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Romney Loss - Evangelicals "Again" Stayed Home
IFB ^ | 11/7/12

Posted on 11/07/2012 4:18:54 AM PST by The Ignorant Fisherman

Many of us could not imagine that Romney could lose this election, especially after four years of Obama’s radical Marxism and its social and fiscal consequences that America will NEVER recover from. All the hype and all the Romney rallies; it indeed looked like a sure victory for Romney except for one equation, the Evangelical vote. We here at the IFB have talked back and forth among ourselves since the RNC convention and with others also in the know; that if the Evangelical vote did not show up on Nov. 6th the jig would be up and Romney would lose big… and indeed he has.

Remember, the GOP and Romney gave NO place to the Evangelical vote at the RNC convention. They outright snubbed us and that act rubbed Evangelicals the wrong way.

Remember, the GOP and Romney gave NO place to the Evangelical vote at the RNC convention. They outright snubbed us and that act rubbed Evangelicals the wrong way. The Evangelical vote consists of the TRUE social and moral conservatives of the party (i.e., the Right). Romney and the GOP also gave very little time to the Tea Party who is the heart of the grass root movement and the engine of the Party! The viewer ratings for the 2012 RNC convention were way down, some 40% and many of us- including myself - did not watch one lick of it. Why should we have? We knew what we were getting and many of us felt “diss’d” being left out as we were. That in its self should have set off warning bells to the RNC but in all honesty many of us who are Evangelicals were still going to vote for Romney holding our nose. It is our duty as Believers and an Americans to be salt and light (Matt. 5:13-16) and even though Romney was who he was; he was the better choice still and the lesser of the two evils for our nation. We were not going to trust in a Romney win but that a Romney win would slow down the final deterioration of our nation.

Many Evangelicals who voted for Bush in 2000 and in 2004 felt betrayed by his agreeing with and passing many of the Marxist policies of the progressive Left. To this day it still has left a bad taste in our mouth and many have NOT forgotten it. Evangelicals felt betrayed and many did not vote for McCain in 2008 which gave Marxist Obama the victory. When you add the convention snub of Romney and the GOP that was the straw that broke the elephants back.

Many Evangelicals who voted for Bush in 2000 and in 2004 felt betrayed by his agreeing with and passing many of the Marxist policies of the progressive Left. To this day it still has left a bad taste in our mouth.

Now we come to today, the day after the election and we once more again see that the Evangelical vote has stayed home; and in doing so have given Obama another four years to finish the job of transforming our nation and fundamentally changing our culture and way of life which includes the elimination of sound biblical Christianity. I know I am going to get a ton of hate mail for this statement, but SHAME ON YOU for sitting home and not choosing to be light and exercising your God given right to vote (Matt. 5:13-16)! I know all sides of this argument and there is still absolutely NO excuse (Matt. 5:13-16). Your self righteous pride, biblical ignorance and foolishness has open wide the door now for Christian persecution in our nation and the end of the freedoms we have for the furtherance of the Gospel. My friends, indeed the Day of the Lord is at hand, but WOE to any who seek to bring it about who call on the Name of Jesus Christ by being idol and slothful.This is NOT a sanctification matter and God will hold you accountable for hiding your light and voice.

In the end, this 2012 election has revealed without a shadow of a doubt that the Evangelical element has lost its salt and light and that America has absolutely no problem in FULL LIGHT re-electing a radical progressive secular Marxists to reign over us.

In the end, this 2012 election has revealed without a shadow of a doubt that the Evangelical element has lost its salt and light (Matt. 5:13-16) and that America has absolutely no problem in FULL LIGHT re-electing a radical progressive secular Marxists to reign over us. I think of Samuel when all of Israel wanted a king and not the Lord (1 Sam. 8). It broke his heart and rightly so! He knew what was coming. Thus America in this election has said quite loudly that we DO NOT want the God given freedom to exercise what our Founding Fathers envisioned, which was based on the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. In doing so we have REJECTED the Judeo/ Christian values and ideals which once made this country great. We have now as a nation fully taken on the mantle of Lawlessness and the spirit of Anti Christ as our nation’s ideology and culture.

Indeed, we as Evangelicals will now see what we must surely endure under lawless administration of Barack H. Obama and many Evangelicasl will be sifted and found wanting. That there... you can take to the bank!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!


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KEYWORDS: christianvote; election2012; evangelicals; gopcivilwar; inman; ldschurch; mormons; romney2012
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1 posted on 11/07/2012 4:19:05 AM PST by The Ignorant Fisherman
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

I believe there was huge anti-Morman voting throughout this election.


2 posted on 11/07/2012 4:21:49 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

Well gee, my candidate didn’t win or do as I wanted so I’m going to stay home and pout!

No matter the damage to the country.

In my view, that is outright sin...and you can that THAT to the bank.


3 posted on 11/07/2012 4:21:53 AM PST by mom4melody
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

Ummm...I’m an Evangelical and I didn’t stay home. I voted, but I voted for a Conservative Christian - Virgil Goode (who was on my ballot not a write in) rather than vote for either Obama or Romney. I know several other Evangelicals who did the same.

Of all my Evangelical friends I only have ONE who stayed home and she lives in Utah so figured there was no point.


4 posted on 11/07/2012 4:23:19 AM PST by reaganaut (Kyrie eleison...Christe eleison...Kyrie eleison)
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

Sure, blame the Christians again. I know hundreds of evangelicals who could not wait to vote for Romney and against Obama.


5 posted on 11/07/2012 4:24:15 AM PST by EricT. (The GOP's sole purpose is to serve as an ineffective alternative to the Democrat Party.)
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To: KeyLargo

Our pastor voiced concern about Romney making mormonism more mainstream.

Funny, he didn’t care when 80% of the congregation voted for Obama and his Black Liberation Theology and muslim leanings.


6 posted on 11/07/2012 4:25:13 AM PST by mom4melody
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To: mom4melody

Amen!


7 posted on 11/07/2012 4:25:12 AM PST by The Ignorant Fisherman
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

Voter turnout was very high in R areas and very low in D areas. The numbers make no sense.


8 posted on 11/07/2012 4:25:43 AM PST by butterdezillion
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

Once again, the “I’m taking my toys and going home” crowd...

just like my kids when they were 4 years old...


9 posted on 11/07/2012 4:26:23 AM PST by joe fonebone (The clueless... they walk among us, and they vote...)
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To: reaganaut

I knew many who stayed home. knuckle heads a lot of them miss it.


10 posted on 11/07/2012 4:26:43 AM PST by The Ignorant Fisherman
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

Your self righteous pride, biblical ignorance and foolishness has open wide the door now for Christian persecution in our nation and the end of the freedoms we have for the furtherance of the Gospel.

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One other point, Romney would have done just as much to persecute Christians since he hates Evangelicals just as much (been there done that).

And the Gospel will not be thwarted, just as it wasn’t during the early church and the Roman persecutions.

HAVE FAITH IN GOD, NOT MAN.


11 posted on 11/07/2012 4:26:59 AM PST by reaganaut (Kyrie eleison...Christe eleison...Kyrie eleison)
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

Romney did not shore up his base. But it was more than evangelicals because if they stayed home 4 years ago than who stayed home this time?

Vote totals:

2008:

OBama 69,297,997
McCain: 59,597,520

2012

Obama: 54,773,837
Romney 53,716,689

Looks like a whole lot of voters stayed home.


12 posted on 11/07/2012 4:27:28 AM PST by glm
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To: KeyLargo

If this article is true, it was the Mormon hating that did us in.


13 posted on 11/07/2012 4:28:31 AM PST by Kinder Gentler Machinegun Hand
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To: EricT.

My pastor got up the Sunday before the election day and did a sermon on how Mormanism is a cult. I am leaving this church as I think electing a Muslim is a worse sin. I was appalled


14 posted on 11/07/2012 4:28:47 AM PST by rocketmag
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

2 Tim 2:3-4 -

3 Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.

I refuse to compromise my CHRISTIAN FAITH and vote for Romney. I am beholden to my Commanding Officer - Jesus Christ alone.


15 posted on 11/07/2012 4:28:56 AM PST by reaganaut (Kyrie eleison...Christe eleison...Kyrie eleison)
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

How was Romney who is also not a Christian the to hold up Christian values?

I don’t think that an evangelical should feel that this loss was upon his shoulders. The GOP was not courting conservative votes in this election. They were courting independents with a left center policy, not knowing that there was already a candidate running with a far left policy that everyone already knew about.

We as a nation got what we deserve. The GOP just happened to really get what they deserved. I wonder whose “turn” it is next time.


16 posted on 11/07/2012 4:29:30 AM PST by pennyfarmer (Romney is a cresent wrench when you need a hammer. Sure it might work, but do you want to chance it?)
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To: reaganaut
Ummm...I’m an Evangelical and I didn’t stay home. I voted, but I voted for a Conservative Christian - Virgil Goode (who was on my ballot not a write in) rather than vote for either Obama or Romney. I know several other Evangelicals who did the same.

Obama thanks you for your vote, comrade.

17 posted on 11/07/2012 4:29:53 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

The GOP-e thinks Evangelicals are dumb hicks, but they surely can’t win when even a fraction of that base stays home. Perhaps they should reconsider making Evangelicals sit at the back of the bus and then expecting them to show up at the polls.

Yes, Rove, Krauthammer and Barone, I mean you.


18 posted on 11/07/2012 4:31:20 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

Electoral fraud.


19 posted on 11/07/2012 4:31:20 AM PST by Silentgypsy (If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)
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To: reaganaut
thx for obammey..thx very much...

children will be murdered, women raped, towns destroyed, perhaps widespread famine, riots, Israel destroyed, and then please go tell God you did it in HIS name?.......

you will be judged and not pleasantly, for your arrogance and your fake self righteousness....

20 posted on 11/07/2012 4:31:52 AM PST by cherry
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