insane religious zealot so he lets gingrich air his laundry on his show, begging forgiveness and "praying" that dobson will bless him with the votes of the deranged.

[bobbolink]

14. another guffaw

Sometimes you just gotta laugh...

What an absurd country, no?

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10. INteresting it's not mentioning much about the schisms within....

Many fundamentalists are now splitting off because they are working for environmental issues, and also poverty.

The cohesion is no longer there.

Jim Wallis has been a big factor in that. :)

[Blackhatjack]

11. They need to start their own party and run their own candidates....

... then they would not be so down in the doldrums about the Republican candidates submitted for their approval.

I think we need to help them promote the "far right conservative fundamentalists party", and let them vote for one of their own. (Bet Karl Rove would not like them apples!).

[ck4829]

13. They talk about doing just that all the time

"Oh, we're going to form a third party if the Republicans do this or that."

Please guys, go on right ahead and do that, Democrats will have a majority for decades to come.