Rift Between Democrats and Religious Growing Larger

Slate ^ | 8/29/06 | Amy Sullivan

[Rawlings]

Socons will be the driving force behind what I predict to be GOP gains this fall. The security moms will be out to vote Republican and the election should be mainly about terror. But the Socons have just about as much to lose from a Rat majority as do most Americans concerned about terror. The socons are extremely energized and the great reawakening of evangelicals, orthodox jews, and traditional catholics into politics will come to its fulcrum in '06 and '08. American politics will feel a tremor like never before and we'll see the culture slowly follow. At least, I hope so!

[Dane]

The democrats think they can fool all of the people all of the time.

What arrogance.

[schu]

And Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean has even stopped saying things to intentionally antagonize evangelicals.

Which is why it is startling that in the two years since this Democratic revival began, the party's faith-friendly image has dimmed rather than improved.

This article is so condescending I can barely read it. It just demonstrates how stupid they think people really are, especially religious ones.

Not sure what a SoCon is, please help me out.

[fabriclady]

I just heard a similar conversation on O'Reilly, seems the democrats have hired some religious advisor's to teach them how to talk like a Christian.

Talk about paving a rocky road to hell, they seam to be right on track

[TheLion]

I pray that you are correct in that assessment.

[Dane]

Not sure what a SoCon is, please help me out.

I think it means social conservative.

[siunevada]

Religious Left Lack Of Traction Ping.

Which is why it is startling that in the two years since this Democratic revival began, the party's faith-friendly image has dimmed rather than improved.

Let the Dems be Dems. I like the foaming at the mouth.

This could be an example of Politically Unintelligent Design in action.

[Rawlings]

You're right. Amy Sullivan is very, very condascending. But she's right. The Rats are screwed until they can sincerely embrace faith. Since leftism is so inimicable to faith, that's not likely to happen for a long while.

"SoCon" is just a squished together version of "Social Conservative."

[tflabo]

With the ACLU demon democrats trying to squash religious liberties and freedoms everywhere we sheeple 'Socons' not buying the fake liberal pibble about Dems seeking to win over Christian conservatives.....They can 'fahgedaboutit'

[Cicero]

I never heard the term SoCons either, but I think it must be social conservatives.

Leftists seem to feel perfectly comfortable with the idea of lying for the good old cause, so that sort of behavior doesn't bother their base very much. But real Christians and Jews tend to think that there's something a little, well, WRONG about lying.

So these obvious lies about pretending to be religious when they obviously aren't can only make things worse.

[InvisibleChurch]

I'm glad the left is the way it is, forever bungling about with inefficient boobery. Let liberalism s(t)ink until it is no more.

[paudio]

Begala is a devout pro-life Catholic who named his oldest son John Paul

Really? It's new to me.

[sayfer bullets]

California's SB1441 passing won't help Democrats either.

Hopefully they once again have pushed too hard.

Terminator Squashes Religious Freedom (FR)

Red State Rising, Part I.(blogspot)

Gov. Arnold Tosses School Moral Codes (WND)

[paudio]

The Rats are screwed until they can sincerely embrace faith.

By then, they probably would have changed their party affiliation.

[no dems]

Wow!! From your lips to God's ears.

[CodeMasterPhilzar]

This whole thing is just another example of the fundamental difference between the two parties.

The Dems continue to chase whatever issue they think can pull in more votes, more political power for them. The GOP provides true leadership, it doesn't chase the polls.

Like so many other issues the Dems chase and promote, they have no real interest in Religion. In fact, liberals would seem to be openly hostile towards religion under various high-minded sounding guises. Yet their new spin and "marketing" is chasing after a pro-religion image?

The Dems rabid pandering to any group they think they can fool into a few votes would be funny if it weren't so pathetic and insulting to our intelligence.

[no dems]

Begala is a devout pro-life Catholic...

Then how can he support the Democratic Party Platform and their candidates?

[ozzymandus]

But golly, I just saw bleached-blonde kristen whats-her-name on TV bleating about how religious she is!

[DTogo]

Democrats enticing support from Christians is like Hezbullah enticing support from Israelis.

[JennysCool]

Begala is a devout pro-life Catholic who named his oldest son John Paul

It's "Juan Paolo" when he's courting La Raza.