Posted on 01/03/2006 6:41:59 PM PST by Jay777
Presidential press secretary Scott McClellan today agreed that the American Civil Liberties Union has been irresponsible in its comments about the president and that Democrats are appeasing the left-wing legal group vis-à-vis the Patriot Act.
WND pointed out in today's White House briefing that the ACLU ran a full-page ad in the New York Times criticizing President Bush over warrantless wiretapping, claiming he "lied to the American people and broke the law."
"The ACLU – this is one of the special interest groups that Democrats in the Senate are trying to appease because they want to weaken and undermine the Patriot Act," McClellan said. "The Patriot Act is vital to saving lives. … It has also met an important commitment to protect people's civil liberties.
"Democrats need to set aside politics – they're putting politics above our nation's security and they need to move forward in the Senate and let it be reauthorized."
Asked WND: "Doesn't he think the ACLU is very irresponsible?"
Responded the spokesman: "Well, I think some of the statements that they make – that they are making sure are."
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
McClellan should have pointed out the hypocrisy of the ACLU to state as fact that Pres. Bush broke the law when there has yet to be hearings on the matter. What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
Nope. I'm not wasting my time just to watch the GOP "rope-a-dope" the 'Rats and the ACLU.
Get a copy of the book "The ACLU vs. America" to read. I got one for Christmas and with only the first chapter read I'm so disgusted with the ACLU;.... they are lower than Al-Quida and have been since their founding.
Yes, by Alan Sears. A very good book.
Politicans must be reminded they will not get the votes of Christians unless they actively get into the fray, and vociferously oppose Christian-hating, anywhere and everywhere Christian-hating surfaces.
Pro-abortion, pro-gay, anti-prayer, and anti-creche positions are especially offensive, and indicate a politician is aligned with the forces of Christian-hating.
A politican holding the listed positions falls into the category of Christian-hating and cannot be seriously considered for public office at any level.
Politicians will get the message that we mean business.
Religious and cultural issues provided the margin of victory for Republicans in the 2000 and 2004 elections.
Black religious voters famously factored heavily into that vote due to that sector's strong opposition to gay marriages----a key Christian conservative issue.
If this trend continues, it could be one of the most important political stories of the next several decades. Here are the numbers: The National Association of Evangelicals, represents 39 million Christian churchgoers. There are an estimated one billion Catholics around the world, and according to the Church of England, there are 70 million Anglicans.
The map, though impressive, conveys the misleading impression that blue state Catholics voted for Kerry (a CINO).
According to EWTN "The World Over Live" analysts, with the exception of VA, where Catholics spit 70/30 in favor of Bush, the majority of Catholic voters split 55/45 for Bush.....a whopping number of votes since Catholics number about 52 million Americans.
According to CNN exit polls, Bush voters included 38% of union members, 40% of those with union members in their households, 42% of those earning $15,000-$30,000, 44% f those who earn under $50,000 and 44% of Latinos, 45% of youth (aged 18-29), 13% of liberals—even 11% of Democrats voted for Bush.
2004 Election polls indicated 34% called themselves conservative, 21% liberal. Christians control 2/3'rds of the Nation's assets.
If you look closely, the map appears to place the insignificant "Other Voters" in the ocean.....that's accurate, because "Other Voters--RINO Republicans" were on cruise ships.
(MAP UPDATE Bush won Ohio, Iowa and New Mexico later.)
Republicans Can't Win Without Christian Conservatives / major study by the Pew Forum
Americans who regularly attend worship services and hold traditional Christian religious views increasingly vote Republican, while those who are less connected to religious institutions and more secular in their outlook tend to vote Democratic, according to a major study by the Pew Forum. Some of the conclusions of this report were already evident in 2004 exit polling data.
For example, voters who attend church more than once a week (16 percent of all voters) chose Bush over Kerry by a margin of 64 – 35 percent.
Likewise, those who attend Christian denominational Churches on a weekly basis (26 percent of voters) supported the President by a 58 – 41 percent margin. Also very telling, those who never attend Church (15 percent of voters) overwhelmingly supported Kerry 62 – 36 percent.
The study further found that traditionalist elements within each religion tended to vote Republican, while modernist groups within the religions trended towards the Democrats. A multiple regression analysis of exit poll and public opinion survey data from 2000 and 2004 enabled the Pew Research Center to assign a relative weight to various demographic markers.
Interestingly, church attendance was tied with race as the most significant factor. But even that number is deceiving; in that race is only an important factor due to the high level of support the Democrats receive from black voters.
These trends represent a major shift over the past forty-five years. White Christian Evangelicals in 1960 favored Democrats by a two-to-one margin; now they are Republican by a 56 – 27 percent margin. Seventy-eight percent of them voted for President Bush in 2004.
In 1960, 71 percent of Catholics were Democrats and now Democrats have only a slight edge among Catholics (44 – 41 percent) and Catholics voted for President Bush (52 – 47 percent) in 2004. These trends have also brought an increased acceptance of religion in the public square. While Americans do tend to favor the separation of church and state, 70 percent of voters want their President to have strong Christian religious beliefs.
Likewise, the study reveals that 52 percent of Americans believe that Christian churches should express political views. Surprisingly, support for political involvement of churches is strongest among younger voters age 18 to 29 (59 percent).
What next!!!
"We only just got started."
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