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SOCIAL ISSUES FADE AS REPUBLICANS COURT CONSERVATIVES ZOT!
Reuters ^
| 6/3/11
| Steve Holland
Posted on 06/03/2011 11:49:11 AM PDT by 57 Red States
Christian conservatives looking to put a Republican in the White House heard a lot about the economy on Friday in a sign that their social issues may take a back seat in 2012.
Many political speakers at the Faith and Freedom Coalition, including Republican White House hopefuls, emphasized jobs, debt and deficits...
In contrast to some previous presidential campaigns, social issues like gay marriage and abortion have not been prominent topics for Republicans hopefuls seeking to replace President Barack Obama in next year's election.
The weakness of the economy has triggered a debate within the Republican Party about whether conservatives should call a "truce" on social questions.
The idea is that Republicans would have a better chance at victory in 2012 if they rally around economic issues....
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservatism; doublezot; economy; fiscalresponsibility; liberaltrollzot; moralabsolutes; rinozot; smallgovernment; zot
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To: darkwing104
The boss got a retread. Great!!
81
posted on
06/03/2011 3:27:22 PM PDT
by
bcsco
(..)
To: misterrob
To: stuartcr
"I dont think social issues are that important to governments."
Is that a joke. Let's see...
Abortion-Fund it through the taxpayer
Age of consent--Government lowers it
Affirmative action--Government bestows tax breaks
Capital punishment--Government bans/endorses the practice
Disability rights--Government subsidies
Divorce--Government creates No fault madness
Environmentalism---EPA, ROTFLMAO how much does that end up costing the tax payer (Again are you serious?)
Gay rights/Aids funding--Government $$$...
I could go on and on, just laying out all the programs of LBJ's Great Society would destroy your argument... I am just flabbergasted at that post.
83
posted on
06/03/2011 3:33:45 PM PDT
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
To: misterrob
Pro-liberty includes limited government, fiscal responsibility, etc. If our government simply adhered to the constitution there would be no big government, no big spending, no big taxing, no out of control national debt. Of course, there’d also be no judicial activism, no abortion, no special rights for homosexuals, no group rights for any group, no socialist programs like social security or medicare, no federal housing, no federal dept of education, no EPA, no fannie mae, no freddie mac, etc, etc, etc, and a hell of a lot less room for corruption.
Zot per request.
84
posted on
06/03/2011 3:34:49 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
To: 57 Red States
You convinced me! Money is the ONLY thing that’s important! Morality means nothing. Finally got my vision clear, thank you so much!
85
posted on
06/03/2011 3:45:21 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: misterrob; darkwing104
86
posted on
06/03/2011 3:47:56 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: RJS1950
John Adams, as great a man and patriot as he was, was wrong about that statement of his personal opinion. Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.
87
posted on
06/03/2011 3:58:17 PM PDT
by
itsahoot
(We make jokes, they make progress. Dimmitude, get used to it.)
To: RJS1950; itsahoot
“Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests
of society require the observation of those moral precepts ... in
which all religions agree.” —Thomas Jefferson
88
posted on
06/03/2011 3:59:57 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: darkwing104
89
posted on
06/03/2011 4:00:36 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(If Sarah can't be elected in 2012, then Phase II will fall into place, may G-D have mercy on us all)
To: RJS1950
LOL.
From some President's Farewell Address, which the decay of our society ignoring moral standards along with the corruption in government and awkward foreign policies, has demonstrated the effect of these words and answered those question which were posed:
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Continued:
Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be, that good policy does not equally enjoin it - It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue ? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices?
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posted on
06/03/2011 4:16:51 PM PDT
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
To: 57 Red States
It's The Economy, Stupid. Absolutely. Polling shows over 70% are worked about economic issues.
To: 57 Red States
It's The Economy, Stupid. Absolutely. Polling shows over 70% are worried about economic issues.
To: TheOldLady
Yet another troll! Sheesh.
93
posted on
06/03/2011 4:23:29 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
(Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
To: stuartcr
When looking at the big picture, I dont think social issues are that important to governments. You're kidding right? Goobermints love social issues. It's what allows them to bilk trillions from the masses and keep them otherwise occupied while they "play" behind the curtain. How else could we be 14 trillion fiat dollars in debt?!
94
posted on
06/03/2011 4:25:41 PM PDT
by
3boysdad
(The very elect.)
To: itsahoot
95
posted on
06/03/2011 4:26:39 PM PDT
by
Brett11
To: Brett11
Drug use tends to wreck a person and it costs you that way. It’s a little bit complex, but ‘no man is an island’.
96
posted on
06/03/2011 4:30:44 PM PDT
by
Tolsti2
To: 57 Red States
Sorry, but I’m tired of being asked to support candidates who cannot wait to spit in my face.
I’m a social conservative. Every social conservative I know is also a fiscal conservative. However, many fiscal conservatives say we have to compromise OUR beliefs so that they won’t have to compromise on THEIRS.
To hell with that! Let the damn fiscal conservatives who like gay marriage and abortion compromise THEIR beliefs. If the GOP candidate is another McCain, then to hell with him!
97
posted on
06/03/2011 4:44:00 PM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
To: 57 Red States
Without a return to morality, the culture of death prevails. Society would continue to crumble, no matter the quality of the economy. A strong, moral country can survive even the worst depressions.
All tyranny comes from a total rejection of God, respect of life as an unalienable right, and morality.
98
posted on
06/03/2011 4:49:17 PM PDT
by
madmaximus
(Liberaltarians=junkies,anti-semites,anti-military,cultural marxists without all the taxes)
To: Darksheare; DJ MacWoW
99
posted on
06/03/2011 4:50:14 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(zero hates Texas and we hate him back.)
To: madmaximus
In After the Well-Deserved Zots.
100
posted on
06/03/2011 4:54:02 PM PDT
by
madmaximus
(Liberaltarians=junkies,anti-semites,anti-military,cultural marxists without all the taxes)
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