[who knows what evil?]

It is believed that many of these 56,429 persons were Christian conservatives who objected to Hutchinson's divorce and remarriage to a young staffer.

"He who is without sin among you; let him throw a stone at her first". John 8:7. Or was there a third party conservative candidate these people might have preferred to Hutchinson?

[Jerrbear]

During the Clinton administration, we conservatives repeatedly insisted that character mattered. Are we now to pressure Christian conservatives into a pragmatic course, ignoring the issue of character, just because it serves our purposes? Isn't this moral decline a factor in producing the spinelessness that has disaffected many conservatives. If consevative leaders cannot show themselves to be better than their liberal opponents, then what difference does it make who we elect?

[Phantom Lord]

Tim "But I Married Her" Hutchinson did not deserve to be re-elected. His defeat was the proper choice by the voters. He should have not sought re-election and let someone else run on the republican ticket.

[uncbob]

Something democrats don't have to worry about
Their supporters have no standards

[Robert_Paulson2]

We don't like our face... so off with the nose!

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HOW TYPICAL of judgemental and sectarian Conservatives...

idiots!

NOW we have a bona fide baby killer, rather than alleged adulteror, whose wife supposedly left him before the "affair" in a divorce action HE did not contest... Sure, that'll advance our cause and make us look less like idiots overall.

[Sabertooth]

It is believed that many of these 56,429 persons were Christian conservatives who objected to Hutchinson's divorce and remarriage to a young staffer. Their actions enabled the Democrat senatorial candidate, Attorney General Mark Pryor to unseat Hutchinson and resume the Pryor family dynasty in AR.

What a pile of crap.

No one owed Hutchison their votes.
If he was too sleazy for the Christian conservatives, whose fault is that?

It was Hutchison's own behavior that turned off voters that were his to lose, and that's what enabled "Attorney General Mark Pryor to unseat Hutchinson and resume the Pryor family dynasty in AR."

[arkfreepdom]

It was more than the divorce that beat Hutchinson. He ran a poor campaign, and Pryor's father was a long time fixture in AR politics and was from the more republican part (western) of the state. Therefore, Pryor limited Tim's lead in areas he would have to carry to win the election. AR is NOT a pub state...only one congressman and neither senator is a pub.

[sinkspur]

Another instance of "canonized conservatives."

They'll have to live with a pro-choice Democrat for six years.

[RJCogburn]

I think it was not just the action that cost him but the fact Tim Hutchinson wore his piety on his sleeve. His sanctimonious hypocrisy cost him.

[MissAmericanPie]

Gee, I guess all one has to do is say, "It is believed" and it's an automatic, the Christians did it. They have no evidence to back that up with.

[Consort]

Politics trumps religion. You have to win to do your thing. Christian Conservatives are givng "voting your conscience" a bad name.

It doesn't matter what kind of campaign he ran — his election would have helped the good guys and hurt the bad guys (good over evil for you religious types).

[sonofron]

Pryor ran on his "arkansas first" platform and alot of people went for it. of course i can't complain, i didn't register in time to vote(moved to a new county). if would have voted for hutchinson, despite the fact he ran a lousy campaign.

[rdb3]

They got what they wanted. But they lost what they had.

Birth of Tha SYNDICATE, the philosophical heir to William Lloyd Garrison.
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[Consort]

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[aruanan]

It is believed that many of these 56,429 persons were Christian conservatives who objected to Hutchinson's divorce and remarriage to a young staffer.

It is believe that many of these were knee-jerk responses by people who

a. never bothered to find out if Hutchinson had grounds to divorce his wife,

b. (if he did not) didn't bother to consider that voting in such a way as to put a Democrat in office could be even more immoral than electing Hutchinson, and

c. are the type of people who'd tell a home invader where the children are hiding because lying to him about it would be a sin.

[cynicom]

Why do republicans want conservative votes???? Ask the socialists for theirs.

[JohnGalt]

While the GOP wished to blame the red herring libertarian voters, that excuse only serves to prove the point that the battle for the center is what is costing the GOP elections.