[rollo tomasi]

Your lies about how the religious conservatives (from another thread) and the "angry ones" stayed at home is getting old. How many votes did Bush recieve again?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32793-2004Nov7.html

"The rallying cry for many social conservatives was opposition to same-sex marriage. But concern about the Supreme Court, abortion, school prayer and pornography also motivated these "values voters." Same-sex marriage, said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, was "the hood ornament on the family values wagon that carried the president to a second term."

How Conservative Turnout Soared

Whether evangelical turnout rose nationally this year, and by how much, is unclear. Without question, however, Bush's conservative Christian base was essential to his victory.

According to surveys of voters leaving the polls, Bush won 79 percent of the 26.5 million evangelical votes and 52 percent of the 31 million Catholic votes. Turnout soared in conservative areas such as Ohio's Warren County, where Bush picked up 18,000 more votes than in 2000, and local activists said churches were the reason."

[F16Fighter]

"Without question, however, Bush's conservative Christian base was essential to his victory."

Clearly...

However FR's usual resident social-moderates and mesmerized Bush-Bots will remain mired in a vortex of denial...even as the life-rafts are dropped into the icy waters.

[Souled_Out]

Your lies about how the religious conservatives (from another thread) and the "angry ones" stayed at home is getting old."

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Good post.

It is always a good idea to shove these kind of lies back down the throats of those who spew them.

It is interesting how some self described conservatives, read CINO's, have no problem drinking the Republican party kool aid and bashing Conservatives who will not.

[Howlin]

Your lies about how the religious conservatives (from another thread) and the "angry ones" stayed at home is getting old. How many votes did Bush recieve again?

First of all, speaking of lies, I never said that they didn't turn out; I said that they did NOT turn out in ANY GREATER numbers than they did in 2000 and that the malcontents sat home again.

Now looking at what you linked, you ignored and chose to leave out very pertinent information:

Evangelicals Say They Led Charge For the GOP

But the untold story of the 2004 election, according to national religious leaders and grass-roots activists...

And of course, this:

Whether evangelical turnout rose nationally this year, and by how much, is unclear.

Nobody else is SAYING that; it's not quite the same thing when you say it about yourself; they can SAY anything to keep THEIR base happy.

The numbers just do NOT back up any claim that Evangelicals turned out in bigger numbers in 2004.

The numbers show they voted in the same numbers. Don't like that report? Take it up with Michael Barone.