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If anyone needed further proof that Dr. Dean is legally insane, here it is. |
Posted on 05/30/2006 4:57:17 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
Howard Dean says Democrats must have faith in their ability to attract religious voters.
The former presidential candidate, who will speak at this weekend's Oregon Democratic Convention in Eugene, says his party must do a better job of winning the support of evangelical Christians, who have voted Republican in recent elections.
To that end, Dean recently appeared on Pat Robertson's "700 Club." The appearance wasn't without its bumps. Dean had to later apologize to gay-rights leaders for incorrectly stating during the program that the party's platform said "marriage is between a man and a woman."
Still, Dean, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said in an interview with the Register-Guard newspaper that he hopes to eventually make another appearance on the Christian Broadcasting Network — and that he's encouraging rank-and-file party members to discuss faith and morality.
"Our Democratic values are American values," Dean said. "Most people in this county, including evangelicals, think it's immoral to let children go to bed hungry at night. They think it's immoral not to have everyone in some kind of health insurance."
The convention will give party members in Oregon a chance to get more acquainted with the idea. It offers a half-day training session on religious outreach, an important part of the Democratic Party's attempt to extend beyond its core secular issues.
But Amy Langdon, executive director of the Oregon Republican Party, said Democrats are so out of step with religious voters on issues such as abortion and gay marriage that the approach has little chance of working.
"I think they'll be hard-pressed to make the case to the faith community that somehow the Democratic Party serves their interests," she said.
The religious outreach is part of an overall emphasis in this convention on training Democratic activists for success at the ballot box and in policy-making.
Session and speech topics include Internet strategy for grass-roots activists, how to use the party's new voter file database, and ways Democratic leaders can broaden their appeal to work for all Oregonians.
Democratic Party of Oregon Chairman Jim Edmunson said debating the party platform and voting on the policy positions that Democratic candidates will be expected to stand for in the general election will continue to be an important part of the convention.
This bloke is a 24 carat lunatic!
Guess Howard is going to be breaking out the Gospel of Job for a refresher course.
The religious voters didn't embrace the Republican Party by choice. They vote Republican because the Democrats drove them away.
Dems need a CLUE first............
Right, you can't memorize a couple of handy "God talk" phrases and get by with that. Ain't gonna work. Boy, I can't wait until one of them tries that, that opens up all sorts of doors!
You mean besides the "fanatics" that support them?
Oh yeah, the GOP believes that letting kids go to bed hungry is okay!!! suuuuurrrrrreeee........
And health insurance is a moral RIGHT???
They want religious votes, but they don't want the voters' values.
The religious right either votes Republican or they stay home, which is nearly as good as voting for a Democrat.
"To that end, Dean recently appeared on Pat Robertson's "700 Club." The appearance wasn't without its bumps. Dean had to later apologize to gay-rights leaders for incorrectly stating during the program that the party's platform said "marriage is between a man and a woman." "
I wish I had seen that interview. I bet it was a hoot...
If he keeps killing babies and bending over for gays he isn't going to get anywhere.
the only ones Dean has are Bin Laden and his terrorist buddies.
It sounds crazy when Dean says it, and is obviously hugely cynical.
However, the Rats already get a lot of votes from evangelicals, not to mention traditional Catholics. They will probably get more this year, for the same reasons that they get votes from other groups.
These people are not the solid right-wingers that they are in some people's imagination. Most are concerned with things other than social issues, not just social issues. And on the social issues, the GOP has tended to deliver too little, too late.
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I even read once a woman who had an abortion that it had been an spiritual experience.
BWA HAHAHAHA! What Dean needs to pick up is a copy of The Prayer of Job at his local Christian bookstore. He could use it.
But at least he's admitting the Dems don't enjoy the majority vote, unlike McAuliffe and Gore in 2000 and 2004
Behold, the Oracle of Obscenity spoken.
Yeah. But lies to evangelicals don't count.
Where's Dean been? The Dems have the New Age wackos and the Islamists.
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