Posted on 11/15/2004 1:04:53 PM PST by hinterlander
So if evangelicals stayed home, Bush would still have won?
Because we can speak for ourselves.
And I don't like threats.
Michael Barone and the Pew Research say that Evangelicals voted in approxmiately the same numbers they voted in 2000. Other groups had a higher percentage of new voters.
FYI..just heard that Robert Bork will be on with Lou Dobbs tonite..6pm est..CN
LOL but you're speaking for a group (what group you're speaking for is still a mystery).
The single issue voters who think one issue is more important than any other are getting tiresome.
And their threats of blackmail bely their Christianity.
Amen. Dobson is fast trying to become the "Michael Moore" of the Right. Dobson- Shut Up and Preach.
Here you are again, downplaying the role of evangelicals in the election, and criticizing their role in speaking out against the ascension of Arlen I-never-met-an-abortion-I-didn't-like Specter.
Is this a new crusade for you?
Don't include me in your "we".
I'm grateful for James Dobson's help. He has millions of listeners and access to many media forums. He also fights for what he believes and has been a soldier in the trenches for freedom for many years.
I'm not speaking for myself; I was under the impression that conservatives didn't have to be in a herd OR be told what to think.
You, on the other hand, just shut up.
I fail to see the threat in that statement. He's warning of a possible consequence, not threatening to cause one. And he's right. We'll find a whole bunch of disgruntled - and very vocal - folks right here on FR if Specter gets the chairmanship.
Don't quite see how it's blackmail to say that we will remember their votes when we cast our votes, and will cast them accordingly.
I'm not downplaying anything; I'm stating the facts.
One has to wonder why, in spite of the facts from credibile sources, you wish to pretend those numbers don't exist.
And one wonder if, since the Hispanics voted in greater numbers than Evangelicals did, you'll be quite so willing when the Hispanics "come calling" with their demands.
There is only one thing that has ever come out of Arlen Sphincter... OK, two things.
And "threats"? Where are "threats"? I don't see any.
Unlike so many other Christian leaders who have sat idly by and just prayed for some magic solution to the continued growth of government arrogance and decay of our society, Dobson has finally had enough and is now standing up and speaking out. For this, you wish to spite him? It's no wonder the political left has gained so much ground.
Dobson, who put you in charge?
Let's not pretend this is the first "warning" coming from the religious right.
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