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Religious right's role in U.S. politics (Ithaca barf alert)
Ithaca Journal ^ | 12/9/02 | By Joan Bokaer

Posted on 12/09/2002 5:41:14 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

Edited on 05/07/2004 8:00:55 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Democrats need to stop blaming themselves for the Republican victories in the 2002 election and start understanding the religious right.

Pat Robertson, founder of Christian Coalition wrote in his book "Millennium" in 1990, "with the apathy that exists today, a well organized minority can influence the selection of candidates to an astonishing degree." History has proven Robertson to be correct.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: antichristian; catholiclist; christianlist; christianpersecutio; culturewar; ithacais; medianews; presstitutes; religion; thecityofevil
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This is the author's second attack on Christians. The first appears here.

As I noted then, and note again:

Change "religious right" in this letter to Jew or Muslim and no self-respecting newspaper in America would print it, due to the hate filled bigoted bile being spewed therein.

Of course, we all know that in places controlled by liberals, be it the media or Ithaca, the only acceptable bigotry is bigotry against Christians.


1 posted on 12/09/2002 5:41:14 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: *Culture_War; governsleastgovernsbest; LibKill; gaspar; bentfeather; NativeNewYorker; drjimmy; ...
Ping. Ithaca is the City of "Anti-Christian Bigotry" and Evil
2 posted on 12/09/2002 5:44:42 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Change "religious right" in this letter to Jew or Muslim and no self-respecting newspaper in America would print it, due to the hate filled bigoted bile being spewed therein.

I wouldn't be helping to establish any sort of equivalence among religious right, Jew, and Muslim.

ML/NJ

4 posted on 12/09/2002 5:51:31 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj
Ohhhh, I get it. (Duh! Must be the blonde in me.)
Only leftist get to be in politics! Religious people are not allowed! Dag gum it! Ruined my whole minute.
5 posted on 12/09/2002 5:59:13 AM PST by mdcen
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
This is but a single stomp in the march to create as much dissonance a possible with the looming public debates over the democrat party's too long defense of the indefensible, partial birth infanticide. The noise level will rise exponentially, dividing as much of the nation and turning off as many moderate citizens as possible, to try and blunt the truth of democrat perfidy toward the unborn. The assault will come from many and varied directions. Watch the World Council of Churches output for the most eggregious rhetoric ... they already have 'clergy' writing that Jesus would be pro-choice, pro-abortion, pro-death of the innocent. And it will get worse!
6 posted on 12/09/2002 6:03:45 AM PST by MHGinTN
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; TonyRo76
The Left is so blindly bigoted.

I am constantly amazed at how they think and act like spoiled children who are afraid or incapable of growing up.

7 posted on 12/09/2002 6:04:16 AM PST by jigsaw
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There's something even more insidious here. It isn't just that picking on Christians is acceptable. The "Religious Right" is a bogeyman to these people in exactly the same way as "Jews" were to the Nazis -- they're personally distasteful, responsible for all the problems in the world, and are viewed as being totally powerful.
8 posted on 12/09/2002 6:09:41 AM PST by AmishDude
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

The driving passion of the religious right in the 2002 elections was judges. The courts have consistently served as a barrier to a movement attempting to impose its ideology on the rest of the country.

"Judges are the basis of the land's righteousness," he said. "We have a Senate election here in Texas. The only issue that should matter is judges."

IMPEACHING FEDERAL JUDGES:A COVENANTAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO JUDICIAL TYRANNY

The Bush administration has been nominating extreme ideologues such as Michael McConnel -- who opposes the separation of church and state -- to the courts.

FEDERALISM AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: WERE CHURCH AND STATE MEANT TO BE SEPARATE?

9 posted on 12/09/2002 6:17:17 AM PST by Remedy
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Evil lurks in the city of evil......
10 posted on 12/09/2002 6:19:31 AM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: AmishDude

The "Religious Right" is a bogeyman to these people in exactly the same way as "Jews" were to the Nazis -- they're personally distasteful, responsible for all the problems in the world, and are viewed as being totally powerful.
Is Religion Dangerous for America? The Supreme Court's Liberals Think So.

"The Nazi Master Plan: The Persecution of the Christian Churches"

11 posted on 12/09/2002 6:20:13 AM PST by Remedy
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To: TonyRo76
This article proves the writer is not only an anti-Christian bigot, but also clearly a scared anti-Christian bigot.

This screed has some interesting patholigies in it. For one thing, the only "threat" is from "right-wing religious". That's because the concept, and the words, "left wing" CANNOT be formed by the liberal mind. Liberalism is as natural as air, to them. Bill klinton helped define the democRAT party as the "non-political party". Everything the RATS do is non-partisan and cannot be opposed except by evil people, according to their thinking.

The writer conveniently rewrites history (RATS do a lot of that nowadays) by not telling us that the "religious right" is not a call for a Christian theocracy in America, but a call to Christians to participate in the secular functions of government, just like everyone else. A Christian's beliefs should influence his views on abortion, but foreign policy, economics, and SUVs should be decided by logic and common sense (which seems to have eluded RATS), and are accessible to anyone with half a brain.

Somehow, the fanatic Left gets copies of all the "secret documents and marching orders" of the Right, so they can expose all the nefarious thoughts and schemes of the Right. I'm sorta religious, and sorta right, and I've never even gotten an email inviting me to the local cabal. Conspiracy Central should check their distribution lists.

12 posted on 12/09/2002 6:26:31 AM PST by 300winmag
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To: 300winmag; dighton; aculeus; general_re; Orual
"I'm sorta religious, and sorta right, and I've never even gotten an email inviting me to the local cabal."

Well, get with the program then! Don't tell me that you've lost your secret decoder ring already!

ATTN: VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY MEMBERS

OR

Time to Change the Secret Handshake!

Quit slackin' off. The VRWC has a busy schedule ahead and we need everybody who's signed up. I want you to round up every vicious criminal and gunslinger in the west. Take this down. I want rustlers, cutthroats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, half-wits, dim-wits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, .. muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswagglers, horse thiefs, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass kickers, shit kickers, and Methodists!

13 posted on 12/09/2002 6:42:32 AM PST by BlueLancer
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To: BlueLancer
"Could you repeat that, sir?"
14 posted on 12/09/2002 6:54:50 AM PST by dighton
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Ithaca is the City of "Anti-Christian Bigotry" and Evil





bump
15 posted on 12/09/2002 7:05:14 AM PST by Soaring Feather
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To: BlueLancer; Texaggie79; Sir Gawain; Rebelbase
Quit slackin' off. The VRWC has a busy schedule ahead and we need everybody who's signed up. I want you to round up every vicious criminal and gunslinger in the west. Take this down. I want rustlers, cutthroats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, half-wits, dim-wits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, .. muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswagglers, horse thiefs, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass kickers, shit kickers, and Methodists!

ROTFLMAO. Ping the humour list.

On a serious note the religious right is a good servant but a bad master.

16 posted on 12/09/2002 7:19:34 AM PST by weikel
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To: 300winmag
I'm sorta religious, and sorta right, and I've never even gotten an email inviting me to the local cabal. Conspiracy Central should check their distribution lists. 12 posted by 300winmag I'm sorta puttin' your name on my abortion ping list ... FR is cabal central don'tcha know! /humor
17 posted on 12/09/2002 7:20:16 AM PST by MHGinTN
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Of course, we all know that in places controlled by liberals, be it the media or Ithaca, the only acceptable bigotry is bigotry against Christians.

I must disagree. In places like Ithaca, bigotry against whites, males, and achievement oriented mentality are also perfectly acceptable.

18 posted on 12/09/2002 7:26:44 AM PST by from occupied ga
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To: 300winmag
Psst. Don't forget to drink your Ovaltine! Pass it on.
19 posted on 12/09/2002 7:30:59 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: mdcen
Ohhhh, I get it. (Duh! Must be the blonde in me.)
Only leftist get to be in politics! Religious people are not allowed! Dag gum it! Ruined my whole minute.

I'm not sure you know what you are talking about.

ML/NJ

20 posted on 12/09/2002 8:05:55 AM PST by ml/nj
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