[Poohbah]

Another apt analogy. Politicians are our patrons not our representatives.

I see you're being extremely obtuse.

If the religious right expects politicians to represent them to the degree that they're presently demanding, then they'd better generate enough votes to keep those representatives in office and elect new ones. If they don't do so, then the politicians who represented them will lose the next election, and a group of politicians who do not represent the religious right will win the next election. More to the point, the politicians who lost the election would not ever trust the religious right again.

[TigersEye]

I have a long way to go to be as obtuse as you are. You actually buy the idea that the "religious right" delivered wins to Bush and the GOP. Funny, in 2000 it was the NRA. Bush I lost in '92 because of "read my lips." In '80 it was "an end to the malaise." What kind of dolt actually thinks there is a "religious right?" Moral values may have had a significant role last election but it's laughable to think only church going Christians voted on them.

[itsahoot]

If they don't do so, then the politicians who represented them will lose the next election, and a group of politicians who do not represent the religious right will win the next election. More to the point, the politicians who lost the election would not ever trust the religious right again.

Ok send me the thirty pieces of silver.........</sarcasm>