Posted on 02/05/2007 12:00:21 PM PST by Keyes2000mt
In a Republic we can elect a man to carry the banner of a platform, not impose his own views on the country. And, bith Guillani and Romney could be counselled by their pastors to a change of heart of abortion to save their soulos. Stay tuned.
Paul in 08'
Unfortunately the author is right, even more unfortunate is that the only options to McCain/Rudy/RINO's is Hillary/Obama or worse. I can't vote my conservative principles on a third party, because that guarantees a Hillary. I feel so screwed.
Gee, what a novel essay. I can't recall the last time I read an essay in which someone bemoaned the lack of "true" conservatives in the field today. Give Adam an "A" for originality!
Newt '08!
Rockefeller's not for me.
He is not for GOP.
He is for the welfare state.
He has had more than one mate.
Rockefeller's not for me.
He is not for GOP.
R-O-C-K-E-Y,
Oh, you SOB!
Republican folk song, sung to the tune of the hymn Rock of Ages and the Mickey Mouse Club theme song.
Sad to say, not any longer.
In fact, it seems as if the "soul" of the Republican Party isn't much different than the soul of the Democrats - "Acquire and maintain power, at any cost!"
good article ping
You can't destroy something twice.
Support a conservative before Rudy McRomney is your only option.
Wooo Hooo! Newt in '08! Time to get back to those good old conservative values of fidelity and honesty!!!!
Giuliani could end up splitting both parties at their extreme hinges. Now that would be interesting.
Yeah, Newt has been less than perfect and was outed by the Clinton crime family's smear machine. Regardless, Newt would not be the first imperfect human to run for president. President G. W. Bush has a past history as well. Newt's human failings aside, at this moment, there is no other conservative available. Fortunately, there is still time for one to find his or her way to the political spotlight.
The drumbeating for Rudy is coming from The Everything For Us Nothing For You Lobby----using the "dumb Christian" ploy. As Borat indicated to Rolling Stone---you can tell those "dumb Christians" anything and they'll believe it.
They are hoping to convice conservatives they are a small minority against the faked-up "groundswell" for Rudy. Rudy might win only if conservatives roll over and play dead. That ain't gonna happen.
MAJOR STUDY BY THE PEW FORUM ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE:
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).
At least he's intellectually honest, which would be something we haven't seen in the oval office in 20 years.
And if you're the type that's eager to throw stones for past mistakes, am I to assume you dislike Bush for being an alchoholic and a coke-head?
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