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Howard Dean: Democrats Need Religious Voters
NewsMax ^ | 31 May 2006

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.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chairmandean; christians; dean; dncstrategy; dopeydems; howarddean; howie; madman; nutcase; outreach; religiousvote; religiousvoters; whackjob
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To: Aussie Dasher
Democrats Need Religious Voters

Well muslim terrorists bent on destroying America are religious, aren't they?
They are always yelling God is great and they have the same talking points as the democRATS.

21 posted on 05/30/2006 5:12:32 PM PDT by red-dawg
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To: Aussie Dasher
Nothing more inspiring than the Democrats' effort to lure Christians into their party. Rather than actually trying to inspire Christians to support them by demonstration of strong faith and relying on that faith, they play a "shell game," trying to lure Christians with rhetoric.

Does any Christian actually think that the Democrats are ever going to stop supporting such anti-Christian political stands as homosexual adoption and marriage, abortion on demand, and the mythical concept of separation of Church and state?
22 posted on 05/30/2006 5:12:38 PM PDT by RavenATB (Patton was right...)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Kos and the DUers will roast Dean on a spit if there's any 'outreach' to Christians. Besides, I don't think the Democrats could do a convincing job of it. In other forums where I get into arguments with what I assume to be Democrats, the raw anti-Christian hatred is breathtaking. Even though I'm not a Christian myself, I get a kick out of telling them what a gaggle of bigoted dimwits they are for spitting on a religion that's done nothing to them except dare to exist. It always gets me called 'fundie' and worse.


23 posted on 05/30/2006 5:12:53 PM PDT by John Jorsett (scam never sleeps)
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To: Aussie Dasher

It makes one stop and wonder: If Democrats had not been Pro-Abortion leaders the past several decades, their political numbers and clout would be much greater. The babies aborted in decades past would have grown to be voters and parents & grandparents of voters today. They have effectively aborted millions of potential little Dem. voters out of existence. Dean is a sick man leading the sick and his appearance on the 700 club shows how far he will go to succeed his sick party goals.


24 posted on 05/30/2006 5:13:01 PM PDT by OrangeBlossomSpecial (DEAN & HERPES : The gifts that keep on giving & giving & giving)
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To: Aussie Dasher

The Party of Death wants to change it's image, how cute. Next thing you know they will be saying there is a God?

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters


25 posted on 05/30/2006 5:15:23 PM PDT by bray (Top 10 Bushbot!!)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Wow. The Democrats are turning Pro-life!


26 posted on 05/30/2006 5:16:36 PM PDT by Hamilcar_Barca (Hamilcar_Barca)
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To: Aussie Dasher
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.


Hey Howard, you can't look at evangelicals like just another ill-fitting voting block in your party just like all the others. You have enough keeping the rest of them together.

27 posted on 05/30/2006 5:17:22 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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To: Aussie Dasher
it's immoral to let children go to bed hungry at night.

Let's just kill them outright before birth, yes? Much better!

28 posted on 05/30/2006 5:18:07 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
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To: Alex Murphy

17 post above mine, and I agree with every single one. Just this about Dean's "hungry children" comment. There AREN'T any.

Unless some parents sent the kid to bed without supper, as a punishment, or unless some irresponsible parent spent the money on drugs or alcohol, there is already No Reason For Any American Child to Go Hungry.

I told that to a liberal once. He said, "I know there are hungry children because I walked in a fundraiser to feed them."

I asked him why he stopped walking. What he expected the hungry child to do now.


29 posted on 05/30/2006 5:19:16 PM PDT by 9999lakes
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To: Aussie Dasher; devolve; ntnychik; Smartass; PhilDragoo; bitt
Ya, and Dean is just the man to attract those Religious voters!!

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30 posted on 05/30/2006 5:20:05 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: angelanddevil2
I even read once a woman who had an abortion that it had been an spiritual experience.

Could have been. Satan is spritual, don-cha know...

31 posted on 05/30/2006 5:20:22 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Freedom isn't free, but the men and women of the military will pay most of your share)
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To: potlatch
HOWARD DEAN...UghhHH!
My monitor just developed a crack.

    Throw Computer

 

32 posted on 05/30/2006 5:29:51 PM PDT by Smartass (Vaya con Dios - And forgive us our trash baskets as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets)
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To: Aussie Dasher
I'm not sure what amazes me more; that democrats are so baltantly transparent about their motives, or that there are so many sheeple that actually fall for their crap.

Democrats are so clueless that they have to hold a summit to figure out how to pretend to be religious or anything else necessary to draw in as many of the serfs as possible before election time.

33 posted on 05/30/2006 5:30:37 PM PDT by Recovering Hermit (Apparently, most who protest for peace do so at the expense of hygiene.)
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Howard Dean: Democrats Need Religious Voters

"HMMMMM! WELL HOWARD DO YOU MEAN SATAN????"

34 posted on 05/30/2006 5:31:40 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicans Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For the Same Reason!)
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To: Aussie Dasher
"marriage is between a man and a woman."

He simply stated what marriage is currently. Not what it WILL be if the Dems gain a foothold.
35 posted on 05/30/2006 5:32:56 PM PDT by Zechariah_8_13 (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

You have the Ljews......isn't that enough?


36 posted on 05/30/2006 5:33:59 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Psssst. Howie. EVERYONE IN THE ACLU IS A DEMOCRAT! As long as you and your ilk are out there destroying and trashing religion, you'll never get REAL religious people to vote for you. Come on Howie. It's not rocket science Bubba.


37 posted on 05/30/2006 5:40:16 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dat you Jesse?)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Democrats are funny. The Democratic party embraces everything evil and the only higher power they look to is government. If they think that is the teaching of Jesus, then they have got another thing coming.


38 posted on 05/30/2006 6:05:58 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: Clintonfatigued
The religious voters didn't embrace the Republican Party by choice. They vote Republican because the Democrats drove them away.




The democRATic party compatible with Christianity???
Please give me a break!!!
Comparison apples to oranges = Katrine Harris (R) with bill "ass-naut" cadet(D), Florida; NO WAY!??!
39 posted on 05/30/2006 6:40:14 PM PDT by danamco
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To: Fintan

Evil never rests.


40 posted on 05/30/2006 6:51:22 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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