Posted on 11/03/2004 8:02:28 PM PST by flying Elvis
The MSM has made much over values and morality being a determining factor in this election. They specifically cite the gay marriage bans as well as abortion and stem cell research as reasons the so called Religious Right came out in huge numbers. I think The Passion also played a role in this election, much more than Farenheit 911. The liberal intolerance surrounding The Passion woke up a lot of people to the fascism of the left and forced many Protestants and Catholics to choose sides. Your opinions?
Parker and Stone with "Team America."
Both. Mel Gibson inspired a lot of people of faith, who got out to cast a vote for W, and against MM.
swiftvets!!!!!!!
None of the above. This election went to Bush because of gay marriage.
I agree, but I think Michael Moore had a big influence... in turning out Republicans. He galvanized us much more than he united his sicko fanatics.
mel gibson by far, good observation.
Moore did. He alone probably drove a million or more voters to the GOP.
Mel was too little too late to affect anything.
Moore-on hurt Kerry a fair bit throughout, but when he
wrote the script for bin Laden's rant (and then stated
his pride in the delivery), that became a major negative
for Kerry.
Moore was looking forward to Bush losing, and getting the
first Oscar in the category:
- Mockumentaries that brought down a President
He'll probably now get neither.
Michael Moore preached to the leftist choir. The only diference he made was making his own bank account bigger.
VTW, Luran Ingraham this mornign as an aside said her next campaign is going to be for an Oscar nomination for Gibson and his movie and for Jim Caviezel.
I think they both spoke to their respective chorus mostly. Moore probably changed a few minds, but not many. Gibson film, whereas a powerful religious message, probably did not help Bush.
Always refer to the Democrats as the "Party of Michael Moore".
Kerry's biggest mistake was his negative comments on the blockbuster Passion movie. Kerry said that he was "unsure" about it (Reuters, "Democrat Kerry Urges Caution On 'Passion,' 26 February 2004, by Patricia Wilson). "I don't know," Kerry said when asked if he would see the Mel Gibson film Christians flocked to see.
As a presidential candidate, Kerry's comments are loaded with meaning for the future of America. Kerry's ill-conceived remarks are an unspoken message to believers that Kerry will strengthen secularists power over believers. Kerry's comments are an elitist attack on believers.
Kerry praised foul-mouthed Whoppi Goldberg and went to Hollywood for votes and donations. It's clear Kerry, Hollyweirdos and Dumbocrats are in league against believers, and stand for everything Christians abhor: They worship abortion, the homosexual agenda, and the stripping away of every Christian symbol in America.
By bashing The Passion, Kerry is pandering to Hollywood secularists. In return, Kerry assures religious-hating Hollywood that a Kerry presidency will strengthen Hollywood's chokehold on American culture.
Candidates igonore Christians concerns at their peril. Kerry's comments and his positions on social issues must reach every Christian pastor, church, and group in America. These are the things Christian voters should talk about:
(1) Kerry's comments about The Passion have effectively disqualified him from holding the highest office in Christian America.
(2) Transparently anti-religious candidates do not deserve Christian votes.
(3) Candidates carrying Bibles and going to church (the Clintons) but who vote against everything Christians believe in will not fool Christians.
(4) Protecting the unborn, the sacredness of marriage, and restoring Christian symbols in American culture are very important matters believers want addressed.
Kerry kneels in obeisance to the small cadre of Hollywarped Christian haters who despise everything Christians stand for.
The future of America depends on putting into office the candidate who supports a Christian-based culture.
Michael Moore, and I despise him for putting out that treasonous propaganda. Mel Gibson wouldn't even say if he was going to vote for President Bush. I thought that was weak and pathetic.
I would have to give them both credit. Mel Gibson for showing us how faith can encourage us to overcome any hardship that comes our way. Michael Moore for giving us the disire go out and vote just to have the pleasure of proving that fat bastard wrong.
We don't need to... they've done it for us!
Agree with modification. Ask "Are you one of those Michael Moore" Democrats ?
"The Passion of Christ" is exemplary in the way it unmasks the hypocrisy and depravity of Hollywarped liberals.
The same secular Hollyweirdos who went ballistic when "The Passion" became a blockbuster are the self-same individuals who respond to concerns about Follywood's sexually salacious and gratuitously violent output by saying. "It's only a movie (or TV show)."
Hollywarped lefties want us to believe that 24/7 of sexed-up violent TV, movies and music lyrics are not harming kids and not doing irreparable harm to our culture.
Yet these same depraved lefties believe----with the religious fervor of a Tammy Faye Baker---- that a single 15 sec commercial will compel tens of millions of Americans into thousands of stores to buy billions of dollars worth of soap, soup, breakfast cereal and cars.
They can't have it both ways.
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