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"Alexis Carlson" wrote in message
... Oh please. The Democrats have been working hard to woo the Religous Left vote for decades. So what? First, they haven't done a very effective job (or the "religious left" is very tiny), since those who state a religious preference of any sort of Christianity are strongly in the Bush camp (again based on polls...I'm not interested in any more crap about "well the polls are wrong"...they are almost always quite close to the truth). But regardless of what the Democrats have tried, the fact remains that the Republicans continue to enjoy strong support from the evangelicals and fundamentalists. So, did you have a point, or what? Pete |
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Peter Duniho wrote:
"Alexis Carlson" wrote in message ... Oh please. The Democrats have been working hard to woo the Religous Left vote for decades. So what? First, they haven't done a very effective job (or the "religious left" is very tiny), since those who state a religious preference of any sort of Christianity are strongly in the Bush camp (again based on polls...I'm not interested in any more crap about "well the polls are wrong"...they are almost always quite close to the truth). But regardless of what the Democrats have tried, the fact remains that the Republicans continue to enjoy strong support from the evangelicals and fundamentalists. So, did you have a point, or what? The point is you're wrong with respect to Democrats. As was pointed out in the Wall St Journal today, Senator Kerry won nearly half of the Catholic votes and more than three fourths of Jewish votes. If the Democrats could not appeal to the moral values of people, that fact must have been lost on the 48% of the voters who supported Sen. Kerry. |
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"Alexis Carlson" wrote in message
... The point is you're wrong with respect to Democrats. Please quote my incorrect statement. All I said is that the *REPUBLICANS* have shifted to being a very pro-evangelical / fundamentalist party over the last couple of decades. I don't see how you can sit there as write "you're wrong with respect to Democrats" since my entire contribution to this section of the thread has been about Republicans. |
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Peter Duniho wrote:
"Alexis Carlson" wrote in message ... The point is you're wrong with respect to Democrats. Please quote my incorrect statement. All I said is that the *REPUBLICANS* have shifted to being a very pro-evangelical / fundamentalist party over the last couple of decades. I don't see how you can sit there as write "you're wrong with respect to Democrats" since my entire contribution to this section of the thread has been about Republicans. You said, "so what? First, they [DEMOCRATS] haven't done a very effective job (or the "religious left" is very tiny), since those who state a religious preference of any sort of Christianity are strongly in the Bush camp (again based on polls...)" Those remarks were about DEMOCRATS not Republicans, contrary to your claim above. I pointed out that Sen Kerry won nearly half of Catholic votes. Last time I checked, Catholicism is a sort of Christian religion, and a pretty big one at that. And 3/4 of evangelical/fundamentalist Jews voted Kerry as well. |
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"Alexis Carlson" wrote in message
... You said, "so what? First, they [DEMOCRATS] haven't done a very effective job (or the "religious left" is very tiny), since those who state a religious preference of any sort of Christianity are strongly in the Bush camp (again based on polls...)" The majority of those stating a preference DID vote Republican. Catholicism is not the only Christian religion in the US. Nor did even the majority of Catholics vote for Kerry (as you yourself admit). Those remarks were about DEMOCRATS not Republicans, contrary to your claim above. Actually, my claim was more about the people voting for Bush. But whatever...if you think that proves your point, more power to you. I pointed out that Sen Kerry won nearly half of Catholic votes. Last time I checked, Catholicism is a sort of Christian religion, and a pretty big one at that. And 3/4 of evangelical/fundamentalist Jews voted Kerry as well. "Evangelical/fundamentalist Jews"? What's that, six people in the entire US? Anyway, regardless, those aren't the evangelicals or fundamentalists I was talking about, and you should know that. Pete |
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