This is wrong and dangerous stuff. What assurances can be made the lists will not be used to create a master list that can be sold to businesses to raise funds, or used in some other manner?
Next they'll think of writing every state Republican leader, or local police chief for lists of gun owners (another conservative block), and imagine that getting into the wrong hands. What are these people thinking?
I would no more trust a political party with my information then I would a stranger. Oh wait! The political parties are the government. Well, no wonder they think an invasion of privacy is a sound way to conduct themselves.
I'd quit any church that felt they had a right to share my information with anyone.
Where the heck did the conservative wing of the Republican Party go? This party hss turned to the left, and it had best change direction.
"Where the heck did the conservative wing of the Republican Party go?"
It has simply been turned into another socialist utopian party by the Christian fundamentalist. The only difference between Republicans and Democrats these days is that the Republicans now have a theocratic bent to the party. Which as history clearly proves has never been good for the average man.
But we should keep in mind that conservatives let this happen by keeping their mouths shut for fear of being ostracized in the community as being an atheist.
It is way past time that we get over that fear and took the party back.
This deserves attention and an agreement or compromise. There are several items of interest:
1) This is a southern organization? If so, the campaign need not squeeze so hard because the South is already won.
2) I think a good compromise would be for the campaign to agree not to use rosters for fund raising, but perhaps it is okay to call folks to get them to vote or maybe volunteer for the campaign. Fundraising: offlimits. GOTV: Okay.
3) I heartily agree that those 4-6 million evangelicals Rove has spoken of should be sought, but in the battlegrounds more than the south.