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Posted on 02/02/2007 9:08:48 AM PST by Reagan Man
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I'm shocked! /s
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Hey Nancy b....er...Reagan Man. :) You probably should add Jim Robinson to your ping list given his views on this subject. Just a thought...
Dear TitansAFC,
"I'm no fan of Romney, but at least he's making an effort at convincing us he's converted."
That's a very good point in Mr. Romney's favor.
"Ah yes, the hide Rudy campaign beings in full-force. We're going to be treated to Clinton-style "no questions" forums, carefully staged only-pro-Rudy meetings and speeches, and a PR blitz focused on everything but the issues SoCons/Gun Conservatives care about."
In all fairness to Mr. Giuliani, that may be completely appropriate, especially in light of this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1777991/posts
* chuckle *
sitetest
BTTT.
BTTT!
Romney is the first Republican running for President who has sent me a mailing of any kind. It wouldn't be hard for him to find me, I volunteered for both Bush campaigns, have given money to the RNC, the National Right to Life, and the Reagan Presidential Library, and I subscribe to the National Review, Weekly Standard, Human Events, and the Limbaugh Letter.
It also wouldn't be hard for the other candidates to find me, and yet, they have made no attempt thus far.
Mitt Romney seems to understand the GOP`s conservative base is critical to winning the primary/convention nomination of the party. And to become the GOP nominee for 2008, a candidate will have to secure the vast majority of conservative activist voters in the primary election phase. That is gonna be impossible if a candidate is a social liberal and chooses to fully ignore the power of social conservatives.
Thanks for the post. If you're running for the GOP nomination and you decide to ignore conservatives for whatever reason, you will lose.
"But they are conservatives!!" LOL!
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Skipping conservative events is intended to marginalize social conservatives and gun owners, to make liberal gun-grabber Rudeinsky appear acceptable.
The Julie-annie strategy from the get-go was to hijack the Republican party, and dump social conservatives/gun owners from the party.
Many longtime donors complained ex-RNC chair Kenny Mehlman went out of his way to alienate social conservatives. Not to forget this pro-abort braindead dude was the architect of the Nov 2006 debacle, which got his *** handed to him
Now here's the hijack plan straight from the horse's mouth, neocon guru Irving Kristol (father of Fox pundit Billy), "The historical task and political purpose of neoconservatism would seem to be.....to convert the Republican Party and American conservatism in general, against their respective wills, into a new kind of conservative politics suitable to governing a modern democracy."
Too bad this crank doesn't like our way of government......but I hope the guy gets professional help for that dictator fixation of his.
Republicans Can't Win Without Christian Conservatives (this means you, Rudy)
SOURCE: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:QS6fK2c8AP0J:pewforum.org/events/index.php%3FEventID%3D115
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).
Dear BaBaStooey,
"Romney is the first Republican running for President who has sent me a mailing of any kind."
Gee, I haven't gotten mine (yet). I think my feelings are hurt. ;-)
"It also wouldn't be hard for the other candidates to find me, and yet, they have made no attempt thus far."
On the other hand, Mr. Romney was nowhere to be seen on January 22, at the March for Life.
Both Rep. Hunter and Sen. Brownback showed and gave speeches strongly supporting the cause of life. As well, Mr. Brownback made a substantial effort with a large number of his folks handing out literature to anyone who would take it.
sitetest
This should be shouted from the rooftops. Pat Buchanan would have been committed to a mental asylum if he had even suggested that this was part of the "neo-conservative" agenda.
No matter how many posts on this thread are written, what you wrote will sum it all up in those 5 simple words.
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