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To: Al Gore Vidal
From what I've read here,MANY evangelicals stayed home because Romney wasn't "conservative enough" (shades of 2008). Why they did that when the alternative was four more years of Obama,I have no explanation for.Maybe Romney wasn't Reagan,but do they REALLY think they've got a better deal now with America's first gay president?

I'm starting to wonder if Christ himself came down from Heaven to run for president if they'd stay home because "his hair is too long and he looks like a hippie!".....

7 posted on 11/08/2012 8:42:13 AM PST by massmike (The choice is clear in November: Romney or Caligula!)
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To: massmike
Buchanan (James not Pat) was probably the first gay president.

As for evangecals. There numbers were pretty average. Which is about as much as you can expect if you ask them to vote for a Mormon. From Allah at Hot Air:

One question I’m seeing in the comments is, “Did evangelicals turn out for Romney”? Yep, looks that way. Turnout among Protestants generally dropped slightly from 2008 (54% to 53%) but Romney’s share of the vote increased from 54% to 57%. Among white evangelicals specifically, turnout was steady at 26% of the electorate from four years ago and Romney took 78% of the vote compared to just 74% for McCain. If you’d rather slice the data by how often people go to church, the number who attend at least weekly rose from 39% in 2008 to 42% this time. McCain won 55% of that group. Romney won 59%. He improved on McCain’s numbers among Jewish voters too, from 21% of the vote in 2008 to 30% this time (or maybe more), the highest take for a Republican since 1988. If there’s any religious group that underperformed for him, it’s Catholics. He did improve on McCain’s numbers — from 45% to 48% — but O still won a majority despite the abortion-rights jamboree at the convention and the contraception mandate. Catholic turnout was down two points this time, however.

23 posted on 11/08/2012 8:53:37 AM PST by stop_fascism (Love your country, but never trust its government - R.A. Heinlein)
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To: massmike
Ralph Reed is claiming the opposite this morning:
"Evangelicals turned out in record numbers and voted as heavily for Mitt Romney yesterday as they did for George W. Bush in 2004," said Ralph Reed, chairman of Faith and Freedom Coalition. "That is an astonishing outcome that few would have predicted even a few months ago."
The Evangelicals went for Romney 78 to 21 according to a story in the Christian Post discussed here.
27 posted on 11/08/2012 8:55:12 AM PST by ishmac (Lady Thatcher:"There are no permanent defeats in politics because there are no permanent victories.)
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To: massmike

What you read is incorrect. See #35.


38 posted on 11/08/2012 9:03:42 AM PST by DManA
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To: massmike

At least with Romney there would have been a chance for conservatives to influence decisions that they think are important. With Obama there is little to no chance of doing such.

In this election, it wasn’t that we could take one step back to move two forward. Too many perfectionists are focused on the two steps forward while ignoring that they’re on a fully loaded freight train running in reverse.


40 posted on 11/08/2012 9:03:54 AM PST by MilesVeritatis (Devote yourself to the truth, no matter where it leads you.)
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To: massmike

From what your read....liberal propaganda!

There would be no American who would stay home with that POS Anti-American commie in our house bringing all his evil to America.


117 posted on 11/08/2012 11:20:14 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: massmike
I'm starting to wonder if Christ himself came down from Heaven to run for president if they'd stay home because "his hair is too long and he looks like a hippie!".....

You are speaking of Catholics who, once again, voted for the baby killer obama! Hey, he was good enough for Notre Dame and Georgetown to cover the cross for the anti-American muzzie lover.

120 posted on 11/08/2012 11:36:03 PM PST by presently no screen name
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