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To: puroresu
The religious right is the most loyal constituency the GOP has.

I have been involved in Republican politics for a whole lot of years, and you couldn't be more wrong. The religious right is the most fickle constituency that the GOP has. I have honestly lost count of the number of times that the religious right has openly supported pro-life democrats over pro-choice republicans, stayed home from a convention or other meeting because none of "their" topics were being addressed (sometimes resulting in no quorum), refused to vote in a race because the republican "doesn't go to the right church", maliciously put a spoiler in a primary for the same "not the right church" reason, etc. They are the most inconsistent and undependable voting block that the GOP has.

218 posted on 05/03/2006 1:07:53 PM PDT by wyattearp (Study! Study! Study! Or BONK, BONK, on the head!)
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To: wyattearp

That would be because a good chunk of the religious right was, until recently, Jim Crow Democrat.


220 posted on 05/03/2006 1:10:52 PM PDT by js1138
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To: wyattearp

Well, that's your opinion, and I've given mine. I appreciate your willingness to debate in good character!


273 posted on 05/03/2006 3:56:38 PM PDT by puroresu (Conservatism is an observation; Liberalism is an ideology)
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