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Low turnout--evangelicals sat it out?
Powerline ^ | Nov. 8, 2012 | Steven Hayward

Posted on 11/08/2012 11:29:45 AM PST by fifedom

Romney may underperform (or barely match) in turnout the listless McCain in 2008. According to exit polls Romney won white evangelicals by a four-to-one margin—as high or higher than George W. Bush in 2004. Could it have been that many evangelicals couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a Mormon, and simply stayed home?

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012analysis; 2012analysisreligion; 2012electionanalysis; election; mormons; president
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To: Responsibility2nd
With a question like this "Could it have been that many evangelicals couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a Mormon, and simply stayed home?" it looked like another "Blame Christians First" article.

Christians got fed to the lions in Nero's day and it looks like nothing has changed in 2,000 years.

Only now they call it *throwing them under the bus*.

41 posted on 11/08/2012 2:05:57 PM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: blueunicorn6; Jim Robinson
I realize that Free Republic is a conservative Catholic site, but maybe the bigger question is “What are the numbers for Catholic voters?”

I don't believe that FR is a conservative Catholic site. I don't recall that any denominational affiliation has ever been given. Intentionally so, if my guess is right.

Pinging JR just to clear it up.

42 posted on 11/08/2012 2:10:29 PM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: napscoordinator
Actually if you've been reading FR post-election comments there are many who refused to vote for the "worshiper of a false prophet."

That's right, Freepers would rather not vote for Romney over his Mormon faith than stop a man who advocates infanticide and the fundamental transformation of America.

Traitorous cowards every one of them. If you didn't vote Romney, I put you in the same group.

43 posted on 11/08/2012 2:16:10 PM PST by newzjunkey (Obama thanks Pontius Pilate Freepers for giving him four more years!)
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To: metmom

Check out the religious section of FR. Look at the thread titles. If a non-Catholic should post to one of the rare non-Catholic threads, the “all you non-Catholic Christians bow down to the Pope and Mary,” and “the RCC is the only true church,” etc., comes barging in.


44 posted on 11/08/2012 2:36:44 PM PST by sasportas
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To: fifedom
Is your post # 1 part of the article?

Yes the first post is the article.

If it's an "excerpt only" source, it's against F.R. posting rules to post the entire article in a reply, you're flirting with an infringement law suit against F.R. to do so.

If it's not an "excerpt only" source, why not post the entire article where it belongs?

45 posted on 11/08/2012 2:37:02 PM PST by Holly_P
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To: sasportas; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; ...

Oh boy do I know that. Been there, done that.

I understand where you’re coming from. I just don’t think it’s an official position.


46 posted on 11/08/2012 3:22:01 PM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: newzjunkey; aimhigh; AmericanArchConservative; aMorePerfectUnion; R; annieokie; AnTiw1; ...
That's right, Freepers would rather not vote for Romney over his Mormon faith than stop a man who advocates infanticide and the fundamental transformation of America.

Romney advocates infanticide and the fundamental transformation of America, himself.

obama and Romney are two peas in a pod ideologically and politically. The only difference is in the implementation of their plans. Romney is willing to go slower and pander to the conservatives in the meantime to get their support.

47 posted on 11/08/2012 3:26:42 PM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: newzjunkey; aimhigh; AmericanArchConservative; aMorePerfectUnion; R; annieokie; AnTiw1; ...
That's right, Freepers would rather not vote for Romney over his Mormon faith than stop a man who advocates infanticide and the fundamental transformation of America.

And I can't believe what I am about to do here, because I never thought in a million years that I'd find anything even remotely positive sounding to say about obama, but to his credit, at least he's been up front and honest to some degree about what he plans to do.

Romney lies.

48 posted on 11/08/2012 3:28:37 PM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Responsibility2nd; fifedom

OK, I’m back. And (drumroll, please)

I think Mitt Romney is more liberal than John McCain.

Romney’s record in Massachussetts was pro-gay, pro-abortion. But he did balance their budget and I believe has better conservative values than McCain.

McCain collaborated with too many libs in the Senate. He is famous for “reaching accross the aisle”. Yet his experience would have done the country a world of good.

Either way, Mitt or McCain would have been a million times better for our Country than Obozo is. Even Hillary would have done far less damage than B. Hussein.


49 posted on 11/08/2012 3:29:06 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: newzjunkey; metmom; All
That's right, Freepers would rather not vote for Romney over his Mormon faith than stop a man who advocates infanticide and the fundamental transformation of America.

(As if Romney was "anti-infanticide"...he told CBS News Aug. 27, 2012 that he favored dismembering pre-borns whose mom either have a life OR HEALTH matter..."health" being the exact same huge loophole Roe vs. Wade used in 1973)

Dec of 2007 Romney told Katie Couric that parents could either give up their embryos for adoption -- or for "research."

Now you may disgrace yourself and call such embryos as "unliving" or something, but remember, Jesus was once one...

Hence, you -- and almost 60 million others -- are now officially in the "pro-abort" camp...'cause you voted for one!!!

50 posted on 11/08/2012 3:33:17 PM PST by Colofornian (Some say "we're not voting 4 'pastor-in-chief'" --as if "gods-in-embryo" were divine only on Sundays)
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To: metmom

It depends on the moderators. I’ve never seen Jim Rob abuse various threads in defense of his religion. But I sure have seen the moderators do it. In defense of Catholicism.

I well remember a General Chat thread that suddenly turned “Religion” and unfriendly Catholic replies were getting deleted by the handful. Many of us protested and went over her (moderator) head. The replies were restored.

Over all, I’d say the Religion Moderator(s) do a fair job.

But there are times....


51 posted on 11/08/2012 3:37:29 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: sasportas
Check out the religious section of FR. Look at the thread titles. If a non-Catholic should post to one of the rare non-Catholic threads, the “all you non-Catholic Christians bow down to the Pope and Mary,” and “the RCC is the only true church,” etc., comes barging in.

Kind of ironic when they couldn't even produce a simple majority to vote for Romney.

52 posted on 11/08/2012 3:38:40 PM PST by wmfights
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To: Responsibility2nd

I agree.


53 posted on 11/08/2012 3:40:11 PM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: blueunicorn6; metmom
I realize that Free Republic is a conservative Catholic site

I'm very proud and thankful for every Catholic FReeper who voted in agreement with Free Republic's brand of conservatism in the voting booth last Tuesday. But that's a far cry from saying that FR is a "conservative Catholic site." The "social teaching" aspect of Catholic doctrine diverges from FR on a number of aspects.

54 posted on 11/08/2012 3:42:40 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all" - Isaiah 7:9)
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To: metmom
Romney is a draft dodging gun banning health care enacting gay marriage championing RINO with a lifetime of CULT LEADER LIAR TRAINING ! He demonstrably governed TO THE LEFT OF BILL CLINTON !

The fact he had an R by his name would have put the lazy conservatives to sleep if he had been elected, and we'd be worse off than we are with Obama.

We warned them and they didn't listen.

I proudly wrote in George Washington for Pres and do not feel like a $2 whore today.

55 posted on 11/08/2012 3:46:00 PM PST by SENTINEL (Election 2012....One more false prophecy by FLDS/LDS "prophet" Joseph Smith)
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To: metmom

True dat and I’m sick of hearing about how Evangelicals didn’t vote “The Mormon”.

I voted for him and his faith was the least if my worries.

I can’t believe hiw many whiners there are about Mutt losing.

I mean really, the “Me Too” candidate lost?

There really wasn’t any stark difference between him and Barry, none.

Like many in my family who voted for Barrack, they hoped Mutt might be a better alternative. But, not having a fixed position on issues and a muddled message in general, they decided they would stay with the Devil they Know.

It is unfathomable how many people here think we wuz robbed. It’s childish bordering on being rube like.

They need to think this thing through and understand not only did we cast less votes for our guy but, we cast even less votes than for Juan McCain!!!!!

That is how crappy Mutt’s product was and the user manual he came with made it impossible to operate him.

Move on people. There’s 2014 and we can make up some what we lost then.


56 posted on 11/08/2012 3:58:40 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: fifedom

Well, it’s not like we all haven’t threatened to not vote for the “lesser of evils” from time to time. Looks like a significant number of people finally followed through.

Mitt Romney wasn’t my ideal candidate either, but I voted for him. Not because I really thought he would - or could - stop our headlong rush into the abyss, merely that he might slow it down some and give me more time to make preparations. I’m going to have to adjust my plans back toward “worst case scenario.” Looks like I might still be trapped in Zombie Town when the balloon goes up. Too bad.


57 posted on 11/08/2012 4:16:47 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: newzjunkey
Finally a voice of sanity, thanks. Romney was not my first choice, but I'll be damned if I was going to throw my VOTE away by voting for some IDIOTIC 3rd entitity. How stupid can you be? By the looks of this thread there are many.

They stood on their priniciples, well starve and suffer by those same principles. I don't deserve any of that, nor do my children and grandchildren. Romney was a decent man, and does love America. Obama on the otherhand, well WE ALL KNOW WHO HE IS.

I am leaving this thread,it has made me want to puke.

58 posted on 11/08/2012 4:28:09 PM PST by annieokie
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To: Vendome

There’s 2014
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Willard can run for MASS Gov again...


59 posted on 11/08/2012 4:54:50 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: fifedom
"Could it have been that many evangelicals couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a Mormon, and simply stayed home?"

No, they couldn't vote for a pro-abortionist, which Romney is.


60 posted on 11/08/2012 4:58:58 PM PST by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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